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Experts Debate Clinton Trial

By Anne Skomba April 19, 2011

Five expert attorneys involved in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton (SFS '68) went head-to-head in a debate Friday at Georgetown Law Center. Panelists included Monica Lewinsky's co-counsel...

Student’s Laptop Stolen in 35th Street Burglary

By Sarah Kaplan April 19, 2011

A student arrived to his off-campus residence on Monday morning to find the home burglarized and his laptop stolen. According to a Public Safety Alert issued by the Department of Public Safety, the...

SAC Amends Funding Guidelines

By Alice Maglio April 19, 2011

The Student Activities Commission passed an amendment to its funding guidelines Monday night allowing student groups to formally appeal programming arcs, sanctions and event approvals through the Center...

Sekou Biddle: The Key to Engaging Students in the DC Argument

By The Editorial Board April 19, 2011

After passing the now-infamous Disorderly Conduct Amendment Act in January, the D.C. Council proved that it had failed its student constituents by imposing noise laws that blatantly target the young adult...

DC Politicians Protest Budget Bill

By Sarah Kaplan April 15, 2011

Congressional limitations on D.C. autonomy in the past week have sparked protest from Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and the arrest of Mayor Vincent Gray. Norton, D.C.'s nonvoting delegate in Congress,...

School of Continuing Studies Adds Full-Time Veterans’ Post

By Upasana Kaku April 15, 2011

The School of Continuing Studies has instituted a new senior level position to coordinate veterans' affairs and recruitment efforts. The step follows a decision last month to fund a part-time position...

Arizona Votes for Guns on Campus

By Mike Berardo April 15, 2011

The Arizona House of Representatives passed a bill last Thursday requiring public universities to allow students to carry concealed weapons on campus. Though the bill does not permit weapons in buildings...

DC Reads’ Education Week Tackles Achievement Gap

By Mariah Byrne April 15, 2011

This week DC Reads brought its mission from Wards 7 and 8 to Georgetown's front gates with its first annual Education Week. Through Education Week, DC Reads hoped to translate the necessary connection...

Religious Space Set To Open

By Anne Skomba April 15, 2011

The Office of Campus Ministry will expand on-campus worship space in an attempt to meet the growing needs of the university's religious communities. Fr. Kevin O'Brien, S.J., the executive director...

Medical Funds For Research Running Dry

By Braden McDonald April 15, 2011

Researchers at the Georgetown University Medical Center are facing the highest funding pressures in recent years. GUMC researchers said that recent federal budget cuts to the National Institutes of...

Nevils Renovations Will Target Remaining Asbestos

By Upasana Kaku April 15, 2011

Major renovations to the Nevils apartment complex this summer will include the removal of asbestos from the building, according to Vice President for Facilities and Student Housing Karen Frank. "It's...

Zoning Hearing: Administrators Stand Firm on Campus Plan

By Anne Skomba and Jacqueline Wangel April 15, 2011

The university presented its revised 2010 Campus Plan Thursday night to five D.C. Zoning Commissioners, as well as students and residents of the Georgetown, Burleith and Foxhall neighborhoods. The hearing...

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