News

History curriculum a thing of the past?

Leaders in Education about Diversity and Georgetown’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People are circulating a petition to try to change the College’s core history requirements to include a more diverse array of options.

By Afton Branche April 27, 2006

News

Groove Theory vs. SAC

Award-winning Georgetown dance group Groove Theory is weighing the possibility of leaving the Student Activities Commission and switching to the Program for Performing Arts due to conflicts over space and money.

By Melissa Lefkowitz April 27, 2006

Sports

Feeling the Draft

Putting from the Rough – A weekly take on sports

By John Cantalupi April 27, 2006

Sports

The Sports Sermon

The NBA playoffs are here, and there’s more than basketball to watch. You can marvel at the NBA’s best while learning valuable lessons that you can apply to your finals. Just take a minute and listen.

By Mike Kuebler April 27, 2006

Sports

Tigers, Navy cruise by Hoyas

In the midst of a successful 2006 season, the Georgetown University women’s crew team came up short against Navy and Princeton this past weekend.

By Chris Leo April 27, 2006

Sports

JMU upsets Hoyas

Yesterday afternoon the sixteenth-ranked James Madison University Dukes upset the third-ranked Georgetown women’s lacrosse team in an overtime thriller.

By Darren Craft April 27, 2006

Sports

Men’s tennis bounced at Big East Championship

The Georgetown men’s tennis team dropped their first two matches of the Big East Championship last Friday and Saturday to Notre Dame and St. John’s.

By Ryan Lupton April 27, 2006

News

Catholics for Condoms: Religion and the AIDS Epidemic

John F. Galbraith will discuss the role of religion in the global fight against HIV/AIDS at the International Prayer for Peace Conference, hosted here at Georgetown.

By Melissa Lefkowitz April 27, 2006

News

STANDing against genocide

Student activists to congregate in D.C. on Sunday

By Marco Cerna April 27, 2006

Sports

Back on track on Senior Day

For the Georgetown men’s lacrosse team, Senior Day couldn’t have been any sweeter.

By Phil Perry April 27, 2006

Editorials

Weapons of Miniscule Destruction

The Funny Third

By the Editorial Board April 27, 2006

Editorials

No V.I.P. treatment in the club

As a Jesuit university dedicated to the development of the whole person, Georgetown has a duty to encourage athletic excellence at all levels and provide the resources all our teams need.

By the Editorial Board April 27, 2006

Editorials

Good men doing nothing

After three years of genocide in Darfur, the United States – once the moral leader of the world – hopes that someone, anyone, will deal with the crisis but us.

By the Editorial Board April 27, 2006

Sports

Joe Carter sucks

Putting from the Rough – A weekly take on sports

By Mike Stewart April 20, 2006

Sports

The Sports Sermon

As students bask in the D.C. sun on Healy Lawn waiting for that final bell, talk of the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award heats up with the weather.

By Phil Perry April 20, 2006

Sports

Loss ends season

The Georgetown women’s tennis team ended a rather disappointing regular season with a defeat at Holy Cross.

By Ryan Lupton April 20, 2006

Sports

Mountaineers climb past GU

Coming off a three-game sweep of the Seton Hall Pirates, Georgetown’s baseball team dropped a 12-4 decision to Mt. St. Mary’s, falling to 17-20 for the year.

By Tim Maher April 20, 2006

Sports

Hoyas’ win streak snapped

All good things must come to an end. The Georgetown men’s lacrosse team learned this lesson on Saturday at unranked Loyola.

By Mike Kuebler April 20, 2006

Sports

Schuyler, Hoyas ride Cavaliers into the ground

The No. 3 Georgetown women’s lacrosse team came into their matchup yesterday well prepared at the Multi-Sport Field against No. 4 Virginia.

By Mike Kuebler April 20, 2006

Features

Two Identities, Two Challenges

The faith and culture of Islam at Georgetown

Georgetown’s Muslim Chaplain, Imam Yahya Hendi, flourished his palm pilot, tapping away with a stylus. In his office, decorated with woven verses from the Qur’an and Muslim calligraphic art, the electric device seemed out of place while he discussed Islam’s relationship with the West. But soon tiny print appeared on the screen: the palm pilot contained the entirety of the Qu’ran and the Bible, completely indexed. Its tiny speakers even produce recitations of holy verse.

By Tim Fernholz April 20, 2006

Editorials

In Bush’s own words, he should be fired

In 2004, President George W. Bush confirmed that he would follow through on his pledge to fire anyone in his administration who leaked classified information.

By the Editorial Board April 20, 2006

Editorials

Forget being Nationals, be fair to the locals

Since the Nationals’ arrival last spring, the newly dedicated fans of Washington baseball have found few opportunities to watch their beloved team on television.

By the Editorial Board April 20, 2006

Editorials

The definitive immigration solution

The immigration shouting match – er, debate – hit a new low last week when the Republican National Committee ran a series of television ads in Spanish accusing Democrats of supporting a bill to turn illegal immigration – currently a civil offense – into a felony punishable by jail time.

By the Editorial Board April 20, 2006

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

Alexander Guney’s April 6 Voices piece “The fight outside the closet” represents a gross misunderstanding of the nature of stereotypes.

By Letter to the Editor April 20, 2006