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Doping has gone too far. There, I said it. I can understand that in the modern world of sports, it is important to maintain an even playing field. In order to do so, it is necessary that athletes and equipment be tested in order to ensure that when the athletes take the field, the only things they take with them are their natural abilities and the product of years of intensive training and hard work. That means no pills, no “supplements,” no corked bats and certainly no bionic arms. And certainly, no sport is above the law. One by one, different events have adopted testing, a practice that has become more institutionalized. Records have been erased, and medals have been revoked.

By Dante Randazzo November 30, 2006

Editorials

And we’ll have fun fun fun

The University ought to reconsider the funds they allocate to student entertainment in order to strengthen GPB.

By the Editorial Board November 30, 2006

The Sports Sermon

College basketball has ceased to amaze me. I have come to expect the craziness and excitement that make it, without a doubt, the most entertaining sport out there. Nothing can compare.

By Mike Kuebler November 30, 2006

After Oregon loss, Hoyas need win at Duke

Last year the Hoyas nuked Duke. Nearly 12 months later these two storied programs are set to collide again in one of the biggest non-conference games of the early hoops season. Much has changed since last year.

By David Dietz November 30, 2006

Editorials

Ka-ching: the universal language

The University needs to take steps towards enacting a foreign language requirement for International Business majors so that they can be familiar with a second language when they pursue careers that will put them in contact with non-English-speaking business leaders.

By the Editorial Board November 30, 2006

Thompson’s Hoyas bully little brother’s Cardinals

The chants of “JTIII” rang louder than usual from the Georgetown men’s basketball student section on Monday night. The weekday match-up against Ball State didn’t exactly draw a sellout crowd to the Verizon Center, but those who were there joined the boisterous chants of the Hoya faithful. After all, this was more than just a game between two teams; it was a game between two brothers. As John Thompson III walked to half court to greet his brother Ronny, the new Ball State head coach, the Hoya fans made it clear which Thompson was nearer and dearer to their hearts.

By Anthony Francavilla November 30, 2006

Cartoons

In Poor Taste: A Weekly Cartoon

By Alexandra Hart November 16, 2006

Cartoons

Graphic Account: A Comic Strip

By Ben Zeidler November 16, 2006

Crosswords

Crossword Answers

By the Voice Staff November 16, 2006

Runaway car kills two, decimates townhouse in Shaw

A large tarp now covers half of a historic townhouse at the corner of Florida Ave. and Sixth St. near Howard University.

By Michael Bruns November 16, 2006

City on a Hill

bi-weekly column on D.C. politics

By Marco Cerna November 16, 2006

NEWS HITS

Dulles Metro; To D.C. on foot

By Kate Mays November 16, 2006

Speaker alleges pro-Israel bias

Media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict came under attack by a pro-Palestinian speaker at a University event Wednesday.

By Marco Cerna November 16, 2006

Professor remembers Gates as Hoya

Another Hoya alumni will be taking a place in the ranks of government when Robert Gates is confirmed by the Senate as the new Secretary of Defense for the Bush Administration.

By Matt Murtagh November 16, 2006

Queen Newsom arrives

As a youngster I was a LEGO fanatic. Nary a moment went by when I wasn’t constructing a cowboy fort or an underwater sea lab out of those miniscule building blocks. As time went on, however, I learned that my passion for LEGOs—and many other childhood pastimes—had waned. I had simply outgrown them. The same phenomenon can and does happen with musical artists and their respective genres.

By Traviss Cassidy November 16, 2006

Swan Lake, Beast Moans

What happens when the powers of three Canadian indie gods unite? Swan Lake endeavors to test the equation, though the resulting Beast Moans falls short of its superhuman expectations.

By Madeline Reidy November 16, 2006

Jay-Z, Kingdom Come

Jay-Z’s coming-out-of-retirement album Kingdom Come features an older, wiser rapping from the secure throne of a music icon. On this album, he has nothing left to prove. He has transcended the shuck and jive of mainstream hip-hop to create an album showcasing more depth and maturity than many typical Jiggaman tracks.

By Errol Pierre-Louis November 16, 2006

LEDs, toys as art

What happens when you put 19 grandmas and a great-grandma in one room? An industrial-sized tea and scones party?

By Anastasia Stepanova November 16, 2006

Chinese Elvis meets dominatrix mom

Martha, Josie, and the Chinese Elvis is a great production, not just because of its endearing portrayal of people with problems but because Woolly Mammoth Theatre has made this play into something respectful on many levels.

By Kyle Fitzpatrick November 16, 2006

D.C.’s crime emergency bill a success

Crimes dropped and arrests rose during the District’s crime emergency, which officially ended on Nov. 3, according to data released by the Metropolitan Police Department.

By Keenan Steiner November 16, 2006

Fountain spews chemical brilliance

If you’ve seen either of Darren Aronofsky’s first two movies—1999’s Pi and 2001’s Requiem for a Dream—you should take everything you thought you knew about the man and throw it out the window. The Fountain bears little resemblance to either of those films and is ultimately much better than either of them.

By Justin Hunter Scott November 16, 2006

SJP wall divides Red Square

In the early afternoon on Tuesday, students passing through Red Square encountered a towering 20 foot representation of the separation barrier built to separate the West Bank from the rest of the country.

By John Lawless November 16, 2006

Features

Ladies First: Female professorship at Georgetown

Long before women donned power suits and took over corner offices across America, the fairer sex was firmly in control of one profession: teaching. Though the image of schoolmarms in high-necked shirts and sensible shoes is long gone, the tradition of women in education remains strong. According to the National Educational Association, only nine percent of elementary school teachers today are male, meaning that women tower over men in this crucial area of education. But the tables turn drastically when it comes to education at the university level, where men overwhelmingly dominate teaching positions.

By admin November 16, 2006