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February 2004

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Fighting for the spotlight

COVER BY KAZUO OISHI Paul Hughes has a new toy. The HOG III lighting board controls an entire lighting system comprised of two “studio spot” units and two “studio color” units, but it looks more like a computer console in Star Trek. Two touch-screens rise above an assortment of dials, switches, slides and rollers.

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Leisure

Being there: ‘America on the Move’

This is an exhibit for that part of you that always wanted to get off the bolted-down bikes on the E.T. ride in Universal Studios and stand next to the animatronics and stage props. Chronicling the development of the automotive and railroad industries, roads and highways, “America on the Move” creates unique interactive and multimedia environments.

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Leisure

The Champion Sound, Jaylib, Stones Throw

The potential for this album is almost infinite. Jaylib brings together the two acclaimed rappers/producers Jay Dee and Madlib for a project in which they alternate rapping over each others beats. The result is Champion Sound, an album that, while certainly ingenious, disappoints on many levels.

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Sports

Meringue or meringu?? Ask GU dance!

Slightly less heralded than the Georgetown basketball program is Georgetown’s very own ballroom dancing team. Consisting of about twenty members, the team meets regularly to perfect various dances.

The club, which has tabled relentlessly and flyered throughout the semester, has attracted a number of new members to both its novice and experienced programs.

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Sports

Hoyas tell Miami Hasta Luego

The Georgetown men’s basketball team travelled to Miami last Saturday in desperate need of a conference win. Their test would come against a Hurricanes team that had been peaking recently and has played well at their rowdy home, the Convocation Center, since it was opened last season.

By the February 5, 2004

News

Drink lead

Don’t drink the water-there might be lead in it. Last summer, tests of D.C.’s water supply indicated that the lead concentration in thousands of homes exceeded federal levels. While this alone would not be a huge problem-steps can be taken to lower lead levels-the District’s response to the problem warrants concern.

By the February 5, 2004

Sports

Sports Sermon

OK, so first things first, and then the serm’ promises it won’t gloat anymore. The Patriots are the most exciting clutch team since the Bulls of the late ‘90s. We’re convinced Brady to Vinatieri is such a combo that at this point we’d take those guys against any other two athletes in any sport, Michael Jordan commercial style.

By February 5, 2004

Sports

Curling for Columbine

In the past, when the Super Bowl half-time show was more talked about than the actual game, you could be sure of a blowout.

In 2001, the Baltimore Ravens’ defense pummeled the New York Giants en route to a 34-7 spanking. I don’t have a clue who performed at half-time that year, but a Martha Stewart show would have received more attention than the game itself.

By the February 5, 2004

Editorials

Vote Hampton/Torres

It is not hard for a GUSA candidate to come up with a wish list of problem-solving proposals. A much greater test, however, is to break through the mesh of bureaucracy and funding difficulties to make those changes actually happen. For a GUSA administration to show results at the end of its term, history has shown that it must combine previous experience with a focused plan of action.

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Editorials

An unwelcome departure

Last week, Professor G. John Ikenberry of the Government Department announced he would be leaving Georgetown for Princeton University, his alma mater, at the end of this semester. Ikenberry cites the move to Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs as the next step in achieving his personal and professional goals.

By the February 5, 2004