September 2009

Diversity groups prepare for town hall

This week, the three working groups created last spring to address diversity issues at Georgetown, collectively called the “Diversity Initiative,” geared up for their first town hall meeting of the... Read more

By Lillian Kaiser September 24, 2009

News

GUSA senators point to Angert’s successes

Since their election last spring, the Georgetown University Student Association administration of President Calen Angert (MSB `11) and Vice President Jason Kluger (MSB `11) has gotten off to a strong... Read more

By Eric Pilch September 24, 2009

News

DDOT cuts upper Wisconsin Circulator

On Monday, District Department of Transportation announced several changes in its D.C. Circulator bus service, including the elimination of the upper Wisconsin Avenue section of the Georgetown-Union Station line. In... Read more

By Cole Stangler September 24, 2009

News

GU to improve safety with grant money

Georgetown University received a half million-dollar grant from the Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools this September. The grant is designed to assist the University in... Read more

By John Cooke September 24, 2009

News

City on a Hill: Taxi drivers are people too

“There is power in a union,” traveling musician Joe Hill sang in 1913. Now, with only 12.4 percent of American workers unionized in 2008, Joe Hill’s sentiments seem archaic. But... Read more

By Will Sommer September 24, 2009

Leisure

Critical Voices: A Place to Bury Strangers – Exploding Head

When was the last time you’ve gone shoegazing, losing yourself in a detached and introspective state, with any and all hostility far from your mind? There’s a reason why this... Read more

By James McGrory September 24, 2009

Leisure

Critical Voices: La Roux – La Roux

This year, L is for La Roux. Not the rock-synth hybrid of Ladyhawke, or the overproduced pop sound of Little Boots, and definitely not the overexposed Lady Gaga. With a... Read more

By Swedian Lie September 24, 2009

Leisure

Short circuit

Once a year, experimental electronic artists from across the globe convene in the heart of D.C. for the Sonic Circuit Festival. In its ninth season, the Sonic Circuit Festival (which... Read more

By Joshua Sizer September 24, 2009

Leisure

High Fidelity: Gold sounds

Perhaps you’ve heard of that band. You know, the one that’s reforming for a big reunion tour in 2010. Yeah, that band. “The most important American band of the Nineties”... Read more

By Daniel Cook September 24, 2009

Leisure

Culottes for you lots: Fashion weak

Twice a year, the fashion elite gathers to celebrate fashion in four cities—New York, London, Milan and Paris. For an almost endless, whirlwind month, designers, stylists, makeup artists, and editors show us what we should be wearing, now and in the coming seasons, parading from show to show in an ever-changing array of expensive outfits to prove exactly how important and stylish they are.

By Kathleen Simone September 24, 2009

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September 2009