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January 2003

Sports

Hoyas show hustle, lose to Blue Devils 93-86

Last night, the Georgetown men’s basketball team played their best game all season—well, best three-quarters of a game.

Despite leading No. 1 Duke 44-41 (10-0 overall, 1-0 ACC) at halftime, the Hoyas (8-2 overall, 0-0 Big East) fell victim to a 17-3 Duke second-half spurt in a 93-86 loss at raucous Cameron Indoor Arena, in Durham, N.

By the January 9, 2003

Leisure

Cinema ecstasy

It’s the beginning of a new semester, which means standing in long lines at the bookstore, add/drop and correcting new professors on the pronunciation of your last name, right? Well, to a certain degree, but there’s also that awesome little perk—no homework! But only for a limited time, so here’s a short guide to a few of D.

By the January 9, 2003

Leisure

Kinky Darnall

In a recent study conducted by Cornell University, Georgetown University’s own Darnall Hall was ranked as the 19th most ssexually active dorms in the country. The study, which can be found at http://www.heartwarmers4u.com/ members/?jbarn1, raises grave concerns for many students in Darnall that they are living on the wrong floor or, at the very least, not walking around naked nearly as much as they should be.

By the January 9, 2003

Leisure

Mediocrity within reach

The new Loews Cineplex Georgetown is open for business. With 14 screens, it is the largest movie theatre in D.C. and for a cut-rate $7.50, students can watch both mainstream and art-house fare.

It’s about goddamn time. Movie screens have been disappearing in this town faster than Penelope Cruz’s career, the latest casualty being the Foundry, a magical place where one could see second-run films on small screens for three bucks.

By the January 9, 2003

Leisure

Leisure’s hottest singles of the year

To complete the annual fit of year-end list compilation, it’s important not to neglect what rules the radio waves, dance floors and TRL playlists. Media consolidation makes finding classics among the trash as diffcult and as crucial as ever. Last year, Timbaland’s production for artists such as Missy Elliot and the now forgotten Bubba Sparxx were the unmistakable cream of last year’s Top 40 crop.

By the January 9, 2003

Leisure

Photographing the ‘dark continent’

by Sonia Smith The West is slowly coming to grips with its abusive colonial past. Europe dominated Africa with an authoritarian hand for almost a century. The Smithsonian African American Art Gallery’s new exhibit, In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa, 1885-1960, focuses on an aspect of colonial rule often overlooked.

By the January 9, 2003

Features

The Top Tens

The Top Ten Films of 2002

Repetition was the theme in many of 2002’s films, with few original ideas surfacing amidst the numerous studio remakes of past hits (Insomnia, Ring, Solaris), a slew of crappy sequels to films that were crappy to begin with (Analyze That, Harry Potter) and too many insightful and touching four hour musicals about exploitive British colonialism in 19th century India (Lagaan, Extreme Ops).

By the January 9, 2003