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April 2007

Sports

Sports Sermon

When NBA commissioner David Stern suspended veteran referee Joey Crawford indefinitely on Tuesday, he made a necessary statement to fans, players and other officials that referees do not control the outcome of NBA games.

By April 19, 2007

Sports

Hoyas’ losing streak continues

The Georgetown women’s softball team continued their losing ways Wednesday night, dropping both games of a double-header against George Mason.

By April 19, 2007

Sports

Stick Around

We’re excited to hear that, even after declaring for the NBA Draft, Jeff and Roy are considering a hero’s homecoming for their senior season. Die-hard basketball fans have to admit: our hearts are aflutter. Until they make their final decision, we’ll be going to sleep with dreams of back-door cuts, put-back slams and buzzer beaters dancing in our heads. Wouldn’t a championship banner be a nice little memento for the big men to leave behind? The thing is, we’re emotionally involved here. We’ve seen them grow from dread-locked and awkward to awe-inspiring and intimidating.

By April 19, 2007

Sports

Ultimate: a good huckin’ time

“This wind is extreeeeeeme!” a men’s club Ultimate Frisbee player shouted as he jogged onto Kehoe a few minutes late for practice. It was a remarkably windy day, but his teammates had decided to continue their workout in preparation for upcoming tournament play.

By April 19, 2007

Features

Oyster School

When you walk inside the Oyster school, you see a big banner from the Department of Education hanging from the ceiling in commemoration of the school’s No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon award, which the school received in 2006 for its outstanding test scores. Bulletin boards display student projects, featuring work half in English, half in Spanish. On the loudspeaker, a woman makes an announcement in Spanish. There is no translation. A few minutes later, another voice makes a different announcement in English.

By April 19, 2007

Page 13 Cartoons

Fish

His feet never fit comfortably into his shoes. Once he had a pair of sneakers that made them look like the feet of a fat man squirming into a pair of dress spats several sizes too small, but mostly his feet looked like dead fish crammed into cases of canvas and leather.

By April 12, 2007

Corrections

“Bat” not “Cat,” silly

In Spring Fashion 2007 (Cover, March 29, 2007), we credited the store “Arrogant Bat” for lending clothing for our photo shoot.

By April 12, 2007

Corrections

Incorrect photo credit

A photograph appearing with the story “DPS prepares for Final Four weekend,” (News, March 29, 2007) was incorrectly credited to Simone Popperl.

By April 12, 2007

Corrections

Gangelhoff is not ISA president

In “Soccer, step dance, and spicy curry at iWeek,” (News, March 29, 2007), Greg Gangelhoff was incorrectly referred to as the President of the International Students Association.

By April 12, 2007

Letters to the Editor

Stanton wrong about absinthe

I just read your piece, “Goes down easy,” (Leisure, March 29, 2007) about absinthe by Chris Stanton. Unfortunately very little of the information in it is at all accurate and appears to be gleaned from goth fan sites, not reliable sources.

By April 12, 2007