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W. is as Dubya does

Like all Oliver Stone productions, W. will bring the controversial and acclaimed director praises of genius and bundles of hate mail. The film, a fictionalized biopic examining our 43rd president, marks Stone’s third venture into the tumultuous genre. Unlike his previous portrayals of American leaders, JFK (1991) and Nixon (1995), W. is being released while George W. Bush is still in office, a fact guaranteed to rile Bush supporters and Stone critics alike.

By Eliott Grover October 23, 2008

Home brews

There is a five-gallon jug of beer fermenting in my apartment. I also live with six girls and can drink without impunity in my bedroom; in short, I am living every freshman boy’s dream.

By admin October 23, 2008

Angry but riveting

Watching 12 Angry Men is an entirely unique theater experience. It is not meant to play out like traditional theater, but rather as a realistic peek behind closed jury doors. The audience sits on two sides of an open stage and watches events transpire from a number of vantage points, enveloped in the borderline claustrophobic atmosphere as tensions run higher and higher. There is no normal plot progression to speak of, and the costumes and sets play relatively minor roles. The characters are nameless throughout the entirety of the play and their personal backgrounds are barely delved into. The centerpiece of the play is the debate between twelve jurors over the possible guilt or innocence of one man: a powerful and realistic unraveling of assumptions and prejudices.

By Vivian Chen October 23, 2008

Halloween matchmaking

The quest for the perfect Halloween costume is like the search for a soulmate: few people ever find one, and most end up settling for some piece of crap their friend picked out.

By Sarah Harman October 23, 2008

Eminem-cee

The flower power generation likes to brag about its prized Midwestern white boy with the nasally voice, the one whose lyrics were bizarre but beautiful and heartfelt. It’s a shame our generation has no Dylan—sorry, Conor Oberst—but we do have someone close, though he’s not who you’d expect. You see, this Midwestern white boy with the nasally voice comes from the streets of Detroit, and where Dylan changed the game for vocalists without good voices, Eminem changed the game for emcees with white skin.

By Justin Hunter Scott October 23, 2008

Voices

In the Middle East, far from the Situation Room

It was already 12:58 a.m., and my friend and I only had two minutes to find the right channel before we missed the beginning. “Oh, stop,” I said as I... Read more

By Dan Newman October 23, 2008

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Inciting racism is a move for morons, not mavericks

In a country already extremely sensitive to matters of race and religion (especially Islam), the McCain campaign is actively encouraging people to question Obama’s identity in an attempt to build a severely distorted narrative about him. When their own vice presidential candidate is saying Obama is friends with terrorists and implying that he harbors intense resentment for America, what does the campaign expect their middle and southern American base to do?

By Brendan Brown October 23, 2008

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In financial crisis, taking public transit pays

If there is any time to encourage the use of public transportation, it is now. With ridership at an all time high, the focus should be on keeping these new transit riders out of their cars, not encouraging them to return to their old ways. Plus, an investment in the nation’s crumbling transportation infrastructure will provide jobs in the short run and would encourage development in the long run, alleviating the effects of the economic downturn.

By Dylan Richmond October 23, 2008

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Everything I needed to know about college admissions I learned from Machiavelli

Perhaps this new emphasis on college is the continuation of the American emphasis on meritocracy, the idea that by working hard in high school you can pull yourself up to Ivy League prestige. As another sixth grader told the Times, ‘’With the Ivy League schools, my dad always says that to get into them, it’s like a race. Let’s say we could put the whole grade in a race. People have to fall. People have to stop to tie a shoe. But if you keep getting good grades, you race and race to the top.” This survival of the fittest mentality may be brutal, but at least achieving the best is earned.

By Rebecca Abelman October 23, 2008

Senators spar over new commissions

The Georgetown University Student Association passed a bill last night that created five new student commissions, each designed to address a particular issue. The newly formed commissions will deal with technology, student dining concerns, code of conduct reform, class registration, and Georgetown identity, and are designed to allow students who are not in GUSA to work on issues that concern them.

By Alisha Crovetto October 23, 2008

GWU’s Poor Diagnosis

The George Washington University School of Medicine was placed on probation last week by their accreditation organization, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

By Eric Pilch October 23, 2008

Restaurant Blaze

A two-alarm fire destroyed the upscale Ristorante Piccolo on 31st Street early Monday morning, causing an estimated $1 million worth of damage. The restaurant will probably reopen in January, according to owner Karen Kowkabi.

