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February 2007

Sports

Georgetown now number one in Big East

WEB ONLY Feb. 24: Star junior forward Jeff Green is often judged on his points per game, but with just over three minutes left against the Pittsburgh Panthers and the outcome still in doubt, Green proved his worth beyond the scoreboard.

By February 22, 2007

Cartoons

In Poor Taste

By February 22, 2007

Editorials

Three inches too much for D.C.

We learned this week that there is no better solution to icy roads than warm weather. It’s a shame we had to wait for it.

By the February 22, 2007

Editorials

Unfreeze District’s blood supply

Last Wednesday’s whiteout had more serious effects than keeping a few professors from getting to work. The D.C.-Baltimore area may be wet with winter weather but its blood supply is significantly dried out.

By the February 22, 2007

Editorials

Homeless get no snow days

Roughly one percent of all residents in the District of Columbia are homeless, the highest per capita rate in the country.

By the February 22, 2007

Leisure

Next round’s on me

A rotating bi-weekly column about drinking.

By February 22, 2007

Leisure

The Chimes charm

At the 34th annual Cherry Tree Massacre, hosted by the Georgetown Chimes, you will be torn between raucous laughter and oppression, trying not to sing along to all the cheap love songs.

By February 22, 2007

Leisure

Of Montreal rocks

Of Montreal, the critically acclaimed psych-pop band out of Athens, Georgia, returns to the Washington D.C. area for spring break. Fronted by Kevin Barnes, the group released their well-received eighth album, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?, on Feb. 23. Guitarist Bryan Poole detailed the band’s updated sound on the new record.

By February 22, 2007

Leisure

Beards: like a scarf for your face

From every angle, Chris Svetlik’s (SFS ’10) beard is a sight to behold. The whiskers on his upper lip reach their full potential in two woolly peaks extending from the chin. Between these peaks, below a subtle soul patch, is a valley of shorter hair left over from an experiment in mutton chops. Svetlik and others show that campus is no stranger to the whiskery classmate and in many ways beard life and campus life intertwine as facial hair makes a fashion comeback to Georgetown.

By February 22, 2007

Leisure

Reviving the Georgetown music scene

Generally speaking, starting a band in college does not involve much of a hassle. Given spare time, money and energy, virtually anyone can pick up an instrument, gather a few friends together and have a jam session. However, for Danny Murphy (COL ’09), Sean Croft (SFS ’09) and a handful of other musicians on campus, the logistics of maintaining a band at Georgetown have proven to be more complicated.

By February 22, 2007