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Backcourt to the Future: 2011 Men’s Season Preview

In case you haven’t heard, Greg Monroe is gone. The latest in the long lineage of dominant Georgetown big men jumped ship for the NBA, taking his 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists per game with him. “It’s going to be much different,” Coach Thompson said. “Our backcourt is the heart and soul of what we’re going to do this year.”

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News

Burglary in Village A as DPS increases presence

On Tuesday night, the Department of Public Safety reported the fifth burglary in Village A since Oct. 16. The burglary, which resulted in a laptop theft, comes days after the Department of Public Safety and Residence Life announced new security measures.

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News

GUSA proposes hike in Student Activities Fee

On Wednesday night, the Georgetown University Student Association Senate released a final draft proposal for the Student Activities Fee and Endowment Reform legislation, including the exact proposed increase in fees.

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News

Pell Grants in doubt after GOP takeover

With newly established Republican majority in the House of Representatives pledging to make broad cuts to nondefense discretionary spending, the future of many Georgetown students’ federal student aid is unclear.

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News

LeVay talks sexual orientation

Those were the questions posed by neuroscientist Dr. Simon LeVay on Tuesday when he argued to a room of about 200 Georgetown students and faculty members that, though the details remain unclear...

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News

Saxa Politica: No place like home

The Saturday morning of Parent’s Weekend, parents and their groggy sophomores filed into Gaston Hall to hear a panel. The discussion on study abroad, which veered off on strange tangents about various disaster scenarios

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Leisure

For films that are really underground

The building at 2301 M Street does not look like a haven for culture. It’s big, gray, and industrial looking, and flanked by two equally bland office buildings. But if you head down a set of concrete stairs to the sub-sidewalk level, you’ll stumble upon a temple to the art of motion picture: the West End Cinema.

By November 11, 2010

Leisure

Four Lions declares a fatwa on your funny bone

What kind of stories does a bumbling, would-be homegrown jihadist tell his son before tucking him in to bed? According to Four Lions, the provocatively dark debut comedy from British satirist Chris Morris, the same children’s stories we all know.

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Leisure

Int’l ecoNOMics

At noon on a typical weekday, groggy students coming from their morning classes have formed a slow line in front of the Leo’s wrap counter. On Tuesday, in Copley Formal Lounge, however, a full room of students was snaked around the room in line for Moby Dick catering.

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Leisure

Side A/Side B: Kid Cudi vs. Cee Lo Green

Maligned by East Coast hip-hop classicists but embraced by hipsters and alt-rockers, Kid Cudi’s debut album was part of an important paradigm shift in rap music. Swapping Timberland boots and braggadocio for skinny jeans and emotive introspection, Man on the Moon: The End of Days marked the beginning of a more melodic, emotional era for rap music.

By November 11, 2010