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February 2004

Editorials

Mocha Hut for Petworth?

Thanks to the able coordination of city planners and developers, the District now boasts a few more affordable housing options. City planners chose a Bethesda-area developer on Feb. 6 to develop a new residential and retail complex above the Petworth Metro station on a mostly empty block of Georgia Avenue, N.W. This $40 million mixed-use development-consisting of 148 apartments located above 17,000 feet of retail space-is part of the city’s $111 million initiative to revitalize the Petworth neighborhood.

By the February 19, 2004

Voices

Letter to the Editor

Inaccurate representation of The Georgetown Academy Perhaps the next time College Democrats president Scott Zumwalt dares to throw around slanderous words like “racist, sexist and homophobic,” all charges he levels at The Academy in your last issue (“GU Alum and Top Frist Aid Resigns,” Feb.

By the February 19, 2004

Leisure

‘Boy in da Corner,’ Dizzee Rascal, Matador

Born Dylan Mills, Dizzee Rascal is a brilliant 19-year-old MC whose debut Boy In da Corner is an aurally harsh documentary of urban Brit life. Dizzee’s cockney raps are the center of attention, there are no rhythms to grab on to, and the rough-around-the-edges production only adds to the discomfort.

By the February 19, 2004

Sports

Hoyas hurdle and hit with mixed results

While men’s and women’s basketball have grabbed all the major headlines on campus thus far in the semester, other sports have started heating up on the Hilltop. While Indoor Track athletes have registered a number of strong times at this point in the season, the Hoya baseball team limped out of the starting gate with a pair of losses at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va.

By the February 19, 2004

Leisure

‘Douglas Gordon’ exhibit explores identity

A walk through Scottish artist Douglas Gordon’s exhibit at the Hirshhorn is an exploration of the complexities of the human psyche. Using photography, text, mirrors and video installations, Gordon invites you to be a voyeur of his intimate self-exploration and to examine the contradictions, double meanings and intricacies of all human experience.

By the February 19, 2004

News

Largest tuition hikes in four years

NEWS BY CLAIRE D’EMIC $39,450 is the magic number for the 2004-2005 acadmic year. Last week, members of the University’s Board of Directors approved a seven percent increase in tuition for full-time undergraduates, as well as a five percent inflation of the cost of room and board.

By the February 19, 2004

Voices

Don’t Asian-hate, appreciate

When the University student survey asked me about my ethnicity last year, I didn’t identify myself as “Asian-American.” Instead I checked the “Other” option and typed in “Japanese-Canadian.” Then I wrote an angry letter back to the surveyors about how it was inappropriate for them to exploit my ethnic background in order to say that Georgetown was “diverse.

By the February 19, 2004

Sports

Curling for Columbine: Dismay-Rod

OK, I admit it. At 2 p.m. on Saturday when ESPN announced that the Yankees were acquiring Alex Rodriguez , I completely freaked. “No!” I screamed. My housemates rushed in to ask what federal building had been blown up. Even worse- the Yankees are gonna’ get A-Rod.

By the February 19, 2004

Leisure

‘Dreamers’ bares souls, genitals

LEISURE BY MARY KATHERINE STUMP You expect sex and controversy from a movie by Bernardo Bertolucci, a man who once referred to Hollywood as “the big nipple” in an Oscar acceptance speech. Indeed, the majority of his latest film, The Dreamers, rated NC-17, is a tit bit nipply. French actors Luis Garrel and Eva Green and American Michael Pitt bare all in a tale of sexual seclusion and revolutionary ideals amidst the Parisian riots of 1968.

By the February 19, 2004

Voices

Come for the view, stay for the food

VOICES BY MIKE O’ROURKE Stomach growling, I rush into the Leo J. O’Donovan dining hall at 2:15 for a late lunch.I walk through the doors and wait patiently as the visitors in front of me pay in cash.After several minutes of arguing with the cashier, they pass through.She swipes my card, and I walk quickly towards the top level and pass through the halfway-closed doors.

By the February 19, 2004