Culture at Georgetown - Jesuit values?

muckdogs07
Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:06:44 +0000

I attended GU 25 years ago and have kept up with the campus culture living in DC and practicing law. I think GU is very tolerant of all sorts of diverse viewpoints and am not aware of the campus culture changing toward any particualr bent, conservative or otherwise. Indeed, in all my time on campus, I have never met anyone with viewpoints as strict as a few of the posters here. They may have them, but not outwardly at least. Indeed, I would say GU was more diverse than where I attended law school (Duke) because there are so many international students helped by all of the embassies in DC and, unlike other campuses where international students may segreagte, at GU they are a strong part of the overall campus culture and defintely intermingle to the same extent as other students.

If you want strict Catholicism, you can get it at GU, but it is not forced down your throat like at ND, BC or Catholic. Indeed, this past spring, GU told the bishop to stick it re his protests about Katherine Sebelius speaking at graduation. Also, a few years ago, GU suspended a student who intentionally knocked over a Menorah displayed on the quad during the holiday season. Finally, GU gets 4.5 stars on the LGBT campus climate friendliness index.