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August 2005


Leisure

Cardiff hijacks your senses on the Mall

Combine that disconnection from reality with the quiet peace of a guided meditation, and you get a rough idea of the sensations delivered by Words drawn in water, a new audio tour of select sites on the National Mall available at the Hirshhorn Museum through Oct. 30.

Leisure

Lezhur Ledger: Getting Beat with the Fugly Stick

The definition provided for “fugly” reads: “frightfully ugly; of or pertaining to something beyond the boundaries of normal unattractiveness. Example: “That ‘Kabbalists Do It Better’ trucker hat is fugly.”

Editorials

An effective form of protest

Cindy Sheehan has been working to bring the troops back from Iraq since her son was killed in April 2004. But nearly 20 days ago, she took a stand that attracted the attention of the world.

Editorials

A new look for the Corp in ’05

Vital Vittles, Movie Mayhem and Uncommon Grounds have made major changes over the summer, both in their facilities and their practices.

Sports

Back to work: Hoyas prepare for Bucknell

Like an eager first-year, this year’s football team is looking forward to the season that lies ahead, excited about the great things to come.

Sports

Georgetown ranked 4th in expanded Big East

The Hoyas men’s soccer team is looking to improve on last season’s 11-8-2 record, which ended with a heartbreaking 1-0 overtime loss to Seton Hall in the Big East semifinals.

Sports

Hoya wins gold

Andrew Campbell, the senior captain of the men’s sailing team, spent a good part of his summer overseas contending in the Laser European Championships and most recently, the Summer World University Games.

Sports

All quiet on the Western Front

Hittin’ the back nine – A weekly take on sports

Sports

The Sports Sermon

When it comes to predictions, I usually just like shaking the 8-ball and leaving it at that.

Leisure

War journalism in black and white

War correspondent Joe Sacco uses a very unconventional medium to examine how the effects of war linger after the fighting ends: graphic nonfiction.