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City on a Hill: D.C. intact

Despite predictions that D.C. was poised for an “Inaugurapocolypse” or an “Obamatastrophe,” on Wednesday morning, local pundits and worrywarts awoke to find their city in one piece, though not unscathed. Trash had overwhelmed the Mall and its surrounding streets by noon on Tuesday, and an elderly woman fell on the Metro tracks. The last of the trash, however, should be swept away before the week is out and the woman survived. Police officers made no arrests at the Mall and the city suffered minimal damage. The day, it seemed, had thumbed its nose at those who prophesied catastrophe.

By January 22, 2009

Sports

Run, Hoyas, run

After a dominant romp over then second-ranked Connecticut in their Big East opener, the young 2008-09 Georgetown Hoyas demonstrated that they had the talent to run with the best teams in the country. Their offense was clicking, their defense was solid, and freshman wunderkind Greg Monroe manhandled the 7’3” Hasheem Thabeet on both sides of the floor. In the very next game, though, the burly frontcourt of the Pittsburgh Panthers exposed and exploited the precocious Hoyas’ main weakness—a lack of toughness and determination in rebounding.

By January 22, 2009

Sports

Hoyas need improved guard play against WVU

Coming into this season, Jessie Sapp was expected to be a major contributor on a young Hoyas squad. The senior guard, fresh off a season in which he averaged 9.7 points per game and shot 43.8 percent from the field, looked to be the team’s leader by virtue of both his veteran experience and his shooting prowess.

By January 22, 2009

Features

Party Politics

By the January 22, 2009

Editorials

University must side with students

Two sides are bitterly divided over an historic claim to a homeland. Both allege the other is infringing upon their basic rights, and while there has been scattered dialogue between... Read more

By the January 22, 2009

Editorials

Let’s talk about sex(ual orientation)

Earlier this month, leaders of campus religious groups found a peculiar invitation waiting in their inboxes. In the email, University President John DeGioia encouraged chaplains from each Campus Ministry to... Read more

By the January 22, 2009

Editorials

Hoping for a healthy dose of reality

President Barack Obama injected a healthy dose of realism into American political discourse with his Inaugural address on Tuesday. After eight years marked by hubris, deception, and a lack of... Read more

By the January 22, 2009

Page 13 Cartoons

The greatest campus publications you aren’t reading

When was the last time you read a campus journal, or even considered reading one? Probably not recently.

By January 22, 2009

Voices

America: the sum of her ideals, not her leaders

In preparation for the new administration, read the Constitution and Declaration of Independence again carefully, and keep those documents in mind as you follow the events of the next four years.

By January 22, 2009

Voices

Jazz on the road less traveled

The northern New England jazz scene is eerily, icily quiet, but Adric Rosen has spent the past two and a half years trying to liven it up.

By January 22, 2009

Voices

I don’t want to grind, so let’s party like it’s 1929

How do you initiate dancing with another individual? If you’re a guy, you most likely place yourself strategically behind a girl and pull her posterior region into your crotch.

By January 22, 2009

Leisure

Inaugural art

As the season for high-end Inauguration balls arrives, the District’s art scene reminds us of both its contribution to the presidential race and the harsh economic reality that leaves most... Read more

By January 15, 2009

Leisure

Liquid hope

With the Inauguration less than a week away, a plethora of issues press on everybody’s minds—where to go to the bathroom, how to get around the city, whether or not... Read more

By January 15, 2009

Leisure

Critical Voices: Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion

Given the incredible anticipation surrounding Merriweather Post Pavilion—the ninth proper LP from the new-primitivist outfit Animal Collective—the album could well represent the second most memorable album release of the digital... Read more

By January 15, 2009

Leisure

Critical Voices: Glasvegas – Glasvegas

The British music press hype-cycle has gotten behind a number of bands in recent memory, from well-known successes like the Arctic Monkeys and Klaxons to a few, well, stinkers (The... Read more

By January 15, 2009

Leisure

The Ritz Carlton proves money does grow on trees

While GU students furtively auction off sleeping spaces in their Village A apartments to eager Inauguration-goers (much to the University’s chagrin) or pile friends from around the country into their... Read more

By January 15, 2009

Leisure

Mirth and murder in Pillowman

Georgetown’s Nomadic Theater has been described as the most socially conscious of the University’s co-curricular theater troupes. Admirable as such sentiments may be, when overbearingly conveyed, they can easily obstruct... Read more

By January 15, 2009

Leisure

Frost thaws Nixon’s hubristic silence

In the pop culture psyche of many Americans, Richard Nixon’s life and career ends at the moment when his most notorious picture was taken: arms raised in the air waving... Read more

By January 15, 2009

Leisure

The man with no other name but Clint

For a man who’s been acting in films for over 50 years and directing them for over 30, Gran Torino might seem like a victory lap—a final, self-indulgent opportunity for... Read more

By January 15, 2009

Features

Inaugurations: D.C’s Past, Our Nation’s Future

The Constitution’s only requirement for the Inauguration of a president is that he recite a 35-word oath promising to uphold the ideals and values of that document upon which our laws... Read more

By the January 15, 2009

Sports

Hoya sharp shooters hit Orange bull’s-eye

Coach John Thompson III’s Princeton offense is renowned for its ability to pick apart man-to-man coverage with impressive back-door cuts. Jim Boeheim’s Syracuse teams have always been devoted to zone defense, an approach which has stifled the Hoya’s inside attack in recent years.

By January 15, 2009

News

Students for Justice in Palestine protest War in Gaza

By January 15, 2009

News

Saxa Politica: Fines are fine, records aren’t

Vice President for University Safety Rocco DelMonaco and Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Jeanne Lord welcomed students back to Georgetown last Wednesday with an intimidating e-mail highlighting the Metropolitan... Read more

By January 15, 2009

News

On The Record: John DeGioia

University President John DeGioia talked with reporters last week about the Inauguration, expansion plans, the business school, and the LGBTQ center.

By January 15, 2009

News

New Philly Ps sparks neighbors’ anger

Since its grand opening this past October, the new location of Philly Pizza & Grill at 1211 Potomac Street has provoked the ire of neighboring businesses and residents, who are complaining about the smells, noises, and traffic problems the take-out restaurant has created.

By January 15, 2009