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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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GUSA, Georgetown Students Call for Free Laundry

GUSA, Georgetown Students Call for Free Laundry

By Brooke DeLucia March 17, 2023

Over 400 students signed a Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) petition published on Feb. 9 urging the Office of Residential Living to end laundry charges. The GUSA Department of Financial...

GUSA Urges Laundry Price Reduction, Approves Bylaw Changes

GUSA Urges Laundry Price Reduction, Approves Bylaw Changes

By Evie Steele January 27, 2023

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate approved unanimously a resolution urging Georgetown University to lower the cost of on-campus laundry services and confirmed a streamlining...

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Firefighters responded to a laundry fire in Henle Village on Tuesday evening.

Plastic in Dryer Causes Henle Village Fire

By Jeff Cirillo January 31, 2018

Firefighters responded to a laundry fire in the Henle Village apartment complex Tuesday evening caused by plastic left in a dryer. Henle residents were evacuated around 7:03 p.m., while at least...

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A promotional poster for the student startup Fiber Filters, which seeks to keep microplastics out of the worlds oceans.

Georgetown Student Startup Addresses Microplastic Pollution

By Georgia Payne November 17, 2017

Student-run startup Fiber Filter is promoting its new fiber-catching laundry bag prototype in a promotional video that aims to pressure washing machine companies to take social responsibility for microplastic...

The Stages of Losing Your GoCard

The Stages of Losing Your GoCard

By Nikki Hauser and Nikki Hauser April 25, 2017

Who knew a tiny, ugly piece of plastic would mean so much to us? If you're a Georgetown student, you've probably lost your GoCard before. And if you're like me, you lose it almost every week. How do...

The 5 People You Meet In The Laundry Room

The 5 People You Meet In The Laundry Room

By Sarah Reuter and Sarah Reuter October 20, 2016

Ahh it’s laundry day (please note that I am not put together enough to have a designated laundry day but in theory, this is a thing). You have paraded through your dorm with your dirty laundry – wondering...

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Beginning this year, Wash Cycle will be the only laundry provider with access to university housing.

New Laundry Service Upholds Jesuit Values

By Toby Hung August 26, 2015

The university announced early August that it will partner with Wash Cycle, a laundry service committed to social and environmental causes, as its first official laundry provider. Beginning this...

Laundry-Monitoring App in the Works

By Mallika Sen September 17, 2013

Students will no longer lug a bag full of laundry across their building only to find that all the machines are taken when the Office of Facilities and the Georgetown University Student Association...

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