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Ensure the rights of Qatari workers

Georgetown has commendably taken steps to ensure humane working conditions for workers at SFS-Q. The other American universities in Qatar, including Carnegie Mellon University, Texas A&M University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Cornell University, need to follow Georgetown’s example and stand up for workers’ rights.

By the November 6, 2008

Editorials

What’s a fair housing lottery worth?

Housing Services should affirm its commitment to making a fair housing lottery and bring an end to the biannual raffle.

By the November 6, 2008

Leisure

Goes down hard

I'll let you in on a little secret: she's definitely faking it. It's really illogical to expect anyone to enjoy something that lasts only two seconds and burns like hell. And yet, the sad fact of the matter is that almost every college-aged woman is obsessed with taking shots. While in the midst of the act, every one of them pretended it was the most exhilarating moment of her life, as if God himself had coated her throat with ambrosia, squeezed by angels from the flowers of his celestial garden.

By November 6, 2008

News

Saturday night’s alright for fightin’

On Saturday, a costume party co-hosted by Georgetown’s Black Student Alliance ended early after a fight broke out and a student was seriously injured. Department of Public Safety officers stopped... Read more

By November 6, 2008

Leisure

Everything good about Europe

If you love the European lifestyle, you'll love Vapiano. At least, that's what the restaurant's website claims. And while the fast-growing, upscale chain of Italian restaurants can't offer you month-long vacations or exquisite cashmere jumpers, it does provide its customers with a swanky, tasty experience for a fraction of what it would cost to hop over the pond-$7.95 for a huge bowl of pasta and bread.

By November 6, 2008

News

The agony and the ecstasy

On Tuesday night, the contrast between the moods in Sellinger Lounge and the Village C Alumni Lounge could not have been more stark. In Alumni Lounge, the Georgetown University College... Read more

By November 6, 2008

News

East campus runs dry

On Monday, one week after students living in West Georgetown experienced two power outages, they were faced with yet another utility problem-water pressure in a large area of Northwest D.C.... Read more

By November 6, 2008

News

The neighborhood’s new face

While the rest of campus rejoiced or despaired over the results of Tuesday night’s presidential election, one student was still “on pins and needles.” Aaron Golds (COL `11) was waiting... Read more

By November 6, 2008

Leisure

Critical Voices: Los Campesinos!, “We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed”

Los Campesinos! has defied the laws of nature. Or, at least, defied the nature of the music industry's slump. When a single band can muster up enough energy and talent to put out two of 2008's most notable releases while relentlessly touring, it seems like a slap in the face to the artists working tirelessly for over a decade on music that ends up taking an artistic step backwards (ahem, Axl).

By November 6, 2008

Leisure

Race isn’t over

Whether you're elated or despondent about the election results, post-election depression will inevitably set in soon. So for those politics junkies who are already nostalgic about refreshing FiveThirtyEight, The Race may be the cure for your politics fix.

By November 6, 2008

Leisure

Scale, and beauty, matter

"Scale Matters" at the Phillips Collection may be modest in size, but its colossal depictions of natural wonder and man-made machinery bring magnitude and dimension to the small exhibit on the museum's second floor.

By November 6, 2008

Leisure

Coming back?

For nearly two decades, Guns ‘N Roses haven't been timely--gods of a decadent late 80s scene that seems particularly incomprehensible today. But, barring yet another setback, Axl's new Roses (Slash and Izzy Stradlin are long gone) will be relevant once more with Chinese Democracy. Set for release on November 23, it is perhaps the most hyped comeback album of all time, and that fact probably sets it up for failure.

By November 6, 2008

Voices

My Catholic catharsis

My name is Chelsea Paige and, until recently, I was scared of Christianity. For about one-third of the world's population, Jesus is numero uno. But for that largest of religious diasporas, the Jews of the New York metropolitan area (or the ones I know, at least), Jesus was altogether foreign-a vague, amorphous being who lay at the core of the religion which brought us the Crusades and the Inquisition. Oddly enough, my visceral reaction to Christ stemmed from silence rather than any anti-Christian propaganda: my teachers failed to mention him once during my fourteen years of Hebrew school.

