Last week, Vox caught up with Chris Pigott, GUSA senator and student liaison for the Healy Student Space, to see how the project was faring.

Pigott indicated that Todd Olson, vice president for student affairs, was not keen on the idea in their first meeting. However, he referred the group to University departments that could help further develop the concept.

“It’s only fair to us and the University to answer any and all questions that may arise,” Pigott said. “I think it’s a good sign that [Olson] is helping us to make this proposal better.”

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Students wondering what a revamped Healy Pub open to under-21s could look like might take a look at what Massachusetts’ College of the Holy Cross has done with theirs.

The Holy Cross Crusader reports that the college’s Student Government Association and administration have worked to open the pub to students over 18 as part of an effort to provide more weekend programming on-campus.

Georgetown introduced comprehensive drinking rules in 1987 to bring University policies in line with DC’s new drinking age laws. As a result, campus administrators forced Healy Pub to institute dry nights for non-drinking freshmen, which helped push the pub towards bankruptcy.

Under the new rules at the Holy Cross pub, students and guests over the age of 18 will now be permitted to enter the pub on weekend nights. Drinking ages will be enforced by issuing wristbands and a stamp to those underage in the pub.

The article states that college officials will evaluate the changes based on their cost effectiveness and how well students’ needs are met.

According to the Worcester Telegram, the changes come in response to rising tensions between students and members of the surrounding community last fall. The college and city ultimately struck an agreement for the college to address “quality of life” issues on campus.

On Tuesday evening, the Endowment Commission met for nearly three hours to consider the largest of the proposals for spending down the $3.4 million Student Activities Fee Endowment. The ideas included placing solar panels on University-owned townhouses, creating an innovation fund for student social enterprise, and reviving the pub in Healy basement.

Georgetown Energy requested $163,399 to place solar panels on 43 university-owned townhouses. The students living in townhouses would continue to pay the standard kilowatt-hour rate as if they were still fully dependent on the grid, but the University would then reimburse the student government for the full savings

After paying SolarCity for the lease of its panels, net savings over the life of the twenty-year lease is $295,457. The total estimated cash transfer to GUSA would be $458,856.

The next request was from the Georgetown University Social Innovation and Public Service (SIPS) Fund. Clara Gustafson (SFS ’13) and Nick Troiano (COL ’11) asked for $1.5 million to endow a fund that would give grants to students to start a social enterprise, conduct a community service trip, or pursue a career in public service.

“It’s students and their ideas that we can use to go out there and do good things and make a positive impact,” Troiano said.

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Alumni support for the effort to bring back Healy Pub has continued to grow.

John Dickman (COL ’73), who served as general manager of the University Center Café from 1973-1974 and the University Center Pub from 1974-1975, recently wrote a letter to the University community about his support for the proposal to bring back the pub.

“The brilliance of this proposal, not fully appreciated 38 years ago, is the synergy of a gathering place for the university community with iconic Healy Hall, which is the very image of Georgetown University,” Dickman wrote.

Read the full letter on the Georgetown Voice’s website.