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January 2009

News

New Philly Ps sparks neighbors’ anger

Since its grand opening this past October, the new location of Philly Pizza & Grill at 1211 Potomac Street has provoked the ire of neighboring businesses and residents, who are complaining about the smells, noises, and traffic problems the take-out restaurant has created.

By January 15, 2009

News

Georgetown braces for Inauguration

Huge crowds are expected around Washington, D.C., for the upcoming Inauguration of Barack Obama, and the Georgetown neighborhood is no exception.

By January 15, 2009

Page 13 Cartoons

To Believe in Fairies

Turn your eyes away from the swooning, feral brushstrokes of a horizon daubed like a mimesis on canvas resembling a painted desert slipping into sundown just beyond the balustrade, where... Read more

By January 15, 2009

Crosswords

Crossword Solutions 01.15.09

By January 15, 2009

Sports

Yates’ infestation

It’s the spring semester at Georgetown, and Yates is full. And by full, I mean packed. And by packed, I mean two to a treadmill, muscle-bound bruisers sharing dumbbells, and ballers playing ten-on-ten basketball. Half court. Go up for a rebound, and you might come down on stretching yogini.

By January 15, 2009

Editorials

MPD disorients with CrimeMap

Tasked with protecting the nation’s capitol, one would think that the Metropolitan Police Department would do anything it could to make its job a little easier. But in the first... Read more

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Editorials

Help keep gunstores off our streets

The gun show is coming to D.C. A few weeks ago, the D.C. Zoning Commission ruled that gun stores will be allowed along major commercial corridors throughout the city, a... Read more

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Editorials

Achieving peace at Georgetown

As the violence in Gaza stretches into its fourth week, signs of the conflict are seeping into campus life. On Monday, Students for Justice in Palestine gathered in a pro-Palestinian... Read more

By the January 15, 2009

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Monroe’s flaw

The next time you have a chance to watch a Georgetown basketball game on television, sit back, relax, and listen to every broadcaster announce to the world that Greg “The Doctrine” Monroe is the best freshmen in the country. Monroe-mania has taken hold of announcers like Dick Vitale and Jay Bilas, among others, who yak on and on about Monroe’s superb court vision and ability to facilitate Georgetown’s Princeton style offense.

By January 15, 2009

Sports

What Rocks: Hollis Thompson

The best college football recruits in the country usually graduate from high school a semester early and enroll at their college of choice for the spring semester. This year, Georgetown’s number one basketball recruit is taking a page out of the pigskin playbook. Hollis Thompson, a 6’7” small forward, has enrolled for the spring semester. In a press release announcing the move, Coach John Thompson III stressed that Hollis will only be acclimating to college life and will not suit up for the Hoyas this season.

By January 15, 2009