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Shattering the myths of recycling on campus

Some people say it with a hint of boastful pride. “Me? No, I never recycle!”

By Robyn Liska April 10, 2008

The political purgatory of abortion

Assessing my political beliefs is a simple enough task. I am a liberal and a Democrat. I believe in healthcare for the needy, in the critical need for compassionate government and true to my rust belt roots, I believe in the importance of unions. I also believe in gay rights, in the decriminalization of marijuana, the importance of sex education and making birth control available. I am a feminist, and will accept all the bra-burning connotations that come along with that.

By admin April 10, 2008

Combatting homelessness and its preconceptions, one paper at a time

How many times have you walked down M Street and carefully averted your eyes, sped up or even crossed the street to avoid someone asking for change on a street corner? Trained from a young age in the philosophy of hard work and self-sufficiency, my own justifications for doing so are almost automatic—“How dare they stir up these feelings of embarrassment and discomfort? Why don’t they get a real job instead of sitting on the corner, or worse—sleeping (even though it’s known that many sleep during the day so they can stay awake at night and guard themselves and their belongings)? Won’t they just use the money for drugs or alcohol? It’s just a scam.”

By admin April 10, 2008

Page 13 Cartoons

The refusal to veil religious freedom in the U.S.

My English friends and Dutch cousins are smart, contemporary, educated and enlightened. But over the last few years, whenever we’ve discussed the differences between how Europe and the U.S. have handled Islamic women’s veiling, I’m always somewhat shocked at how, uniformly, my enlightened “Euros” are passionately biased against the veil, saying that they wish Muslim women in Europe would be prohibited from the practice.

By Lauve Steenhuisen April 10, 2008

Sports

The Sports Sermon

When I mention the words “workout” and “girls” what comes to mind? Perhaps the rows of occupied elliptical machines at Yates steadily spinning away while the girls on them read the lastest issue of Cosmo? An exercise ball might even be involved, but what remains consistent in any image is the intent to break the least amount of sweat while still managing to get the body in shape.

By Liz Kuebler April 10, 2008

Sports

Going pro around the world

Kenny Izzo’s dream of playing professional basketball lead him to places the ordinary persuer would not be willing to visit.

By Phil Perry April 10, 2008

Sports

Debunking Ewing

Only a few basketball players have been bigger first-ballot shoe-ins for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame than Patrick Ewing, Sr.

By Anthony Francavilla April 10, 2008

Editorials

A housing crisis D.C. might solve

Last week, Mayor Adrian Fenty proposed one of the first tactics in his homelessness reduction strategy: the construction of an apartment building to house 400 of the city’s chronically homeless. Unfortunately, the building’s site was originally intended for a homeless shelter. The plan is a bold and commendable move to protect Washington’s most vulnerable citizens, but the Mayor should keep the city’s shelters running until his permanent housing initiative proves successful at reducing homelessness.

By the Editorial Board April 10, 2008

Editorials

A prescription for drug disaster

If an Ohio District Court rules in favor of Johnson & Johnson in an upcoming case, it will set the precedent that drug companies are no longer responsible for their medicines’ unadvertised side effects. This legal shield would let drug companies literally get away with murder.

By the Editorial Board April 10, 2008

Editorials

GU’s no college of cardinal sins

Another event on the Pope’s schedule is of even greater interest to Georgetown students, Catholic or not: his meeting with the presidents of Catholic universities. While he may be coming to chastise, the Pope could learn from our model of Catholic education.

By the Editorial Board April 10, 2008

Crosswords

Crossword Answers

By Cal Lee April 3, 2008

City on a Hill: Hope for a healthier D.C.

On Tuesday, Councilmember David Catania (I-At Large) introduced one of the most promising pieces of legislation to come before the Council in recent memory: the “Healthy D.C.” plan, which would allow the District to provide subsidized health insurance for residents.

By Juliana Brint April 3, 2008

Murdoch defends News Corp

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is just like the Jesuits, he told a mostly-full Gaston Hall yesterday, “except we don’t insist on vows of poverty or chastity.”

