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January 2007

Voices

A true patriot’s priorities

Five golden rings, four calling birds … three American fryers … two turtledoves and a partridge in a pair tree.

By January 18, 2007

Sports

Knights dominate Lady Hoyas

The Lady Hoyas could not find their game Tuesday night in a Big East match-up against Rutgers. Ranked 2nd in the conference, Rutgers dominated the Hoyas 71-41. The Hoyas now sit with an 11-7 record (1-4 BE), while Rutgers holds a 10-5 record, (5-1 BE).

By January 18, 2007

Sports

Sports Sermon

It seems like just yesterday that the months of anticipation gave way to the first home basketball game of the season. A preseason ranking, coupled with the rich history of a century of Hoyas basketball, left little room for any other team in the hearts of Georgetown students. Nevertheless, the somewhat disappointing season is more than half way over, with only a handful of home games left on the schedule. Thankfully, the March 3 match-up against Connecticut does not have to mark the end of the basketball experience here in the nation’s capital.

By January 18, 2007

Sports

Soccer standout staying in Washington

As the senior forward and co-captain of Georgetown’s soccer team, it is only natural that Ricky Schramm has been dreaming of starting in the English Premier League or Spain’s La Liga since he began playing soccer at the age of five.

By January 18, 2007

Crosswords

Crossword Answers

By January 18, 2007

Leisure

Restaurant Week

Ever dreamed of knowing the difference between a salad fork and an olive fork? Foodophiles take note the Washington Resaurant Week is back.

By January 11, 2007

Leisure

Love and narcissism

Self-destructive mania has never been on my list of laughing matter. At least, not until I read Patricia Marx’s fiction debut “Him Her Him Again The End of Him”, a refreshingly bold and humorous take on the repercussions of fatal attraction that stands out from the chick-lit canon.

By January 11, 2007

Leisure

About town: your guide to January

Concerts Camera Obscura – Jan. 22 @ 9:30 Club Not to be confused with the California indie rock outfit of the same name, this Camera Obscura hail from the twee... Read more

By January 11, 2007

Leisure

The Poverty Chic Travel Guide: three days in New York

You’ve blown through your Christmas cash, your new job hasn’t started yet, and book buyback netted you a whopping $3.80.

By January 11, 2007

Leisure

Pan’s Labyrinth is a-maze-ing

For every child, the characters from fairy tales can creep from the pages of a book into the child’s bedroom and consciousness. No movie in recent memory conveys this message with as much skill and raw emotional power as Pan’s Labyrinth, opening in D.C. this Friday.

By January 11, 2007