The military will have to deal with increasing global problems in an upcoming period of “persisted conflict,” said Gen. George W. Casey Jr. (SFS '70), chief of staff of the U.S. Army, on Wednesday in the Intercultural Center Auditorium.

“We know we are not where we need to be,” he said in a speech sponsored by the Center for Peace and Security Studies.

One day shy of the one-year anniversary of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute shootings that claimed 33 lives and just two months after another shooting at Northern Illinois University, Georgetown has made several strides to barricade itself from similar threats on campus.

The University Board of Directors voted last week to raise undergraduate tuition by 5.5 percent, outpacing the rate of inflation.

Undergraduates will pay $37,536 for the 2008-2009 academic year, up from this year’s $35,568. Tuition has increased by more than $7,700 in the last five years.

Hundreds of students, faculty and staff were forced to temporarily evacuate Reiss Science Building and the Leavey Center yesterday after a suspected gas leak, although firefighters deemed the situation safe and the buildings were reopened later in the day.

The Department of Public Safety evacuated the two buildings around 3 p.m. after someone reported a foul odor coming from Reiss to DPS.

The Georgetown University graduate student who contracted tuberculosis is undergoing treatment, is expected to make a full recovery and is not a threat to the Georgetown community, a D.C. Department of Health spokesperson said.

Five laptops were reported as stolen from residences on Wednesday, just over a week after four Henle Village apartments were burgled, bringing the total number of reported stolen laptops in the past six weeks to at least 15, according to Department of Public Safety reports.

Three working groups established to strengthen education and awareness of LGBTQ issues on campus were formally named and charged to begin their work on Friday.

A student was sent to the hospital after being allegedly assaulted and robbed Monday night in West Georgetown in one of three reported assaults during a one-hour period.

Emma Graham (COL ’08) said that as she was returning from a class in White Gravenor to her house on P Street at around 9:15 p.m., four men sitting on the corner of 37th and P Streets started following her.