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Gluten-free students still fear illness from eating at Leo’s

A year after staff at Leo J. O’Donovan Dining Hall began labeling gluten-free foods, complaints are again arising from gluten intolerant students about how Leo’s addresses their dietary needs.

By Rebecca Anthony October 25, 2012

Epicurean owner may be indicted for criminal contempt

On Oct. 17 D.C. District Court Judge Robert Wilkins issued a show cause order for criminal contempt against Epicurean owner Chang Wook Chon for allegedly failing to comply with court orders pertaining to two lawsuits brought against him by his employees.

By Rio Djiwandana October 25, 2012

Piracy blog puts Georgetown students among top BitTorrent users

As it turns out, Georgetown students are infamous for breaking laws other than the drinking age.

By MGM October 25, 2012

Saxa Politica: ‘Drunken’ misses the point

“They don’t get much ruder than this bunch who seems to feel the need to host a party anytime they can,” writes Burlieth resident and former American University photography professor Stephen R. Brown under a video depicting a 37th Street party. His website, “Drunken” Georgetown Students, launched in April 2010, is once again in full swing, cataloguing the drunken debauchery of Georgetown students and “young professionals” in their own back yards.

By Kirill Makarenko October 25, 2012

Lichtenstein: A Retrospective redefines pop art at the NGA

In 1964, Life Magazine inquired of pop art icon Roy Lichtenstein, “Is he the worst artist in the U.S.?” While this question might seem both ironic and a moot point in the face of Lichtenstein: A Retrospective, the 15,000-square-foot exhibition now on display at the National Gallery, this query illuminates an important characteristic of Lichtenstein’s work: his uncanny ability to simultaneously “delight and outrage” in his mastery and innovation in the pop art genre.

By Mary Borowiec October 25, 2012

Cloud Atlas passes by audiences without a silver lining

It seems Hollywood has taken the concept of past and future lives beyond the context of New Age spiritual beliefs and transferred it onto the big screen. In the overly ambitious Cloud Atlas, an epic conglomerate of stories spans 500 years and involves more characters than any reasonable person would care to count. Based on the acclaimed novel by David Mitchell, the genre-bending film involves six different plot lines that intertwine over centuries, which include a post-apocalyptic era and an Orwellian future-scape.

By Julia Lloyd-George October 25, 2012

The Coupe is the perfect place to coop up with coffee

D.C.’s restaurant scene appears to have just about everything, ranging from free-range beef and specialty veggie burgers to cruelly prepared foie gras and cannibalistically raised chicken. Apart from the occasional IHOP or Denny’s, the city’s one overlooked attribute has been the dearth of 24-hour service in the area. Luckily, the creators of the Diner in Adams Morgan—one of the few non-chain restaurants of its kind—have provided a Columbia Heights-based sister restaurant that fills this terrible void.

By Kirill Makarenko October 25, 2012

Critical Voices: Titus Andronicus, Local Business

Titus Andronicus derives its name from a lesser-known Shakespeare play about bloodlust and revenge set in the final years of the Roman Empire. In keeping with this namesake, the indie-punk band never shies away from the themes of violence or aggression in their songwriting or production. Local Business, the outfit’s third album, is no different—it’s wonderfully frenetic.

By Michael Mouch October 25, 2012

Critical Voices: Taylor Swift, Red

Musicologists can at last sleep soundly knowing that the simmering debate over Taylor Swift’s genre has indisputably ended. Red, Swift’s fourth studio album, boasts powerful dubstep pulses, refreshingly mature themes, and a timid but not unwelcome push into instrumental experimentation, pointing to one unavoidable conclusion: the former teen country-pop star is growing up.

By Kirill Makarenko October 25, 2012

Plate of the Union: Pumpkins: Spiked and Spiced

“Life starts all over again when Starbucks starts selling pumpkin spice lattes in the fall and doesn’t fill the cup all the way to the brim on account of all that God-damned whipped cream, Daisy.”

By Heather Regen October 25, 2012

Editorials

Schools best poised to help homeless teens

Late last week, Fairfax County Public Schools officials announced they expect the number of homeless students in their school district to top 2,500 this year, a new record for a... Read more

By the Editorial Board October 25, 2012

Editorials

Ethics Charter amendments overly vague

Georgetown students head to the polls for Election Day in less than two weeks. And while those who have switched their registration to D.C. do not have a chance to... Read more

By the Editorial Board October 25, 2012

Editorials

Code of Conduct should not reach off campus

Last week, Vice President of Student Affairs Todd Olson raised the standard of evidence for on-campus incidents to “clear and convincing,” maintaining the status quo of “more likely than not”... Read more

By the Editorial Board October 25, 2012

You’ve got issues: Dear Emlyn, Put a sock in it

Dear Emlyn, So there’s this guy. I really like him, and he’s established in multiple ways that he likes me, but he’s failing to take our attracted-friends relationship any further. This weekend, he’s going to be dressing up for Halloween as a really slutty Scarecrow, with some of his friends going as slutty Tin Man and Lion. They also have a Dorothy, which is some other girl--a.k.a. not me. I feel really jealous that he’s not mine, and he’s going to be going around strutting his stuff and I can’t even be a part of their group. What do I do? —Unsexy Dorothy :(

By Emlyn Crenshaw October 24, 2012

“Personally pro-life”: Unity required among Catholics

At the Vice Presidential debate a few weeks ago, the candidates were asked, among other questions, to reflect on their Catholic faiths and the role faith has played in shaping... Read more

By Eileen Marino October 24, 2012

Catalogue backlog

Early adulthood is a time of both self-discovery and self-doubt, so it’s by no means a new phenomenon that a work of art defines and inspires solidarity within a generation... Read more

By Tori Jovanovski October 24, 2012

The horror! British-style austerity looms over USA

It was in the throes of the civil rights movement during the ‘60s that Bob Dylan first sang “The Times They Are a-Changin’,” but things haven’t exactly gone static since... Read more

By Julia Lloyd-George October 24, 2012

America’s heirs apparent actually important, need to be sane

In less than three weeks Americans will go to the polls with but one idea in mind: who will be the next president of the United States. Little thought will... Read more

By Sara Ainsworth October 24, 2012

Deans and professors clash over seminar schedules

This semester, Dean Chester Gillis of Georgetown College has cut the number of seminar courses that may meet once a week dramatically, inciting significant discontent from many faculty members.

By Vanya Mehta October 18, 2012

Solar panel proposal moves toward ratification by ANC and OGB

The recently announced contract between the University and Solar City, a solar power company, is bringing change to students’ utility bills, GUSA’s budget, and Georgetown’s environmental impact, as well as opening the door to future renewable energy projects on campus.

By Matthew Weinmann October 18, 2012

LOC suggests Georgetown should sever ties with Adidas

The Licensing and Oversight Committee recommended last Friday that Georgetown end its contract with Adidas no later than Dec. 15, due to the company’s violation of Georgetown’s Code of Conduct for Licensees. The company has refused to pay the $1.8 million owed in severance to workers of the PT Kizone factory in Indonesia for violation of local labor laws.

By Isabel Echarte October 18, 2012