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A Voice to Be Heard?

GUSA, the Georgetown University Student Association, has served as Georgetown’s student government since 1984. Throughout its history, incidents like the most recent election debacle have been commonplace. But while mistakes and mismanagement have served to erode student trust, one rarely discussed fact has been more influential. In 1983, shortly before GUSA’s creation, the student handbook printed that, “Student Government is a misnomer; it is not a government at all. Student Government has no sovereign power to legislate or enforce its will.” Little has changed since.

By the March 27, 2003

Voices

What’s a couple of dirham anyway

My trip to Morocco was motivated by the search for a cheap locale and a slight desire for adventure. I flew to Casablanca via Paris-very romantic, very Bogie. It was obvious that my friends and I are foreign-me not so much, my Aryan-looking roommate a little more.

By the March 27, 2003

Editorials

Representing you

On Monday, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams signed a bill that gives the District the first presidential primary vote for the 2004 election. The measure, first proposed by Ward 2 City Council member Jack Evans, would move the District’s primary to Jan. 13, 2004, two weeks before the New Hampshire primary and a week before the Iowa caucuses.

By the March 27, 2003

Editorials

Town-gown terrors

Last week, Georgetown residents identified disorderly behavior by students as the worst quality-of-life issue in the neighborhood at a joint meeting called by the Metropolitan Police Department and the Citizens Association of Georgetown. Residents cited noise, vandalism and disorderly conduct by students as the primary problems and urged police to take action.

By the March 27, 2003

Voices

We have a diverse student body … and toilets

When I was 16 years old, I read a profile in Rolling Stone about a pair of hotel management students on the “seven-year plan” at Florida State University. Written right after FSU had first been named the number-one party school in the nation, the journalist followed the students around their daily life, focusing especially on party scenes.

By the March 27, 2003

News

Peace Action ‘speaks out’ in Red Square

Georgetown Peace Action’s tent village came alive Wednesday as students voiced their opposition to the war in a “speak-out” in Red Square.

Students formed a circle and cheered speakers from the group, who have been sleeping in tents since last Wednesday night.

By the March 27, 2003

Editorials

Meaningful speech

Most politically-minded groups on campus have responded to the war in Iraq in the same way they respond to everything: a flurry of fliers, a liberal chalking of Red Square and possibly a poorly-attended lecture or two. It’s the ante, and, in its repetitiveness, is easily ignored.

By the March 27, 2003

Voices

He’s an artiste

Twisting my hair into knots thinking about the 44 drawings I have to do for my drawing class, I feel a presence at my back. I look over my shoulder and saw a small child watching me. Continuing with the improvised “Coconut Still Life” that I am trying to draw in the rapidly setting sun, I wait for him to say something.

By the March 27, 2003

Leisure

Mo’ Career Fair

First Free Agents vacated the District. Then, after only three weeks but a lot of graffiti, the Playahaters left too. The only thing we’ve got now is Career Day, and while that may pale in comparison to the MBNA Career Center’s Eco-Tourism and Aqua Socks Info Session, at least D.

By the March 27, 2003

Voices

A hegemony of gluttonous ignorance

As America kicks into the new millennium with war, contradictions that have lurked beneath the surface of our society emerge everywhere, including Georgetown University. The author James T. Farrell wrote that “America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true.

By the March 27, 2003