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February 2003

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Popular campus figure arrested

John Sullivan, the panhandler often seen outside of Wisemiller’s Deli, was arrested Saturday, Feb. 1 by undercover policemen.

According to Metropolitan Police Department Lieutenant Brian Bray, Sullivan was arrested on a bench warrant issued by a D.C. judge after he failed to appear in court on a drug posession charge.

By the February 20, 2003

News

First GAAP weekend begins Friday

Two hundred prospective Georgetown students will be on campus this weekend to take part in the Georgetown Admissions Ambassadors Program’s first student-parent activities of the year.

Prospective students who were accepted in the early admissions process were invited to attend either the February early admissions GAAP weekend or one of three GAAP weekends held in April.

By the February 20, 2003

News

Hoya Kids permit upheld by court

On Thursday, Feb. 6, the D.C. Court of Appeals upheld a building permit which allows Georgetown to host a child-care center on campus. The permit was challenged by local residents after being upheld by the Board of Zoning Adjustment in 1997.

Hoya Kids Learning Center, located in Poulton Hall, offers day care and preschool services for up to 58 children of University students, faculty and staff, including hospital staff.

By the February 20, 2003

News

White snow, dark politics

I arrived at Union Station early Monday morning determined to make it back to Georgetown. I had just traveled on a sold-out Amtrak train packed with homebound Washingtonians hoping to beat the worst of the storm.

The station was packed with hundreds of travelers settling in for the night: a family with a baby had secured a corner to sleep in; a throng of students huddled in the waiting area; an elderly couple dozed off on a wooden bench.

By the February 20, 2003

News

Students protest, counter protest at French embassy

College Republicans from Georgetown University and American University clashed with members of Georgetown Peace Action at a protest in front of the French embassy last Thursday.

The rally, planned by the College Republicans to protest France’s refusal to support war with Iraq, was interrupted by chants of “Listen to France, give peace a chance” and “Drop Bush not Bombs,” as about a dozen members of Georgetown Peace Action held a simultaneous counterprotest in support of France’s decision to oppose military action in Iraq.

By the February 20, 2003

News

Three manhole covers explode

Three manholes exploded yesterday afternoon on the 3200 block of M Street. Authorities closed the block to automotive and pedestrian traffic, causing major travel delays and driving detours for rush-hour drivers.

The explosions occurred at approximately 4:30 p.

By the February 20, 2003

Voices

My new weather control device is unstoppable

My new weather-control device is unstoppable. After years of top-secret research and development and months of focus-group testing on Kurdish tribesmen, I have tasted the succulent nectar of world domination just days before your President begins dropping bombs on my swimming pools.

By the February 20, 2003

Voices

I kid you not

This past weekend, as I was standing behind my apartment and staring up at the trees that laid bare by the winter’s cold, I came to an important understanding about my life: I cannot have children. This sudden awareness of my procreational limitations was not an epiphany gained from watching the neighborhood squirrels.

By the February 20, 2003

Voices

Get out that Starter jacket

I got it in my head that I had to look north as I decided where to attend college last year. As I explained to distressed parents and pets alike, “It’s just not cold enough for me in D.C.; I need sub-zero temperatures and blankets of snow from the second week in October to the last week in April to function.

By the February 20, 2003

Voices

Earth-shattering epiphany

Who would have thought that a single color could be so loaded? Sure, plenty of colors mean something, make instant connections in your mind, but those tend to be cursory. Green, blue and yellow may mean something, but they don’t make a statement about you.

By the February 20, 2003