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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

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...

The Dual Nature of Free Speech

By Thomas Barry Cooke April 24, 2015

A campus announcement on April 20 noted that the Westboro Baptist Church had been granted a permit from the city to picket in the public space outside of the main gates of Georgetown University on Monday,...

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The Westboro Baptist Church will protest at Georgetown on April 27, prompting the planning of two student-organized counter-protests.

Countering WBC, Protests Organize

By Toby Hung April 21, 2015

The Westboro Baptist Church announced last weekend that it will picket outside the front gates of Georgetown University next Monday, prompting students to organize two counterprotests in response to...

Westboro Church Draws Student Protesters’ Ire

By Sarah Kaplan November 12, 2010

"You Eat Your Kids" and "Thank God For Dead Soldiers" were among the signs held high by four members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Washington Circle Thursday morning, a protest met by about 300 college...

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