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JT Jr. 8th highest paid GU employee

John Thompson Jr. is Georgetown’s eighth-highest paid employee, almost 10 years after he stopped coaching the basketball team, University tax documents reveal.

By Will Sommer April 16, 2009

Editorials

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Italy last Monday, reducing much the small town of L’Aquila to rubble, claiming 289 lives and leaving thousands of others injured and homeless. The tragedy hit close to home for the Georgetown Italian department, which conducts a summer study abroad program in the small medieval town.

By Katie Boran April 16, 2009

Dean Gillis, permanently

University President John DeGioia announced Tuesday that Interim Dean Chester Gillis has been selected to serve as the permanent Dean of Georgetown College. Gillis was previously Chair of the Theology Department at Georgetown, and has been a member of the faculty since 1988.

By Eric Pilch April 16, 2009

City on a Hill: Forever young

Oak Hill, the main facility for juvenile offenders in the District, is slated to close within about a month, and District advocates of juvenile justice reform couldn’t be happier. Replacing this poorly secured, dilapidated, and often crowded facility with a new, albeit smaller, rehabilitation center that will trade in Oak Hill’s concrete floors and sterile cells for an atmosphere more akin to that of a YMCA. Eric Solomon, the Director of Communications for Campaign for Youth Justice, even went so far as to call it “homelike.”

By Molly Redden April 16, 2009

Crosswords

Crossword Solutions 04.19.09

By Cal Lee April 16, 2009

Page 13 Cartoons

Gtown housing: the bad, the really bad, and the worst

For me, the inordinate difficulty of obtaining affordable housing as an upperclassmen and lackluster facilities we must endure if we’re lucky enough to get campus housing fly in the face of Georgetown’s commitment to cura personalis.

By Megan Shudde April 16, 2009

Voices

The non-crisis of obscure grad speakers

GW’s got Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel; Stanford’s got Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. NYU will host Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Franklin & Marshall is planning to welcome former Secretary of State Colin Powell. And Arizona State University even managed to net President Barack Obama, despite its absurd refusal to grant him an honorary degree. Meanwhile, we Georgetown students are still waiting to hear who will speak at the Commencements for each of the undergraduate schools this May, and if the last few years are any indication, the speakers addressing the Class of 2009 won’t have nearly the same A-list cred.

By Anna Bank April 16, 2009

Voices

The Hoya’s April Fool’s issue controversy: Only empathy will prevent future crises

I frequently overlook Georgetown’s diversity-related issues. As the graduate of a small, mostly white high school that makes Georgetown look like a cornucopia of diversity, it’s easy for me to miss the tension between mainstream Georgetown and various minority groups, since I’m part of the majority. The ongoing discourse about The Hoya’s April Fools’ edition, however, illuminates a darker side of Georgetown that a naïve freshman like myself had failed to fully recognize.

By Tyler Bilbo April 16, 2009

Voices

The Hoya is eager to engage in dialogue

In the over two weeks since The Hoya’s annual April Fools’ Day edition came out, it has become clear that many articles in the issue were both distasteful and offensive.

By Andrew Dwulet April 16, 2009

Your friendly neighborhood cleanup

The more reductivist cinephile might tell you that Sunshine Cleaning was bad. The not-quite-discerning might tell you that it was good, entertaining even. Both groups are wrong. Directed by Christine Jeffs, Sunshine... Read more

By Chris Heller April 2, 2009

An open letter from the Hoya Court Sparrow

To all those who watch, feed, coo over, or otherwise encourage the black squirrels on Healy Lawn, Please stop. Those stupid squirrels are nothing but furry attention whores. Don’t even... Read more

By Sarah Harman April 2, 2009

Duchamp, da champ

The best art is nothing but the purest reflection of its creator. In the case of French artist Marcel Duchamp, the intriguing life of the creator rivals the works themselves.... Read more

By Matthew Collins April 2, 2009

Quality: Unknown

In this country and this city, homelessness is an accepted feature of the urban landscape. We walk past it, clumsily hand it our change, and continue on. In our classrooms... Read more

By Stephano Medina April 2, 2009

Liquid candy-hol

Even though I gave up on Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny a long, long time ago, my Mom still puts presents from “Santa” under the tree and gives us... Read more

By Kate Mays April 2, 2009

Features

D.C.’s Professional Protesters

Andrew Bestor isn't crazy, but since June 2005, he has spent his weekday mornings holding picket signs and passing out pamphlets to Capitol Hill commuters outside of Union Station. Wearing a crisp tie and bulky, professorial glasses, the middle-aged former Boeing employee earnestly disseminates his home-made literature to harried Hill staffers, hoping just one of them will pause and let him make his case. Today, despite his well-groomed appearance and relatively inoffensive-though rather cryptic-sign stating "Cap and trade is C.I.A. bone," most walk past, dismissing him as just another fanatic.

By Sean Quigley April 2, 2009

The quiet man

Giorgio Morandi seems to surface every few decades in the art world and leave as quietly as he enters. When I first noticed his work, at a retrospective put on... Read more

By Madeline Reidy April 2, 2009

Critical Voices: Peter, Bjorn, & John Pro

“The paintings around me/ they don’t understand me/ I’m a bit too early/ I’m seen as development,” Peter Morén sings on “Blue-Period Picasso,” as if to justify the growing pains... Read more

By Daniel Cook April 2, 2009

Critical Voices: Peter, Bjorn, & John Con

Peter Bjorn & John’s Writer’s Block is one of my favorite albums of the decade, so naturally I found myself counting down the days until Living Thing leaked. Sure, the instrumental stopgap Seaside... Read more

By Justin Hunter Scott April 2, 2009

Former Hoya runner stands stronger than most

A runner’s pre-race routine typically includes a quick shoe and uniform check. For Aimee Mullins (SFS ’98), the standard list included one more item: her legs.

By Tom Bosco April 2, 2009

The Sports Sermon: The first one’s special

Q: Who hit the first home run ever at the New York Mets’ bygone ballpark, Shea Stadium? A: Willie Stargell, the Pittsburgh Pirate legend who clobbered 475 career home runs—including the first dinger at Shea on April 17, 1964—over his 21-year Major League career. Q: Who hit the first home run ever at Citi Field, the New York Mets’ brand-new, $850 million coliseum? A: Sean Lamont, the starting third basemen of this year’s Georgetown Hoyas baseball team.

By Tom Bosco April 2, 2009

We got ice, Gil

Gilbert Arenas is back. After nagging injuries and surgeries limited him to playing in just eight games in the past two seasons combined, the Washington Wizards’ brazen captain returned to action against the Pistons last Saturday, hoping to breathe some life into what has been a wretched season. His return will certainly provide a pick-me-up for the god-awful Wizards, but what could Arenas possibly accomplish by coming back with just 8 games left in an atrocious season?

By Sean Quigley April 2, 2009

Men’s lax looks to build on win over the Mount

Georgetown Men’s lacrosse fans coming into the 2009 with inflated expectations have been forced to reevaluate their hopes just a few games into an already disappointing year. Following their first loss against St. John’s, the Hoyas have been taking their fans for a rollercoaster ride characterized by gut-wrenching lows and thrilling highs.

By Tim Wagner April 2, 2009

Fast Break: Women’s hoops

Any mention of basketball at Georgetown this March would have most likely been met with furrowed eyebrows and exasperated sighs. The women’s basketball team, however, provided an unexpected spark on campus with a deep run in the WNIT. After earning a bid to the tournament and winning their first three games, the Hoyas lost to Boston College in the Elite Eight on Sunday.

By Nick Berti April 2, 2009