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Year in review: Top stories from 2023 at Georgetown University

Year in review: Top stories from 2023 at Georgetown University

By Michelle Vassilev and Caroline Rareshide December 31, 2023

It was a year of change on the hilltop.  Pressure to reassess admission processes, a series of administrative hires, a search for a new mascot and a turnover in the basketball program’s leadership...

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Year in Review

By Sana Rahman and Cady Stanton May 15, 2019

EDITORIAL: Our Closing Thoughts

By Editorial Board April 28, 2017

In an eventful year for the university, Washington, D.C., and nation, topics from the protection of free speech to ensuring affordability to the basketball program to the university’s role in the current...

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Artists Take A Stand in 2016-17

By Meena Raman and Dani Guerrero April 21, 2017

Art, as a form of public speech, is inherently political and engages with existing thoughts and ideologies. After a remarkably eventful year in the political and social spheres, art and culture have naturally...

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2016 Election and Policies Spark DC Demonstrations

By Jeff Cirillo and Marina Pitofsky April 20, 2017

"This is what democracy looks like!" Groups of demonstrators, most of them young and many of them Hoyas, chanted in unison as they marched down the streets of Washington, D.C., ardent in their protest. On...

Students Advocate Progress On and Off Campus

By Tara Subramaniam April 20, 2017

In a year marked by protests in Washington, D.C., following President Donald Trump’s election and his new policies, Georgetown students advocated for progress in areas ranging from workers’ rights...

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Top Ten Movies of 2016

By Jeff Naft and Marina Tian December 31, 2016

As 2016 comes to a close, take a look back the year's best films with our top 10 picks. Click Here to Read

In Memoriam

By Katherine Richardson April 29, 2016

Fr. Richard Curry, S.J., 72 Professor of Catholic Studies and Theater Fr. Richard Curry, S.J., who taught for 10 years at Georgetown and founded Dog Tag Bakery, died Dec. 20 from heart failure. The...

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Bowser Pushes Initiatives to Accommodate Homeless

By Emily Tu April 29, 2016

In light of an influx of families seeking shelter during a record-breaking winter storm this year, homelessness in Washington, D.C., became an increasingly prominent issue, with Mayor Muriel Bowser...

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Kehoe Field’s conditions create challenges for club sports teams.

Complaints and Closures Strain Campus Resources

By Suzanne Monyak and Aly Pachter April 29, 2016

Faced with increased demand for resources in virtually all aspects of campus, the administration worked to address growing concerns in Georgetown’s academic, athletic and student life. Academic...

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In March, the Georgetown Solidarity Committee lauched its Work With Dignity campaign, demanding better recognition of the contribution of workers and improvements to their working conditions.

Students Advocate for Workers’ Rights

By Ian Scoville April 29, 2016

In a year dominated by student advocacy efforts to address issues at Georgetown from its history with slavery to divestment, workers’ rights has remained a prevalent issue on campus. Student athletes...

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The opinion piece “I Stand With Willa,” co-authored by Zoe Dobkin (SFS ’16) and Willa Murphy, contributed to the movement demanding that the administration amend its response to sexual assault cases.

As Assault Survivors Speak Out, Policies Advance

By Toby Hung April 29, 2016

As the issue of sexual assault on college campuses rose to the forefront of the national consciousness, advocacy efforts for awareness and policy reform at Georgetown also gained traction over the...

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