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Students to Vote on Increased Activity Fee Referendum

Students to Vote on Increased Activity Fee Referendum

By Evie Steele March 16, 2023

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate approved an act in its March 13 meeting submitting a referendum for students to vote on raising the student activity fee, an extra charge each...

GUSA Once Again Rejects Proposed Restructuring Referendum

GUSA Once Again Rejects Proposed Restructuring Referendum

By Samuel Yoo April 7, 2022

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate voted against holding yet another student referendum to restructure GUSA at an April 4 meeting.  The proposed referendum, which fell...

‘Georgetown F*cking Lied’: GUSA, Descendants Demand GU272 Action

‘Georgetown F*cking Lied’: GUSA, Descendants Demand GU272 Action

By Samuel Yoo and Adora Zheng December 3, 2021

At an event titled “Georgetown F*cking Lied,” the Georgetown University Student Association’s (GUSA) GU272 advocacy team demanded Georgetown pay reparations to descendants of enslaved people sold...

SCS Students Voted in Favor of GradGov Referendum to Fully Incorporate the School into the Student Government

SCS Students Voted in Favor of GradGov Referendum to Fully Incorporate the School into the Student Government

By Campus News Editor December 3, 2021

Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies (SCS) students voted in favor of completing the transition toward fully incorporating the school into the university’s student government bodies. The...

GUSA Passes Student Empowerment Fund Referendum

GUSA Passes Student Empowerment Fund Referendum

By Liana Hardy February 7, 2020

Students voted on whether to create a Student Empowerment Fund on Feb. 6 after the Georgetown University Student Association passed the referendum proposal at their weekly meeting Feb. 2. The fund...

VIEWPOINT: Engage Graduate Student Voices in GU272 Initiative

VIEWPOINT: Engage Graduate Student Voices in GU272 Initiative

By Lewis May November 8, 2019

Graduate Students Need Seat at the Table for Discussions Around Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation.  Prior to applying to Georgetown University in 2018, one of my first experiences with the university...

Margaret Fouberg for The Hoya | Outgoing GUSA Speaker Eliza Lafferty (COL 21) speaks at a Senate meeting this semester. The Senate was scheduled to approve the results of the referendum at a meeting Sunday before the suit was brought before the Senators.

GUSA Constitutional Council to Hear Suit Against 272 Referendum

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo April 15, 2019

The Georgetown University Student Association’s Constitutional Council will address a suit filed by two students that seeks to overturn the results of last week’s referendum to establish a semesterly...

AMBER GILLETTE/THE HOYA | The GU272 referendum, which passed with 66 percent of students voting in favor of a reconciliation fee, awaits university approval.

Students Endorse Reconciliation Fee in GU272 Referendum

By Deepika Jonnalagadda April 12, 2019

Students voted overwhelmingly in favor of a referendum to establish a semesterly fee that would go toward a fund to benefit descendants of the GU272 on Thursday night with the highest turnout in recorded...

ELIZABETH ALARCON AND EMILY SHAMBAUGH / THE HOYA | The referendum on the GU272 reconciliation fee Thursday saw the highest voter turnout any Georgetown University Student Association election has ever seen.

GUSA Senate Race Sees High Turnout Amid Referendum

By Cady Stanton April 12, 2019

More than 57 percent of the student body voted in the Georgetown University Student Association senate elections Thursday. Eighteen senators, twelve of whom are serving for the first time, were elected...

VIEWPOINT: Respect Individual Freedom, Vote ‘No’ on GU272 Referendum

By Rizana Tatlock and Henry Dai April 9, 2019

In our tolerant and liberal society, we place great emphasis on the individual and her ability to make free choices. When the state or some other institution imposes one particular moral outlook or range...

EDITORIAL: Vote Yes for GU272 Descendants

By Editorial Board April 5, 2019

Georgetown University would not exist today if the Maryland Society of Jesus had not sold 272 enslaved men and women in 1838 to financially sustain the university. And yet the university’s reconciliation...

FILE PHOTO: KARLA LEYJA/THE HOYA | The GU272 Advocacy Team, an on-campus group of students that advocates for descendants, many of whom live in Maringouin, La., has hosted events to educate students and encourage them to vote in the weeks leading up to the April 11 referendum.

Historic GU272 Referendum Set for Thursday Vote

By Moira Ritter April 5, 2019

Undergraduate students are set to vote next Thursday on a referendum to create a semesterly fee that would go toward a fund to benefit descendants of the GU272. Students will vote on whether to include...

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