Lounging like a prince in the secure and well-furnished atrium of the Jesuit Residence, Jack the Bulldog feels at home on the Hilltop.

But many Hoyas know the truth is that Georgetown’s mascot has not always been named Jack. In fact, the school’s premier pooch has not always even been a bulldog.

Although wireless Internet upgrades at Lauinger Library were expected to take effect by the spring semester, the installation of the new network remains incomplete, just one of several library services with which students and Lauinger employees have expressed frustration.

University President John J. DeGioia described the responsibility of global universities like Georgetown to foster peace and security in the modern world in a speech Wednesday at the U.S. Department of State.

For the last two and a half years, a black hand-painted sign has hung from the ceiling in Uncommon Grounds, advertising an event that rarely took place — Open Mic Night every Wednesday at 8 p.m.

Miles away from her home in northern Uganda, visiting America for the first time, and situated in an office on the fourth floor of New North on a rainy Wednesday morning, Monica Arac de Nyeko finds herself doing something quite familiar – writing. Pen in hand, she searches for words to complete her next project – her first novel, which she is set to unveil in the coming months.

The School of Nursing and Health Studies is beginning to soar in southern Africa.

After receiving $300,000 in auxiliary grant money, which was announced last week, the school’s Nurses SOAR! program plans to increase its nurse training programs in sub-Saharan Africa.

Founded in 2006 by a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration, the program seeks to improve nursing capability in HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care services. The recent grant money from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — a five year, $15 billion federal initiative founded in 2003 — will fund projects in South Africa and Lesotho, according to the GUMC Update, the Medical Center’s newsletter.

A child soldier-turned-rap star described how a childhood of flight and near-cannibalism in Sudan led him to become one of today’s world-renowned musicians during a speech in the Intercultural Center Auditorium yesterday evening.

“The only thing I can do is sacrifice my pride and tell my story,” said Emmanuel Jal, standing before an audience of about 50 people.

Born in southern Sudan in “roughly” 1980, Jal described the world he entered as one on the brink of a violent political maelstrom. By 1983, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army had begun its struggle against the Sudanese government in Khartoum for its independence.

On the third floor of McCarthy Hall, Paul Biedlingmaier (SFS ’11), an 18-year-old white male, considers himself a minority. He could not be more excited about it.

Biedlingmaier is a freshmen member of the Justice and Diversity in Action Living and Learning Community.

This community, comprised of students of all ages, races, religious affiliations, gender identities and socioeconomic backgrounds, is designed to provide a comfortable and safe environment for students of all backgrounds to discuss diversity and ways to achieve justice locally, nationally and internationally.

Tucked on a side street in the heart of Madrid’s bustling Sol district, Dubliner’s pub offers a unique glimpse into cultural convergence — an Irish pub in a Spanish city that serves French fries and shows American sports games. For Georgetown’s Big East quarterfinal game against Villanova last week, over 40 Hoyas studying or visiting friends in Madrid crowded into the pub’s back room and collectively enjoyed a big win over the Wildcats. The group fell silent during free throws and went wild with cheers in the final seconds.

Chances are, if sophomore Andrew Bumbalough isn’t wearing his running shoes and running circles around the competition, he’s probably kicking back in Birkenstocks and listening to Bob Marley or Phish.

Bumbalough’s eclectic personality has served the middle-distance phenom well on the track, a path that began humbly enough in middle school and has since taken him around the world and earned him an array of honors and distinctions.