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Hoyas play host in Big East opener

The Georgetown men’s soccer team won ten games in the regular season, finished third in its division, and earned a first-round home game in the Big East tournament. It has been by all measures the best season the Hoyas have had during head coach Brian Wiese’s three-year tenure. But don’t think Wiese is satisfied yet.

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Sports

Welcome to the NBA’s new era

While you were sleeping, or studying, or scrambling to find a last minute Halloween costume last week, the NBA kicked off its 2008-2009 season. It will inevitably play second fiddle to college and pro football for the next three to four months. For many, the NBA is a shell of its former self, a sloppy, me-first league that pales compared to the heyday of Jordan, Bird, and Magic

By November 6, 2008

Sports

Fast Break: Women’s soccer awaits post-season fate

After last Sunday's 2-1 semi-final loss to the University of Connecticut and subsequent elimination from the Big East tournament, the Georgetown women's soccer team (13-4-2, 8-4 BE) finds itself in limbo, despite coming off one of its most impressive regular seasons ever.

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Sports

The Sports Sermon: Kicking It with the homeless

As the owner of both the NHL's Capitals and the NBA's Wizards, Ted Leonsis (COL `77) just may be the biggest professional sports fan in Washington. While both teams are beginning their seasons, neither team will be the topic of conversation when Leonsis comes to campus next Tuesday. The occasion for his return is a screening of the film Kicking It in Gaston Hall. The documentary, produced by Leonsis earlier this year, tells the story of seven soccer players participating in a tournament in South Africa in 2006. There is one very significant difference between these players and those that will descend on Cape Town for the World Cup in 2010, however: they are all homeless.

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Sports

Georgetown volleyball’s Hardy dose of offense

The Georgetown volleyball team (12-11, 5-5 BE) is fulfilling its mantra of “growing to greatness.” After a disappointing 2007 season, the relatively small and inexperienced Hoyas have turned things around with junior outside hitter Jessica Hardy as their offensive leader, and the Hoyas are in a position to reach the post-season for the first time in six years.

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Sports

Wade leads Hoya rush

After letting a winnable conference game against Lehigh turn ugly, the Georgetown Hoyas football team will attempt to rebound against the 3-6 Marist Red Foxes on Saturday.

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Editorials

ANC student rep needs to rep students

New student Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, Aaron Golds (COL `11) must make sure that, unlike past student commissioners, he always remembers to represent students and not the wishes of other ANC commissioners.

By the November 6, 2008

Editorials

Ensure the rights of Qatari workers

Georgetown has commendably taken steps to ensure humane working conditions for workers at SFS-Q. The other American universities in Qatar, including Carnegie Mellon University, Texas A&M University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Cornell University, need to follow Georgetown’s example and stand up for workers’ rights.

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Editorials

What’s a fair housing lottery worth?

Housing Services should affirm its commitment to making a fair housing lottery and bring an end to the biannual raffle.

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Leisure

Goes down hard

I'll let you in on a little secret: she's definitely faking it. It's really illogical to expect anyone to enjoy something that lasts only two seconds and burns like hell. And yet, the sad fact of the matter is that almost every college-aged woman is obsessed with taking shots. While in the midst of the act, every one of them pretended it was the most exhilarating moment of her life, as if God himself had coated her throat with ambrosia, squeezed by angels from the flowers of his celestial garden.

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