By Alisha Crovetto October 23, 2008

GUSET aims to score points with D.C. high schoolers

Georgetown University Students for Education and Tennis, a group that will bring tennis to under privileged high school students in the D.C. area received approval from the Center for Social Justice, according to its founder, Devan Dalcol (COL `11).

By Marie Negrin October 23, 2008

Saxa Politica: A space to call our own

At the end of last year, the Student Activities Commission notified nine clubs that shared three offices on the Leavey Center’s fourth floor that their space was being taken away.

By Kate Mays October 23, 2008

Features

Controversial Catholics…and the third coming of The Georgetown Academy

A few weeks ago, unassuming stacks of 8 1⁄2” by 11” pamphlets appeared around campus beneath the racks that hold the Voice and the Hoya. The Georgetown Academy—which in its past incarnations has ranged from a straightforward Catholic journal of opinion to an acerbic, conservative work of satire that claims to have taken a lawsuit all the way to the Vatican—was back. Most Georgetown students were probably unaware that it had ever come and gone in the first place — petering off around 2001 after its heyday in the late nineties.

David Gregory (COL `10), a Catholic from New York and a member of the Knights of Columbus, is primarily responsible for reviving the Academy and serves as its newest Editor-in-Chief. The independent publication, which first appeared in 1991, is essentially a collection of essays on campus issues often written from a Catholic viewpoint, and is staffed by a largely conservative group of Gregory’s friends, most of whom he knows through campus ministry. According to the Academy’s Staff Editor Matt Cantarino (COL `11), the publication’s mission is to convey Georgetown’s identity as a Catholic one.

By Molly Redden October 23, 2008

Corrections

Ristorante Piccolo correction

On Oct. 23, “Restaurant Blaze” incorrectly identified Karen Kowbaki as an owner of Ristorante Piccolo. She is in fact an officer of the restaurant.

By Corrections October 23, 2008

Corrections

Misspelled Last Name

The Oct. 23 feature “Controversial Catholics…and the third coming of The Georgetown Academy” incorrectly spelled the last name of the Georgetown Academy’s staff editor. His name, in fact, is Matt... Read more

By Corrections October 23, 2008

Corrections

Incorrect title

The Oct. 23 feature, “Controversial Catholics…and the third coming of The Georgetown Academy” incorrectly identified Ms. Sivagami Subbaraman as the coordinator of the LGBTQ Center. She is, in fact, the... Read more

By Corrections October 23, 2008

Wankers beware Georgetown soccer’s biggest fan

When senior Matt Hare shouts out, “How long’s it been?” the crowd knows how to respond. But when he begins to chant “Super Hoyas” or asks his mother “What should I be?” (see lyrics), the soccer fans gathered to watch the Georgetown men take on UConn are a bit quieter. That’s not a problem, because Hare and his small but raucous band of supporters will continue the cheer with plenty of volume. Standing at the front of the bleachers, leaning out over the Hoyas’ bench, they make sure that everyone in the stands and on the field hears their songs.

By Tim Shine October 16, 2008

UFL: The all-convict league

Adam Jones, we hardly knew ye. Just six weeks into his second chance with the Dallas Cowboys, the artist formerly known as Pacman has been suspended for at least four games after drunkenly brawling with a bodyguard inside a Dallas hotel on October 8. With twelve incidents of arrest or police questioning since being drafted 2005, it seems unlikely that Jones will be given a third chance. Team owners are, after all, businessmen, and no matter how good Jones is—although his performance this year has been mediocre at best in one of the league’s worst secondaries—his antics off the field are beginning to overshadow his actions on it.

By Jeff Bakkensen October 16, 2008

Fast Break: Men’s soccer routed by crosstown rivals

The No. RV/25 Hoyas (7-3-3, 2-2-3 BE) suffered an unexpected setback on Tuesday afternoon, falling to American University (5-5-2) 4-1.

By Anthony Francavilla October 16, 2008

Hudson scores two in victory, ties team record

The Georgetown women’s soccer team (10-1-2, 5-1-1 BE) needed a two-goal performance from junior forward Toni Marie Hudson on Tuesday afternoon to turn a sluggish start against Syracuse (4-8-2, 1-5-1 BE) into a big 3-1 win.

By Liz Kuebler October 16, 2008

Bison back for rematch

Start spreading the news. The Georgetown Hoyas and the Bucknell Bison, the Patriot League’s traditional cellar dwellers, will meet this Saturday for a game which could decide who is at the bottom of the league’s standings at the end of the season.

By Tom Bosco October 16, 2008