By November 6, 2008

Page 13 Cartoons

MUN: Kicking ass, and taking Ivy names

Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service is one of the leading undergraduate schools for the study of international affairs, and Georgetown is located in the nation’s capital. One would assume that Georgetown should naturally dominate the collegiate Model UN circuit. Unfortunately, until two years ago, we didn’t.

By November 6, 2008

Voices

50% Austrian, 50% South African, 100% American

I understand why my parents came to America. Where else can two fresh-off-the-boat, kiss-strangers-on-both-cheeks-in-front-of-the-local-blue-collar-bar foreigners eventually become locals? In the late 1970s, they stepped off a plane in appallingly-polyestered Kennedy International Airport as outsiders and by the grace of the American experiment, they now celebrate Thanksgiving, watch college sports, pay taxes, vote, do yardwork, have potlucks, and cheer for U.S. Olympians alongside Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution. They criticize this country, but they always acknowledge that in no other place in the world would the union of a South African daughter of a pogrom survivor and an Austrian son of a Nazi ambulance driver have been possible. I accept this, but even so, I've always wished I had not been born in America.

By November 6, 2008

Page 13 Cartoons

The tea party’s over: the plight of India’s workers

Because of the expanding tea industries in both Kenya and Sri Lanka and the overall decreased demand for tea in our coffee and latte-chugging world, the tea industry is facing a downward spiral in India. Plantation after plantation has had to shut down, especially in the Darjeeling region of West Bengal. While many plantations are still pulling in a substantial profit, the owners are not reinvesting their profits back into their plantations and their workers. Instead, they are putting their money into other industries and failing to adjust their laborers' salaries to inflation in the market.

By November 6, 2008

News

Saxa Politica: Silence and its dangers

On Saturday night, a diminutive sophomore was walking home from a Halloween party by herself. When she reached the end of Prospect Street, a male Georgetown student jumped out in... Read more

By November 6, 2008

Leisure

Role Models: basically good enough to be Apatow

What do you get when you combine today's most lovable Hollywood buffoons with a former champion of raunchy comedy? Role Models. Starring Paul Rudd and Sean William Scott, David Wain's newest comedy is an impressive upgrade from the director's most popular film, Wet Hot American Summer.

By November 6, 2008

Leisure

Zack and Miri Make a Porno, awkwardly

Really, though, if you are the type who isn't immediately turned off by the crudeness of the film's title, you're probably excited enough about the pairing of Smith and Seth Rogen, two of the smartest juvenile comics in the film industry, to drop your nine dollars to check it out.

By November 6, 2008

Features

Working for Change: Qatar’s Silent Labor Crisis

Ramesh Sithamparapillai just wants to go home. The 23-year-old Sri Lankan has worked as a cleaner in Qatar since he was 18. He lives in a narrow room filled with... Read more

By November 6, 2008

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Crossword Puzzle Solutions 11.06.08

By November 6, 2008

Page 13 Cartoons

“Going for the Western” by Carolyn DeCarlo

John held Susan by the elbow as they walked across the lot toward their new car. He held the door for her as she slid in, before bounding to the... Read more

By November 6, 2008

Features

Kicking It With Georgetown Women’s Soccer

After an entire first half with many near-perfect attempts but no goals on the field against St. John's, the Georgetown women's soccer team was itching to get on the scoreboard and take control of last Tuesday's game. Minutes into the second half, sophomore defender Courtney Kent came off the bench to capitalize on a throw-in from freshman midfielder Samantha Baker. Heading Baker's throw into the goal, Kent scored the Hoyas' lone goal of the game, defeating St. John's 1-0. The victory marked Georgetown's eleventh win in a season that most had predicted to be mediocre at best.

By October 30, 2008

News

GUSA seeks SAC transparency

Georgetown University Student Association senators and Student Activities Commission chair Sophia Behnia (COL `09) agreed to revise the SAC chair selection process to make it more accountable to students at... Read more

By October 30, 2008

News

The juice on Juicy Campus

“You are part of a generation that is constantly having its privacy eroded,” Matt Ivester, the founder of JuicyCampus.com, told students on Tuesday night.  The speech, which was inspired by... Read more

By October 30, 2008