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Borat urges you to touch his “khram”

There are very few movies I would unreservedly recommend before seeing them. Even fewer are so well publicized and eagerly anticipated that they aren’t in need of such recommendations. Borat accomplishes the impressive feat of fitting into both of those categories.

By Sam Sweeney November 2, 2006

Voices

Time doesn’t heal all wounds

After visiting India and Senegal this past year, the question I got most often was, “What was it like? Was it hard seeing such abject poverty?”

By Julia Leis November 2, 2006

Voices

Biting the hand that feeds us

Carrying On: A rotating column by Voice senior staffers

By Noreen Malone November 2, 2006

Voices

Single and ready to mingle

“Where do you live?” It’s a question that I am met with daily.

By Nicole Bush November 2, 2006

News

Finally: a Sunday bus

Georgetown will offer Sunday bus service to Dupont for the first time next weekend, thanks to the efforts of the Student Association.

By Anna Bank November 2, 2006

News

Gallaudet protesters triumph

Student protesters at Gallaudet University emerged victorious from their two- week-long demonstrations against Jane Fernandes last Sunday when the school’s Board of Trustees issued a statement terminating Fernandes’ position as president-designate.

By Ryan Maye Handy November 2, 2006

News

GUSA success

Kevin Wang (COL ‘10), along with 22 fellow students, was voted into the Student Association’s newly created Senate by popular vote on Oct. 27.

By Kate Mays November 2, 2006

News

City on a Hill

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

By Marco Cerna November 2, 2006

News

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

News

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

News

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

Sports

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

Sports

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

Sports

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

Sports

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

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