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Culottes for you lots: Books = Looks

It’s not my job to tell you what’s new and hot. Figuring out what everyone is wearing is as easy as looking around in class or watching people in Red Square. It doesn’t take a dedicated Vogue reader to know that neutrals are in and that classic shapes are making a slightly-better-fitting comeback. The more interesting question is finding out where these trends have their genesis. Why am I drawn to toggle coats and tiny pleats? Luckily for you, I’ve done some sleuth work, and have come up with a provocative new theory about why we dress the way we do: children’s books.

By Katherine Norton January 31, 2008

Critical Voices: Nada Surf

After listening to “The Film Did Not Go ‘Round,” the quiet love song that concludes Nada Surf’s fifth studio album, Lucky, I searched for one word to best capture the latest effort from the New York-based rock band. Unfortunately, the word I settled on was “unimpressive.”

By Eliott Grover January 31, 2008

Critical Voices: Hot Chip

Hot Chip’s third album really should have been called The Warning Pt. II instead of Made in the Dark. The latest installment from the British quintet has all the trappings of a great album, but there’s no avoiding the similarities to their 2006 sophomore effort, The Warning.

By Daniel Cook January 31, 2008

Lez’her Ledger: COLBERT!

As we live less than an hour from the National Portrait Gallery (right by the Verizon Center), a few friends and I decided it was incumbent upon us to make a pilgrimage to Stephen Colbert’s portrait, hanging next to a bathroom in that esteemed institution through February as part of an elaborate prank by the show. (The need to fill time without writers might have something to do with it). We weren’t the only ones—the place was packed, and we kept turning corners and running into vaguely familiar people, possibly from campus.

By Shira Hecht January 31, 2008

No Cheerocracy

It’s no secret that the two most important aspects of a home basketball game are the players on the floor and the fans in the seats. This season, Georgetown’s players have spoken for themselves, whether it’s Jessie Sapp hitting big buckets down the stretch against Syracuse or Roy Hibbert stepping back to put away the Huskies. And the fans have been spoken for by none other than head coach John Thompson III.

By Anthony Francavilla January 31, 2008

What Rocks

After leaving the West Virginia Coliseum with a win, something only three teams had done in the previous two and a half years, all eyes were on Patrick Ewing Jr.

By John Cantalupi January 31, 2008

Not bitter, all sweet

Going into last night’s Big East Conference match-up against St. John’s University (7-12, 1-7 BE), the sixth-ranked Georgetown Hoyas led the league in points allowed per game (57.5) and led the nation in field goal percentage defense (36 percent). After the Hoyas’ 74-42 thrashing of the Red Storm, both of those numbers will improve.

By Anthony Francavilla January 31, 2008

Buying organic is meating vegans halfway

If you love Mother Earth, good food, animals and being a human, please don’t become a vegan. While adherents to vegetarianism’s extreme cousin claim that their lifestyle, which completely eliminates the consumption of animal products, springs from a concern for animal rights and the environment, a close look at vegan practices reveals them to be largely ineffective in terms of their stated goals. A simple awareness of the benefits of locally-grown and organic food and a dedication to small lifestyle changes is much more beneficial to the earth we all love so dearly.

By Katherine Norton January 31, 2008

The pursuit of happiness

I have been told that January 22nd is the most depressing day of the year. Sunlight is scarce, Christmas bills are filling mailboxes and people are coming to the realization that their three weeks of New Years-inspired jogging and Pilates will not actually help them land a model, a professional football player or even a promotion. Forget April, Mr. Eliot; January appears to be the cruelest month.

By admin January 31, 2008

The faith-based fight against poverty

“Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness,” wrote the British essayist Samuel Johnson. “It certainly destroys liberty and makes some virtues impracticable and others extremely difficult.” Johnson’s understanding of the threat that poverty posed to London in the 18th century holds no less true for Washington, D.C. in the 21st.

