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October 2012

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Funny business: D.C.’s second-tier comedy scene

Walking into Penn Social, an E Street bar, on a Sunday night provides a glimpse into your average D.C. watering hole. Helmeted football players sprint across several flat-screens while young urban professionals mingle and cheer on their favorite teams with beer in hand. Nothing seems to be amiss here, and yet it’s a sore sight for any local comedy fan’s eyes.

By October 4, 2012

Sports

Sports Sermon: A dissillusionment from sports

Overanalyzing occurs with just about everything though—sports, television, politics—as pundits talk about what happened, its significance, and what it means for the future ad nauseum.

By October 3, 2012

Sports

Soccer’s undefeated run ends, fall to UConn

The Georgetown men’s soccer team (10-1-1, 2-1-0 Big East) began the week ranked seventh and third respectively in the TDS and NSCAA polls, the highest positions ever achieved by the... Read more

By October 3, 2012

Sports

Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Jets spinning out of control

Over the past few years, I’ve supported Mark Sanchez when others got down on him. Instead, I’ve blamed former Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer and current offensive coordinator Tony Sparano,... Read more

By October 3, 2012

Sports

Volleyball keeps losing

The Georgetown women’s volleyball team (6-11, 0-4 Big East) had a rough Homecoming weekend in more ways than one, dropping two home matches in four sets against Seton Hall (15-2,... Read more

By October 3, 2012

Editorials

College rankings are pointless, not worth it

Last month, Georgetown once again failed to crack the top-20 threshold in U.S. News and World Report’s overall college rankings. (And let’s not even mention Forbes, who placed us at... Read more

By the October 3, 2012

Editorials

National debates need third party perspective

Last night, Governor Romney and President Obama faced off in 2012’s first Presidential debate, but absent from the debate were the two main third party candidates: former New Mexico Governor... Read more

By the October 3, 2012

Editorials

D.C. makes positive move towards autonomy

This week, all 12 City Council members signaled their support for a referendum that would amend the Home Rule Charter to give the District autonomy over its own budget. Although... Read more

By the October 3, 2012

Voices

The media v. Kirchner: The case for a free Argentinian press

You won’t hear me say this a lot, but Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) has a point about the media. It’s just not the point she meant to... Read more

By October 3, 2012

Voices

A college Facebook deserter’s search for friends IRL

Sometimes I look around at my peers at Georgetown and think, “Huh, these must be the people who actually enjoyed high school.” In that, I mean Georgetown students love the... Read more

By October 3, 2012