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Ensure Lauinger’s manifest destiny

Think Lauinger Library’s ugly exterior is bad? You’ve probably never been inside the library during finals, when its limited space is on full display. Students pack like sardines into every... Read more

By the November 20, 2008

Leisure

Chug a-long

With the onset of blustery snow flurries, chafed cheeks, and depressed economic conditions, this drinking columnist, like so many others at this time of year, cannot help but yearn for her home on the shores of Lake Erie. And while not everyone is so fortunate as to hail from the crown jewel of the Rust Belt, all of us put on our underpants on one leg at a time (with the possible exception of Mormons, who, I believe, must actually gird their loins before leaving the house), and we all know that the comforting concept of home is much more than a physical locality. It is a collection of unique intangibles. For me, it means a certain sound, a musical expression dear to my heart, veritable poetic food for the soul: the drinking song.

By November 20, 2008

Leisure

As Justin sees it

For my last column of the semester, some predictions and superlatives. Lil Wayne released his Dedication 3 mixtape last week, and it's pretty bad. Whether you like auto-tune or not, Weezy has clearly become so infatuated with himself that he considers even his turds worthy of release. The whole mess is uninspired and not worth your time. It's sad to say it, but it's looking more and more like he peaked with 2006's Da Drought 3-I predict he'll never make anything that exciting again.

By November 20, 2008

Leisure

Raised in Captivity is mired in the madhouse

AIDS is tough to deal with. It's sad and horrible. So is murder. So too are rape, prostitution, alcoholism, depression, and pretty much every other theme found in Nicky Silver's Raised In Captivity, Mask and Bauble's fall offering that opens tonight. While the play is purportedly a comedy, it deals in dark hues, which cast shadows over its characters, all of whom are unhappily searching for something more, in themselves and in others.

By November 20, 2008

News

Saxa Politica: The benefit of the Dowd

Finally, somebody said it: “This personal GUSA [Senate] bullshit is stupid,” GUSA President Pat Dowd (SFS ‘09) said Tuesday when I asked what he thought of the GUSA vs. Student... Read more

By November 20, 2008

Sports

Monroe and company look to slay the Dragons

After defeating Jacksonville on Monday night, head coach John Thompson III seemed pleased to start the season off with a win. But he had much more to say about what displeased him.

By November 20, 2008

News

Council talks gay wedding bells

For supporters of same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia, this year’s election was seen as particularly significant. Several local media outlets, including the Washington Blade, speculated that if Democrats... Read more

By November 20, 2008

News

New SAC constitution rattles cages

On Monday night, the Student Activities Commission voted 12-0 with one abstention to amend its constitution, officially eliminating the requirement that the Georgetown University Student Association appoint and approve all... Read more

By November 20, 2008

Voices

1, 2, 3: it’s not as easy as A, B, C…

When I say I am bad at math, I don't mean bad in the modest Georgetown "I didn't get a 5 on the AP subject test" sense. I mean bad as in sometimes I find myself wondering how many quarters are in an hour, before I remember that quarters go into dollars and minutes go into hours. It's difficult to explain that you're late for class because you confused cents with minutes.

By November 20, 2008

Sports

Hoyas follow the Doctrine

Coming into the basketball season, the question on the minds of many nervous fans was how the Hoyas would replace Roy Hibbert. Time and again, Coach John Thompson III deflected the question, emphasizing that every year is a fresh start.

By November 20, 2008

News

Endowment shrinks

Unable to remain insulated from the nation’s financial crisis, Georgetown University saw its endowment fall 12.5 percent from the beginning of 2008 to September 30, according to a statement by... Read more

By November 20, 2008

Sports

Sports Sermon: Wright is wrong from the line

While Monday night’s game might be remembered as the preamble to the new Monroe Doctrine, the game ball has to go to sophomore point-guard Chris Wright. For a player with the unenviable job of replacing the steady Jonathan Wallace, Wright’s score line on Monday was almost perfect. Almost.

