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What Rocks

Make no mistakes; Brendan Cannon is a consistent offensive powerhouse for the preseason fourth-ranked Georgetown men’s lacrosse team. Last year he led the team in goals, assists and points, and the coaches of the East Coast Athletic Conference voted him the favorite to win the conference’s Offensive Player of the Year award.

By February 14, 2008

Sports

Hoyas vs. Cardinals

In her fourth season as head women’s basketball coach, Terri Williams-Flournoy has made some giant strides with the program overshadowed by the Georgetown men’s basketball team. Williams-Flournoy led the team to a 10-3 record in the non-conference season, including winning streaks of five and three games. With one of the best defenses in the Big East, the Hoyas have beaten a ranked Syracuse team, lost by a mere 10 points to national powerhouse Rutgers and, despite a 3-7 Big East record, have been a thorn in the side of many of the league’s leaders.

By February 14, 2008

Sports

Bleeds of glory

A bloody trail twisted from one end of the rink to the visiting bench in the Buffalo Sabers’ HSBC Arena on Sunday night. But this macabre remnant was not nearly as disturbing as the sight of a dazed Richard Zednik leaning heavily on a teammate and clutching at his neck, which had just been cut open by the errant skate of another teammate, Ollie Jokinen. For the fans present, and even for those who watched in horror at the slow-motion replays that followed, it was one of the most terrifying sports accidents in recent memory. But for a recent Georgetown grad, Jokinen’s skate-blade may have sliced a little too close to home.

By February 14, 2008

Sports

Fast Break

The Georgetown women’s basketball team came into their game against second ranked nationally Connecticut on a two game winning streak. The first win being over No. 22 Syracuse—the Hoyas’ first win over a ranked opponent in over four years. This momentum wasn’t enough to give the Hoyas another victory over a ranked team. Despite a hard fought first half, Georgetown was unable to contain the offensive barrage of the Huskies, falling 80-48.

By February 14, 2008

Sports

Settling scores up north

When asked about the Georgetown/Syracuse rivalry, senior center Roy Hibbert recalled a story that former coach John Thompson, Jr. told him about its roots: in 1980, the Hoyas defeated the Orange to snap a 57-game home winning streak in the last ever game at Syracuse’s Manley Field House. Now, 28 years later, the rivalry is “part of the fabric of the Big East,” according to current coach John Thompson III.

By February 14, 2008

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Hoping for Obama in ’08

America is not as divided as the pundits would have us believe. Our perceived disagreement stems from a tendency to miss the forest for the trees. We get too bogged down in the minutiae of policy, and in the process we overlook the fact that regardless of ideology, we all yearn for a stronger and safer country that aspires to fulfill its fundamental ideals.

By February 14, 2008

Page 13 Cartoons

Hillary Clinton for President

With the race for the Democratic nomination a virtual tie, Democratic voters need to think long and hard about who they want to be their nominee in the 2008 presidential election. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) is both better qualified and better positioned than her Democratic rival, Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill.), to be president of the United States.

By February 14, 2008

Voices

Don’t mourn, organize: ten years of GU Solidarity

The Georgetown Solidarity Committee (GSC) is ten years old this year. We are officially a Georgetown tradition; we were invited to table on Copley Lawn during Traditions Day. We’ve done a lot in those ten years. I’m not going to list all of our accomplishments in this column—for that, go to www.georgetownsolidarity.org—but I will tell you why we’ve lasted so long, drawing enough students to our weekly meetings to become a lasting voice on campus.

By February 14, 2008

Voices

A Valentine’s card to the little people

Sunday mornings are sacred. Whether you welcome the week with mass, mimosas or Meet the Press, those first few waking hours are universally recognized to be a precious time, and barring nuclear disaster or a major sporting event, one’s routine should not be disturbed. Last weekend, throwing caution and luxuriously slow-brewed cups of coffee to the wind, I determined that my civic duty to the voters of Montgomery County, Maryland was greater than my ritualistic weekly reading of Date Lab in the Sunday Post.

By February 14, 2008

News

On the Record

Curtis Sittenfeld is the author of the bestselling novels Prep and Man of My Dreams. She is currently working on her third novel, American Wife. Sittenfeld, who has been writing fiction ever since she could read and write attended Groton School, a prestigious boarding school in Massachusetts. She graduated from Stanford University and received a Master of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Sittenfeld will to speak at Georgetown University on February 19.

By February 14, 2008