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GUSA Senate Creates New Policy and Advocacy Committee

By Kelly Anderson October 2, 2019

New Georgetown University Student Association committee chairs, chosen at a GUSA senate meeting Sept. 29, plan to start their terms this week with a renewed emphasis on transparency in the organization...

JULIA ALVEY / THE HOYA | Twelve students were elected to the Georgetown University Student Associate senate Wednesday evening.

GUSA Senate Election Fills Freshman, At-Large and Senior Seats

By Harrison McBride September 26, 2019

Students voted to elect 12 senators to the Georgetown University Student Association senate Sept. 26 with platforms centered on improving facilities and providing more resources for survivors of sexual...

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GUSA Senate Candidates Voice Campaign Platforms at Town Hall

By Grace Buono September 26, 2019

Twenty-six candidates who ran for the Georgetown University Student Association senate delivered their proposals concerning improved minority representation and mental health resource accessibility at...

Impeached GUSA Senator Peter Hamilton (COL 20) will remain in the Senate after an expulsion vote failed to reach a two-thirds majority. Days later, former Senator Matthew Buckwald (COL 20) resigned.

Impeached Sen. Hamilton To Remain in GUSA Senate

By Ashley Zhao September 6, 2019

The Georgetown University Student Association voted to impeach but did not remove Senator Peter Hamilton (COL ’20) in a series of August senate meetings after he accrued a series of unexcused absences...

FILE PHOTO: MARGARET FOUBERG/THE HOYA| GUSA Senate Speaker Eliza Lafferty (COL 21), right, and Vice Speaker Pat Walsh (SFS 21), left, have overseen an increase in unexcused absences.

GUSA Struggles to Curb Senators’ Unexcused Absences

By Rachel Friedman April 5, 2019

Unexcused absences by senators at Georgetown University Student Association senate meetings have more than quadrupled from last year’s legislative season despite the introduction of a committee this...

FILE PHOTO: ANNE STONECIPHER/THE HOYA |  A special election to fill the seat of former GUSA Senator Sam Appel (COL 20) will not be held, according to the GUSA election commission.

GUSA Decides Against Special Election to Fill Senate Seat

By Cady Stanton February 22, 2019

A special election will not be held for the vacant seat of Sam Appel (COL ’20) in the Georgetown University Student Association senate, in a departure from the GUSA constitution. The GUSA president...

MASON MANDELL/THE HOYA The Georgetown University Student Association voted 20-4 to hold a referendum on adding a $27.20 semesterly fee to students tuition that would go towards a fund to benefit descendants of the the 272 enslaved individuals sold in 1838 to pay off the universitys debts.

GUSA Approves Referendum on Reconciliation Fee for Descendants of GU272

By Will Cassou and Yolanda Spura February 5, 2019

Students are set to vote on the creation of a semesterly fee that would go toward a fund to benefit descendants of the GU272 this April after the Georgetown University Student Association senate approved...

ELIZA LAFFERTY AND PATRICK WALSH Georgetown University Student Association senate elected Eliza Lafferty (COL ’21) and Patrick Walsh (SFS ’21) as speaker and vice speaker.

GUSA Senate Elects Speaker, Vice Speaker

By Emily Leng October 12, 2018

Eliza Lafferty (COL ’21) and Patrick Walsh (SFS ’21) were elected speaker and vice speaker of the Georgetown University Student Association senate in an emergency senate meeting Oct. 2. Lafferty,...

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Elections for the senate of the Georgetown University Student Association will take place Sept. 30. Fourteen seats are open this semester.

GUSA Senate Elections to Fill 14 Vacancies

By Karena Landler September 28, 2018

Georgetown University Student Association Senate elections, set for Sept. 30, include 33 candidates running for 14 open positions. The open seats include seven vacant spots for freshmen, four at-large...

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Juan Martinez (SFS 20) is Georgetown University Student Association president effective Sept. 16 after Sahil Nair (SFS 19) resigned Sept. 11.

GUSA Appoints New President, Apologizes for Initial Response

By Erin Doherty September 21, 2018

Juan Martinez (SFS ’20), the former transition chair of the Georgetown University Student Association senate, is the new GUSA president, effective Sept. 16, replacing Sahil Nair (SFS ’19), who resigned Sept....

Rahman, Bennett to Resign Following Senate Demands

By Christian Paz and Erin Doherty September 14, 2018

Naba Rahman (SFS ’19), the acting president of the Georgetown University Student Association, and Chief of Staff Aaron Bennett (COL ’19) will resign Friday, effective at 11:59 p.m., according to a...

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After Nair Resignation, GUSA Senate Demands Rahman, Bennett Resign

By Erin Doherty and Christian Paz September 12, 2018

The Georgetown University Student Association senate demanded the resignations of acting President Naba Rahman (SFS ’19), Chief of Staff Aaron Bennett (COL ’19) and nine other senior staff members...

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