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Remembering Professor Jim Slevin

By the March 16, 2006

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Garden Party

Hanging out in New York City at the Big East Tournament

This past weekend, a 26 year-old tournament got a chance to relive a 20-something-year-old rivalry. The Orange of Syracuse and the Georgetown Hoyas highlighted the semi-final round of the Big East Championship. It was the 12th match-up between the two historical titans of the conference, but it was the first time John Thompson III graced the sidelines rather than his towel-toting father, Big John. The weekend, however, would not belong to Thompson’s brood, but a red-hot Orange man, Gerry McNamara.

By March 16, 2006

Editorials

Swift kick to Google’s private parts

On Tuesday, A federal district court judge said he intends to rule that Google must cooperate with a Department of Justice subpoena demanding records of users’ search requests. This decision is a strong blow against the right to Internet privacy.

By the March 16, 2006

Editorials

Russ Feingold right to call for censure

As the only senator who voted against the USA Patriot Act in the days after Sept. 11, Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wi.) has a history of being a Congressional underdog. On... Read more

By the March 16, 2006

Editorials

It is time to start asking and telling

Not even the combined power of three-dozen law schools can force the government to give up discrimination against homosexuals.

By the March 16, 2006

Sports

Thank You

Putting from the Rough – A weekly take on sports

By the March 2, 2006

Sports

The Sports Sermon

It’s that time of year again. It’s the time when baseball’s deities report to their jobs 20 pounds overweight, 20 days late or both, with no repercussions. Ah, spring training.

By March 2, 2006

Sports

New Mens Soccer Coach

Georgetown athletic director Bernard Muir announced yesterday that Brian Wiese will take over as the new head coach of the men’s soccer team. Wiese hails from Notre Dame, where he was the associate Head Coach.

By the March 2, 2006

Sports

Hoyas drop home opener 10-4

The Georgetown men’s lacrosse team, ranked seventh in the nation, fell to No. 3 Maryland last Saturday in the season opener.

By the March 2, 2006

Sports

Bulls trample Senior Night

Mathematically eliminated from the Big East Tournament after this past Saturday’s loss at Villanova, the Georgetown women’s basketball team could have thrown in the towel Tuesday night in their season finale.

By the March 2, 2006

Sports

Seniors bid farewell, beat Orangemen to pulp

There are few things better than knocking off the nation’s No. 1 team, but in the world of Hoya basketball, beating archrival Syracuse is of even greater significance.

By the March 2, 2006

Leisure

Neko Case, _Fox Confessor Brings the Flood_

Critical Voices

By the March 2, 2006

Leisure

Mogwai, _Mr. Beast_

Critical Voices

By the March 2, 2006

Leisure

Heaven on M St.

Eat My Skort – a biweekly column about fashion

By the March 2, 2006

Leisure

Drunk pop rock

Georgetown singers and musicians got a chance to strut their stuff in front of a packed crowd at the 31st annual Cabaret concert, held at LuLu’s Mardi Gras Club last Thursday and Friday, to benefit the D.C Schools Project.

By the March 2, 2006

Leisure

“The Lights” shines with optimism, humanity

Grey’s image-laden prophesy provides the basis of Theatre SÜndenfall’s latest opus, “The Lights are going out all over Europe: A Danse Macabre,” a play that recounts the crisis of 1914 in Europe that led to the outbreak of the First World War.

By the March 2, 2006

Leisure

Sugimoto illuminates the District

Containing roughly 120 of Sugimoto’s black-and-white photographs, the retrospective exhibit at the Hirshhorn is a significant, detailed overview of the artist’s career.

By the March 2, 2006

Editorials

Minutemen launch an attack on reason

A controversial group opposed to illegal immigration, originally founded in Northern Virginia, crossed over the border this past week to protest government-funded day-laborer centers in Montgomery County, Md.

By the March 2, 2006

Editorials

Tuition hike info needs to be public

The recent decision to increase undergraduate tuition by six percent has sparked student indignation and anger.

By the March 2, 2006

Editorials

GUSA hits reset button on election

On Tuesday night, the GUSA Assembly voted not to certify the results of last month’s presidential election. Instead, the assembly agreed to move towards a new election for the organization’s executives.

By the March 2, 2006

News

The negotiator

Union Jack – bi-weekly column on national news and politics

By the March 2, 2006

News

News Hit

Hip-hop is about to invade one of America’s most traditional institutions: the Smithsonian.

By the March 2, 2006

News

Georgetown’s black heritage

Tuesday evening, Carroll Gibbs, lecturer and author of Black Georgetown Remembered, took a retrospective look at the Georgetown community’s black heritage.

By the March 2, 2006

News

Legal challenges in the Big Easy

A group of Georgetown Law Center students will travel to the Big Easy next week to provide legal support and clean-up aid for victims of Hurricane Katrina.

By the March 2, 2006

News

Wages and unions: Living Wage revival

Georgetown officials met with the Living Wage Coalition Wednesday and announced they are not blocking subcontracted workers’ rights to unionize. The decision lifts a perceived hurdle to the organization of labor at Georgetown.

By the March 2, 2006