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EDITORIAL: Our Closing Thoughts

By Editorial Board April 28, 2017

In an eventful year for the university, Washington, D.C., and nation, topics from the protection of free speech to ensuring affordability to the basketball program to the university’s role in the current...

MESA & BENNETT: Wrapping Up Federal Fantasy

MESA & BENNETT: Wrapping Up ‘Federal Fantasy’

By Christian Mesa and Aaron Bennett April 27, 2017

In our very first column — amid new Republican control of all three government branches and rapidly changing power structures in Washington, D.C. — we created a game of “Federal Fantasy,” each...

SPENCER COOK/THE HOYA President Donald Trumps trade policies remain uncertain, but may be heavily protectionist, according to panelists at an event Wednesday.

Trump Trade Policies Uncertain, According to Panelists

By Patricja Okuniewska April 27, 2017

President Donald Trump is challenging standing trade rules and agreements, but the extent to which he will continue to do so is uncertain, according to the speakers at the International Trade Under...

Panelists Urge Trump Leadership in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

By Alex Mooney April 26, 2017

President Donald Trump’s stated commitment to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict presents an opportunity for renewed negotiation between the two regions, according to two experts on the Middle...

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2016 Election and Policies Spark DC Demonstrations

By Jeff Cirillo and Marina Pitofsky April 20, 2017

"This is what democracy looks like!" Groups of demonstrators, most of them young and many of them Hoyas, chanted in unison as they marched down the streets of Washington, D.C., ardent in their protest. On...

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Associate Vice President of Climate Political Affairs Jeremy Symons, left, and Myron Ebell, who led President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency transition team, discussed climate change Wednesday.

Ebell, Symons Dispute Future of EPA

By Darius Iraj April 7, 2017

The Environmental Protection Agency is no longer serving its purpose and requires budget cuts, according to climate change contrarian Myron Ebell, who oversaw President Donald Trump’s EPA transition...

VIEWPOINT: Facing Dystopian Realities

VIEWPOINT: Facing Dystopian Realities

By Milla Fedorova April 4, 2017

On Nov. 9, my Ignatius Seminar on utopia and dystopia in literature and film was scheduled to start discussing George Orwell’s famous novel “1984.” In the wake of President Donald Trump’s victory,...

VIEWPOINT: Echoes of Exclusion

By Yi Bao April 4, 2017

When President Donald Trump issued his executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries, many lamented the measure as a striking backslide in American values of diversity and coexistence....

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About 50 members of the Georgetown community attended a candlelight vigil in Red Square on Monday as part of initiatives announced by the university to support vulnerable students.

Community Stands Against Trump Immigration Order

By Jesus Rodriguez April 4, 2017

Georgetown joined 30 peer institutions in signing an amicus brief condemning the effects of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting entry of citizens from six Muslim-majority countries...

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton advocated continued American leadership abroad in a speech in Gaston Hall on Friday.

Clinton Advocates Continued American Leadership Abroad, Importance of Gender Equity

By Ian Scoville April 4, 2017

In one of her first speeches since the November election, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged the United States to continue to lead worldwide peace efforts and advance the rights of women...

MESA & BENNETT: A House Divided

MESA & BENNETT: A House Divided

By Aaron Bennett and Christian Mesa March 31, 2017

One thing the two of us share is a love of the Los Angeles Lakers. Once a source of pride for the fans, the team has fallen from relevance to the point where fans no longer identify as such. Since Kobe...

Hillary is Coming to the Hilltop

Hillary is Coming to the Hilltop

By Andrew Boas and Andrew Boas March 29, 2017

If you're anything like us here at 4E, you probably freaked out pretty hard when you found out Hillary was coming to campus. I mean, after all, "What Dreams Are Made Of" is a modern classic. But after...

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