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An influential Georgetown citizen is protesting the plans for the new Georgetown Waterfront Park, located at the intersection of K Street and Wisconsin. The new park is being designed by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, according to Sally Blumenthal of the National Park Service.

By Will Sommer February 15, 2007

Dems, CRs join together

The College Republicans joined with the College Democrats and the Georgetown University Legislative Advocates (GULA) to drum up support on campus for H.R. 328, a bill in the House of Representatives that would give D.C. a vote in Congress.

By Dylan Richmond February 15, 2007

Snow closes campus

A steady onslaught of wintry mix Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning forced Georgetown administrators to cancel all classes on the main campus and the School of Medicine Wednesday.

By Kate Mays February 15, 2007

Student loans, sleaze and subsidies

Hitting all of the usual sweet spots—defense, Medicare, Social Security—President Bush’s latest budget also takes a small but important step towards fixing a problem inhibiting fair student lending: private lending companies.

By the Editorial Board February 15, 2007

A green, clean, energy-saving campus

Going green is a grassroots movement. Just as our nation’s leaders have been reluctant to change, universities have other priorities, like raising money and attracting top professors.

By the Editorial Board February 15, 2007

Planting a new SEED

Imagine being in a lecture class of 100 people, in which five or six come down with a disease. Normally they would be rushed off to treatment, and steps would be taken to ensure the safety of the rest of the students, right?

By the Editorial Board February 15, 2007

D.C. Council behaving badly

The District’s public school system needs improvement so desperately that it seems any reform efforts could only be constructive. But the District Council is managing to make a bad situation worse in their public hearings on the potential mayoral takeover.

By John Lawless February 15, 2007

Petition for friendly energy

Students on campus have shown support for a petition to increase the use of renewable energy on campus, even if the new environmentally-sound policy would necessitate a modest increase in tuition.

By Michael Bruns February 15, 2007

The future of NATO

Former Presidents José Maria Aznar of Spain and Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland set forth their vision of a successful North Atlantic Treaty Organization united by Western ideology on Monday in the ICC Auditorium. Both men are Distinguished Scholars in the Practice of Global Leadership at Georgetown.

By Mike Stewart February 15, 2007

Sexy food

As anyone who saw Varsity Blues and Ali Larter’s whipped cream bikini can attest, food can be very sexy. But, as anyone who’s ever had a boyfriend who talks with his mouth full or had a propensity for poppy seed bagels can argue, food and love are not always a good mix. There is a difference between your food being yummy and you being yummy.

By Kathryn Brand February 15, 2007

Going down on the Hilltop

Winter finally paid off, and in a big way. Such wonderful whiteness can mean only one thing: sled day! Considering only one of the surveyed hills had fresh tracks, it seems that far too few Hoyas partake in this traditional leisure activity. Because they don’t call it the Hilltop for nothin’, here’s the skinny on the best campus sledding.

By Michael Keller February 15, 2007

Warming up to art

The snow was pretty for about an hour and now your ass is bruised from sledding on a cafeteria tray. You could retreat to your 80-degree dorm room and binge on all that fruit you sacked from Leo’s, or you could fight the winter blues with some hot cocoa and visual stimulation at one of D.C.’s warm spots.

By Madeline Reidy February 15, 2007

Critical Voices: Field Music, Tones of Town

With their third release, UK-based art-rock trio Field Music have created an album that is complex and accessible enough to merit multiple listens. Indeed, Tones of Town’s tracks draw strength from the band’s ability to weave rhythmic layers of sweet vocals, staccato piano punctuations and sharp, post-punk guitar riffs almost effortlessly.

By Chelsea Paige February 15, 2007

Vietnamese art exhibit is pho real

At first, the road sign seems rather ordinary. Bold, green and functional, it could have been plucked from any interstate highway. Yet contradicting its mundane appearance is its content: “Little Saigon: Next Right.”

By Frances Bajet February 15, 2007

Sports Sermon

A messy room, a pounding headache and SportsCenter: this past Sunday morning began in much the same way it always begins. Yet, as my hand passed over the buzzing alarm, crumpled pants and ringing phone en route to the all-important remote control, I became conscious of something special when I turned on the television for the sports fan’s morning coffee.

By Anthony Francavilla February 15, 2007

Stifling defense extends streak

The Georgetown men’s basketball team captured its eighth straight conference win last Monday with a 71-53 rout of the West Virginia Mountaineers. Red-hot shooting and stifling defense were the keys to the Hoya victory, which brought the current winning streak to its longest conference run since the 1988-1989 season.

By Anthony Francavilla February 15, 2007

What a Rush

Today, I salute a real American. A man who isn’t afraid to speak the unfettered truth. A man willing to stand up to the mainstream media that runs this country and tell them that at least one journalist is going to stick up for the little guy. I speak of a man who has overcome vice and addiction and emerged from the wilderness. I speak, of course, of Rush Limbaugh.

By Dante Randazzo February 15, 2007

This cheerleader has cajones

In between bites of iceberg lettuce, Eric Cusimano details the ins and outs of his life as the sole male member of Georgetown’s cheerleading squad. Sporting khakis, a white baseball hat and black fleece, Cusimano is the picture of the Joe Hoya stereotype. At a superficial glance, you might guess that his extracurricular activities were confined to intramural basketball and slap bag. Instead, the freshman from Louisiana devotes his spare time to acrobatic feats, frenzied cheers and getting up close and personal with the smiling, be-ribboned girls ESPN cameramen love to spotlight.

By admin February 15, 2007

Cartoons

In Poor Taste

By Alexandra Hart February 8, 2007

Features

The Jesuits’ Slaves

“Can a man serve God faithfully and posess slaves?” Brother Joseph Mobberly, S.J. asked in his diary in 1818. “Yes,” he answered. “Is it then lawful to keep men in servitude? Yes.”

By Kathryn Brand February 8, 2007

Free advice for Ben and Matt

During their campaign, Ben Shaw (COL ’08) and Matt Appenfeller (COL ’08) made many promises. Of course, student government is limited in what it can accomplish, and can only be relevant if it listens to students and represents their interests. The Voice urges our new leaders to focus on a few very important, relatively accomplishable issues.

By the Editorial Board February 8, 2007

Somebody buy this girl a drink

Although it took her long enough to get her act together, Jenna Lowenstein (COL ’09), who represents Georgetown students on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission, deserves recognition for finally listening to student demands and reversing her position on an ANC petition to the University to limit student parties off-campus to one keg.

By the Editorial Board February 8, 2007

GU needs more diversity

Pearls and freshly fallen snow aren’t the only overwhelmingly white features of the Georgetown campus; the student body here on the hilltop remains true to its tradition of a prevailing Caucasian majority.

By the Editorial Board February 8, 2007