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January 2004

Leisure

‘Station Agent’ has unusual charm

The film “The Embalmer,” 2002’s stand-out dwarf movie, stars a middle-aged dwarf who lures a tall, youthful cook into helping with his seemingly innocent taxidermy business. What begins as a innocuous business deal balloons into orgy, intrigue and murder. This dwarf defines campy.

By the January 22, 2004

Leisure

Nothing Shrouds ‘The Fog of War’

LEISURE BY LAUREN GASKILL Robert McNamara playing himself, outbursts of the director’s voice off-screen and montages that blend historical and artistic images make “The Fog of War” different from other, dry documentaries. Accompanied by the urgent and innovative score of Philip Glass (“The Hours”), McNamara recalls his wartime exploits with prompts from director Errol Morris.

By the January 22, 2004

Editorials

Opportunity lost in Alanya

Last November, the State Department issued a travel warning for Istanbul due to increased terrorist attacks in the region. As a result of the warning, the Emergency Support Team for International Affairs cancelled Georgetown’s study abroad trip to the McGhee center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies in Alanya, Turkey.

By the January 22, 2004

Editorials

A tale of two buses

While the frigid D.C. winter makes a trip to Dupont less than appealing, getting off campus just became a little easier. Earlier this week, Georgetown University and Georgetown University Hospital, owned by Medstar, struck a deal which allows University students, faculty and staff to use the hospital-run shuttle buses, in addition to those provided through GUTS, to travel to Dupont Circle or Rosslyn.

By the January 22, 2004

Voices

Are you there, God? It’s me, Nathaniel

VOICES BY SCOTT MATTHEWS Boy, there sure are a lot of Starbucks around! It seems like everywhere you go there’s another Starbucks! I mean, how many Starbuc … “Damn it!” I yell as I slam my fist down in anger and frustration, accidentally hitting a cactus that just happened to be there.

By the January 22, 2004

Voices

Rage against the machine

Teaching little kids English at a French school requires one thing: lots of photocopies. Recent favorites include color-it-yourself numbers, “Dick and Jane” and a scary page from a 1990 yearbook. With the right amount of energy and a not-so-sincere smile, these pages are portals into the magical world of the English language.

By the January 22, 2004

Voices

Left brain/left hand coordination

Walking into any given Barnes and Noble, the average pleasure reader is faced with stacks of titles like American Dynasty and Bushwacked, all railing against the actions, policies and general state of being of the Bush administration. While their conservative counterparts like Ann Coulter’s Treason are nearly as prevalent, the sheer quantity of inked vitriol directed towards the president is striking.

By the January 22, 2004

Voices

Correction

The Georgetown Voice takes mistakes seriously. We correct all errors of substance in our stories and publish appropriate clarifications as soon as possible.

By the January 22, 2004

Voices

Letter to the Editor

Corruption and inefficiency plague public schools

By the January 22, 2004

Features

Seeking Asylum in Southeast

COVER BY SONIA SMITH Each weekday morning, John Hinckley, Jr. walks down the meandering road from the John Howard Pavilion to Building CT-6, where he works as librarian and archivist in the medical library. Here he sits among the stacks of psychiatric journals and medical textbooks, doused in florescent lighting, archiving documents and reading at his leisure.

By the January 22, 2004