A Law Center student was reported dead by the Metropolitan Police Department early Nov. 22, according to a broadcast e-mail sent to the Georgetown Law Center community Monday.

Kate Goodman, a second-year student at the Law Center, died by suicide, according to the D.C. Chief Medical Examiner’s office. She was 24.

The MPD detective handling Goodman’s case, Jed Worrell, declined comment Wednesday.

Carol O’Neil, associate dean for academic administration at the Law Center, wrote in the e-mail that Georgetown’s Counseling and Psychiatric Services are available for students seeking support. Law Center chaplains are also available to provide assistance, O’Neil wrote.

Father Kevin Wildes, S.J., president of Loyola University in New Orleans, thanked Georgetown for admitting displaced students from the Gulf Coast during a reception yesterday in the Leavey Center.

Wildes, a former assistant dean at Georgetown, expressed his gratitude almost two months after Georgetown’s acceptance of nearly 70 emergency transfer students from Loyola, following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, which rendered the university uninhabitable.

“I want to thank Georgetown for its hospitality to our students,” Wildes said, prompting applause from the audience. “There are 28 other Jesuit schools in the nation, and they set an example for other private and public universities to open doors to our students.”

Amid the hustle and bustle of hauling boxes, lugging carts and farewell dinners, thousands descended on McDonough Gymnasium Sunday to watch Georgetown officially welcome its newest students to the Hilltop during New Student Convocation.

Forming a line that snaked from the arena all the way to the west end of Harbin Hall, anxious parents and fidgety siblings appeared to be unsure whether they would be able to find seating inside or would have to sit in the steaming tent just outside the entrance.

For parents sending their first child off to college, the wait offered a few more moments to hang on before saying goodbye.

Students of Georgetown, Inc., commonly known as The Corp, officially became Georgetown’s newest federal work-study employer this summer, following a vote by the company’s upper management and board of directors.

The recent decision to grant federal work-study (FWS) funds to the Corp means qualified students are now eligible to receive financial aid through employment with the organization.

The Corp expects to expand its employee pool, attract a diverse workforce and save $45,000 per year through federal funding for becoming a FWS employer, according to Corp President and CEO Jon Carpenter (MSB ’06).

Georgetown’s Army ROTC Hoya Battalion has been consistently recruiting a high number of cadets, despite a nationwide decline in the number of ROTC recruits over the last three years, according to military officials.

During each of the past two fall semesters, approximately 100 cadets from four area colleges enrolled in the battalion, according to Lieutenant Colonel Allen J. Gill, professor of military science at Georgetown. Eighty-five cadets are currently enrolled in the battalion.

Reported crime fell markedly in the Second District during the month of March, continuing a downward trend that started early this January, according to Metropolitan Police Department statistics.

The Second District, which includes the Georgetown campus and its surrounding neighborhoods, saw significantly decreased instances of reported burglaries and thefts in March compared to this time last year, according to the statistics.

Living Wage Campaign Heats Up

The Living Wage Coalition demonstrated against the university’s hiring and wage policies for contracted workers, holding rallies in Red Square and bursting into a meeting of the university’s Board of Directors.

Several students forced their way into a Feb. 9 meeting of Georgetown’s Board of Directors, demanding higher wages for contracted workers. They were escorted by a Department of Public Safety officer but were allowed to speak to the Board.

The Living Wage Coalition also made a formal presentation to the Advisory Committee on Business Practices, appealing directly to Senior Vice President Spiros Dimolitsas.

Over a decade ago, Georgetown University made history when it rolled out the nation’s first hydrogen fuel-cell bus for Earth Week 1994.

“The prototype for the nation’s first fuel-cell bus arrived at Georgetown Sunday [April 17] to take part in the national Earth Week celebrations taking place on the National Mall,” an April 19, 1994 article in THE HOYA said.

The bus’ development was managed in part through the university, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Argonne National Laboratory.

Georgetown’s interest in the bus began in 1983 when the university was doing studies on fuel cells in mechanical generators within the Energy Department.

Their voices filled the chapel, echoing off the rows of empty pews. Some singers closed their eyes, and most swayed back and forth to the rhythm of the music.

In perfect harmony, 15 different souls sang worship songs and praised God, rousing a sleepy lone visitor to full attention. For a brief moment, nothing stood in the way of the powerful voices coming from the front of the room, until the ring of a singer’s cell phone interrupted the sanctity of the scene.

But as she turned it off, the other singers smiled and continued singing.

As president of GUSA, Pravin Rajan (SFS ’07) says he is working to change the student association and make it more accessible to the student body. But while members of Georgetown’s community might know about his politics, fewer know of his fascination with Albert Einstein or his perpetual lack of sleep.

If your friends could describe you in one word, what would that be?

Probably “energetic.” I rarely sleep. I get excited about something and I will throw everything I have into it.

Whenever you feel hungry, where’s a nice place to eat out?

Usually I don’t have time to eat. I’ll run to Vittles and grab an Odwalla bar and maybe some bread and hummus, and that’s what keeps me alive.