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Fast Break

The rule of thumb for the Hoyas this season: as Chris Wright goes, so goes Georgetown. Entering Wednesday night’s contest against Pittsburgh, the Hoyas were 12-0 when Wright scored in double figures, 1-3 when he didn’t. Against Pitt, Wright reached double figures.

By January 21, 2010

Voices

The arts at Georgetown: a work in progress

I almost didn’t come to Georgetown because I thought the arts program was so bad. In my family, art was more important than friends, schoolwork, and sometimes physical health. After I finished my freshman year of high school with a very strong GPA, my mother took me aside with a worried look and asked me, “But what are you doing to be creative?”

By January 21, 2010

Leisure

Bottom’s Up: Chuck the Chuck, cheapo

There’s nothing worse than being predictable. That’s why I shrink from serving Charles Shaw, or two-buck Chuck, as the bargain Trader Joe’s wine is affectionately known, at dinner these days. As tolerable and affordable—only $2.99 a bottle!—as the wine is...

By January 21, 2010

Voices

No end in sight for the floundering “War on Terror”

With General David Petraeus, the architect of the surge in Iraq, speaking in Gaston Hall today, questions about the rise of American militarism and misguided nation-building projects loom larger than ever. In replicating the Patraeus strategy in Afghanistan, Obama ignored the lessons of history, the advice of foreign policy experts, and the views of the many Americans and Afghans who are tired of war and foreign intervention. Instead, our president urged U.S. forces to intensify their efforts in Afghanistan as a necessary step in the vague and unending “War on Terror.”

By January 21, 2010

Sports

The Sports Sermon

It is said that the grass is always greener on the other side. This tendency to always strive for something apparently better has created a destructive trend in the sporting world: successful college coaches leaving their posts for a shot with a professional franchise. College football coaches are most often guilty of this mistake, and recently, yet another has fallen victim.

By January 21, 2010

Voices

Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Cali anymore

I’ve gotten paler and seem to walk faster. Flip-flops have been replaced by rainboots and Chipotle or Qdoba is really the closest thing to Mexican food I can find. I’m starting to think J.Crew is more of a cult than a clothing store, and I’ve accepted that people actually walk on escalators. I attribute every brain malfunction to frost bite and check the weather report on a freakish basis. I’m from California, and over winter break, I realized just how different my life is on the East Coast.

By January 21, 2010

Leisure

Rub Some Dirt on It: Mouse, trapped

For the past week or so, I have been sharing my apartment with a skinny, hairy, uninvited guest—a mouse, who pops in and out through a hole in the wall. He is small, and relatively harmless...

By January 21, 2010

Sports

Backdoor Cuts: The gun show

Not to be outdone by the Tiger Woods fiasco of late 2009, this year had already produced its first sports-related scandal, just hours into its first day. As sports fans around the country groggily roused ourselves on January 1 and stared with bloodshot, hangover-glazed eyes into our Google Reader feeds, we were greeted by the seemingly sensationalized news of an alleged gun duel between all-star point guard Gilbert Arenas and injured reserve guard Javaris Crittenton in the Wizards’ locker room on December 21.

By January 21, 2010