Members of Georgetown University’s crew team were among about 20 people pulled from the Potomac River Saturday amid frigid conditions when high winds and rough waters caused several boats to take on water.

The winner of the GUSA presidential election will be announced at tomorrow's GUSA Senate meeting, according to election commissioner Maura Cassidy (COL '08).

The announcement, originally scheduled for Friday, was postponed after the election commission received multiple complaints regarding the election.

Georgetown University raised the most cash in its history in fiscal year 2007, and administrators said they hope to raise $1.5 billion over nearly a decade in the next capital campaign.

Dean of Georgetown College Jane McAuliffe was elected president of Bryn Mawr College today, and will take office on July 1.
McAuliffe, who has served as dean since 1999, was unanimously elected by the Board of Trustees of the all-women's college outside of Philadelphia.

Approximately one in every seven water fountains on campus is broken, a trend one university administrator attributes primarily to student vandalism.

Out of the 174 water fountains counted in all of the undergraduate campus buildings — including residence halls, academic buildings, athletic facilities and the first floor of the Wolfington Jesuit Residence — 25, mostly concentrated in three buildings, are out of service. Harbin Hall has the highest percentage of broken fountains, with seven out of the building’s 10 out of service. Seven of the Leavey Center’s 15 fountains are broken, as are five of LXR’s eight.

Fifteen of the 78 fountains in residence halls, or 19 percent, are not functioning properly.

Due to general student demand for increased dining options, Georgetown plans to dramatically revamp its campus dining services in the upcoming year, as administrators announced that a new food-service company will transform O’Donovan Hall, the long-awaited restaurant in Darnall Hall will open and campus meal plan options will change.

After 32 years, Marriott Corporation will no longer provide the food served in on-campus dining halls. Georgetown signed a five-year contract with ARAMARK Higher Education earlier this year, which took effect July 1.

Due to general student demand for increased dining options, Georgetown will dramatically revamp its campus dining services in the upcoming academic year, as a new food service company will transform O’Donovan Dining Hall, the long-awaited restaurant in Darnall Hall will open and campus meal plan options will change.

After 32 years, Marriott Corporation will no longer provide the food served in on-campus dining halls. Georgetown has signed a five-year contract with ARAMARK Higher Education, which took effect July 1, according to the university’s Web site.

Although pundits around the nation have called for increased campus security since 33 people were shot to death at Virginia Tech last week, student guards at Georgetown, known for relaxed patrols in the lobbies of campus dormitories, have made little effort to boost enforcement since the incident.

The Department of Public Safety has asked student guards to be more vigilant after the shooting, but many continue to neglect the university’s policy that requires all people entering certain buildings to swipe their GOCards or be signed in by a resident. “All of our guards have been advised to be on vigil,” Doris Bey, DPS associate director, said.

Student guards, however, have said that they overlook the rule for a variety of reasons.

Student guards cracked down on GOCard swiping for entrance into dormitories on Monday. Students were seen Monday lining up outside some building entrances to swipe.

“All of our guards have been advised to be on vigil,” said Doris Bey, associate director of the Department of Public Safety.

Lizbeth Chow (SFS ’08), a student guard in Village C West who was on duty Monday evening, said that she had been informed by superiors to take added caution, but that no new security policies had been implemented. Chow said that she made an extra effort to ensure that everyone entering the building swiped in or was signed in by a resident. She said most students realized the need for tight security and cooperated with the increased enforcement.