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Day: September 17, 2009

Leisure

Bottoms Up: New Student Dis-orientation

I went in to pick up my t-shirt and wristband last Thursday evening, anxious to start the most highly-anticipated week of a senior’s fall semester, Senior Dis-Orientation. A week of... Read more

By September 17, 2009

Leisure

Low Fidelity: Clap your hands say what?

“What’s in a name?” asks Shakespeare in Romeo & Juliet, perhaps referring to the linguistic restrictions in defining something. But who is this “Shakespeare” character anyway, and what does he... Read more

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Leisure

Critical Voices: Why? – Eskimo Snow

Why?, the indie/folk/hip-hop “project” of Jonathan “Yoni” Wolf, an Orthodox Jewish backpack rapper from suburban Ohio, makes music that is harder to describe than the man himself. The closest musical... Read more

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Leisure

Critical Voices: Girls – Album

San Francisco is a near-mythical place. Sure, part of that might its druggy reputation, and from the beat poets and hippies who once roamed the Haight-Ashbury—but, really, it’s about music.... Read more

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Leisure

Velociraptors at Verizon Center

We are a generation raised on dinosaurs. As current college students, we were the perfect age to be scared senseless by Jurassic Park years ago, and for those of us... Read more

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Sports

Time is running out for Georgetown football

A football game can often be decided by a team’s clock management, and Georgetown has certainly realized the importance of time this season.

By September 17, 2009

Sports

What Rocks: Mark Dennin

Any experienced cross-country coach knows that championships are won in June, July, and August—it’s the long, arduous summer training that benefits runners most. Sophomore Mark Dennin, a young harrier on the nationally-ranked Georgetown men’s cross country team, has clearly put on his fair share of summer mileage.

By September 17, 2009

Features

Playing hard on and off the field

Last Saturday night, dozens of freshmen packed into a house on 36th Street for the first of the many parties that the men’s rugby team will host this year. Within the house were friends of the team and about fifty energetic rugby players, especially boisterous after enjoying an afternoon of violent sport. The testosterone-laden hosts introduced their guests to rugby chants and traditions, in a scene probably resembling Animal House more than anything the freshmen had seen in their short time on the Hilltop. In the end, freshman likely came away with an impression that Georgetown’s rugby players are all play and no work.

By September 17, 2009

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Night lights

Last Saturday, Georgetown inaugurated a momentous new era for campus athletics, when the Hoya football team played its first game under the lights of Multi-Sport Field.

By September 17, 2009

Sports

Georgetown goalie is a keeper

Goalkeeper Jackie DesJardin’s stats speak for themselves. Last year she helped the Georgetown women’s soccer team set a single-season records for fewest goals allowed (14) and most shutouts (11). DesJardin is one shutout away from becoming Georgetown’s all-time winning goal keeper, and she is only halfway through her college career.

By September 17, 2009