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February 2007

Leisure

Going down on the Hilltop

Winter finally paid off, and in a big way. Such wonderful whiteness can mean only one thing: sled day! Considering only one of the surveyed hills had fresh tracks, it seems that far too few Hoyas partake in this traditional leisure activity. Because they don’t call it the Hilltop for nothin’, here’s the skinny on the best campus sledding.

By February 15, 2007

Sports

Sports Sermon

A messy room, a pounding headache and SportsCenter: this past Sunday morning began in much the same way it always begins. Yet, as my hand passed over the buzzing alarm, crumpled pants and ringing phone en route to the all-important remote control, I became conscious of something special when I turned on the television for the sports fan’s morning coffee.

By February 15, 2007

Sports

This cheerleader has cajones

In between bites of iceberg lettuce, Eric Cusimano details the ins and outs of his life as the sole male member of Georgetown’s cheerleading squad. Sporting khakis, a white baseball hat and black fleece, Cusimano is the picture of the Joe Hoya stereotype. At a superficial glance, you might guess that his extracurricular activities were confined to intramural basketball and slap bag. Instead, the freshman from Louisiana devotes his spare time to acrobatic feats, frenzied cheers and getting up close and personal with the smiling, be-ribboned girls ESPN cameramen love to spotlight.

By February 15, 2007

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poetry: what light found

By February 15, 2007

Leisure

Warming up to art

The snow was pretty for about an hour and now your ass is bruised from sledding on a cafeteria tray. You could retreat to your 80-degree dorm room and binge on all that fruit you sacked from Leo’s, or you could fight the winter blues with some hot cocoa and visual stimulation at one of D.C.’s warm spots.

By February 15, 2007

Sports

What a Rush

Today, I salute a real American. A man who isn’t afraid to speak the unfettered truth. A man willing to stand up to the mainstream media that runs this country and tell them that at least one journalist is going to stick up for the little guy. I speak of a man who has overcome vice and addiction and emerged from the wilderness. I speak, of course, of Rush Limbaugh.

By February 15, 2007

Sports

Stifling defense extends streak

The Georgetown men’s basketball team captured its eighth straight conference win last Monday with a 71-53 rout of the West Virginia Mountaineers. Red-hot shooting and stifling defense were the keys to the Hoya victory, which brought the current winning streak to its longest conference run since the 1988-1989 season.

By February 15, 2007

Leisure

Vietnamese art exhibit is pho real

At first, the road sign seems rather ordinary. Bold, green and functional, it could have been plucked from any interstate highway. Yet contradicting its mundane appearance is its content: “Little Saigon: Next Right.”

By February 15, 2007

News

The future of NATO

Former Presidents José Maria Aznar of Spain and Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland set forth their vision of a successful North Atlantic Treaty Organization united by Western ideology on Monday in the ICC Auditorium. Both men are Distinguished Scholars in the Practice of Global Leadership at Georgetown.

By February 15, 2007

Leisure

Sexy food

As anyone who saw Varsity Blues and Ali Larter’s whipped cream bikini can attest, food can be very sexy. But, as anyone who’s ever had a boyfriend who talks with his mouth full or had a propensity for poppy seed bagels can argue, food and love are not always a good mix. There is a difference between your food being yummy and you being yummy.

By February 15, 2007