By José Canto January 31, 2008

The best part of waking up is a Murky cup

You may be sipping on your daily caramel macchiato as you read this. Or perhaps you are more of a “Beloved” fan. Either way, why the extra flavoring? Can’t you handle the taste of real coffee? Would you prefer to drink straight sugar? I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt and say that it’s not you; it’s the coffee.

By Miykaelah Sinclair January 31, 2008

Editorials

Bush still not keeping it real

President Bush spoke of “decisive days that lie ahead” in his final State of the Union Address Monday. Throughout the speech, though, he revealed his ignorance of the decisive days that have already passed. On matters of foreign, domestic and economic policy the president appeared dangerously out of touch with reality.

By the Editorial Board January 31, 2008

Editorials

The truth will set the Hoya free

Hoya staffers have lately been flooding basketball games, Red Square and Facebook with appeals to “Save the Hoya,” without specifying who the Hoya needs to be saved from. While the Hoya deserves support, the campaign is inaccurate at best and disingenuous at worst.

By the Editorial Board January 31, 2008

Editorials

Holding on to Jesuit identity

Georgetown doesn’t have a Jesuit President, and likely won’t in the future. We don’t, in fact, have very many Jesuits—only 34 working on campus, out of some 728 full-time faculty. It’s quite possible to go through four years here without taking a class with or even, if you make an effort, meeting a Jesuit. For many students, the most prominent reminder of our Jesuit identity is how often we’re told that we have one. So, what’s the use of our Jesuit heritage today? Should we cast our religious identity aside like so many other Universities and seek to become a Potomac Harvard? After weighing the costs and benefits, we can only say no. Jesuit we began, and Jesuit we should remain.

By the Editorial Board January 31, 2008

Crosswords

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By Morgan McGrath January 31, 2008

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Hoyas barely swat away Mountaineers

West Virginia fans do not like Patrick Ewing Jr. Last year’s small scuffle with then-coach John Beilein earned the senior forward the chagrin of the Mountaineer Maniacs, but his game-ending, heartbreaking block on Saturday night placed the crown prince of Georgetown basketball somewhere between Satan and former football coach Rich Rodriguez in the current Morgantown lexicon of hatred.

By Anthony Francavilla January 24, 2008

Crosswords

Crossword Answers

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By Cal Lee January 24, 2008

Page 13 Cartoons

The Elegance of Winter

It’s amazing how the winter can pick me apart, piece by piece. First the actual dream, then the hope, then the reason for hope, then the possibility for hope. It... Read more

By Somerset Perry January 24, 2008

News Hits

The Hoya + GUSA Staff members of the Hoya will present their case for the paper’s independence and desire to keep its name at a GUSA Senate meeting this coming... Read more

By Crystal Chung January 24, 2008

A dream of D.C. voting rights

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), the District of Columbia’s non-voting Representative in Congress, was honored by the University on Martin Luther King Jr. day for her continuous efforts for civil rights, and said that she will keep working until D.C. residents gain full representation in Congress

By Ohm Gore January 24, 2008

LGBTQ: working it out

Based on recommendations by a working group formed in November to assess the efficacy of the University’s bias reporting system, Public Safety Alerts will undergo several changes in the spring semester. The alerts, which previously included only robberies and assaults, will now notify students of incidents of bias and will be available every day of the week

By Alison Crowley January 24, 2008

City on a Hill: Farewell to cheating cabbies

The past few months have been quite an emotional rollercoaster for the District’s taxi riders—and the Taxicab Industry Group’s latest call for strikes ensures that it won’t end any time soon. With Mayor Adrian Fenty’s decision to switch to metered fares to be instituted April 6, the strike is largely for show. And what it shows is that the first priority for many cab drivers is preserving their ability to rip off their customers.

By Juliana Brint January 24, 2008

Metro slowdown

Major rehabilitation on Metro Center’s platform caused delays on the red, blue and orange Metro lines last weekend, tripping up students who attended Georgetown’s basketball games on Saturday afternoon and Monday evening at the Verizon Center. Trains travelling in both directions from the nearby Gallery Place-Chinatown Station were put on the same track, causing delays of half-an-hour or more.

By Crystal Chung January 24, 2008