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Lezhur Ledger: Relay for Life a fun-raiser

I could smell the GUGS burgers all the way from the Leavey Center—the scent of a barbeque spread through the clear spring air faster than the keenest relayers. As I got closer to the source of the delicious aroma, the music got louder, the crowd got rowdier and, turning into Harbin Field, I stumbled into the biggest party of Saturday night. The field looked like a combination of a Bedouin settlement, an Oriental bazaar and a children’s fair. There were tents as far as the eye could see. All the summer trends were here: floral Hawaiian, fluorescent brights and the nautical color scheme of the Hoya Blue tent. If it weren’t for the numerous white and purple Relay For Life balloons, this tent city could have been easily mistaken for a mass, al fresco slumber party.

By Anastasia Stepanova April 26, 2007

Critical Voices: Frog Eyes

The return of Frog Eyes, the most difficult—though occasionally thrilling—Canadian indie rock band of the last decade, is cause for some celebration. As with most things Frog Eyes, it’s also cause for some head scratching. Tears of the Valedictorian, the band’s first album since 2004 and fourth overall, is an amplification of the band’s best traits, and an unexpected leap forward.

By P.S. Hepburn April 26, 2007

Critical Voices: Feist

Known for her sultry, lounge-style music and soft vocals, Leslie Feist has successfully expanded her palate beyond the Starbucks-friendly Let it Die in her latest album, The Reminder. It still contains many of the slow jam, coffee-guzzling tracks that worked well in the previous album, but with a few welcome surprises.

By Madeline Reidy April 26, 2007

You Taste Like a Burger

“Eating is cheating.” Studying abroad in Australia, I heard that a lot. “We drink beer here,” Sayd, my stereotypically Aussie friend, explained. “That takes up a lot of room in your belly. If you start the night with a stomach full of food, there’s no room for what matters–more beer.”

By Kathryn Brand April 26, 2007

Editorials

Students serving students

Last weekend, a Georgetown student reported his roommate to CAPS after he made a threatening remark referring to the tragedy at Virginia Tech.

By the Editorial Board April 26, 2007

Editorials

Having ‘the talk’ with Georgetown

Georgetown, why don’t you come sit down for a minute.

By the Editorial Board April 26, 2007

Editorials

Helping hemp-growers get jobs

It’s the time of the year when seniors are oft-greeted with the dreaded question: So, what are your plans after graduation?

By the Editorial Board April 26, 2007

Fashion Props

By Sarah Harman April 26, 2007

Features

Suggestive figures, Grading on curves, Georgetown gets down

Everybody’s doin’ it! Or are they? Last Monday, the Voice wrapped up an anonymous web-based survey of more than 300 students, designed with the advice of the Mathematics Department’s Statistics Consulting Clinic, and the results show that more often than not, they are. 62.8 percent of the 269 undergrads who fully completed the survey described themselves as sexually active, and 91.7 percent of those sexually active have had intercourse in the past year.

By Chris Norton April 26, 2007

Page 13 Cartoons

The Burial

One day her grandmother, too, will be as much as part of the landscape as the pine trees.

By Anna Ziajka April 26, 2007

Cartoons

In Poor Taste

By Alexandra Hart April 26, 2007

Features

Oyster School

When you walk inside the Oyster school, you see a big banner from the Department of Education hanging from the ceiling in commemoration of the school’s No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon award, which the school received in 2006 for its outstanding test scores. Bulletin boards display student projects, featuring work half in English, half in Spanish. On the loudspeaker, a woman makes an announcement in Spanish. There is no translation. A few minutes later, another voice makes a different announcement in English.

By Keenan Steiner April 19, 2007

Ultimate: a good huckin’ time

“This wind is extreeeeeeme!” a men’s club Ultimate Frisbee player shouted as he jogged onto Kehoe a few minutes late for practice. It was a remarkably windy day, but his teammates had decided to continue their workout in preparation for upcoming tournament play.

By Noreen Malone April 19, 2007

Stick Around

We’re excited to hear that, even after declaring for the NBA Draft, Jeff and Roy are considering a hero’s homecoming for their senior season. Die-hard basketball fans have to admit: our hearts are aflutter. Until they make their final decision, we’ll be going to sleep with dreams of back-door cuts, put-back slams and buzzer beaters dancing in our heads. Wouldn’t a championship banner be a nice little memento for the big men to leave behind? The thing is, we’re emotionally involved here. We’ve seen them grow from dread-locked and awkward to awe-inspiring and intimidating.

By Phil Perry April 19, 2007

Hoyas’ losing streak continues

The Georgetown women’s softball team continued their losing ways Wednesday night, dropping both games of a double-header against George Mason.

By Liz Kuebler April 19, 2007

Sports Sermon

When NBA commissioner David Stern suspended veteran referee Joey Crawford indefinitely on Tuesday, he made a necessary statement to fans, players and other officials that referees do not control the outcome of NBA games.

By Anthony Francavilla April 19, 2007

Bus crashes into Georgetown building

Georgetown faculty and staff in the Harris administrative building were rudely surprised yesterday morning to learn that a driverless D.C. Circulator bus left an employee injured after it rolled backward and knocked a large hole through the wall of the first floor. The Harris building, located near the intersection of Wisconsin Ave and 35th St., houses a variety of University administrative offices.

By Michael Bruns April 19, 2007

Iraq, Darfur are top political priorities for US youth

The war in Iraq and the crisis in Darfur dominate the minds of 18 to 24 year olds across the country, according to a new Harvard University survey.

By John Lawless April 19, 2007

Keeping quiet for gay rights

Campus was a little quieter than usual yesterday when over 100 students chose to remain silent throughout the day in observance of the national Day of Silence, an LGBTQ awareness day.

By Dylan Richmond April 19, 2007

SFS receives $1 million donation from Yahoo!

In response to concerns about its own human rights record, Yahoo! announced a $1 million donation last Thursday to the SFS’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, establishing an eight-year fellowship on the intersection of Internet technology and human rights.

By Michael Bruns April 19, 2007

Saxa Politica: Keep JTIII in the $500,000-a-year poorhouse

While students across campus are chagrined over Roy Hibbert and Jeff Green’s decision to enter the NBA draft and put the prospect of another year at Georgetown in question, one Hoya basketball player is already long gone. Marc Egerson, who left Georgetown in January, failed 12 classes in high school, according to a New York Times article. His academic record, and the University’s eagerness to admit despite it, embarrassed Georgetown near the end of March Madness.

By Will Sommer April 19, 2007