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Ex-Marine discusses Al-Jazeera job

“People believe three things about [Al-Jazeera],” Josh Rushing told a crowd of about fifty observers. “They say that it shows beheadings, it has a website called aljazeera.com and it is the mouthpiece of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda.”

By Alison Crowley September 20, 2007

Party anger persists

The administration’s optimism over the new alcohol policy changes has not been matched by students’ reactions.

By Jenine Boileau and Tae Jung Choi September 20, 2007

Democrats debate 2008 election

Barack Obama won the College Democrats’ straw poll after more than an hour of debate between students representing the different Democratic presidential candidates. The war in Iraq, the healthcare system and foreign policy consumed most of the discussion.

By Sarabeth Boak September 20, 2007

City on a Hill: D.C. Vote Act filibusted

The Senate came three votes short of righting a 200-year old wrong Tuesday when it failed to achieve cloture on the D.C. Voting Rights Act. The act would have given Washington residents a voting member in Congress and an equal voice in the nation’s democracy.

By Will Sommer September 20, 2007

Features

After School Activities

Students aren’t the only ones who daydream. The droning prof at the front of class is often the last thing on the minds of jaded students. Anything and everything, from chicken fingers to weekend plans, is capable of winning the battle for your attention on a Friday afternoon. But these musings start and stop with the pupil, right? It seems there’s no room for daydreaming in the life of a college professor, so what if you caught your teacher neglecting his own lesson plans to tap out a catchy Caribbean beat with his make-shift, number-two drumsticks? What if, on that never-ending Friday afternoon class, you bolted out of your chair as soon as the professor said “go,” only to watch him slip out just before you?

By Clare Malone and Sam Sweeney September 20, 2007

Voice website offensive

As a member of the Georgetown alumni, I wanted to comment that I find your website header of someone walking over the University seal offensive.

By Letter to the Editor September 20, 2007

How Hoyas can change the party policy

By this point, every Georgetown student could probably extemporize a five to ten minute speech elaborating the new alcohol policies that have been put in place, and provide a detailed, well-reasoned argument as to why each of them sucks magnificently. What is not clear, however, is how the student body can engender any sort of change. While the ‘GU Students for Stopping the Madness’ Facebook group has some worthwhile events planned, I believe that the most assured way of getting the administration to change these policies is to hit them where it hurts the most … the wallet.

By Letter to the Editor September 20, 2007

Corrections

Improper profit; Metro mistake

In “Unpacking your tuition,” (Features, Sept. 13) the Voice reported that the Institute for the International Education of Students and the Council for International Educational Exchange are for-profit companies. In... Read more

By Corrections September 20, 2007

Editorials

Partying so hard it’s a crime

The University of Chicago is called the school where fun goes to die, but Georgetown may soon knock those Midwesterners off of their pedestal.

By the Editorial Board September 13, 2007

Editorials

The best $18,000 vacation ever

Although study abroad students won’t be on campus, they will be unfairly forced to pay full Georgetown tuition.

By the Editorial Board September 13, 2007

Editorials

Nothing can stop UIS (except spam)

UIS must continue to expand its capacity in order to preempt the next incident rather than scrambling to react to it.

By the Editorial Board September 13, 2007

Not quite ruining the world

I’m not a business major, but I’m fascinated by Company X.

In 2004, Company X announced its goal of becoming 100 percent fueled by renewable energy, to reduce the energy demand in its stores by at least 25 percemt, and to produce zero waste—all by 2020.

By Louisa Aviles September 13, 2007

Talking with strangers

After twelve hours, I finally arrived at Georgetown from Switzerland, the only country I have ever lived in. As I stepped out of the airplane, my skin started to get wet and sticky, it smelled weird and I had difficulty breathing. First I thought I had a terrible disease, but then I realized I was simply experiencing humidity for the first time. Very strange sensation indeed.

By Roxane Pola September 13, 2007

An education with my Savior

“Oh my God! There’s a Jesus on that cross!” This was my first thought during the journey into the world of the Catholic university. I was prepared to make my college experience an exercise in “living outside my comfort zone,” beginning with my first-ever Roman Catholic Mass the day before my first class at a university I had long dreamed of attending. I was prepared for a tradition that wasn’t my own, for the open discussion of spiritual ideals and their place in modern society. I was not prepared for a large crucifix.

By Joseph Graumann September 13, 2007

Carrying On

“I asked for salami, not pepperoni! How the HELL do you confuse salami for pepperoni?”

Suffering the preceding comment, smiling and apologizing is one of the joys of being a waiter. This past year I have been a server at a gourmet pizzeria, a Chinese bistro and an American “neighborhood-style” restaurant. Each had its own training system, tip-out schedule and scripted table greeting. After a year of mindlessly asking strangers if they would “care to start off with something to drink,” I’m out of patience.

By Kent Elliott September 13, 2007

Features

Unpacking your tuition

The season of inundating the Office of International Programs is upon us. Whether you’re slipping into the office between class hours to browse the program evaluations, haggling with the administration to let you go on an independent study or standing in line for an appointment, daydreaming to the pulse of Euro-tech, there’s one universal truth to study abroad at Georgetown: whatever your plans, they’re costing you (and your parents) a pretty penny.

By Madeline Reidy September 13, 2007

Voice needs more research on environmental rating

Will Sommer must be joking in his recent article slamming Georgetown’s new science building (“Building blues,” News, September 6). That the University would pursue a LEED rating is commendable on its own, and the fact that this building will be certfied LEED Silver makes the project all the more deserving of our support.

By Letter to the Editor September 13, 2007

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”

It’s about time that someone put their foot down on the new alcohol policy on and off-campus here at Georgetown. The University and the Metropolitan Police Department don’t understand that the new ramped-up policies set in place to “protect” the students and neighbors are actually making everything worse.

By Letter to the Editor September 13, 2007

Vox around the blocks

Garutachi Presents Underwear Party VI – Rock & Roll Hotel; Sept. 15; $10 or free if clad in undies Admittedly (and ashamedly), this writer has little experience with the Rock... Read more

By the Voice Staff September 13, 2007

Accident swerves off the road

Amy Ziff, the star and creator of the one-woman show “Accident,” is one-third of the band BETTY—sort of a punkier Indigo Girls. She’s a Jewish lesbian, a blonde with dreadlocks and generally a funny woman. In “Accident,” she’s also dead. Do all these qualities mean she’s worth spending an evening with? Probably not. How about a little under an hour? Well, sure.

By Shira Hecht September 13, 2007

Critical Voices: Kanye West, Graduation

Kanye West’s third album, Graduation, is a blessing in a year that has been abysmal for hip-hop. While Kanye is still a relatively weak MC, Graduation is an original, entertaining and tight album, and though it lacks any true club-bangers, it’s still the best hip-hop album of 2007.

By Justin Hunter Scott September 13, 2007

Corrections

Rating retraction

In fact, Georgetown’s Silver rating in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design System scale is one step above the lower “Certified” rating, and it is a rare accomplisment to earn any LEED rating at all, especially for a science building.

By Corrections September 13, 2007

Critical Voices: Animal Collective, Strawberry Jam

At the moment, nothing short of wide-scale environmental catastrophe could stop the creative stampede that is Animal Collective. The NYC-based group has been the apple of many a critic’s eye since the twisted forest romps of 2003’s Here Comes the Indian and Beach Boys-inflected follow-ups Sung Tongs and Feels.

By Traviss Cassidy September 13, 2007