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Day: October 18, 2001


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Frank says Congress won’t pass gay rights legislation

Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said that gay rights legislation will not pass in the Congress until the Democratic Party regains a majority in the House of Representatives. Frank, the first... Read more

News

Student robbed in Burleith

A Georgetown University student was robbed at gunpoint at 3 a.m. last Friday morning at the intersection of 37th and T streets, N.W. According to William Tucker, director of the... Read more

News

Anthrax scares reach campus

Two cases of anthrax scares have been reported at the University in the past week. Both instances involved individuals who were suspicious of materials they had received through the mail.... Read more

News

Tensions to guide presidency

John J. DeGioia declared in his inaugural address Saturday that the Georgetown community cannot shy away from debating the “set of tensions” that are an essential part of the University.... Read more

Editorials

Midnight Sadness

Midnight Madness, a celebration marking the first official practice day of all NCAA basketball teams, is one of the most exciting times of the year. Students come together, teams come... Read more

Editorials

Preparing for a new threat

In the wake of recent outbreaks of anthrax nationwide, concerns about a large-scale terrorist attack with chemical or biological weapons are steadily growing. The Bush Administration recently allocated almost $2... Read more

Editorials

Catholic identity revisited

On Saturday, Oct. 13, John J. DeGioia was inaugurated as Georgetown University’s 48th president. As the first lay president, DeGioia is in a unique position to influence our Catholic identity.... Read more

Sports

The next Quisenberry?

In this old-school episode of The Wonder Years, Kevin Arnold and his nerd comrade Paul Pfeiffer are sitting on a bus ruminating on future plans after high school. This scene... Read more

Sports

The Sports Sermon

Random thoughts while wondering if Bob Brenly could have actually pulled off a suicide squeeze against the Cardinals: Why is everyone so scared of Anthrax? They were a vanguard of... Read more

Voices

A cautionary tale

I felt like an alcoholic. Like people in AA that can never have a drink again because they just don’t trust themselves not to start up again. Mine was not... Read more