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Casting a major: The success of Georgetown’s theater department

“When I came here, we had four co-curricular theater groups, [which] were doing anywhere from eight to 10 shows a year—that is an extraordinary amount of activity for a university of our size,” said Ted Parker, a retired theater professor who came to Georgetown in 1999. “A friend of my father’s was a theater professor at [a small college]. They had about 10 people in their faculty. They did four shows a year, and they thought that was about all they could handle.”

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News

Laptop protection progam begins after spate of thefts

These days, Georgetown students’ laptops are disappearing quicker than Liam Neeson’s loved ones in a French brothel.

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News

Students in control of Outdoor Ed. until new director is found

With its director’s visa expiring, the Georgetown Outdoor Education program, which organizes backpacking, rock climbing, and kayaking excursions for Georgetown students, is now in the hands of its students as the Center for Student Programs searches for a new director.

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News

HOYAS wireless network eliminated

On Wednesday, Georgetown’s University Information Services removed the WiFi network HOYAS due to its lack of security. According to an email from UIS, the removal is part of the University’s “Fast Deployment Wireless” project focused on replacing first-generation wireless routers. SaxaNet and GuestNet have now completely replaced HOYAS, providing students with safer WiFi networks, Chief Information Officer Lisa Davis said.

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News

Union Jack: Minimal progress on the minimum wage

Back in 2008, when incoming President Barack Obama still seemed to incarnate progressive aspirations for a wide-reaching wave of social and economic reforms, he spoke about a very basic policy move to improve the lives of the working poor: an increase in the federal minimum wage. As part of the “Obama-Biden Plan” to tackle poverty—which noted that the former Illinois Senator was a “lifelong advocate for the poor”—the President-elect promised to raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2011, and index it to inflation.

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Editorials

Section 5 of Voting Rights Act still necessary

On Friday, Nov. 9 the Supreme Court agreed to review Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a key piece of Civil Rights-era legislation that requires the U.S. Department... Read more

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Editorials

A vote for a minor party could make it major

Last week’s elections marked a significant victory for the District’s Libertarian Party. Although he predictably lost the race for D.C.’s House Delegate seat to 11-term incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton, Libertarian... Read more

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Editorials

Consider B of A, (Product) Red’s social impact

On Monday, U2 frontman Bono came to campus to speak about the potential for political activism to address poverty and related social ills. The event was co-sponsored by Bank of... Read more

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Sports

Sports Sermon: D’Antoni’s chance for redemption

This time, for someone like me who doesn’t think D’Antoni is a bad defensive coach, there’s no excuse to fail.

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Sports

Whittington scores career-high to pace Hoya victory

The final score isn’t quite indicative of a game that was decided early, even though the Hoyas struggled to close out the Liberty Flames from behind the arc.

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