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August 2007

Sports

Houghton leads Hoyas into the fray

Charlie Houghton is a complicated guy. One of those soft-spoken, deep-thinking types who doesn’t say much. Carefully crafting every thought and phrase, he’s even-keeled, setting his own pace. His feet, on the other hand, are usually moving much faster than his mouth.

By August 24, 2007

Features

From Georgetown to the frontlines

Georgetown students are ambitious. When they graduate, they flock to jobs where they can aspire to do big things, whether in politics, finance or any other field. But a few Hoyas end up in a different line of work in a different place altogether: Iraq or Afghanistan.

By August 24, 2007

Leisure

Fall into Theater

Previews of fall shows on campus and off.

By August 24, 2007

Leisure

Goes Down Easy: A Weekly Column on Drinking

It’s time for a refresher—and refreshing—course on the cheap beers of Georgetown.

By August 24, 2007

Leisure

Critical Voices: The New Pornographers, Challengers

Deciding what direction to take a successful indie group in its next album is often difficult. With their first three LPs, The New Pornographers took the safe route and continued in the vein of previous hits. Mass Romantic’s capricious tempo changes, virtually-falsetto harmonies and sharp-enough-to-cut-glass guitar riffs threw an intriguing new paradigm into the canon of pop song interpretation. Electric Version added complex layering and more interesting song structures. Finally, Twin Cinema contributed those irresistible hooks.

By August 24, 2007

Leisure

Critical Voices: M.I.A., Kala

It’s no surprise that M.I.A. opens her second album, Kala, with the assertion that “I’m comin’ back with power, power”—her brash, confident attitude, is what made her debut Arular a hit. Pairing astoundingly ferocious political raps with a collection of grimy, highly danceable beats made her as intriguing as any new artist in recent memory. On Kala, Sri Lanka’s brightest star mostly duplicates the magic of her debut with a few duds that keep it from greatness.

By August 24, 2007

Leisure

Critical Voices: Caribou, Andorra

Manitoba’s 2003 breakthrough album, Up in Flames, was the musical equivalent of an overstuffed toy box; blissed-out paeans to the gods of ‘60s psych-pop and modern electronica, and more ideas than most artists crank out in an entire career spill from every side. One name change and two records later, we have Caribou’s Andorra, an album that trades in the nearly unbridled experimentation of Up in Flames for a more approachable—and ultimately less exciting—sonic palette.

By August 24, 2007

Leisure

Superbad: Boys just want to have sex

Has Judd Apatow concocted the perfect movie formula? Judging by his recent successes, the writer of The Forty-Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up can make a summer blockbuster with a... Read more

By August 24, 2007

News

Finance team takes on endowment

With its endowment hovering around a billion dollars, Georgetown University lags far behind its peer schools. Bill O’Leary might be the man to augment the University’s paltry sum.

By August 24, 2007

News

Dixie liquor to reopen

Though you wouldn’t know it by peering into the dust-covered windows of 3429 M Street, Dixie Liquors plans to reopen this fall under new management after an abrupt closing at the beginning of the year.

By August 24, 2007