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WEB EXCLUSIVE: These ‘dogs will hunt

“No one gives you a chance, especially no one else being a 15-seed, but we believe in our team,” UMBC junior guard Jay Greene said. “No 15-seed has ever beaten a 2-seed that didn’t believe they could do it … We know we have a good team and we are not going to back down from Georgetown.”

By March 13, 2008

Sports

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Pitt muscles past G’town for Big East title

The inspired Panthers became only the second team in tournament history to win four straight games, capping off a stretch of three consecutive wins against ranked opponents with a 74-65 win over the Hoyas.

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Sports

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Hibbert guides Hoyas over Mountaineers

Roy Hibbert had the guns on display at Madison Square Garden, leaving the shirtsleeves in the locker room at the start of Friday night’s semi-final against West Virginia. It wasn’t the first game this season that Hibbert went with the look, but normally the senior center waits until halftime for the wardrobe change. But tonight, the seven-footer was all-too-eager to cast off the sleeves, and with them his abysmal scoreless performance against Villanova. Mission accomplished. Hibbert was unstoppable inside and out, scoring 25 to lead the Hoyas to the 72-55 victory and their second consecutive Big East Tournament final.

By March 13, 2008

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By March 13, 2008

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WEB EXCLUSIVE: No doubt for Georgetown this time

The Georgetown Hoyas (26-4, 15-3 BE) showed their quicks against Villanova (20-12, 9-9 BE) and set a Big East tournament three-point shooting record to overcome senior center Roy Hibbert’s worst game of the season and overthrow the Wildcats, 82-63.

By March 13, 2008

Features

Take Me Home

“I remember people would say … ‘What if you never do that again, what if the songs aren’t hits?’ I don’t have time to think like that. So I never had a plan B. And I still don’t.”

By March 13, 2008

Leisure

That’s so not Georgetown: College Road Trip

Do you dream of a Georgetown where the Greek party scene is alive and thriving, the campus is connected to a high-end golf course and our school color is bright turquoise? Then College Road Trip is the perfect fantasy escape for you!

By March 13, 2008

News

City on a Hill: Radical Rhee-form

The purge of nearly 100 employees from the District of Columbia Public Schools’ central office shows that Chancellor Michelle Rhee is developing a habit of coupling good instincts with god-awful implementation. Her focus on rehabilitating the dysfunctional central office is much needed: DCPS’ administrative hub has devolved into a bloated bureaucracy incapable of providing students, teachers and principals with the resources they need.

By March 13, 2008

News

Madeleine’s Memo

“What’s evident is that the world is a mess,” Dr. Madeleine Albright said Tuesday.

The former Secretary of State and current Mortara Distinguished Professor in the Study of Diplomacy spoke to a full audience of undergrads, graduate students and faculty in Copley Formal Lounge on Tuesday about her newest book, Memo to the President Elect.

By March 13, 2008

News

Student-run class visits sweatshops

It was late last week when Manuel and Julio, union leaders at a textile factory in the Dominican Republic, rushed into their factory office and shouted triumphantly, “We got our visas!” Days later, the two men boarded a plane to the United States to speak at universities along the East Coast about the poor working conditions—verbal abuse, low wages, unpaid overtime and discrimination—they experience as laborers in Dominican sweatshops.

By March 13, 2008