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Eastern Promises bares heart, soul and Viggo

A man getting a haircut has his throat slit and a teenager hemorrhages as she gives birth. While the first five minutes of the film are intense, David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises is to Russian mob movies what Wes Anderson’s Royal Tenenbaums is to the family comedy: the emphasis is on character development, not genre tropes.

By Tae Jung Choi September 27, 2007

Echoes from the Melting Pot reverberates

Next week, Georgetown’s Davis Performing Arts Center will host two interactive installations, an unprecedented event for the venue. From the British Council U.S. comes the Black Atlantic Project (BAP), an experimental musical collaboration that evolved from seven British and American musician poets who sampled and re-mixed each others works to create a trans-Atlantic hip-hop conversation.

By Sara Carothers September 27, 2007

Read Me

If you look at the website for the National Book Festival, you may be confused as to what the goal is. Language about “our country, its citizens and its libraries” and Laura Bush as the “hostess” are worrisome signs for those of us who like their entertainment and politics separate.

By Shira Hecht September 27, 2007

Critical Voices: Stars, In Our Bedroom After the War

Every time I pick up a Stars album, I’m reminded of the astronomy course I took last year. Like the rare cosmic event of a supernova, Stars albums start out in a flash of superabundant energy, dynamic lyricism and creativity. Then they die.

By Keenan Timko September 27, 2007

Critical Voices: Bruce Springsteen, Magic

After five years of anticipation, Bruce Springsteen has finally reunited with the E Street Band.

By Eddie Walsh September 27, 2007

Critical Voices: Iron & Wine, The Shepherd’s Dog

Sam Beam is one of those rare artists who have yet to make a career misstep. From his 2002 debut The Creek Drank the Cradle to 2005’s Calexico collaboration In the Reins, the Floridian consistently delivers tender folk reveries straight from his pastoral heart. Better-known as Iron & Wine, Beam first entered the public eye with his cover of “Such Great Heights” for the 2004 film Garden State and has remained a college crowd staple henceforth.

By Daniel Cook September 27, 2007

Deadbeats

Seeing Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ shook me to the core of my being and left me feeling helpless in my mortality. It wasn’t the movie, though, that so moved me.

By Traviss Cassidy September 27, 2007

DPS to be armed in next year

The Department of Public Safety plans to arm its officers with maces and batons, University President John DeGioia said at a faculty town hall meeting on Tuesday.

By Crystal Chung September 27, 2007

GU vs. Pope

The Vatican investigation of Georgetown theology professor Fr. Peter Phan’s writings regarding Catholic primacy over other religions is not the first time that Georgetown has come in contact with controversy from the Vatican.

By Elena Solli September 27, 2007

Darnall-cohol

Georgetown’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission will discuss a liquor license for the new Darnall restaurant at a meeting October 2nd.

By Will Sommer September 27, 2007

Cancer Schmancer: Fran Drescher speaks out

No Laughing Matter: “I swear I got in the stirrups more times than Roy Rogers,” Fran Drescher said as keynote speaker on Tuesday at the School of Nursing and Health... Read more

By Dominique Barron September 27, 2007

Chartering D.C.’s Catholic kids

The Archbishop of Washington proposed the conversion of eight Catholic elementary schools in the District into charter schools under the administration of the D.C. Charter School Board in an announcement September 8th.

By Louisa Aviles September 27, 2007

Turkish speech canceled

Georgetown’s Woodstock Theological Center postponed a speech by Patriarch Mesrob II Mutafyan of the Armenian Church in Turkey because of security concerns, according to one of the event’s co-sponsors.

By Will Sommer September 27, 2007

Saxa Politica: Running your GUTS out

GUTS bus service on weekend nights will resume on this weekend. Though the extended bus is much needed, it is still not enough to connect Georgetown students to the city.

By Dylan Richmond September 27, 2007

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By Cal Lee September 27, 2007

Hate crime suspect identified in two line-ups

October 1, 2007—The victim of a September 9 bias-related assault identified Philip Cooney (MSB ‘10) as one of his attackers on two separate instances, Lt. Alberto Jova, the commanding officer of the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit for the Metropolitan Police Department said on Monday.

By Sam Sweeney September 27, 2007

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By Cal Lee September 20, 2007

Editorials

Let students speak out on party rules

If the University expects students to abide by a suddenly strict alcohol policy, there should be good reasons for it, and students deserve to hear what these reasons are.

By the Editorial Board September 20, 2007

Editorials

Petraeus falls into the quagmire of lies

General David H. Petraeus’ testimony on the Iraq War last week couldn’t have been better. Unless, of course, he had announced that the surge had actually done what it was supposed to do—or rather, what he was supposed to do.

By the Editorial Board September 20, 2007

Spreading our moment

Many of us at Georgetown wish to help these billions of people by committing our undergraduate studies to understanding the complex dimensions of global poverty and development, evaluating the mistakes and successes of the past and exploring innovative ways to effectively and responsibly address them in the future. The International Development Certificate provides a broad framework of study for student wishing to work in this field. Unfortunately, only students in the School of Foreign Service are allowed to pursue it. Students in other schools at Georgetown University should also have access to the certificate and its benefits.

By Courtney Ivins and Bryn Bellamy September 20, 2007

Peace out and we’re selling your stuff

While most parents get empty nest syndrome, mine were too excited about my departure. They celebrated my empty room with constant house parties, a month long vacation touring China and Japan and what seems to be an epic redecoration project. But worst of all, they’ve started to sell my stuff.

By Vivian Chen September 20, 2007

It’s a people-watching party

My window is my favorite part of my Village A apartment. My room is too small to hold two desk and two beds, so I put my desks by the window in the living room, directly across from the old Jesuit residence, west of the library. The view has become quite a distraction. I’d much rather people-watch out my window than study Italian or stare at my computer screen.

By Nicole Bush September 20, 2007