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The Sports Sermon

On Saturday, the Georgetown football team proved that it can excite its fans. After losing two fumbles, it looked like it would be business as usual for a Georgetown opponent. However, the Blue and Gray pulled out another impressive homecoming victory. There was one thing, though, that did not excite me about the Hilltop footballers on their way to victory: their celebrations after good plays, which involved acting out a basketball jump shot.

By Mike Kuebler November 9, 2006

100 years, 98 seasons

I’m not trying to be Dikembe Downer here. Really, I’m not. I’m just as excited as the next Hoya for this year’s basketball season. What I don’t get is why everyone is rushing into the whole 100 YEARS OF BASKETBALL AT GEORGETOWN hoopla.

By Phil Perry November 9, 2006

Features

George Washington & Georgetown: Universities in flux

What do students at Georgetown and students at George Washington have in common? They both got into George Washington. That’s the joke, anyway, but in many ways it’s becoming a relic of a bygone era. Georgetown isn’t on the decline, but it suddenly leapt into the upper echelon of respected global universities under the guidance of President Timothy S. Healy, S.J. in the ‘80s and has basically stood still since.

By Michael Bruns November 9, 2006

Eurydice gets wet

When you walk into the Devine Theater in the Davis Performing Arts Center this week, the first thing you notice is the river in front of the stage. From the 12-foot scaffolding to the huge blue sheets that provide the backdrop, it is clear that this is a major production.

By Shira Hecht November 9, 2006

GU alum writes, speaks

Author of the novel, “Last of the Red Hot Poppas”, Berry will be on campus Thursday to talk about the current situation in New Orleans after Katrina and reminisce about its past through his new book.

By Sara Carothers November 9, 2006

Students going beyond the ballot box

For most Americans, Election Day meant nothing more than hitting the polls and waiting to see who would triumph. But for a small group of politically active students at Georgetown, Election Day was the climax of months spent phone banking, sign-blitzing and getting out the vote for campaigns from Virginia to Maryland and all the way out to Kentucky.

By Sam Sweeney November 9, 2006

Silver reflections of a District long past

Volkmar Wentzel’s camera captures stunning images of Washington: street lights glisten through the fog of late-night D.C. and reflect off the rain-slicked streets, giving familiar sights a mysterious quality.

By Kathleen Simone November 9, 2006

Schmitt fails in R.I.

Recent Georgetown graduate Patrick Schmitt (SFS ’06) lost his bid for a seat in Rhode Island’s State Senate Tuesday.

By Will Sommer November 9, 2006

Joanna Newsom: Ys

It is difficult to write a review, in the conventional sense of the word, of Joanna Newsom’s sophomore release, Ys, because it’s unlike any other record you’ll hear this year, this decade, or perhaps even your life. At least until Ms. Newsom releases her third album, that is.

By Justin Hunter Scott November 9, 2006

Trail of Dead: So Divided

The Austin-based band brought post-punk to new musical and conceptual depths with their thought-provoking musical and lyrical mosaic Source Tags & Codes. But So Divided suggests that the band’s struggle to find new meaning in these depths has proved futile. The entire journey has left the group unsure of whether to continue searching or resign and conform to everything it used to love to hate.

By Chelsea Paige November 9, 2006

Isis: _In the Absence of Truth_

Ever since heavy metal’s inception at the hands of four young men from Birmingham, that is to say Black Sabbath, the visionaries have pushed the genre’s boundaries. Isis have cemented their place among such visionary artists with the release of their latest album, In the Absence of Truth.

By Tim Smith November 9, 2006

Chinese triathlon: three dishes, three restaurants, one winner

Branching out can be a tricky step when it comes to trying new delivery places. When it’s Chinese, perhaps the wiliest beast on the fast food delivery circuit, there’s reason to be suspect.

By Michael Keller November 9, 2006

Sugartown: not as sweet as it sounds

The book’s theme is epitomized in the poem, whose namesake is the collection’s title—“Sugartown”: “and it’s nice, what it’s doing/what it’s done too/to that popsicle stick/it’s licking./But what it said earlier,/it hurt,/I can’t remember the words/exactly/but they hurt.”

By Kyle Fitzpatrick November 9, 2006

Study abroad numbers down for spring

There has been a decline in participation in semester abroad programs since the University changed its tuition policy two years ago, according to the Office of International Programs.

By Kent Elliott November 9, 2006

Jaw broken outside Lauinger

A Georgetown student suffered a broken jaw in a fight near Village A early Saturday morning. A second victim allegedly sustained lacerations to his back in the same on-campus attack.

By Matt Murtagh November 9, 2006

GU’s intelligence dept.

In a move that is bound to bolster the stereotype of Georgetown as the school for the spies of tomorrow, the School of Foreign Service has created a professorship for the current year for the study of intelligence practice.

By Ryan Maye Handy November 9, 2006

Saxa Politica: Beer ‘n votes

bi-weekly column on campus news and politics

By Anna Bank November 9, 2006

Crosswords

Crossword Answers

By the Voice Staff November 9, 2006

Cartoons

In Poor Taste: A Weekly Cartoon

By Alexandra Hart November 9, 2006

Cartoons

Graphic Account: A Comic Strip

By Ben Zeidler November 9, 2006

Features

Stuntin’ like their daddies

When the Georgetown men’s basketball team tips off its season against Hartford, the program will be entering its 100th season. Georgetown boasts one of the nation’s most storied college basketball programs, which began in 1907. If the Hoyas are going to throw any kind of birthday party this year, you can expect it to be a dance party, just like the ones that have become a staple of Midnight Madness at Georgetown.

By Mike Kuebler November 7, 2006

2005-06: Hoyas back on basketball map

In the coming years, many a Hoya will look back on the 2005-2006 season as the year the Blue and Gray put themselves back on the national map. Last year’s squad built upon the respect garnered the previous year and instilled fear in their opponents just like the teams under John Thompson had done.

By John Cantalupi November 7, 2006

Georgetown looks to take next step under JTIII

The final weeks of fall mark the end of what has been a very tough season for Georgetown sports. The fall teams have not had the success that many had hoped for, and it is safe to say that the losing records have taken their toll not just on the athletes, but the fans as well.

By Anthony Francavilla November 7, 2006