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Pro-Life Group Protests Cecile Richard’s Visit

By Christian Paz April 5, 2016

About 10 protestors from the Pennsylvania-based American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property demonstrated against the Georgetown University Lecture Fund’s invitation to Planned...

Study Predicts Surge in Protests

By Haley Snyder February 26, 2016

In light of this year’s rise in protests on college campuses nationwide, the University of California at Los Angeles’ annual campus survey, "The American Freshman," found the highest number of students...

BOBROSKE: South African Students Rally For Education

BOBROSKE: South African Students Rally For Education

By Alexander Bobroske October 30, 2015

In just two short weeks, the #FeesMustFall campaign shook South Africa. Students shut down campuses across the country to protest massive double-digit tuition increases for the following year, including an...

On Painful, Senseless Hatred

By Matthew Quallen May 2, 2015

From how it played out on the street and screen, you might think students were having fun. They smiled and laughed with witty signs, ridiculing the protestors just outside the gates. Dozens of students...

WBC Protest, As Told By Social Media

WBC Protest, As Told By Social Media

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein April 29, 2015

Unless you were abroad or in some Georgetown-day induced coma, you know that the Westboro Baptist Church visited our dear Hilltop yesterday. Their presence created quite a ruckus, leading to both a counter-protest...

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In response to the federal grand jury’s decision in the Ferguson, Mo. case, demonstrators took to Red Square, the White House and the city at large.

Ferguson Rallies Reach Campus, District

By Suzanne Monyak and Laura Owsiany December 5, 2014

The Georgetown University Black Leadership Forum mounted a Week of Action this week to reflect on recent events in Ferguson, Mo., and draw attention to racial and criminal justice issues following...

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An annual protest for immigrant rights, pictured from 2013, starts on campus, before making its way to the Capitol. The university released updated guidelines for on-campus demonstrations on Monday.

Campus Protest Guidelines Clarified

By Molly Simio November 18, 2014

The university released guidelines for campus protests and tabling in an update to the Speech and Expression Policy sent in a campus-wide email yesterday. The new guidelines for campus protests...

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Ukrainian activist Yulia Marushevska, who became a symbol of the Euromaidan protests with her appearance in the viral “I Am A Ukrainian” video, spoke Tuesday in ICC Auditorium about her experience and hopes for her country.

Euromaidan Activist Shares Experience

By Julia McCrimlisk April 4, 2014

In a simple declaration of feeling and national pride, Yulia Marushevska looks at the camera and declares, “I am a Ukrainian” before explaining why the Ukrainian people finally decided to rise...

Where Is the Outrage Over Venezuela?

By Alberto Alfonzo March 7, 2014

Over the past month, thousands of students from universities all over Venezuela have staged massive protests against President Nicolas Maduro. The streets of Venezuelan cities have been flooded with people...

A Climate for Activism

By The Editorial Board March 7, 2014

In his speech on climate change at Georgetown last June, President Barack Obama declared, “I’m here to say we need to act.” This past Sunday, hundreds of protestors arrived in Red Square with that...

Poli Sci for the Average Guy: Why Does Venezuela Need Saving?

Poli Sci for the Average Guy: Why Does Venezuela Need Saving?

By Harper Weissburg and Harper Weissburg February 21, 2014

On Valentine's Day, when American college students were spending time with their significant others and watching "House of Cards," Venezuelan students stormed the streets of Caracas with the common battle...

DeGioia Rejects Israeli Academic Boycott

By Matt Gregory January 14, 2014

In response to the American Studies Association’s decision to endorse an academic boycott of Israeli institutions, Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia issued a statement Dec. 23 rejecting...

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