Comments on: The 10 Year Campus Plan: Saturday afternoon’s alright for fighting

By: Vox Populi » Recap of last night’s Ten Year Plan meeting on housing, enrollment, and off-campus life

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:36:51 +0000

[...] a strong desire to see more on-campus undergraduate housing built in the next ten years at a previous Campus Plan meeting held in May, the draft plan, which was presented by Olson, Associate Vice President for External [...]

By: Georgetown Ten Year Plan Meetings To Be Held «

Georgetown Ten Year Plan Meetings To Be Held « — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:01:31 +0000

[...] Georgetown’s last ten year plan is coming to end and the process to develop a new one is already under way. The effort was kicked off with a long and tedious band last May when University reps met with the community. [...]

By: Vox Populi » Burleith Citizens’ Association talks 61-Ds, GU policy, landlords and more

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:31:55 +0000

[...] According to Greenan, the University now has a more solid draft of the plan than they did at the last community meeting in [...]

By: Hoyas2010

Hoyas2010 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:55:27 +0000

On-campus basketball games in front of a crowd of 8,000? Wow!!!!
Get it done- who cares what the neighbors think. That’s exactly the type of atmosphere we need, since the non-student sections of the Verizon Center resemble a library. Of course Georgetown will opt for the big money of the Verizon Center, but we would have an AMAZING home atmosphere if we could play a few Big East games at an 8,000 capacity on-campus gym. Think about how great the crow is for McDonough games…

By: re: Alex

re: Alex — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:53:11 +0000

Hi Alex- I grew up (and my family lives) next to a university as well. The same issues exist, but we have a reasonable sense of the world and understand the benefits/ disadvantages of living next to a world-class university. I suggest you re-evaluate your decision to live in Georgetown.

By: Vox Populi » University releases schedule for Ten Year Plan community meetings

Vox Populi » University releases schedule for Ten Year Plan community meetings — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:01:16 +0000

[...] May 30, the University held a lengthy meeting in the Duke Ellington School of the Arts Cafeteria to discuss the Ten Year Plan with neighborhood [...]

By: Vox Populi » The 10 Year Campus Plan: Our house, in the middle of our street

Vox Populi » The 10 Year Campus Plan: Our house, in the middle of our street — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:00:44 +0000

[...] Sunday, Molly Redden offered an overview of Saturday’s six-hour-long community meeting (yes, we stayed the whole time, and not just for [...]

By: Vox Populi » The 10 Year Campus Plan: See it for yourself

Vox Populi » The 10 Year Campus Plan: See it for yourself — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:25:50 +0000

[...] your campus plan appetite was whetted by Molly’s post yesterday and you need something to tide you over until tomorrow when Kate Mays tackles the student housing [...]

By: Chelsea Paige

Chelsea Paige — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:47:21 +0000

I agree with those who defend Gtown students. While, as a recent Gtown grad (and LXR resident), I certainly have many bad memories of being kept awake by my drunken comrades (remember, Prospect St./35th st. residents: LXR is on your street as well!), it’s unfair to assume that a particular crime was committed by a Gtown student without conclusive evidence.

As a neighborhood, Georgetown suffers from fairly regular muggings – some even at gunpoint. Unless you’re going to make the ridiculous accusation that these crimes were committed by Gtown students, isn’t it reasonable to assume that, perhaps, just a couple of those muggers (many of whom target rich Gtown residents not only for their money, but out of resentment of their wealth and income inequality) might be using tire slashing as an outlet for their aggression?

If you come forth with conclusive evidence indicting a Gtown student as the perpetrator of any given crime, that’s one thing, but let’s be American and utilize a little “innocent until proven guilty”, shall we?

Just a thought.

By: Voxist

Voxist — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:56:43 +0000

Alex, maybe Georgetown students need to stop robbing each other at gunpoint and “cuddling”/sexually assaulting each other.

OR, maybe, just maybe, some of the more extreme things you mentioned, like slashing tires and being the cuddler, could, upon occasion, be perpetrated by non-Georgetown students.

What I find most ironic about the chronic town-gown problems is that many (most?) of Georgetown’s adult neighbors went to schools JUST like Georgetown.