Nine Georgetown students who call themselves the Apostles for Peace and Unity have only three days left to comply with a cease and desist order issued by D.C.’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.
On Nov. 15, a 15-year-old involved in the murder of Alan Senitt was sentenced to juvenile custody until he turns 21, according to a spokesperson for the D.C. attorney general.
Mayor-elect Adrian Fenty named Cathy Lanier as the Metropolitan Police Department’s next chief of police last Monday. Lanier will take the place of Chief Charles H. Ramsey, who led the police department during last summer’s crime emergency.
Frank Byrd, a Marriott Corporation employee who worked in Leo O’Donovan dining hall, was charged with Manslaugher in D.C. Superior Court last Wednesday for fatally shooting his mother Shirley Byrd two weeks ago.
photo by Michael J. Bruns A broken fire hydrant let loose a torrent of water on 34th and Prospect Streets yesterday about 2 p.m., flooding the street. According to Corey... Read more
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When your coffee per hour ratio reaches 6:1, don’t despair: no matter how bad things get, you can always eat. During exam week preparation time needs to be at a minimum, so here are some overlooked yet easy foods to help you put down the raw roll of cookie dough and get some better food.
Georgetown may have gone co-ed in 1969, but our faculty still has more testosterone than an East German swimmer. Less than a quarter of the full professors at Georgetown are... Read more
The results are in: the installation of several dozen security cameras, draconian curfews and a drastic increase in the number of hours worked by police officers have reduced violent crime... Read more
No city appears poised to benefit more from the sudden collapse of the GOP’s hold on Congress in last week’s midterm elections than Washington, D.C. Newly empowered Democrats plan to... Read more
As could be expected in their season opener, the Georgetown men’s basketball team looked a little rusty. Luckily for the Hoyas, their opponent was Hartford. The Hawks, despite playing above expectations, could not make up for what they lacked in talent in comparison to the No. 8 Hoyas, as Georgetown escaped with the 69-59 win at the Verizon Center.
As Vanderbilt guard Alex Gordon hit a running jumper with time expiring in the first half, the lead that Georgetown’s men’s basketball team had once stacked to 12 points dwindled to just four. However, the Hoyas survived foul trouble and missing junior guard Tyler Crawford to defeat Vanderbilt 86-70 and avenge their loss to the Commodores at home last year.
As the Georgetown football team came out of halftime last Saturday against Lafayette, Charlie Houghton cut across the middle of the field on a short slant pattern, looked Matt Bassuaner’s pass into his hands and darted down the field eluding Leopard defenders along the way for an 84-yard touchdown reception. For this Canadian-born ball carrier, it was no sweat.
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