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Distinguished Teaching Professor of Business Law Thomas Cooke Dies at 74 Lauren Doherty

Cooke focused his research on topics of legal ethics, international business law and procedure in federal tax law. Kirsten Anderson, an accounting professor in the MSB, said Cooke was an irreplaceable part of the Georgetown community and that he fully embodied the traits of a lifelong Hoya. “I don’t think it is possible to love Georgetown or being a Hoya more than Professor Cooke did,” Anderson wrote to The Hoya. “He gave his heart and soul to this place and its people.” Outside Georgetown, Cooke was an avid horse racer, and he owned TBC Stables, a standardbred horse stable whose horses raced in many east coast states. He enjoyed listening to music by ABBA and the Bee Gees, discussing college basketball with students and vacationing abroad in destinations including Vietnam, Thailand and South Africa. Allan Eberhart, a dean and

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Thomas Cooke (LAW ’74, ’76, ’84), a professor in Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business (MSB) for nearly 50 years, died April 8 in Rosslyn, Va. He was 74. Cooke began teaching at Georgetown in 1976 and specialized in business law and federal income taxation. He received the Georgetown University Vicennial Medal for 20 years of service at the university in 1996 and won the Georgetown University Distinguished Teaching Award. Born June 22, 1949, Cooke graduated from Don Bosco Preparatory School in Ramsey, N.J., in 1967 before receiving his undergraduate degree in political science and sociology from Villanova University in 1971. He graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center three times, first with a Juris Doctor degree in 1974, then a Master of Laws (LLM) in 1976 and a Master of Law and Technology (MLT) degree in 1984.

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Georgetown University resident assistants (RAs) voted to unionize in an April 16 election, with 79 of 82 voting RAs supporting union representation. Vice President of Student Affairs Eleanor Daugherty said the university will respect the election results.

GU Resident Assistants Vote to Unionize Michelle Vassilev and Evie Steele

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McDonough School of Business (MSB) professor of tax law and business law Thomas Cooke (LAW ’74, ’76, ’84) died April 8 at 74.

he Georgetown Resident Assistant Coalition (GRAC), a group of Georgetown University resident assistants (RAs) negotiating for better RA working conditions, secured enough votes for RAs to unionize following an April 16 election which the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) held. The majority of RAs who voted — 79 of the 82 voting RAs, or 96% — voted in favor of union representation by Local 153 of the

Office of Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), a parent union supporting many university employees. If there are no objections to the election after seven days, the NLRB will certify the results, which will allow OPEIU to bargain with the university on RAs’ behalf for new terms and conditions of RAs’ employment. RA and GRAC organizer Ulises Olea Tapia (SFS ’25) said RAs have formed the first undergraduate union at Georgetown and in Washington, D.C. “Today the RAs of Georgetown made history and that just has

everyone extremely, extremely happy,” Olea Tapia told The Hoya. “It is a show of democracy. It’s a show of camaraderie. It is a show that really impersonates this idea of worker solidarity and of us being able to show up for our coworkers and the larger Georgetown community.” A coalition of RAs first announced their intentions to unionize in a letter to Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95) March 22, citing grievances with the university such as arbitrary dismissal, insufficient compensation and

a lack of mental health resources from the Office of Residential Living, which governs student housing and employs RAs. While the university refused to voluntarily grant the RAs union status March 27, Vice President of Student Affairs Eleanor J.B. Daugherty said the university will respect the results of the election, which took place in McShain Large Lounge in McCarthy Hall. “We appreciate the participation of all RAs who cast ballots in this election, and we respect the result,” Daugherty wrote shortly See UNION, A7

Four GU Juniors Win Prestigious 2024 Goldwater Scholarship Catherine Alaimo Senior News Editor

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Georgetown University students endorsed a resolution encouraging the university to create comprehensive gender-inclusive housing in a referendum which ran April 11 to April 13.

Gender-Inclusive Housing Wins GU Students’ Approval Evie Steele

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Georgetown University students voted to approve a referendum that would encourage the university to establish gender-inclusive housing by the Fall 2025 semester, according to results the Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Election Commission announced April 13. The referendum, which ran April 11 to April 13, asked students whether they would favor the university establishing measures toward “comprehensive genderinclusive housing” like opening options for students to room with people of different genders and asking students whether they would support roommates identifying as

LGBTQ+ during first-year roommate selection. The referendum passed with 91.2% of voters in favor — 1,937 students in support, 188 against — and turnout of 31.2%, becoming the first referendum to pass since 2019. GUSA President Jaden Cobb (CAS ’25) said the result demonstrates students’ support for inclusion on campus. “I am more than elated that the referendum passed, it is a testament that Georgetown students care about the LGBTQ+ community and making Georgetown a more inclusive place,” Cobb wrote to The Hoya. “We will take this to the board of directors where we will fight for the student body to truly make Georgetown a place for all.” To pass, the referendum required

at least 25% of undergraduates to vote and the majority of those who voted to do so in support. Though the referendum passed, the university’s Board of Directors, which oversees Georgetown’s operations, has no obligation to enact the proposed changes. Alongside Senate Speaker Megan Skinner (SFS ’24) and Senator Ethan Henshaw (CAS ’26), Cobb introduced the resolution in the GUSA Senate on April 2 that put the referendum on student ballots. Liam Moynihan (SFS ’25), who serves as the advocacy director of GU Pride, a student organization which works to support LGBTQ+ students, See REFERENDUM, A7

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Four juniors in the Georgetown University College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) received the 2024 Goldwater Scholarship in recognition of their accomplishments in scientific and mathematical research. The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, which the U.S. Congress established in 1986 to commemorate Senator Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.), rewards students for their commitment to research in science, engineering and mathematics with $7,500. Universities nominate 1,353 candidates competing for 438 scholarships in the 2023-2024 cycle. This year, the foundation named all four of Georgetown’s nominees — Dua Mobin (CAS ’25), Giselle Rasquinha (CAS ’25), Morgan Rice (CAS ’25) and Jonathan Riess (CAS ’25) — as scholars. Mobin, a double major in biology of global health and government, said winning the scholarship assured her See GOLDWATER, A7 scientific aspirations, an honor that is particularly impactful as she sometimes faced hardship as a first-generation, low-income (FGLI) student. “It really solidifies my vision and made me realize that the uncertainties in my head about my future don’t have to define my career path or what the outcome will be from my Georgetown experience or my career,” Mobin told The Hoya. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Since her freshman spring, Mobin has worked at Georgetown’s Lombar- The award winners are Dua Mobin (CAS ’25), Giselle Rasquinha di Comprehensive Cancer Center, in a (CAS ’25), Morgan Rice (CAS ’25) and Jonathan Riess (CAS ’25). lab tackling the intersection of tumor See GOLDWATER, A7 biology and health care disparities

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