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February 2003

Editorials

We’ve got better Facilities

Last Monday morning, in the wake of D.C.’s 18-inch snowfall, a lone member of Georgetown University Facilities Management’s townhouse crew stood at the corner of 37th and O Streets in front of the Village B apartment complexes, shoveling. He didn’t stop until he reached N Street, clearing the entire walkway by himself.

By the February 27, 2003

Leisure

DC Improv the only game in town for stand-up

Looking for a good time that doesn’t involve smirking ironically at rapping kangaroos or enjoying a mean-spirited laugh as the Capitol Steps fumble obvious political humor? You won’t find it on the Hilltop—but you might find it down a narrow set of steps in a tucked-away nightclub called the D.

By the February 27, 2003

Editorials

Empty promises, not empty beds

In anticipation of the 780 beds to be provided next fall by the newly-completed Southwest Quadrangle, Director of Student Housing Services Shirley Menendez told students in an Oct. 31 e-mail that the University would “have enough space to accommodate all students who want to live on campus.

By the February 27, 2003

Leisure

Cabaret brings noise, occasional funk

This isn’t your grandmother’s cover band concert. Assuming your grandmother has a cover band. And she’s not dead. It’s Cabaret, Georgetown’s long-running, annual variety show featuring performances by campus singers and musicians.

By the February 27, 2003

Editorials

GUSA: Clean up your act

Georgetown University Student Association elections are never a flawless process, and there has already been one especially ugly election this year: The returns from the election for first-year GUSA representatives were not certified by the assembly until almost a month after the election was over.

By the February 27, 2003

Features

Georgetown’s New Cookbook

Trying to fill the gap between home cooking and a steady diet of Hot Pockets, two new cooking groups and a television show have been created at Georgetown over the last few semesters, . Food aside, the new groups all have something else in common—they are centered on socializing. The students behind these organizations found that good food wasn’t the only thing missing from their time at Georgetown, but that a sense of community was lacking as well.

By the February 20, 2003

Sports

The Sports Sermon

Our younger brother Michael told us on IM the other night that after reading Bret Easton Ellis’s Less Than Zero, the children of L.A. scare him. Why, we asked him. “They’re bisexual cokeheads with lots of money and whatnot,” he explained. Well, there are other children in L.

By the February 20, 2003

Sports

Couch potato

As the snow fell from the sky like cocaine in the promised land, I cursed the sporting gods as athletics stood at a standstill for the weekend. Between the mullet overload that was the Daytona 500 and the soap opera that was Tiger and Phil, there was little else to do but peruse the wide world of cable.

By the February 20, 2003

Sports

It’s a winter wonderland of sports

Ah, snow days at Georgetown—a rare and beautiful thing. And what better way to spend them than outside participating in winter sports? Here is a how-to guide for my three favorite Georgetown snow activities. Hilltop skiing—This is an activity that I first witnessed on campus Sunday night, and it was love at first sight.

By the February 20, 2003

Sports

Lohser finds balance with tennis, academics

With his neatly styled hair and GQ attire, senior Marc Lohser (MSB ‘03) looks more like a young professional than a college athlete. Yet every morning at 8:40 a.m., Lohser can be found on the tennis courts practicing with Georgetown’s men’s tennis team, just as he has since he was a first year.

By the February 20, 2003