By the November 20, 2008

Sports

XC star runs to NCAAs

Andrew Bumbalough, Georgetown’s premier cross country runner, hopes Yogi Berra was right when he said, “It’s like deja vu all over again.”

By November 20, 2008

Page 13 Cartoons

Proposition 8 allowed hate to dominate

On November 4, Proposition 8 amended the California state constitution to define marriage as something solely between a man and a woman. Hate, intolerance, and willful ignorance wrote discrimination into... Read more

By November 20, 2008

Features

Slamming Down Poetry in D.C.

It all comes down to one last vote. The score is tied at four poems each, with one judge voting for Two Deep and one for Jonathan for the last poem. The third judge, sitting at my table, stares at her dry-erase board with a furrowed brow while the audience yells at her—“Two!” “One! One!” “Come on!” It’s the end of the 11th Hour Haiku Head-to-Head Poetry Slam at Busboys & Poets on U Street, and the glory of the win all comes down to which poet this judge picks.

By November 20, 2008

Voices

The other fútbol’s crazier fans & wimpier wages

Flags erupted out of a sea of black and red as already-hoarse voices roared their approval. Even the enormous flags, the drum of creaking metal and a haze of smoke couldn't obscure the fact that D.C. United was now up one-nil, though I could only see the scoreboard if I bounced especially high off the rolling grandstands. It was my first experience at an MLS soccer game, and I loved every minute of it. That's why when I read an article on the area blog DCist last week outlining the laughably low wages earned by a majority of MLS players, I was outraged.

By November 20, 2008

News

Wi-Fi has uncertain future

Wireless internet access at Georgetown can be hard to come by. In an effort to pressure the University into speeding up effort to improve wireless, Georgetown’s Interhall Residence Council has... Read more

By November 20, 2008

Sports

Hoyas getting along swimmingly early in the season

With the Patriot Invitational at George Mason just a few days away, the Georgetown swim team is in a much stronger position this early in the season than it has been in years past.

By November 20, 2008

Page 13 Cartoons

Facing sexual harassment on the subcontinent

In rapidly modernizing India, eve-teasing has emerged as a popular form of social control of women. The Eve-teasing Bill, which the Indian government passed in 1984, defines it as “consisting of the following actions: when a man by words either spoken or by signs and or by visible representation or by gesture does an act in a public place, or sings, recites or utters any indecent words or song or ballad in any public place to the annoyance of any woman, he may be arrested.”

By November 20, 2008

Sports

Hoyas down Jacksonville 71-62 in season opener

The most spectacular debut came from Greg Monroe, the highly-touted freshman center from Louisiana. Monroe who showed that there is some substance behind the hype, posting 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks in 28 minutes.

By November 18, 2008

Corrections

Nov. 13 SAC article correction

In the November 13 article “SAC may buck GUSA,” the quote “We cannot tell SAC what to do, we cannot drag Sophia in here and have some McCarthyite grilling,” was... Read more

By November 14, 2008

Sports

A Court of One’s Own: Women’s Basketball Preview 2008-2009

The Georgetown women’s basketball team, ranked 11th in the Big East according to the Preseason Coaches’ Poll, is counting down the hours until the opening game of the 2008-2009 season.... Read more

By November 13, 2008

Sports

Nothin’ but net for Nikita

If you find yourself looking for a way to calm the pregame jitters before the Hoyas’ first game on Monday, try counting the number of times sophomore Nikita Mescheriakov misses... Read more

By November 13, 2008

Features

Underdogs With A Bite: Men’s Basketball Preview 2008-2009

When John Thompson III was named Georgetown’s head coach, the Hoyas had appeared in only one NCAA tournament in the past seven seasons. Under his leadership, the team has gone... Read more

By November 13, 2008

Crosswords

Crossword Puzzle Solutions 11.13.08

By November 13, 2008