What’s in a name? Plenty, say the members of H*yas for Choice, a Georgetown University group that is not allowed to use the university’s nickname.
Georgetown will not recognize the group because its primary mission — promoting abortion rights — conflicts with Roman Catholic values. But members contend that their group should receive the same rights as other campus clubs whose stances conflict with Catholic doctrine, like Georgetown University Pride, a support group for gay students.
“We as individual members of this group are Hoyas, without the asterisk and with the ‘o,’” says Kate Robinson, a senior and member of the group’s board.
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