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September 2007

Sports

The Sports Sermon

In second grade, sometime between being deemed “of an age of reason” by the Roman Catholic Church and finally shaking off that pesky imaginary friend, I came into baseball consciousness.

By September 27, 2007

Leisure

Echoes from the Melting Pot reverberates

Next week, Georgetown’s Davis Performing Arts Center will host two interactive installations, an unprecedented event for the venue. From the British Council U.S. comes the Black Atlantic Project (BAP), an experimental musical collaboration that evolved from seven British and American musician poets who sampled and re-mixed each others works to create a trans-Atlantic hip-hop conversation.

By September 27, 2007

Voices

Carrying On

Let’s say you’re a freshman, eagerly awaiting the substance-induced rebellion promised you by multiple viewings of Animal House. You could binge drink like so many other freshmen, but why go the cliché route? Not to mention you’re as terrified of the new campus alcohol policies as every other student. You’ve been Just-Say-No-ed enough to stay away from hard drugs. Cigarettes might be the right rebellion statement, but you know the health risks and don’t want to end up an addict (and if, like me, you come from the land of a thousand smoking bans called California, this message has permeated your entire being.)

Then a friend invites you to a hookah bar.

By September 20, 2007

Voices

It’s a people-watching party

My window is my favorite part of my Village A apartment. My room is too small to hold two desk and two beds, so I put my desks by the window in the living room, directly across from the old Jesuit residence, west of the library. The view has become quite a distraction. I’d much rather people-watch out my window than study Italian or stare at my computer screen.

By September 20, 2007

Editorials

Petraeus falls into the quagmire of lies

General David H. Petraeus’ testimony on the Iraq War last week couldn’t have been better. Unless, of course, he had announced that the surge had actually done what it was supposed to do—or rather, what he was supposed to do.

By the September 20, 2007

Letters to the Editor

How Hoyas can change the party policy

By this point, every Georgetown student could probably extemporize a five to ten minute speech elaborating the new alcohol policies that have been put in place, and provide a detailed, well-reasoned argument as to why each of them sucks magnificently. What is not clear, however, is how the student body can engender any sort of change. While the ‘GU Students for Stopping the Madness’ Facebook group has some worthwhile events planned, I believe that the most assured way of getting the administration to change these policies is to hit them where it hurts the most … the wallet.

By September 20, 2007

Crosswords

Crossword Answers

By September 20, 2007

Editorials

Let students speak out on party rules

If the University expects students to abide by a suddenly strict alcohol policy, there should be good reasons for it, and students deserve to hear what these reasons are.

By the September 20, 2007

Features

After School Activities

Students aren’t the only ones who daydream. The droning prof at the front of class is often the last thing on the minds of jaded students. Anything and everything, from chicken fingers to weekend plans, is capable of winning the battle for your attention on a Friday afternoon. But these musings start and stop with the pupil, right? It seems there’s no room for daydreaming in the life of a college professor, so what if you caught your teacher neglecting his own lesson plans to tap out a catchy Caribbean beat with his make-shift, number-two drumsticks? What if, on that never-ending Friday afternoon class, you bolted out of your chair as soon as the professor said “go,” only to watch him slip out just before you?

By September 20, 2007

Voices

Spreading our moment

Many of us at Georgetown wish to help these billions of people by committing our undergraduate studies to understanding the complex dimensions of global poverty and development, evaluating the mistakes and successes of the past and exploring innovative ways to effectively and responsibly address them in the future. The International Development Certificate provides a broad framework of study for student wishing to work in this field. Unfortunately, only students in the School of Foreign Service are allowed to pursue it. Students in other schools at Georgetown University should also have access to the certificate and its benefits.

By September 20, 2007