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Veterans march against surge

Veterans were a sober yet powerful presence on the National Mall last Saturday as thousands came to D.C. to protest the troop surge in Iraq.

News

GU embezzler flees

Pedro Paulo dos Santos, the former director of Georgetown’s Brazilian Studies program, was indicted on July 19 by a federal grand jury for embezzling more than $300,000 from Georgetown University according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Editorials

Trying to catch ‘em legislatin’ dirty

If the “Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007” makes it through the Senate this week, and it almost definitely will, it will be the first increase in the federal minimum wage in a decade.

News

Keg limit may go off campus

The Advisory Neighborhood Commission’s student representative introduced a resolution on Tuesday night recommending that the University extend its new one keg-per-party rule for campus residences to off-campus townhouses.

Editorials

We just wanna dance

Despite being underage, many Georgetown students take advantage of D.C. dancing at nightclubs.

Editorials

Styacich/Dougherty in ‘07

Election season is back, filled with YouTube videos, Red Square posters and a million e-mails.

Sports

Women lose big

The Lady Hoyas added to their losing streak in the Big East, bringing the number to five. Georgetown (11-11, 1-8BE) lost to the University of South Florida (16-5, 6-2BE) 79-51 Tuesday night after falling into yet another scoring slump.

Sports

Sports Sermon

The death of a great athlete has cast a shadow over the bright anticipation of the pre-Super Bowl sports world. He was bigger than Brian Urlacher, faster than Marvin Harrison and had more heart than Peyton Manning. His tragic death has exposed a sport with a standard of safety that would be deemed unacceptable for two-legged athletes.

Sports

Hoya basketball peaking at the right time

As the post-season draws nearer, prospects are brighter with Georgetown riding a five-game win streak which has propelled them to 3rd in the Big East standings. Fresh off a win against Cincinnati, the Hoyas look as if they may finally be living up to the preseason hype.

Sports

Ex-Patriot Fan

Every year, the lead-up to the Super Bowl gets overblown by every analyst and sports station in the country. Interviews, highlights, and stats abound, encroaching on the life of every good American sports fan. The inundation is relentless right up through the final sideline reports thirty seconds prior to a great flashing of cameras, during which a kickoff is rumored to take place.

Page 13 Cartoons

Tequila Sunset

The night that Shane died started as one of the nights that made me love California.

Sports

Hoyas’ voice from above

In his maroon cardigan, knitted navy tie and square glasses, the voice of the Verizon Center sits comfortably amidst a library of theological tomes on a sunny Monday afternoon. Father William McFadden, S.J., may seem an incongruous choice for a job most often reserved for pomade-shellacked quick talkers just out of broadcasting school, but after almost 34 years as the public address announcer for the Hoyas, McFadden is as adept at the mike as any of them.

Voices

More complicated than carbs

I grew up on a strange blend of Happy Meals and granola, white bread and Flintstones’ vitamins. My physical activity revolved around a hula hoop and relatively infrequent Jane Fonda workout sessions alongside my mother. The monkey bars frightened me, and I still can’t quite turn corners on a bicycle.

Voices

Heelys: wheely, wheely fast

It had rained the night before and, as my classmate fluidly sailed past me on the slick asphalt path, my reaction was that I had witnessed a miracle. It was my first time seeing a pair of Heelys. The first messiah had walked on water—could the second one glide inexplicably across wet pavement?

Voices

Bonding through brutality

I’m a firm believer in the unifying powers of a good game. You can’t beat that surge of adrenaline and camaraderie that accompanies a rousing round of Pictionary and the toe-curling thrill that every painstakingly organized game of mafia creates. I have a special place in my heart, however, for backyard games.

Voices

Our father, who art in Congress

One night last spring, working as a host at a ritzy Washington restaurant, I met a conservative congressman and his wife at the door. Knowing their table was far from ready, I started chatting while hanging up their coats. Discovering my Georgetown affiliation, the congressman’s wife demanded to know my religious and political views. The congressman rolled his eyes, clearly wanting to leave his work at the office, but when his better-half found out I was both a liberal and a Catholic, she demanded to know how I feel about abortion. The air of pleasant small talk dissipated after I said “pro-choice.” She smirked at me. “Not very Catholic, eh?” For the rest of the night, whenever we passed, she would lean over and ask, “Jesus change your mind yet?”

Leisure

Bottoms Up, Wiseys!

The table is set, the romantic lasagna dinner is in the oven, and four noisy roommates have been hustled out the door of your Henle apartment. It’s five till eight and she’s on her way over; then it hits you.

Leisure

Abroad in your own backyard

Escape post-holiday boredom and traverse the Atlantic in one easy cab ride at one of the many foreign embassy events this February.

Leisure

Critical Voices: Shins, Wincing the Night Away, Transgressive

James Mercer and the Shins had it good. Their surprisingly deep first album, Oh, Inverted World, took off in the wake of Zach Braff’s decision to include two of its strongest songs on the soundtrack to Garden State. Their sophomore release, Chutes Too Narrow, was a worthy successor, eliminating most of their psychedelia in favor of more traditional pop. With their newest release, Wincing the Night Away, however, the Shins are merely ‘good’, and stacked up against their first two albums, it just isn’t enough.

Leisure

Critical Voices: Of Montreal, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?, Polyvinyl

Far be it from me to speculate on Kevin Barnes’ emotional state, but after listening to the latest Of Montreal release, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?, I’d have to say he got burned, badly.

Leisure

Like Vicodin for boredom: the leisure events calendar

Chinese New Years Event Spectacular C’mon, you probably can’t remember your own New Year’s celebration anyway. All the more reason to do it again, Chinese-style.

Editorials

Mis-state of the union: Our response to the president’s speech

Tuesday night our country heard a lame duck quacking, and it was a sad sound.