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Day: April 26, 2007


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Sports Sermon

D.C. soccer fans have had the Aug. 9 match-up against the Los Angeles Galaxy circled on their calendars ever since the club announced the signing of English superstar David Beckham in January. But thanks to recent acquisitions under the MLS’s new “Beckham Rule,” D.C. fans will be graced by international quality much sooner.

Sports

Freshmen shine for the Hoyas

Last weekend, when the Hoya Baseball team (14-25, 3-11 BE) lost their three-game series to Big East foes St. John’s (24-12, 11-4 BE), the sweep was not so much a triumph for the Red Storm as it was a heartbreak for the Hoyas. Though St. John’s dominated the series opener 16-0, Georgetown came back in the second game, only to lose in the ninth inning, 8-2. In the third game, the Hoyas took the game to 11 innings before losing 4-2.

News

Geoscience professor wins fellowships

Georgetown is no MIT or Cal Tech, but a few gems can be found among the ranks of the University’s science professors. Among them is Timothy Beach, Associate Professor of Geography and Geoscience and Director of the Center for the Environment from 1999-2007.

News

Top rookie relay

Georgetown’s Relay for Life last Saturday night raised $283,953, making it the top-grossing first-year Relay event in the country.

News

City on a Hill: a biweekly column on D.C. news and politics

As Oliver Wendell Holmes observed of the First Amendment, free thought is “not free thought for those who agree with us, but freedom for the thought we hate.” We must be willing to accept those protests which represent political orientations that we find distasteful. But regardless of content, there are some forms of protest that are inherently illegitimate. This week’s Save America Fund “Truck Out Rally,” which took a stand against allegedly lax immigration policy, was one such protest.

News

Shaw changes infrastructure, not much else

When Ben Shaw (COL ‘08) and Matt Appenfeller (COL ‘08) won the Student Association executive election with 52 percent of the vote, former Student Association president Twister Murchison (SFS ‘08) said that Shaw and Appenfeller had a “mandate for action.” Shaw and Appenfeller’s ticket was the first in recent years to win a clear majority.

Voices

Her Adam’s apple gave it away

If I have to suffer through a 14-hour bus ride, I’m willing to talk to whomever fate places in the neighboring seat. When my partner on the ride south from Bangkok happened to be a Thai girl, I was prepared to combat any language barrier that might stand between us. At least I could fill the stale air with my own voice.

Voices

Carrying on: NAA: News Addicts Anonymous

Hi. My name is Michael and I’m a news addict.

Voices

This Georgetown Life: Later, Lassie

This Georgetown Life is a collection of stories by Georgetown students all based on the same theme. We’ll be right back with a cute lil’ David Sedaris story.