Archive

Nelson displays acting strength

The good news is that Half Nelson is a fine film; while clichéd at points, the level of acting talent from Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps and Anthony Mackie puts it a step above its peers.

By P.S. Hepburn August 31, 2006

Lez’hur Ledger: The DEA’s guide to drug dealing

A desire to view mountains of drugs and paraphernalia and read about the most fearsome kingpins this world has known led me straight to the DEA Museum, conveniently located right across from the Pentagon City Mall.

By Sam Sweeney August 31, 2006

A leisurely guide to District theater

Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s film immortalizing infamous cannibal Alfred Parker receives a theatrical adaptation.

By Chelsea Paige August 31, 2006

Fed. commission issues report

The nature of higher education as we know it is about to be changed forever, according to the members of the federal Commission on the Future of Higher Education, authors of a new report recommending reforms to the Department of Education.

By Michael Bruns August 31, 2006

Concert Calendar

This group of musical mariners is sailing up the Potomac and into Georgetown’s Bulldog Alley for a free show, one of the last stops on their sailboat tour of the North Atlantic Seaboard.

By the Voice Staff August 31, 2006

Reflections on the summer’s war

Or Skolnik (COL ‘09) doesn’t live in Israel anymore, but the outbreak of violence in the Middle East this summer threatened his family in a very real way.

By John Lawless August 31, 2006

Leo O’Donovan’s: still the DIY dining hall

During freshman year one of my friends described Leo’s as a do-it-yourself cafeteria, a place where everything looks nice and pretty but still needs someone with know-how to make it all work.

By Michael Keller August 31, 2006

NEWS HITS: GMU dumps SAT; Names for 9/11; Robbers at large

GMU dumps SAT and Names for 9/11 and Robbers at large

By the Voice Staff August 31, 2006

New Wisey’s: kid-approved

Low carb meals, wicker chairs and smoothies may not sound like Wisemiller’s Deli, but a second branch of the local favorite has been open for almost two weeks at 1440 Wisconsin Ave.

By Austin Richardson August 31, 2006

Saxa Politica: Read this, Frosh

Summer reading isn’t just for sixth graders. Shortly after enrolling, the class of 2010 discovered that they had to read Margaret Atwood’s “The Blind Assassin” and write a short paper about the book before seeing Atwood speak in Gaston Hall on Sept. 9th.

By Anna Bank August 31, 2006

Features

State of Alert—D.C.’s Response to the Crime Emergency

Welcome back to Washington, averaging more than a murder per day during the first 11 days of July 2006. Police Chief Charles Ramsey has declared it a “crime emergency.”

The District of Columbia saw 14 homicides between July 1st and 11th, from the murder of John Jackson by automatic weapon fire in Southeast to the stabbing of Alan Senitt on Q street in Georgetown.

By Michael Bruns August 31, 2006

Livin’ in an Amish Paradise

Carrying On: a rotating column by Voice senior staffers

By Noreen Malone August 31, 2006

Notes from the underground

One woman’s descent into the addictive world of internet fandom

By Nicole Bush August 31, 2006

Waking up on Easter Island

On a chilly Easter Island morning, my dad and I cut through the wind toward the sunrise on a bent and broken scooter; he drove, I clung to the jump seat. As the sky filled with gold and faded into blue, I gripped onto my father’s jacket with frozen hands and hunched behind him to avoid the wind.

By Austin Richardson August 31, 2006

The Aussie Animosity

“Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!” The chanting sounded like the din of a sporting event. With Australian flags draped over them, the crowd could have been on its way to a rugby match. But, the shouts continued, “Lebs go home!” they roared.

By Kathryn Brand August 31, 2006

Crosswords

Crossword Answers

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By Perry Collins August 31, 2006

Where are those 30,000 ATMs?

Last year the Georgetown University Alumni & Student Federal Credit Union joined the AllPoint ATM network in response to the results of a customer survey. None of the estimated 30,000 ATMs however, are closer than four blocks from campus. The new ATMs are in various convenience stores and businesses around the country. Any service charge is reimbursed electronically by the network. The nearest to campus are located in Tara Salon & Spa at the bottom of M Street and in Georgetown Auto on Wisconsin Avenue. “It’s kind of the outside perimeter,” Chief Information Officer Cyril Vergis said of the new ATMs. He hopes to eventually have closer machines, such as on M St. and Wisconsin. “We’re trying to work our way into that grid,” he said. GUASFCU charges $.75 for the use of non-member ATMs.

By Michael Bruns August 31, 2006

Editorials

Taking a nibble out of crime

The most recent Georgetown shooting was simply a high-profile example of what the latest statistics bear out: the “crime emergency” measures have been but a flashy Day-Glo band-aid pasted over a gushing wound that requires major surgery.

By the Editorial Board August 24, 2006

Editorials

Chartered flight to nowhere

This month, D.C. School Superintendent Clifford B. Janey called on the City Council to place a moratorium on the creation of new charter schools. This proactive effort is a major change in the most extensive charter market in the country, and one that could save the faltering D.C. public school system.

By the Editorial Board August 24, 2006

Editorials

Playing hardball with the cable bill

Peter Angelos and Comcast have teamed up to combine two great American pastimes—baseball and screwing the little guy.

By the Editorial Board August 24, 2006