By John Cooke April 3, 2008

GUGS offends

The Georgetown University Grilling Society has decided to delay the sale of shirts that read “GUGS: Grade A, Size D” in response to accusations of sexism by members of several prominent campus groups. These students have also objected to the name of the GUGS event “Grills Gone Wild Week,” to be held later this month.

By Juliana Brint April 3, 2008

$800,000 in unused funds

The Georgetown University Student Association recently conducted an audit of several student advisory boards and found that six umbrella student groups—the Student Activities Commission, the Media Board, the Georgetown Program Board, the Performing Arts Advisory Council, the Center for Social Justice and Club Sports—are holding onto more than $800,000 in contingency accounts.

By Molly Redden April 3, 2008

Epicurean to open by end of April

About four years after the initial proposal to put a restaurant in the former Darnall cafeteria, Epicurean & Co. General Manager Hieu Pham said that Epicurean’s restaurant should open in Darnall by the end of April. No specific date has been chosen yet

By Isabella Bennett and Yamini Kalidindi April 3, 2008

Popped Culture: Nerds strike back

The geeks are rallying.

/Film, a geeky movie website, led a boycott of the insignificant spoof Superhero Movie to protest the cutting down of a film called, of all things, Fanboys. The feature film version of this story about Star Wars obsessives was shortened by the studio, and the geeks at /Film were not ok with that. Their boycott sort of worked—Miramax will release the complete Fanboys on DVD—but it just underscores the distinct force that the geek contingent has become.

By Shira Hecht April 3, 2008

Running for love, perhaps weight-loss

If you were one of the skeptics expecting David Schwimmer to sink rather than swim in his directing debut, keep holding your breath, because the jury is still out. Schwimmer’s film, Run, Fat Boy, Run, was released in London last September, where it received stellar reviews and was king of the UK box office for four consecutive weeks. Americans, however, have been less generous to Fat Boy, which brought in a mere $2.3 million in its opening weekend, proving that the majority of American moviegoers continue to resist the type of dry humor that dominates the film. It’s a shame, because the movie is far wittier than traditional American slapstick comedies and makes for a hilarious and entertaining, if predictable, watch.

By Eliott Grover April 3, 2008

Features

D.C.’s Ticket Exchange

Opening night at Washington Nationals’ ballpark was cold, and I couldn’t find any scalpers.

Fans stood, alone and in pairs, on the red carpet outside the Navy Yard Metro stop, fingers held in the air as signals—two tickets? Three?—even as thousands of other fans, already ticket-holders, flooded Half Street. Beneath red-white-and-blue balloon bunting, they flowed toward the center field gate. An older man, two fingers up, stood next to a young boy clutching a mitt and a bag of peanuts.

By Tim Fernholz April 3, 2008

Critical Voices: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Pershing

On Pershing, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin are peddling something you’ve heard before. The band’s second album is filled with the kind of amiable indie pop—replete with soft drums and guitar hooks—that sounds good on playlists for parties where you’re not friends with everyone coming. This kind of music is certainly available elsewhere, but the band does their work competently.

By Will Sommer April 3, 2008

Salt Water Moon: a night in Irish Newfoundland

Everything about “Salt Water Moon” is minimalistic: the two-actor cast, the one-night-only timeframe and the plot’s straightforward love story. The no frills approach works; it strips the play down to its core, honing in on an intricate relationship between two people, and gives them the space and time to develop all the facets of their characters. “Salt Water Moon” depends completely on the performances of the two leads, who manage to create a quaint and hopeful tale of love, set during harsh times.

By Vivian Chen April 3, 2008

Subverting America

The advertisements for the Corcoran Gallery’s new exhibition, American Evolution, juxtapose two iconic images—Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of George Washington and Andy Warhol’s silkscreen of Chairman Mao—in an irreverent, catchy pairing. So I expected the exhibition to be a series of attempted “evolutionary” links between American works of art, but the Zedong-Washington alliance is actually the only one of its kind there. American Evolution might have used the iconic images to lure tourists into its convenient location across the street from the White House, but its real message is to be that the visual history of American myths created by our art are often accepted as reality—a reality which sometimes needs to be challenged.

By Sara Carothers April 3, 2008

Pushing papers all around campus

Seeing that The Fire This Time’s latest edition had come out gave me a strange thrill.

By Tim Fernholz April 3, 2008