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GUSA reduces size, ups efficiency

By the end of last year, ten Senate seats had been effectively vacated by elected students who no longer wished to be members. GUSA, in response, delayed expelling the senators and holding the necessary special elections until April, leaving too many students without representation for months. The elimination of some Senate seats seems like an ideal way to nip this problem in the bud because it will invariably cut back on the number of students who can successfully get elected on a whim. Additionally, the cuts tended to be made in the most effective places: among underclassmen, whose representatives had some of the worst attendance.

By the September 16, 2009

Editorials

Campus bike racks deserve some TLC

On any given bike rack around campus, skeletons of bicycles past remain chained up––metal frames, wheels and seats long gone, rusting away. These abandoned bikes take up much-needed space on the bike racks around campus, and should be dealt with by the Department of Public Service. Failing to act and get rid of these visual reminders of neglect and theft sends a message that the University doesn’t care about its space or its students’ attempts to get around campus.

By the September 16, 2009

Editorials

Students need more room of their own

Although the University has made plans for increased student space in its upcoming 10 Year Plan, current students deserve some sort of change while they’re still on campus. While it is commendable that administrators are regularly meeting with the working group to eventually improve the situation, study space, social space, meeting space, and athletic space are all areas in dire need of expansion right now.

By the September 16, 2009

Crosswords

Crossword Solutions 09.10.09 “Making Enough Time”

By September 10, 2009

News

DPS Expands Patrols in West Georgetown

The Department of Public Safety has increased its presence both inside Georgetown’s campus and outside the front gates, in response to neighborhood residents’ concerns about noise pollution in West Georgetown.... Read more

By September 10, 2009

News

Georgetown sees 50 cases of H1N1 flu

More than 50 Georgetown students have reported cases of H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu, Assistant Vice President for Student Health Doctor James Welsh said Wednesday. “Now we need... Read more

By September 10, 2009

News

ICC Flowers prompt student protests

The Colombian embassy has erected a heart-shaped sculpture in the Intercultural Center and given away free flowers this week to bring attention to the country through its flower industry.  The... Read more

By September 10, 2009

News

Grassroots push for greater student space

The Student Space Working Group, a group of students that began pushing the administration to expand student space on campus last fall, found support for their cause in a survey... Read more

By September 10, 2009

News

City on a Hill: Mary Cheh, you’ve got TheMail

Councilmember Mary Cheh (D – Ward 3) is a power player in D.C. politics. She has called for Attorney General Peter Nickles to resign, and she’s traveled to wartorn Kosovo... Read more

By September 10, 2009

Leisure

Multicultural chicken delight

Nando’s is a restaurant with an identity crisis. Founded in South Africa by Portuguese immigrants, it serves a unique brand of chicken with a distinctive Mozambican influence. Though it’s a... Read more

By September 10, 2009

Leisure

Off the Hilltop and into the Distict: delightful day trips for the daring

Botanical Gardens You might overlook the Mall’s U.S. Botanic Gardens (take the Blue/Orange Metro line to Federal Center), figuring that plants are lame and you’d rather see the Spirit of... Read more

By September 10, 2009

Leisure

Lez’hur Ledger: Polo, meet punk

No one ever cracked his head open on the I-shaped metal beam, I had been assured. I was at the Corpse Fortress, a house turned punk rock venue in Silver... Read more

By September 10, 2009

Leisure

Extract eludes expectations

Mike Judge knows stupid. In fact, he’s made a career out of reminding us that our neighbors, family, friends, and co-workers are painfully dumb. Dumb enough to make American Idol... Read more

By September 10, 2009

Leisure

Culottes for you lots: Bobo a go-go

Senior year means big things on the horizon for me. I’ve been doing a lot of growing up and changing over the past few years as I prepare to enter... Read more

By September 10, 2009

Leisure

High Fidelity: A ticket to ride

By the time you pick up this paper (or read it online), millions of children, adolescents, adults, and seniors worldwide will have congregated in dens, dorms, living rooms, and basements... Read more

By September 10, 2009

Leisure

Critical Voices – Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Part II

Just going by the album cover, which features Raekwon and partner-in-crime Ghostface Killah recreating the unforgettable pose they struck 14 years ago on the front of their original classic, Only... Read more

By September 10, 2009

Leisure

Critical Voices: Drake – So Far Gone EP

You’ve probably heard Drake and his song “Best I Ever Had” at least once, if not two or three times an hour this summer on most pop radio stations. This... Read more

By September 10, 2009

Leisure

Hello, reruns

The television DVD set hasn’t been around for a long time, but in its short lifespan, it has changed drastically. Initially, the DVD set of a television series was merely... Read more

By September 10, 2009

Voices

Transparency needed on student-centric plans

In the coming months, students will have their say on the University’s Ten Year Plan, according to Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson, who said that the administration would... Read more

By September 10, 2009

Voices

9/11 remembered: a ringing phone and rising smoke

I don’t like to answer the phone. Even when my caller ID tells me who is calling, my throat still tightens and a small pit forms in my stomach. The... Read more

By September 10, 2009

Features

Freedom of the Press: The Hoya’s struggle to buck the University

On March 31, the day before April Fools’ Day, Max Sarinsky (COL ’09), then chair of The Hoya’s Board of Directors, received an e-mail that his newspaper had been awaiting for over five years and dreaming about for decades more. Meeting in two days, it read. Bring your pens. Let’s make a deal.

By the September 10, 2009

Voices

Healthcare, money, and you

Here’s an oft-cited figure in the debate over health care reform: U.S. health care expenditures—16 percent of gross domestic product in 2007—are outpacing GDP growth by so much that the... Read more

By September 10, 2009

Voices

U.S. past point of no return in Afghanistan

In an editorial last Tuesday, Washington Post columnist George Will, a prominent conservative voice, called for “rapidly reversing the trajectory of America’s involvement in Afghanistan.”  The piece was plainly titled:... Read more

By September 10, 2009

Sports

The Nats’ Light

For the powerhouses of Major League Baseball, September holds some of the most important games of the season. But this year, as usual, it’s another meaningless month for the Washington Nationals. The beleaguered franchise has dwelled in the basement of the National League’s Eastern Division for its entire tenure in D.C. (and for most of its stay in Montreal), following occasional flickers of talent with spirit-crushing ineptitude. As the 17,000 who witnessed their 5-2 defeat at the hands of division leader Philadelphia this Tuesday can attest, the last-place Nats are abysmal.

By September 10, 2009

Sports

Hoyas shutout GWU

After their difficult loss to Santa Clara last Sunday, the Georgetown women’s soccer team was able to rebound with a 1-0 victory over crosstown rival George Washington.

By September 10, 2009