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Students Now Eligible To Receive Financial Assistance for Meal Plans After Student Push

Students Now Eligible To Receive Financial Assistance for Meal Plans After Student Push

By Brooke DeLucia October 28, 2021

Upperclassmen living on campus can now apply for financial assistance for mandatory meal plans following activism efforts by student leaders and activists. Juniors and seniors can now apply for meal...

EDITORIAL: Rebuild Trust in Campus Dining

EDITORIAL: Rebuild Trust in Campus Dining

By Editorial Board September 30, 2021

On Tuesday, Sept. 21, Georgetown University’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Ranit Mishori (MED ’02) notified community members of an unknown gastrointestinal illness affecting a number of students...

Students Introduce Neighborhood Rescue Program To Combat Food Insecurity

Students Introduce Neighborhood Rescue Program To Combat Food Insecurity

By Sanjana Nayak February 25, 2021

Georgetown University students are working to combat food insecurity within the university community by implementing a new program to provide resources to graduate and undergraduate students living in...

‘Flex-ible’ Dining Plan

By Editorial Board January 26, 2016

Dining hall plans compose a significant portion of the costs of living here at Georgetown. On top of that, they can also affect students’ physical health if the dining options are too unhealthy. These...

Leos Health Inspection Isnt Pretty

Leo’s Health Inspection Isn’t Pretty

By Sara Carioscia and Sara Carioscia September 30, 2015

We all know Leo’s sucks. Like, really sucks. They’ve got the perfect unethical trifecta of monopoly: crappy food, overpriced meals and mandatory plans. They’ve got us right where they want us. But...

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Students expressed concerns about meal plans at a forum on Thursday.

University Backs Down on 3-Year Meal Plan Requirement

By Sarah Smith October 19, 2014

The university is no longer considering mandating a third-year meal plan, Vice President for Auxiliary Services Joelle Wiese announced at a forum in Sellinger Lounge on Thursday night. “We were...

Third-Year Meal Plan Requirement: The Conspiracy

Third-Year Meal Plan Requirement: The Conspiracy

By Griffin Greco and Griffin Greco October 11, 2014

When news of the possible third-year meal plan requirement broke this past week, students were infuriated, and rightly so. In case you didn’t hear news from any campus news source whatsoever, GUSA announced...

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University Considers 3-Year Meal Plan Requirement

By Mallika Sen October 8, 2014

The university is considering mandating a third-year meal plan, according to a press release issued today by the Georgetown University Student Association. GUSA President Trevor Tezel (SFS ’15)...

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No, You Didn’t Hear Us

By The Editorial Board September 5, 2014

While Leo’s will never have trouble retaining the freshmen and sophomores who often purchase larger, more expensive meal plans as part of their mandated procurement, the dining hall’s elimination...

Freedom to Chews

By The Editorial Board April 19, 2012

Eating at O’Donovan Hall is a rite of passage for most Georgetown students. While it is understandable that freshman meal plans are compulsory, sophomores shouldn’t share the requirement. Leo’s...

Eisenberg: Foiling a Leo’s Meal Plan Scheme

By Albert Eisenberg January 14, 2011

This week, my third semester at Georgetown begins. For me, that spells four more months of essays on Kant's sex life, procrastination of Yates visits and poor decisions made at Apex courtesy of the Burnett's...

Flexible Flex Dollars

By The Editorial Board October 25, 2010

Flex Dollars are the highlight of most students' meal plans. The designated money gives them the ability to eat a lunch at Cosi or grab a sandwich from Vital Vittles to break up the daily Leo's grind....

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