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Over 200 protesters arrested at universi­ties in Los Angeles, Boston and Austin.

Pro-Palestinian students have sparked protests on college campuses across the US, extending a week of confrontational standoffs with police, mass arrests, and accusations of anti-Semitism. The Israel-Hamas conflict and humanitarian crisis in Gaza have sparked outrage in American universities from New York to California. Over 200 protesters were arrested at universities in Los Angeles, Boston, and Austin, Texas, where a fresh rally was scheduled for midday.

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Hundreds of students at Georgetown University and George Washington University (GWU) staged an encampment and demonstrations on Thursday to show solidarity with Gaza. The Georgetown Voice, Georgetown’s student-run magazine, reported in a post on X that “Students at Georgetown Washington University along with students from Georgetown and other universities in […]

Pro-Palestinian protests grow at US, France univs - World - LOS ANGELES/PARIS: College campuses across the United States braced for fresh protests by pro-Palestinian students Thursday, extending a week of increasingly c...

Pro-Palestinian protests spread to more college campuses in the United States on Thursday as authorities appeared to be running out of patience and police began to push back forcefully.

Eric Clark Mittereder, a writer, editor, and animating spirit for the Georgetown Voice from 2004 through 2008, passed on March 28, 2024.

Climate change is anthropogenic. Human activity and, in particular, our dependence on fossil fuels, causes it. Funds from private institutions — Georgetown University included — help prop up the fossil fuel industry and continue this cycle of dependence.  On Feb. 6, 2020, Georgetown released its Policy on Impact Investments and Fossil Fuel Divestment. This policy,...

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee (FinApp) cut student funding for the 2025 fiscal year for five out of the 11 club advisory boards, including the Media Board, Lecture Fund and Georgetown Program Board (GPB). The Media Board, which allocates funding to student media groups such as The Hoya and...

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee (FinApp) cut student funding for the 2025 fiscal year for five out of the 11 club advisory boards, including the Media Board, Lecture Fund and Georgetown Program Board (GPB). The Media Board, which allocates funding to student media groups such as The Hoya and...

Consulting is one of Georgetown’s hottest student activities. Now previously exclusive clubs are being forced to contend with a new rule: accept everyone.