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MAGGIE FOUBERG/THE HOYA | Georgetown University Student Association President Norman Francis Jr. (COL ’20) and Vice President Aleida Olvera (COL ’20) were interviewed by The Hoya on Oct. 27 to discuss their term so far.

Francis and Olvera Reflect on Reform, Institutional Challenges

By Katrina Schmidt and Cady Stanton November 1, 2019

MAGGIE FOUBERG/THE HOYA | Georgetown University Student Association President Norman Francis Jr. (COL ’20), left, and Vice President Aleida Olvera (COL ’20), right, were interviewed by The Hoya on...

GU Announces New Reconciliation Initiative, Will Not Enact Student Fee

GU Announces New Reconciliation Initiative, Will Not Enact Student Fee

By Myroslav November 1, 2019

Georgetown University will launch an initiative supporting community-based projects with GU272 descendants after a student referendum in April voted in favor of a reconciliation fund to benefit the descendants. The...

MEREDITH MILLER FOR THE HOYA | Students held posters and chanted to demonstrate outside of the Georgetown University board of directors convened.

Students Protest University Board Inaction on GU272

By Riley Rogerson October 4, 2019

Student frustration is continuing to build as Georgetown University’s board of directors, which met multiple times this week, has still not publicly provided a concrete timeline to students for action...

WILL CROMARTY / THE HOYA |

Search Begins for Librarian To Oversee Collections on Slavery

By Dustin Hartuv September 4, 2019

Georgetown University began a search for candidates to work as the librarian for collections on slavery, memory and reconciliation, a position established to support the university’s engagement with...

University President John J. DeGioia (CAS 79, GRD 95) touched on topics including the GU 272 referendum and his almost two-decade tenure as president in an interview with The Hoya. | MARGARET FOUBERG/THE HOYA

‘A Fantastic Challenge’: DeGioia Reflects on 18-Year Tenure, GU 272 and Title IX

By Maya Gandhi August 28, 2019

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. Ahead of the first day of classes, The Hoya sat down with University President John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95), to discuss two key campus...

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Board of Directors Meets, Does Not Vote on GU272 Referendum

By Amy Li June 25, 2019

Despite discussing the results of the student GU272 referendum and holding conversations with GU272 Advocacy Team members in past weeks, the Georgetown University board of directors did not hold a vote...

GEORGETOWN COLLEGE - GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY FACEBOOK PAGE | Members of the Georgetown College Class of 2019 gathered at commencement May 18.

Adichie Encourages Care for Others at College Commencement

By Connor Thomas May 26, 2019

To ease the stress created by the modern “age of hurry,” it is necessary to care for others and avoid extreme individualism, award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie told Georgetown University...

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GU272 Referendum Ruled Constitutional

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo April 28, 2019

The constitutionality of the GU272 referendum was confirmed by the Georgetown University Student Association constitutional council in a ruling Sunday in response to a suit brought by Rowan Saydlowski...

GUSA Constitutional Council Hears GU272 Suit Arguments

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo April 24, 2019

Plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of the GU272 vote but argued their suit does not oppose the referendum’s objectives at a Georgetown University Student Association constitutional council hearing...

Former Senator Challenges GUSA Chief Justice

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo April 17, 2019

Dylan Hughes (COL ’19), former chair of the Georgetown University Student Association Ethics and Oversight Committee, challenged the constitutionality of GUSA Constitutional Council Chief Justice William...

Margaret Fouberg for The Hoya | Outgoing GUSA Speaker Eliza Lafferty (COL 21) speaks at a Senate meeting this semester. The Senate was scheduled to approve the results of the referendum at a meeting Sunday before the suit was brought before the Senators.

GUSA Constitutional Council to Hear Suit Against 272 Referendum

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo April 15, 2019

The Georgetown University Student Association’s Constitutional Council will address a suit filed by two students that seeks to overturn the results of last week’s referendum to establish a semesterly...

AMBER GILLETTE/THE HOYA | The GU272 referendum, which passed with 66 percent of students voting in favor of a reconciliation fee, awaits university approval.

Students Endorse Reconciliation Fee in GU272 Referendum

By Deepika Jonnalagadda April 12, 2019

Students voted overwhelmingly in favor of a referendum to establish a semesterly fee that would go toward a fund to benefit descendants of the GU272 on Thursday night with the highest turnout in recorded...

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