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GU Music Program takes off

On March 22, 2002, several members of the GU Orchestra gathered together in the main hall of the Leavey Center to protest the inadequacies of Georgetown’s music program. As part of a larger effort to garner support for GU music, the sit-in functioned as a way for students to cite the space problems of the department and obtain signatures for a petition to President DeGoia. Instead of wielding picket-signs and yelping raucous chants, however, the quartet opted to perform selected pieces of Mozart for students and faculty passing through the building.

By Daniel Cook April 19, 2007

GEMA opens doors

As the Music Department increases its offerings within the classroom, the program continues to find outside support from the Georgetown Entertainment Media Alliance (GEMA). Founded by Gemstar-TV Guide CEO Rich Battista, GEMA acts as a network for GU alums involved in the entertainment industry, sporting contacts from ABC, AOL, DreamWorks and other mainstream conglomerates.

By Daniel Cook April 19, 2007

Goes down easy: a rotating biweekly column about drinking

Living in Washington, D.C. for four years and never sampling its Ethiopian food and drink is like living in New York and never having a knish, or calling yourself a native of Kansas City without ever tasting the barbecue. It stinks of laziness, timidity orshy;—worse—plain naiveté.

By Chris Stanton April 19, 2007

Crosswords

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By Perry Collins April 19, 2007

Features

Stop Requested?

Darrel Evans’ nightly tour of two D.C. universities begins late on Thursday evening when he swings his bus past the corner of P Street and Wisconsin Ave. There he picks up a loquacious Howard University student named Takeisha Carr (HWD ‘09), then rumbles down the uneven pavement towards Dupont Circle. The evening glow of orange street lamps reveals a cross-section of Northwest: of quaint Dupont row-house mansions and ugly lots on 7th Street, the beautiful but barred front doors in the Shaw neighborhood and finally, the looming brick complex of Howard University.

By Chris Stanton April 12, 2007

From Australia with Love of Diagrams

Antonia Sellbach pulls her bleached bangs behind her ear and leans out past the edge of the sofa. It’s a Thursday night at the 9:30 Club, and her Melbourne, Australia-based band Love of Diagrams has just wrapped up a 45 minute opening set for Ted Leo, punk rock local hero and elder statesman. His set is being recorded for NPR’s All Songs Considered live series, but she’s upstairs in the dressing room, doing something relatively new for the band—talking to the press.

By Chris Norton April 12, 2007

Grindhouse: yummy, bloody, puss-filled fun

Sporting tight leather booty shorts, soaked in blood and roaring at 9,000 RPM, ‘70s exploitation films appeal to humanity’s basest of desires and all the better for it. With Grindhouse, a double feature ode to trash cinema complete with fake (and hilarious) movie trailers, directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez try to rekindle America’s passion for the drive-in experience, missing reels and all.

By Traviss Cassidy April 12, 2007

Rugby club’s brotherly scrum

It’s the closest thing Georgetown has to a fraternity.

By Kathryn Brand April 12, 2007

Sports Sermon

In 1983, ABC sports commentator Howard Cosell shocked the country during a Monday Night Football telecast when he referred to an African American player as a “little monkey.” Cosell had used the phrase before to refer to both white and black players who were smaller and quicker than others, but the backlash from this particular broadcast caused Cosell to resign from his position. Nearly a quarter-century later, controversial sports commentary has once again hit the news. But this most recent comment, made by radio personality Don Imus, has a much clearer intention than Cosell’s slip-up.

By Anthony Francavilla April 12, 2007

Baseball road woes continues

After dropping a three-game set to Big East opponent Seton Hall, Georgetown baseball (12-21) suffered another setback against George Mason on Wednesday. This loss marked the Hoyas second defeat to the Patriots in just five games. Since the April 3 loss to George Mason, Georgetown has dropped five straight while being outscored by opponents 31-15.

By Daniel Eden April 12, 2007

Hoyas dominate Mt. St. Mary’s

The fifth-ranked Georgetown Men’s Lacrosse team traveled to Maryland and defeated Mount St. Mary’s 11-4 on Tuesday afternoon.

By David Dietz April 12, 2007

Pay the man

Some have forgotten, others weren’t even here. But, as a senior, I remember all too well the humiliating loss to Duke and the last second heart-breaker against Syracuse during my freshman year.

By Dante Randazzo April 12, 2007

The Governator gets green in Gaston

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger compared the challenges faced by the environmental movement to the struggles of bodybuilders when he spoke to a packed house of amused students in Gaston Hall yesterday, declaring that the environmental movement is now at a “tipping point.”

By Kate Mays April 12, 2007

Singing in the Brain

A New Brain, despite what the title may suggest, is not about zombies, Frankenstein-style experiments or metaphysical conversions. It’s about the trials and tribulations of being a young, gay, Jewish composer living in Manhattan in modern time…

By Shira Hecht April 12, 2007

Get your local on

March for D.C. Voting Rights If last month’s March Madness-filled march to the White House left you hungry for more, D.C. Emancipation Day offers the opportunity to relive the magic of Pennsylvania Avenue all over again—this time for a real cause. If you’ve been crushing on Mayor Fenty or you’re looking to meet guys in converse sneakers or disenfranchised, angry locals, this is the place to be.

By Sarah Harman April 12, 2007

You Taste Like a Burger

While growing up in Saudi Arabia, I would watch our cook as he prepared complex, gourmet meals. It was not only a distraction in a place without neighborhood parks or television, but also a cultural adventure into his native Filipino culture, as well as romps to Italy, France and home to the U.S. I’d watch, fascinated, as he would remove the meat and bones from a whole chicken’s skin, mixing the meat with vegetables and seasoning, and then somehow get it all back into the skin before stitching the floppy bird back together and roasting it.

By Kathryn Brand April 12, 2007

Basketball graduation rate criticized

A recent Washington Post editorial criticized Georgetown for the low graduation rates of its men’s basketball team, stirring discussion about how the Univeristy educates its most famous athletes.

By Keenan Steiner April 12, 2007

Scholar shunned by State Dept. speaks by satellite

A controversial Muslim scholar, barred from entering the United States for three years, spoke by satellite connection to Georgetown audiences this week.

By Will Sommer April 12, 2007

Phearsome Philly phandom

I hate the Phillies.

By Mike Stewart April 12, 2007

U-Haul: not the mover for U

Moving can be a pain in the ass, especially when you have to do the job yourself. The myriad boxes, unwieldy dollies and delicate china sets will make you want to submerge yourself in a pool of packing peanuts, never to surface again. But depending on which do-it-yourself moving company you call, you may have another problem to add to the list—your truck blowing up.

By Traviss Cassidy April 12, 2007

Carrying on: One word, just one word: plastics

Last Friday, I finally grasped that nothing I do will cure the undercurrent of stress and anxiety caused by my impending graduation and the future. Browsing through a New York Times blog called The Graduates during a break from the online job postings, I hoped to find a grain of truthful guidance through this agonizing transition. But I only found proof of the ubiquitous, undying nature of this malaise.

By Austin Richardson April 12, 2007

My advice: You gotta want it, baby

What the hell are we doing here? We spend months studying at the library, thousands of dollars on caffeine to keep our minds focused and innumerable nights wide awake worrying about tests, quizzes and papers. We put in all of this effort for a solid academic experience and yet it seems that nobody wants to hire an inexperienced college graduate.

By David Loebsack April 12, 2007

The wrong side of the law

One Georgetown law student is accusing the Law Center of practicing cafeteria Catholicism – picking and choosing which Church dogma to uphold.

By Michael Bruns April 12, 2007