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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Georgetown, Fellow Universities Yet To Rescind Honorifics Awarded to Rudy Giuliani

Georgetown, Fellow Universities Yet To Rescind Honorifics Awarded to Rudy Giuliani

By Katie Hawkinson July 7, 2022

Georgetown University finds itself amid a nationwide debate among universities deciding whether to rescind honorifics from Rudolph Giuliani (H ’02) in light of his attempts to undermine the 2020 presidential...

Barred From the Ballot Box, International Students Watch Election With Unease

Barred From the Ballot Box, International Students Watch Election With Unease

By Naomi Greenberg October 30, 2020

By Nov. 3, thousands of Georgetown University students will have cast their ballots for the 2020 presidential election. In the meantime, ineligible students must sit on the sidelines, hoping their peers...

VIEWPOINT: Promote Voting Nationwide

VIEWPOINT: Promote Voting Nationwide

By Thomas Connelly October 29, 2020

Think to yourself for a moment, whether you’re a Georgetown University student or a member of our community, if you have ever heard or said something along these lines: “Why would I vote? I’m...

EDITORIAL: Cancel Classes on Election Day

EDITORIAL: Cancel Classes on Election Day

By The Editorial Board October 8, 2020

Students should not be forced to confront the decision of attending class or voting in the 2020 election. Amid the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and the unusual virtual environment, Georgetown University...

KIRK ZIESER/THE HOYA | With Election Day fast approaching, GU students are calling on the university to encourage student voting by relaxing absence policies and circulating voter registration materials.

Students Petition for Absence Forgiveness Policy on Election Day

By Samantha Sinutko October 5, 2020

With Election Day only weeks away, Georgetown University students are calling on the university to encourage student voting by relaxing absence policies and promoting voter registration.  The...

Human Interactions Essential to Campaigning, Pete Buttigieg Says

Human Interactions Essential to Campaigning, Pete Buttigieg Says

By Annalise Myre April 7, 2020

Human encounters and on-the-ground campaigning are vital to the success of a presidential run, former presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said in a virtual Zoom event March 31. Buttigieg, the former...

VIEWPOINT: Discourage Bloomberg Presidential Bid

VIEWPOINT: Discourage Bloomberg Presidential Bid

By Derek Tassone November 15, 2019

Michael Bloomberg, I implore you: Don’t run for president. Stop this vanity project before it gets off the ground. The last thing the Democratic Party needs right now is a former Republican billionaire...

SUBUL MALIK/THE HOYA | Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

7 Candidates Kick Off Day 1 of Climate Forum 2020

By Hoya Staff September 20, 2019

The two-day Climate Forum 2020, hosted by Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service, Our Daily Planet, MSNBC and New York Magazine, kicked off in Gaston Hall on Sept. 19. Thursday’s schedule...

VIEWPOINT: Vote for an Accountable President

By Alexis Smith February 22, 2019

Only two months into 2019, controversies and scandals have unearthed a lack of responsibility and awareness in some of our elected officials. Two weeks ago, a defamatory photograph of two students —...

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