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Focus on the big men

Expectations for the men’s basketball team were so high entering the season that no one ever expected home losses to Old Dominion and Oregon, or a 5-3 record overall. Still, all you restless fans out there, have faith. Don’t jump off the bandwagon just yet. It has only just turned December and Big East basketball is a month away. Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert are too good and Coach Thompson has too much experience to let this slow start become a trend. The Hoyas will be fine. However, there are a few things that are troubling and need immediate attention. After falling out of the top 25 it is necessary to reevaluate what is working and what is not.

By David Dietz December 7, 2006

Ladies to test win streak against UConn

Girls just want to have fun. After the Georgetown women’s basketball team smacked Navy 51-34 to extend its current win streak to seven games, who wouldn’t be having a good time?

By Mike Kuebler December 7, 2006

Goodbye, Tony

City on a Hill: a bi-weekly column on D.C. politics

By Marco Cerna December 7, 2006

Free speech or bigotry? Panelists discuss cartoons

Although it never reached the point of physical violence, tension ran high in Copley Formal Lounge during a forum yesterday about the cartoons published by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten last year.

By Michael Bruns December 7, 2006

Apostles for Peace and Unity back down

Highly publicized townhouse will downsize to six permanent residents

By Kate Mays December 7, 2006

Will 9:30 Club sing the blues?

The National Capital Revitalization Corporation is in the midst of negotiations with the owners of HOB Entertainment, Inc. to build a House of Blues Club in D.C.

By Kate Mays December 7, 2006

Neighbors pass resolution opposing keg ban

The Advisory Neighborhood Commission unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday night stating its opposition to the proposed on-campus keg ban.

By Anna Bank December 7, 2006

Cafeteria worker pleads guilty to manslaughter

Judge rules against former Marriott employee in mother’s death

By Michael Bruns December 7, 2006

Relax Hoyas

Now everyone can take a deep breath, right? It’s going to be ok, isn’t it?

By Phil Perry December 7, 2006

Hoya offense comes alive against JMU

The Verizon Center was half empty for Tuesday night’s game against the Dukes of James Madison. That’s the Dukes of James Madison, not to be confused with the Duke Blue Devils that defeated the Hoyas over the weekend.

By Anthony Francavilla December 7, 2006

Crosswords

Crossword Answers

By the Voice Staff November 30, 2006

Cartoons

In Poor Taste: A Weekly Cartoon

By Alexandra Hart November 30, 2006

Fashion Props volume 2

The Voice takes it to the street to find Georgetown’s finest dressers.

By Sarah Harman November 30, 2006

Saxa Politica: A final stand

bi-weekly column on campus news and politics

By Anna Bank November 30, 2006

Dinner date for one, finals are no fun

When your coffee per hour ratio reaches 6:1, don’t despair: no matter how bad things get, you can always eat. During exam week preparation time needs to be at a minimum, so here are some overlooked yet easy foods to help you put down the raw roll of cookie dough and get some better food.

By Michael Keller November 30, 2006

Concert Calendar

Tenacious D Jack Black will be the first to tell you that Tenacious D is the Greatest Band in the World. Maybe his screen performance has been in decline since... Read more

By the Voice Staff November 30, 2006

Flood on 34th

photo by Michael J. Bruns A broken fire hydrant let loose a torrent of water on 34th and Prospect Streets yesterday about 2 p.m., flooding the street. According to Corey... Read more

By Michael Bruns November 30, 2006

Leo’s murder

Frank Byrd, a Marriott Corporation employee who worked in Leo O’Donovan dining hall, was charged with Manslaugher in D.C. Superior Court last Wednesday for fatally shooting his mother Shirley Byrd two weeks ago.

By Michael Bruns November 30, 2006

D.C.’s new top cop

Mayor-elect Adrian Fenty named Cathy Lanier as the Metropolitan Police Department’s next chief of police last Monday. Lanier will take the place of Chief Charles H. Ramsey, who led the police department during last summer’s crime emergency.

By Anna Bank November 30, 2006

GU wins Mitchell’s

Georgetown alumnus Nate Wright (COL ’06) and senior Art Chan (SFS ’07) have been named 2008 Mitchell Scholars, the University announced on Nov. 20.

By John Lawless November 30, 2006

Senitt killer sentenced

On Nov. 15, a 15-year-old involved in the murder of Alan Senitt was sentenced to juvenile custody until he turns 21, according to a spokesperson for the D.C. attorney general.

By Will Sommer November 30, 2006

DCRA to force out Apostles

Nine Georgetown students who call themselves the Apostles for Peace and Unity have only three days left to comply with a cease and desist order issued by D.C.’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.

By Kate Mays November 30, 2006

The world according to Carlos Nicolas

If genius really is a form of madness, Carlos Nicolas proves that insanity can at least be aesthetically pleasing.

By Madeline Reidy November 30, 2006