While Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was meeting with President John J. Degioia and other University officials inside warm Healy Hall, Vox was shivering beyond the DPS barriers, waiting in vain to take a good photo of the Iraqi leader. However, the morning was not a complete bust because we were joined by a truly spectacular German Shepherd Dog.

The canine was part of the U.S. Secret Service team protecting the Iraqi leader during his visit to the United States. If any foolhardy Hoyas had breached security, they would’ve become better acquainted with this elegant yet unforgiving beast.

Vox is going to assume his name is something totally badass, like Gunther, Maximus or Panzer. We didn’t ask him what his name was because that would probably have been the last question we’d ever ask. We’ll call him Khan.

Khan was so cute Vox just wanted to love him up and coo in a baby voice, “Who’s the most ferocious dog in Georgetown? You are! That’s right! Such a fierce wittle puppy!” But he’d probably rip our face off.

More photos of Khan after the jump!
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If you’re like me, you’ve spent a lot of your finals week sitting out on the lawn, soaking up the good weather and trying to make sense of a semester’s worth of notes that consist largely of doodles. But the best part of studying on the lawn, besides the beautiful D.C. spring, is the extensive people-watching, and, of course, puppy-watching that comes along with it. Of all the pooches that have come across the lawn this week, meet the second winner of our weekly dog contest, Auggie:

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Here at Vox, we cover a lot of ground: Campus plan snafus, free food, barroom trivia, and the like. But there’s always been something missing, some void in our Georgetown coverage that could be filled with something furry, wet-nosed, and completely adorable. That’s right—Georgetown dogs.

So, without further ado, welcome to Vox Pup-uli, a new weekly feature where we show you this week’s favorite campus canine. With the abundance of sunshine all week, this first edition found itself with some pretty stiff competition, but in the end, the winner was obvious. Everybody, meet this week’s Georgetown top dog:

We found this little Beagle on the lawn on Georgetown Day, soaking up sun and getting lots of attention. The crowd of people made this pup the clear winner—well, that and those big, puppy-dog eyes.