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Talking with strangers

After twelve hours, I finally arrived at Georgetown from Switzerland, the only country I have ever lived in. As I stepped out of the airplane, my skin started to get wet and sticky, it smelled weird and I had difficulty breathing. First I thought I had a terrible disease, but then I realized I was simply experiencing humidity for the first time. Very strange sensation indeed.

By September 13, 2007

Voices

An education with my Savior

“Oh my God! There’s a Jesus on that cross!” This was my first thought during the journey into the world of the Catholic university. I was prepared to make my college experience an exercise in “living outside my comfort zone,” beginning with my first-ever Roman Catholic Mass the day before my first class at a university I had long dreamed of attending. I was prepared for a tradition that wasn’t my own, for the open discussion of spiritual ideals and their place in modern society. I was not prepared for a large crucifix.

By September 13, 2007

Voices

Carrying On

“I asked for salami, not pepperoni! How the HELL do you confuse salami for pepperoni?”

Suffering the preceding comment, smiling and apologizing is one of the joys of being a waiter. This past year I have been a server at a gourmet pizzeria, a Chinese bistro and an American “neighborhood-style” restaurant. Each had its own training system, tip-out schedule and scripted table greeting. After a year of mindlessly asking strangers if they would “care to start off with something to drink,” I’m out of patience.

By September 13, 2007

Features

Unpacking your tuition

The season of inundating the Office of International Programs is upon us. Whether you’re slipping into the office between class hours to browse the program evaluations, haggling with the administration to let you go on an independent study or standing in line for an appointment, daydreaming to the pulse of Euro-tech, there’s one universal truth to study abroad at Georgetown: whatever your plans, they’re costing you (and your parents) a pretty penny.

By September 13, 2007

Letters to the Editor

Voice needs more research on environmental rating

Will Sommer must be joking in his recent article slamming Georgetown’s new science building (“Building blues,” News, September 6). That the University would pursue a LEED rating is commendable on its own, and the fact that this building will be certfied LEED Silver makes the project all the more deserving of our support.

By September 13, 2007

Letters to the Editor

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”

It’s about time that someone put their foot down on the new alcohol policy on and off-campus here at Georgetown. The University and the Metropolitan Police Department don’t understand that the new ramped-up policies set in place to “protect” the students and neighbors are actually making everything worse.

By September 13, 2007

Leisure

Vox around the blocks

Garutachi Presents Underwear Party VI – Rock & Roll Hotel; Sept. 15; $10 or free if clad in undies Admittedly (and ashamedly), this writer has little experience with the Rock... Read more

By the September 13, 2007

Leisure

Accident swerves off the road

Amy Ziff, the star and creator of the one-woman show “Accident,” is one-third of the band BETTY—sort of a punkier Indigo Girls. She’s a Jewish lesbian, a blonde with dreadlocks and generally a funny woman. In “Accident,” she’s also dead. Do all these qualities mean she’s worth spending an evening with? Probably not. How about a little under an hour? Well, sure.

By September 13, 2007

Leisure

Critical Voices: Kanye West, Graduation

Kanye West’s third album, Graduation, is a blessing in a year that has been abysmal for hip-hop. While Kanye is still a relatively weak MC, Graduation is an original, entertaining and tight album, and though it lacks any true club-bangers, it’s still the best hip-hop album of 2007.

By September 13, 2007

Corrections

Rating retraction

In fact, Georgetown’s Silver rating in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design System scale is one step above the lower “Certified” rating, and it is a rare accomplisment to earn any LEED rating at all, especially for a science building.

By September 13, 2007