Posts tagged AY 2022-2023
The Value of Disagreement: A Takeaway from Justice Stephen Breyer

It 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

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First-Year Students from College Democrats and College Republicans Debate U.S. Foreign Policy, Economy and Social Issues

On 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

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Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks on the All-Volunteer Force at 50

On 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

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Event: Livelihoods, Migration, and Landscape Evolution in Bangladesh

Rivers, 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

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Governor Terry McAuliffe: What it Means to be a Governor, a Democrat, and a Leader

Under the word “Democrat” in the dictionary should be a picture of Governor Terry McAullife. A vault of stories, insights, and legislative history of politics past and present, he is eager to share with all who ask. Currently a Fall 2022 fellow at Georgetown’s Institute of Politics and Public Service, the former Virginia governor hosts a weekly discussion group focusing on how to govern a state.

—Kathryn Chavez

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Perspective: Former Vice President Mike Pence Visits Georgetown University

On 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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ICYMI: A Town Hall with Secretary Pete Buttigieg

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg joined GU Politics Executive Director Mo Elleithee (SFS ‘94) and SiriusXM’s Julie Mason in Gaston Hall on Tuesday, October 11, 2022, for a conversation about the bipartisan infrastructure law. Officially titled the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,” it became law in November of 2021 and provides $550 billion over five years for new federal investment in infrastructure.

— Dhruv Shah

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Arizona Governor Doug Ducey at Midterms 2022: What's at Stake - The Statehouses

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey conversed with GU Politics Executive Director Mo Elleithee (SFS ’94) to discuss his role as the President of the Republican Governors Association and what the United States should be expecting in the upcoming 2022 midterm elections on the first night of the Two-Night forum event “Midterms 2022: What's at Stake - The Statehouses.”

— Srishti Khemka

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