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City on a Hill

bi-weekly column on d.c. news and politics

By Marco Cerna November 2, 2006

Stadium finances threaten D.C schools

Persisting deadlock in the Council of the District of Columbia over the construction of the new baseball stadium could result in significant financial setbacks for the city and jeopardize much needed improvements to local schools.

By John Lawless November 2, 2006

Students protest ‘Minutemen’ leader

Chris Simcox, the founder and President of the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps, provoked raucous protests outside his speech in Copley Formal Lounge on Wednesday night.

By Keenan Steiner November 2, 2006

GW sued by family of murdered student

Online Only—The family of a young man killed in 2005 at a George Washington University party has filed a wrongful death suit against the University and the organization which sponsored the event, the GW Hatchet reported this week.

By Matt Murtagh November 2, 2006

Features

The grass is always greener

Caitlin Pedati (NHS ’07) said that when she moved into her house on the 3300 block of Prospect St. this summer with five other girls, dead roaches littered the floor and the interior needed cleaning and repainting. “I don’t think the house was safe when we moved in,” Pedati said. “I easily put a grand into cleaning and fixing up things.”

The girls found paper towels under a radiator and cracked or missing tiles on the kitchen and bathroom floors. There were no ground wires for electricity, and none of the fire alarms worked. The only fire extinguisher downstairs was “ancient,” Pedati said. “It’s been an absolutely miserable experience. “

By Austin Richardson November 2, 2006

Zeller blasts Georgetown to victory on Senior Day

The old saying goes that “a win is a win,” but for Georgetown seniors Andrew Keszler, Ricky Schramm, Benjamin Jefferson-Dow, Daniel Grasso and Tim Convey, Saturday’s overtime thriller was so much more.

By David Dietz October 26, 2006

Luck of the Irish holds out against Hoyas

Notre Dame denied senior midfielder Chrissy Skogen and the rest of the Georgetown women’s soccer team a storybook ending to their match against the Fighting Irish and to their 2006 season.

By Anthony Francavilla October 26, 2006

The Sports Sermon

Controversy filled the lungs of the World Series faster than Kenny Rogers could wash his hands. I am not a Tigers fan but have been supporting them this postseason. Rogers’ dirty hand, though, made me begin to question my support of possible cheaters. I couldn’t let my baseball morals deteriorate.

By Mike Kuebler October 26, 2006

Pouting Irish

“One of the teams [Tennessee] that jumped us had the same game we had. They’re down, they’re playing at home and they win by a field goal. Another team [Florida] that jumped us wasn’t even playing. They were at home eating cheeseburgers, and they end up jumping us. That befuddles me.”

By John Cantalupi October 26, 2006

Editorials

Recognize Gallaudet’s demands

Dr. Jane K. Fernandes has generated so much heartfelt and intense opposition from both students and faculty that she cannot become the next president without thorough consideration of other options.

By the Editorial Board October 26, 2006

Editorials

Hoyas for intellectual choice

A frightening trend is emerging among Catholic colleges, one that flies in the face of the open dialogue so vital to academic discourse.

By the Editorial Board October 26, 2006

Editorials

Generation Y: A giant pat on our own backs

Sick of sanctimonious baby boomers blaming our generation’s political apathy for the sad state of the country’s affairs? Well, now you’ve got a rebuttal to hurl back at the next grey-ponytailed ex-radical who asks where your conscience is: we’re better people than they are. Numbers don’t lie.

By the Editorial Board October 26, 2006

Crosswords

Crossword Answers

By the Voice Staff October 26, 2006

Cartoons

In Poor Taste: A Weekly Cartoon

By Alexandra Hart October 26, 2006

What are you doing about Iraq?

Examining the role of students in protests against the war.

By Shea Kinser October 26, 2006

Fall into food: we’re bringing comfort back

There is no greater or more constant pleasure than in an apple.

By admin October 26, 2006

I’m so lonely. Please talk back…please

Carrying On: a rotating column by Voice senior staffers.

By Mike Stewart October 26, 2006

Examining the ills of North Korea

Usually, I wouldn’t be excited to watch the TV screens while tearing away at one of the cardio machines in Yates at seven in the morning.

By Dayea Diana Park October 26, 2006

Wildes under fire in Big Easy

Father Kevin Wildes, a former Georgetown bioethics professor and current president of Loyola University New Orleans, received a vote of no confidence from Loyola’s College of Humanities and Natural Sciences.

By Will Sommer October 26, 2006

Course links Hoyas to Middle East

As the first rays of autumn sunlight stream through the windows of Lauinger Library at 7:00 a.m., it is early afternoon in Cairo, and while Jenny Weingarten (SFS ‘08) is wiping the sleep from her eyes, she is discussing American-Arab relations face-to-face with a student from the American University in Cairo.

By Michael Bruns October 26, 2006

GU John Doe

Social workers at Georgetown University Hospital are still working to determine the identity of a head trauma patient who has been at the hospital since March 25.

By Anna Bank October 26, 2006