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November 2004


Sports

Da’ Scoop; A recap of the week’s events

With the fall sports season coming to a close and the winter season approaching its going to be a busy few weeks in Georgetown sports.

Leisure

Graphic novel Persepolis 2 puts the “see” in Farsi

It seems counterintuitive that Persepolis 2, a comic book originally published in France and written by someone born in the Axis of Evil, could win mainstream popularity and conspicuous Barnes and Noble displays.

Features

Feelin’ Blue featuring Deborah Tannen, Mark Lance, Dan Porterfield and others

A week after the re-election of George W. Bush, members of the Georgetown community are feeling as blue as ever. Professors and students tackle the questions of what went wrong and what should happen in the future.

News

GU runs dry

A break in a water main affected every building on the Georgetown campus and severely limited water service to the Georgetown area Monday, according to Georgetown University Director of Media Relations Laura Cavender.

News

Dirty no longer

Georgetown students, faculty and staff gathered outside the newly finished lobby of New South to rededicate the residence hall on Monday.

News

Differences persist over worker benefits

Cecilia Villatoro moved to the United States from El Salvador seven years ago. Six of those years she has spent in the Leavey Center of Georgetown University as a P & R Enterprises employee.

Voices

Does anyone else feel a draft in here?

I’m not worried about being drafted. I’m confident that if there is a draft and my number is called, I will be laughed out of the boardroom once they see the results of my physical examination.

Voices

The six stages of Bush-based blues

Nauseous, short of breath and a little dizzy, I jumped out of bed and e-mailed a Canadian I’d met while traveling in Europe this past summer.

Voices

Tales from a Kerry supporter in France

I have had the unique pleasure of being a French major during George W. Bush’s reign.

Leisure

The Love of the Nightingale is a brutal love

Using silence onstage, particularly the silencing of women, The Love of the Nightingale initiates dialogue offstage.