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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Female Veterans Discuss Transitions and Experiences

By Owen Eagan March 22, 2015

Four female Georgetown student veterans conversed about prevalent women’s military and veteran issues in an event titled, “The Leaders of Tomorrow: Military Women in Transition” held Tuesday in the...

#GUProgramAsst Campaign Gains Traction

By Emma Rizk March 20, 2015

Approximately 250 Georgetown students participated in a Twitter and Facebook campaign starting March 2 requesting that the university hire a program assistant for the Women’s Center and Health Education...

GU, Heed The Hashtag

By The Editorial Board March 20, 2015

With the noted inadequacy of the funding and scope of our sexual health resources, students have commenced a campaign to hire a program assistant for Health Education Services and the Women’s Center....

Seniors Speak: Gender

Seniors Speak: Gender

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein March 16, 2015

Happy Women's History month! March is a time to honor women, their accomplishments and to discuss the future for this gender. To celebrate this, Georgetown is hosting a "seniors speak" event to discuss black...

Bill Focuses On Campus Assault

By Ashwin Puri March 6, 2015

A bipartisan coalition of 12 U.S. senators led by Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) introduced legislation Feb. 26 to reform the way colleges and universities nationwide handle sexual violence on campus, emphasizing...

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Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson said the university is no longer considering a consolidated diversity center at a town hall.

Center Consolidation Off the Table

By Jack Bennett November 14, 2014

The university is no longer considering a consolidation of the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access, LGBTQ Resource Center and Women’s Center after overwhelmingly negative student feedback, Vice...

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A proposal would combine the LGBTQ Resource Center and the Women’s Center (above) with the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access.

Center Consolidation Proposed

By Natalie LaRue October 17, 2014

A tentative plan to combine Georgetown’s LGBTQ Center, Women’s Center and Center for Multicultural Equity and Access has drawn criticism from students opposed to any sort of merger. According...

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The Face of Modern Feminism

By Nicole Jarvis October 10, 2014

  If you were to ask 10 Georgetown students what feminism is, you would get 10 different answers. The word and its associated movement, even though they have been seen as controversial by some,...

7 Questions with Take Back The Night

7 Questions with Take Back The Night

By KP and KP April 3, 2013

Since 1975, women have been holding Take Back the Night events and combatting sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and sexual abuse. In 2001, Take Back the Night was officially established...

Battling a Stifling Culture

By Sarah Kaplan April 7, 2011

There are about 4,095 female undergraduates at Georgetown. Statistically speaking, 819 of them will experience sexual violence before the end of their time on the Hilltop. Sexual and gender-based violence,...

Values Without Borders

By The Editorial Board November 29, 2010

A woman's role in society can be a touchy subject in Arab countries. But with the establishment of the new women's center at the School of Foreign Service's Qatar campus, Georgetown has reaffirmed its...

GU Women’s Center Turns Twenty

By Johanna Caldwell October 15, 2010

This fall the Georgetown University Women's Center is celebrating 20 years since it first provided a unique forum to support, educate and empower women of all cultures, races, sexual orientations, genders...

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