Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown Students Organize Rally, Fundraisers for Awareness and Humanitarian Aid in Gaza

Georgetown Students Organize Rally, Fundraisers for Awareness and Humanitarian Aid in Gaza

By Ranee Brady and Aamir Jamil November 3, 2023

In a wave of student activism, members of the Georgetown University community have staged walkouts and organized fundraisers to call attention to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Since the...

‘Save the Trestle’: GUSA Initiative to Restore Historic Bridge Near Campus 

‘Save the Trestle’: GUSA Initiative to Restore Historic Bridge Near Campus 

By Ranee Brady September 1, 2023

Georgetown University students and community advocates on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) representing the university have started an initiative to preserve and restore the historic Foundry...

Students Organize Vigil to Honor, Mourn Tyre Nichols

Students Organize Vigil to Honor, Mourn Tyre Nichols

By Evie Steele February 9, 2023

Content Warning: This article discusses police brutality. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. Georgetown University students gathered at a candlelight vigil to...

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GUSA Proposes National College Consortium To Bolster Student Activism

By Samuel Yoo November 19, 2021

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) launched efforts to create a national consortium of university student governments to increase interscholastic activism. The National College Consortium,...

EDITORIAL: Commend Student Activism

EDITORIAL: Commend Student Activism

By Editorial Board October 14, 2021

After nearly three months of student-led advocacy against the move, Georgetown University announced in an Oct. 11 email that the office of the Georgetown Scholars Program (GSP) will return to the iconic...

Students Garner Support for Afghans Fleeing Taliban

Students Garner Support for Afghans Fleeing Taliban

By Emily Langlois September 24, 2021

CW: This article references violence in Afghanistan. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. Georgetown University students launched community fundraisers to support...

Students Call for an End to Legacy Admissions at Georgetown

Students Call for an End to Legacy Admissions at Georgetown

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo July 6, 2020

More than 200 students, faculty and graduates have signed an open letter to Georgetown University administrators calling on the school to abandon legacy admissions in light of ongoing discussions about...

Students Demand Reduced Tuition, Extended Deferral Deadline in Petition

Students Demand Reduced Tuition, Extended Deferral Deadline in Petition

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo July 3, 2020

More than 800 Georgetown University affiliates have signed a petition demanding the university reduce tuition and extend the deferral deadline for the fall semester.  The petition comes amid ongoing...

Amid Economic Downturn, Student NGO Connects Struggling Farmers and Food Banks

Amid Economic Downturn, Student NGO Connects Struggling Farmers and Food Banks

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo May 26, 2020

Unlike many of his peers in the McDonough School of Business, Cooper Adams (MSB ’21) spent the first weeks of May cold-calling farmers across the country. Adams is a member of the farm engagement...

GU Introduces New Grading System as Students Raise Fairness Concerns

GU Introduces New Grading System as Students Raise Fairness Concerns

By Kelly Anderson April 10, 2020

Georgetown University announced additional reforms to its grading policy for the spring semester April 2 following weeks of student lobbying for more lenient academic standards amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  Under...

VIEWPOINT: Lead Activism in Climate Crisis

VIEWPOINT: Lead Activism in Climate Crisis

By Adeline DeYoung September 27, 2019

Young people continue to be catalysts for change, this time on the issue of climate. In the 1960s, students were conducting sit-ins to protest segregation and marching to speak out against the Vietnam...

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CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE: LGBTQ Activists Fight for University Recognition

By Timothy McNulty and Dennese Mae Javier October 18, 2018

In September 2007, a Georgetown University student was attacked by a group of men, including another Georgetown student, according to The Hoya and The Washington Examiner. The attackers yelled homophobic...

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