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GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | The honorary degree held by former Washington, D.C. Archbishop and Cardinal Theodore McCarrick was revoked by Georgetown on Tuesday after Pope Francis removed McCarrick from the priesthood for sexual abuse Saturday. Georgetown has never previously rescinded an honorary degree, according to University President John J. DeGioia.

University Considering Action Against Cardinal McCarrick

By Meena Morar September 7, 2018

Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia criticized Catholic leadership for its complicity in recently surfaced sexual assault scandals in an email on Tuesday. DeGioia’s email addressed a...

University Appoints First Full-Time Title IX Coordinator

By Ian Scoville January 14, 2016

Georgetown University has appointed Laura Cutway as the university’s first full-time Title IX coordinator, according to a campus-wide email sent Wednesday afternoon. Cutway will be responsible...

CREDIT: SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE

University Bans Hoverboards

By Ashwin Puri January 10, 2016

University administration prohibited the use and storage of hoverboards on campus Thursday through a campus-wide email. This decision comes at a time when the popular self-balancing transportation...

KHAN: All Speech  Matters

KHAN: All Speech Matters

By Michael Khan November 17, 2015

“I personally am tired of hearing that First Amendment rights protect students when they are creating a hostile and unsafe learning environment for myself and for other students here.” Those are the...

KHAN: When the Right Is Left Out

KHAN: When the Right Is Left Out

By Michael Khan September 29, 2015

A true liberal arts education is meant to introduce students to a wide variety of thoughts, and professors are supposed to be the well-intentioned and informed mediators of discussion. However, it is very...

Put a Dent in Debt

By The Editorial Board September 29, 2015

A Georgetown education is expensive, and the university needs to do more to help its students deal with the rising costs. The upward trend in tuition costs shows no sign of slowing, and students increasingly...

Kindling the Fire

By The Editorial Board April 14, 2015

Last Wednesday, the Office of the Provost sent an email urging students to attend a series of events called “Ignite the Dream,” an initiative that aims to facilitate a conversation about race, equality...

BASSEY: University Rank Spells Trouble

By Musa Bassey February 3, 2015

For those who haven’t heard, President Obama proposed a plan in 2013 to reform the higher education system. His proposal aims to release definitive rankings of universities and colleges. something on...

FIELDS: To Be Effective, Liberal Arts Should Liberate

FIELDS: To Be Effective, Liberal Arts Should Liberate

By Fr. Stephen Fields, S.J. October 17, 2014

A Jesuit named John Courtney Murray once warned us in a prophetic book that the freedoms we Americans enjoy are constantly threatened by what he calls “barbarism,” which results from the very nature...

The Housing Injustice of 2017

By Melina Delkic June 11, 2014

On those colorful Georgetown University brochures and pamphlets that started coming in the mail my junior year of high school, I remember seeing fun phrases like, “Join us on the Hilltop!” or “Hoya...

Motives Questioned in First Papal Resignation in Six Centuries

By Hiromi Oka February 12, 2013

Pope Benedict XVI announced yesterday that he would resign as head of the Roman Catholic Church, becoming only the fifth pontiff to step down from the position in the history of the papacy and the first...

Expanding the Zip Fleet

By The Editorial Board February 12, 2013

One of this week’s most popular IdeaScale proposals suggested that the university add at least one Zipvan to Georgetown’s recently expanded fleet of Zipcars. This would be a worthwhile extension...

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