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September 2012

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Women’s soccer on scintillating Big East run

Only 10 games into the season, the team has already racked up an impressive 31 goals.

By September 27, 2012

Sports

Sporty Spice: Replacement refs not popular in Buenos Aires

I feel slightly bad for the new officials—they came into a bad situation and are ridiculed by fans, players, and coaches.

By September 27, 2012

Sports

Hoyas prepare for Homecoming game against Brown

“Brown will probably be the best team we have played to date,” said Coach Kelly. “Brown is a contender in the Ivy League each year, so we are expecting quite a challenge for Homecoming.”

By September 27, 2012

Sports

Caris and Distaso shine for Hoyas

The weekend was especially big for Charlie Caris, who was in top form as he won both the singles tournament and the doubles tournament.

By September 27, 2012

Leisure

Pig Iron Theater Company partners with Georgetown

It’s not often that an experimental play touting a mix of Thoreau and reflection on Japanese natural disasters comes to Georgetown’s campus, but one has arrived--an autobiographical piece by avant-garde Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada, Zero Cost House is the product of a collaboration between Georgetown and acclaimed Pig Iron Theater Company. With the company coming to campus straight from the play’s premiere at the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, the Davis Performing Arts Center will be host to a weekend of actors doing everything from wearing rabbit costumes to playing the ukulele as they ponder Okada’s evolving attitude toward Walden in the context of Japan’s recent environmental disasters.

By September 27, 2012

Leisure

Lez’hur ledger: Women, diplomacy, and all that jazz at Kennedy

If you just glanced at the ads for the 2012 Thelonious Monk International Drums Competition you might have thought it was going to be just another jazz show at the Kennedy Center—buttoned up and impersonal, but still a straightforward show and contest.

By September 27, 2012

Leisure

Growing pains become pleasures in Chobsky’s Perks

The transition from book to the big screen is one widely feared by authors and audiences, as movies almost universally fail to live up to their printed predecessors. Proving the exception to this rule, The Perks of Being a Wallflower shines in the film adaptation of this coming-of-age tale, bringing heart and a star-studded cast together to capture the emotional roller coaster that is growing up.

By September 27, 2012

Leisure

Critical Voices: Lupe Fiasco, Food and Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album

Lupe Fiasco has come a long way since his pop-rap days of “Touch the Sky” and “Superstar.” With a shift in focus towards social consciousness—and a new hairdo making him look like an older Chief Keefe—Mr. Fiasco has become a more aggressive and sophisticated hip-hop artist. This new style and attitude was first displayed in his mix tape Friend of the People, released last Thanksgiving. Friend was heavily criticized in a review on Pitchfork for being “sour, half-assed, and defensive,” and for failing to use “viable rap beats.” With his new album, Food and Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album, all eyes were on Lupe to see if he addressed these faults.

By September 27, 2012

Leisure

Critical Voices: Mumford & Sons, Babel

Following three years of tours, Mumford & Sons is at last set to release its sophomore album. In a method contrary to popular practice, the English folk band has been road-testing material for the latest album, Babel, to perfect an already well-recognized sound. Though it is familiar, the resulting cacophony of acoustic instruments and front man Marcus Mumford’s rough, agonized vocals grows exhausting.

By September 27, 2012

Leisure

Plate of the union: It’s time to holla for challah

This summer, I found myself between an aisle of pan-Asian foods and shelves of Tex-Mex trying to recount the story of Passover to a salesclerk at Safeway. I needed matzo for breakfast, because I refuse to eat cereal as the most important meal of the day, and I know how to whip up matzo brei in less than 10 minutes.

By September 27, 2012