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Free Choice for Fordham

By The Editorial Board November 14, 2014

It has long been policy at many Catholic universities that condoms may not be sold or distributed on campus. For Georgetown, this means that any group with access to benefits cannot distribute or sell...

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3 Professors Call for ISIS Intervention

By Giovanna Azevedo September 26, 2014

Three Georgetown faculty members have signed an Iraq Rescue plea calling for U.S. military intervention against the Islamic State group. Director of the Berkley Center’s Religious Freedom Project...

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Although the District has abandoned some proposed regulations, tattoo artists are still fighting proposals that remain on the table.

Tattoo Artists Fight Regulations

By Suzanne Monyak and Kshithij Shrinath September 9, 2014

Spontaneity is still possible in D.C. tattoo parlors, but District tattoo artists are still pushing back against proposed regulations to the industry. The D.C. Department of Health has eliminated the...

Vatican Responds to Blatty Petition

By Molly Simio May 14, 2014

The Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education responded to a petition requesting that Georgetown University be stripped of its Catholic and Jesuit identity with a denial of the appeal for hierarchical...

Fighting Against Duplicitous Food Marketing

By William Rydzewski May 2, 2014

Each fall, incoming college freshmen start their undergraduate careers with a considerable amount of independence. For the first time, many of these seventeen- and eighteen-year-olds are forced to make...

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The university has convened a working group to examine a potential main campus smoking ban, which is already in place on the medical campus.

Smoking Ban Efforts Coalesce

By Ryan Thomas April 4, 2014

Students have created a petition to make the main campus of the university tobacco smoke free, coinciding with the convening of a nonsmoking campus working group March 25 regarding the university’s...

Council Rules Greco Legitimate Speaker

Council Rules Greco Legitimate Speaker

By Jennifer Ding January 20, 2014

The Georgetown University Student Association Constitutional Council ruled Sunday that Sam Greco (SFS’15) has been the legitimate speaker of the GUSA senate since former Speaker George Spyropoulos’ (COL...

Chess Challenges Speaker Election

By Emma Hinchliffe January 17, 2014

GUSA Election Commissioner Ethan Chess (COL ’14) filed a petition with the GUSA Constitutional Council on Thursday night requesting the invalidation of Sunday’s election for GUSA speaker,...

Chess Challenges Speaker Election

By Emma Hinchliffe January 17, 2014

GUSA Election Commissioner Ethan Chess (COL ’14) filed a petition with the GUSA Constitutional Council on Thursday night requesting the invalidation of Sunday’s election for GUSA speaker,...

Despite Francis, Blatty Holds Strong

By Nick Simon September 27, 2013

Though Pope Francis recently said the Catholic Church should focus less on abortion, gay marriage and contraception, “The Exorcist” author William Peter Blatty (C ’50) continues to question Georgetown’s...

Dining Workers File Petition, Push for Union

By Glenn Russo February 17, 2011

The employees of Georgetown University Dining Services are looking to unionize. On Feb. 9, about 80 percent of workers signed a request to their employer, Aramark Higher Education, asking the food...

Students Petition To Keep Professor

By Rebecca Regan-Sachs April 26, 2002

A group of Georgetown students have drafted a petition in support of visiting government professor Ashraf Ismail asking that his contract be renewed after it expires at the end of the semester. The...

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