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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Chess Challenges Speaker Election

By Emma Hinchliffe January 17, 2014

GUSA Election Commissioner Ethan Chess (COL ’14) filed a petition with the GUSA Constitutional Council on Thursday night requesting the invalidation of Sunday’s election for GUSA speaker,...

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GUSA Vice Speaker Sam Greco (SFS ’15), right, lost his bid for speaker Sunday in an unexpected election whose validity is under question.

Speaker Slot Prompts Rare Battle

By Jennifer Ding January 14, 2014

A routine election for GUSA senate speaker drew the ire of the GUSA Election Commission on Sunday, when GUSASenator Emily Siegler (SFS ’14) defeated Vice Speaker Sam Greco (SFS ’15) and...

Missing a Voice on the BOD

By The Editorial Board January 14, 2014

The George Washington University student government launched an initiative exploring the possibility of having a voting student member on its board of trustees late last year. If the Georgetown University...

Disclose, Debate, Divest

By The Editorial Board December 6, 2013

As a fiscal goal for Georgetown, divestment has been labeled as many things, from morally imperative to practically impossible. Last week, GU Fossil Free proved that divestment is not a pipe dream but...

Mobile App Adds News, Laundry, Travel Features

By Kit Clemente December 6, 2013

Georgetown debuted new changes to the Georgetown Mobile App in hopes to make the Georgetown bureaucracy easier to navigate and make the Georgetown-specific website more accessible. The app now includes...

Outdoor Drinking Extended

By Jennifer Ding November 19, 2013

Chief of Police Jay Gruber has decided to extend GUSA's Outdoor Student Living Pilot Program, which allows students of legal age to drink beer and wine in designated areas of Henle Village and Village...

Activists March on Epicurean

By Christopher Zawora and Annie Chen November 12, 2013

More than 40 students marched into Epicurean and Co. on Monday afternoon to present a petition with 500-plus student signatures to owner Chang Wook Chon, demanding fair treatment of Epicurean workers. The...

A Worthwhile Incentive

By The Editorial Board November 8, 2013

There are few circumstances that can truly be considered a win-win — and, let’s face it, even fewer when the parties involved include students and the administration. More often than not, the best...

Students to Join HFSC Committee

By Madison Ashley November 5, 2013

While construction on the Healey Family Student Center continues, the Center for Student Engagement is establishing a planning and advisory committee to facilitate student input. The committee will...

GUSA Explores Student Activities Funding Reform

By Katie Shaffer and TM Gibbons-Neff November 1, 2013

The GUSA senate established a subcommittee on funding reform Sunday, coming toward the end of a year in which student activities funding plateaued and approximately 63 percent of funding requests were...

SIPS Fund Defies Veto, Opens Application

By Annie Chen October 29, 2013

Despite GUSA President Nate Tisa’s (SFS ’14) veto of the Green Revolving Loan Fund, the Social Innovation and Public Service Fund will open GRLF applications this week. “We’re not going to fund...

Socioeconomics Next for GUSA

By Joanie Greve October 29, 2013

The Georgetown University Student Association is forming a Socioeconomic Working Group, which GUSA President Nate Tisa (SFS ’14) and Vice President Adam Ramadan (SFS ’14) promised to do during their...

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