Julia Cai

Kissinger, Hayden Reflect on Former CIA Chief

Former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger joined Central Intelligence Agency Director Gen. Michael Hayden yesterday in Gaston Hall to kick off a symposium on the life of former CIA director Richard Helms.

After Initial Rift, A Long-Awaited Discussion

Last fall, the story of six Jena High School students resonated across the nation. In a case that began the previous December, six black high school students from Jena, La., allegedly beat their white classmate and were initially charged with attempted murder.

Feith Contract Not Renewed

Douglas Feith (LAW ’78) may not have devised an exit strategy for the U.S. occupation of Iraq, but according to the former Bush administration official, a group of Georgetown professors apparently had no trouble coming up with an exit strategy for him.

Club Budgets Tackle Excess Reserves

With more than $800,000 accrued in club reserve accounts this year, GUSA’s Finance and Appropriations Committee tackled ways for club advisory boards to spend reserve funds for next year at its annual budgetary meeting on Wednesday.

$800,000 In Club Funds Unspent

While many groups have been denied requests for additional funding, more than $800,000 in unspent funds for student clubs has accumulated in university reserve accounts.

$800,000 In Club Funds Unspent

Although many groups have been denied requests for more funding, a recent GUSA audit shows that more than $800,000 of unspent funds for student clubs remains unused in university reserve accounts.

GU Partners in Creation of New Nursing Scholarship

A new nursing scholarship by the Georgetown University Medical Center and Washington Hospital Center aims to bring on more applicants and to combat the increasing national shortage of nurses.

It's Pat!

Patrick Dowd (SFS ’09) won the runoff election for GUSA president this week, and will take office next month, the Election Commission announced tonight.

“We’re thrilled,” Dowd said.

From Everest to the Arctic

When he’s not lecturing about physics and biology, adjunct assistant physics professor Francis Slakey is chasing world records. If he successfully completes a Norwegian surfing expedition this summer, Slakey will become the first person to have climbed the highest mountain on every continent and to have surfed in each of the world’s oceans.

GUSA Election Results Rejected

The GUSA Senate voted yesterday to deny certification of the results of the presidential election held last week and to hold a runoff election among the top four finishers.