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Hump Day Chomp: Local 16

Hump Day Chomp: Local 16

By Elizabeth Harvey and Elizabeth Harvey October 29, 2014

Hump Day Chomp is a new weekly posting that intends, perhaps unsuccessfully, to make your Hump day a bit less humpy. We’ve found restaurants that are (mostly) cheap, rarely visited by our Georgetown...

A Budding Movement

A Budding Movement

By Hunter Main October 24, 2014

The headline, although tucked deep within the Oct. 1, 1936 edition of The Washington Post, blared with the frantic, sensationalist urgency of a piece reporting on the apocalypse. “STUDENTS STAGE...

Action Against Homelessness

By The Editorial Board October 21, 2014

A recent Washington Post article predicted a surge in the number of homeless D.C. families as another particularly long and cold winter approaches. A Winter Plan approved by Washington, D.C. leaders and...

DAN GANNON FOR THE HOYA
Professor Brian McCabe explained the effects of gentrification on D.C.’s demographics and neighborhoods in an event Tuesday.

Workshop Tackles DC Demographics

By Deirdre Collins October 10, 2014

The Georgetown Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service held a workshop on demographics in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. The workshop, entitled “Demographics in D.C.” took place...

CORREIA: A Place for DC Among The States

CORREIA: A Place for DC Among The States

By Tricia Correia October 10, 2014

In 1970, Sam Smith wrote in the D.C. Gazette that the D.C. Statehood movement was not proceeding at the speed most thought it would. “Instead,” Smith wrote, “we have annual piddling negotiations...

DC Voting, Statehood Debated

By Tom Garzillo October 3, 2014

Amid talk of D.C. statehood, outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder brought increased attention to the District’s lack of voting representation in Congress in a speech to the Congressional Black Caucus...

Let ’Em See Our Natitude

By The Editorial Board October 3, 2014

As September ends, the carefree nature of summer has now all but entirely faded, soon to be replaced by the dreary-eyed, stress-filled time that is midterm season. However, one story should give all Georgetown...

Online Service Maps District Neighborhood Crime

By Tom Garzillo September 30, 2014

Walk Score, an online neighborhood rating service, launched a new feature this month that maps out crime in major cities, including Washington, D.C. Founded in 2007, the online service rates neighborhoods...

Restricting With Reason

By The Editorial Board September 26, 2014

In response to the D.C. District Court’s ruling in Palmer v. District of Columbia — which invalidated the District’s ban on the carrying of handguns outside the home for lawful self-defense — the...

Assessing the DC Drive for Statehood

By Ra'Mond Hines September 26, 2014

“No Taxation without Representation!” The very battle cry that once led our great nation, rallying for independence, is now a popular slogan among Washingtonians like me for equal representation...

Students Deserve DC Voice

By Trevor Tezel and Omika Jikaria September 12, 2014

We students often forget the strong influence we have on local politics and on the community beyond the campus gates. In just under 50 days, Washington, D.C. residents — including many Georgetown...

Changing City and College

By The Editorial Board September 9, 2014

With the recent creation of a White House task force to combat sexual assault on college campuses, it is clear that necessary national scrutiny has returned to the issue of sexual misconduct. Both the...

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