Read student coverage and highlights of GU Politics events
Despite continued pressure from the Trump administration, Georgetown continues to claim to stand by its mission to educate people for others. In particular, Georgetown’s Jesuit identity has endowed the institution a special niche in its responses to federal attacks, one it must use to continue strong resistance.
Read MoreAfter a painful loss in the 2024 election and Republican domination of all three branches of government, the DNC hosted its final election forum in Gaston Hall last Thursday. While the forum helped decide the February 1st victory of Minnesota chairman Ken Martin, protestors in the crowd demonstrated the challenges facing him in his quest for party redemption.
Read MoreLast Friday, On the Record spoke with the incoming GU Politics Fellows: Rodney Davis, Ashley Gunn, Alencia Johnson, Symone Sanders Townsend, Waleed Shahid, and Rick Wiley. We spoke to them about their goals, advice for students, and more. The fellows are eager to start their discussion groups and hear from students on September 23rd.
— Madison Lilly and Catherine Hughes
Read MoreOn April 11, 2024, former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the Georgetown student body in Gaston Hall for a discussion on “The Global Fight for Democracy.”
— Jiyon Chatterjee
Read MoreOn April 9, 2024, Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy’s Massive Data Institute and the Tech & Public Policy program hosted the final installment of the “AI & Me” series. The series culminated with a discussion from a panel of experts to delve into the nuances of artificial intelligence in creativity and content.
— Neha Jampala
Read MoreIn advocating for a future where AI transforms healthcare, policy development should not occur in isolation. Interdisciplinary teams, including ethicists, technologists, healthcare professionals, and policymakers, must collaborate to create robust policies. This approach ensures that ethical considerations are integrated from the ground up, rather than being afterthoughts, fostering AI implementations that are not only technologically advanced but also ethically sound and socially responsible.
— Neha Jampala
Read MorePresident of Tunisia, Dr. Moncef Marzouki, visited Georgetown University’s Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding on October 2nd, 2023. He discussed the rise of authoritarianism in North Africa and the Middle East as well as the current political and economic state of Tunisia.
— Zane Nagel
Read MoreOn October 3, 2023, Former Vice President Mike Pence visited Georgetown to have a conversation about American national security and foreign policy issues with Associated Press reporter Meg Kinnard in Gaston Hall. During the hour-long event, Pence addressed Georgetown University students’ questions on his campaign views as well as students joining virtually from Iowa State University, Clemson University and the University of New Hampshire.
— Maggie Yang
Read MoreIt was refreshing to hear a figure of American history articulate this point of view. The value of disagreement and respecting people who have different views may sound like common sense, but it bears repeating given how superficial our adherence to it often is Justice Breyer was confirmed to the Supreme Court by a Senate vote of 87-9, just another reminder of how political open-mindedness increasingly feels like a relic from a bygone era. We would do well to heed the advice of an esteemed justice whose career centered around the exchange and application of ideas.
— Zach Fontiadis
Read MoreOn March 21, 2023, six first-year students from the Georgetown University College Democrats (GUCD) and Georgetown University College Republicans (GUCR) faced off in a wide-ranging debate moderated by members of the Georgetown Bipartisan Coalition. The debate was structured with three main categories: foreign policy, the economy and domestic/social issues.
— Dhruv Shah
Read MoreOn February 28, Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks visited Georgetown University to deliver a keynote address on the history and future of the United States’ all-volunteer military force. Hicks’ remarks came at the end of the first day of “The All-Volunteer Force at 50: Civil-Military Challenges and Opportunities,'' a symposium sponsored by Georgetown Center for Security Studies and the America in the World Consortium.
— Zane Nagel
Read MoreRivers, Hills & Plains, and Ecological Ruins. Those were the three ideas through which Dr. Tariq Ali, an expert in the history of Bangladesh and professor at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, gave a short history of Bangladesh to begin the Mortara Center for International Studies’ panel “Livelihoods, Migration, and Landscape Evolution in Bangladesh.”
— Zane Nagel
Read MoreOn Oct. 19, former Vice President Mike Pence visited Georgetown to speak on the future of the Conservative movement in America. The event was extremely successful, and a healthy reminder that even though we may hold different opinions, civil discourse is still possible in America.
— Andrew Wong
Read MoreOn Oct. 19, Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service welcomed former Vice President Mike Pence to campus for a discussion on the future of the conservative movement. Prior to the event, student activists mobilized a student walkout and protest, rebuking Pence’s anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ+ views. In the line, hours before the event began, tensions were high as word of the protest became widespread among attendees.
— Zoey Zhang
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