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Hundreds of Georgetown students are supporting a petition demanding the university reconsider its tenure rejection of Dr. Mubbashir Rizvi. The petition contends that Rizvi, a professor in the anthropology department who has taught at the university since 2013, faced racial bias and Islamophobia within the tenure process.  A committee of five faculty members reportedly rejected the tenure application on the grounds of Rizvi’s “teaching performance” and “sustainable trajectory of research.” According to the petition, Rizvi’s tenure was denied in spite of his numerous anthropologica...

Graphic by Paul James Georgetown’s Nomadic Theatre has been hard at work, even at a distance. The student-run theatre troupe presented its pre-recorded, virtual production of Love & Information on Facebook Live from Nov. 7 through Nov. 13, receiving over 350 streams. Director Paul James (SFS ’23) did not expect to mount a Zoom production when the show was selected last spring. After it was announced that the university would not be holding in-person classes this fall, Nomadic directors were given the choice of going on with their shows or postponing until further notice.  Sydney Co...