Georgetown students resoundingly vote to pay a reparations fee every semester

Georgetown University.
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A solid majority of Georgetown University students are actually asking to pay more each semester.

On Thursday, 66.1 percent of the school's student body voted in favor of a $27.20 semesterly fee that would be redirected to the descendants of slaves sold to financially sustain the university nearly two centuries ago. The school doesn't have to implement the fee, but in addition to the strong majority enthusiasm for the measure, the vote boasts the highest recorded student voter turnout in Georgetown's history.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.