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The Best Movies & Music of 2005

2005 was a good year for music and movies, and we’ve put together a list of our favorites to make sure you don’t miss a thing.

By the January 19, 2006

Voices

Saudiana: _Syriana_ as non-fiction

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the January 19, 2006

Voices

A summer evening in Brooklyn Heights

It was one of the hottest days I had witnessed in New York since my arrival, during the summer of 2005.

By the January 19, 2006

Voices

I like my music a little on the trashy side

In defense of country music

By the January 19, 2006

Voices

Learning the moral of Morales

Why you should care about the Bolivian election

By the January 19, 2006

Leisure

Free lunch, anyone?

Steak Out – a bi-weekly column on food

By the December 1, 2005

Leisure

Barely making rent

Drag queens, drug addicts, and AIDS patients are just a few of the various uncanny characters in the movie Rent.

By the December 1, 2005

Leisure

The life story of a P.I.M.P

Get Rich or Die Trying is a semi-autobiography based on superstar rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s life.

By the December 1, 2005

Features

_Reaching La Presa_

Short Story Contest 2005 Winner

Gavin scrutinized his reflection in the cracked mirror as he combed, then recombed, his hair. He couldn’t decide whether to use gel. It improved his look, but if it melted, it would seem like he was sweating ooze. He decided to risk it and squeezed a copious amount onto his palm. After five minutes, he congratulated himself on the natural-looking wave that had been his goal. He pulled on his blue, flowered board shorts and carefully slipped on a white shirt. He didn’t want to mess up his hair after all that trouble. Before leaving the room, Gavin gave himself four quick spritzes of Polo Sport. He figured it was at least twice as difficult to smell perpetually fresh in Mexico.

By the December 1, 2005

News

Corruption 101

City on a Hill – bi-weekly column on D.C. news & politics

By the December 1, 2005

News

Dorm diversity

Several student groups are actively developing a proposal for a diversity floor in the Southwest Quadrangle next fall.

By the December 1, 2005

News

Lights on

New street lamps near campus received unanimous approval Tuesday from the Advisory Neighborhood Commission in response to a request from the Georgetown University Student Safety Advisory Board.

By the December 1, 2005

News

Prayer for peace – Dalai Lama goes to Ireland

Three Georgetown students accompanied the Dalai Lama to Northern Ireland last week on a visit to promote peaceful dialogue.

By the December 1, 2005

News

A Middle Eastern Model U.N.

At a Model United Nations conference hosted by the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar last week, students from the Middle East and beyond undertook the challenge of addressing issues ranging from Iraqi reconstruction to U.N. Security Council reform.

By the December 1, 2005

News

Case studies in the death penalty

The Campaign to End the Death Penalty along with the Community of Sant’Egidio held rallies on the Hilltop and throughout the District to raise public awareness of the injustice of the death penalty Wednesday.

By the December 1, 2005

News

D.C.’s own silent epidemic

On World AIDS Day, a microcosm of a global struggle

By the December 1, 2005

Sports

Rivals Revival

Putting from the Rough – A weekly take on sports

By the December 1, 2005

Sports

The Sports Sermon

If Chad’s dance moves have helped resurrect the Bengals from the cellar to the top of the AFC North, there’s no telling what kind of phenomenon this might stir up. We should all be so lucky to feel like we can get jiggy with it after we perform a task effectively.

By December 1, 2005

Sports

XC Nationals

Last Monday, the Georgetown men’s and women’s cross country teams stamped the end to a successful season by competing in the NCAA Championships.

By the December 1, 2005

Sports

Marlow fuels hot start

Sophomore forward Kieraah Marlow strapped the Georgetown women’s basketball team on her back for the first week of the season.

By the December 1, 2005

Sports

Hoyas collapse under Commodores’ surge

It was a tale of two halves this past Saturday in front of 7,526 at the MCI Center.

By the December 1, 2005

Corrections

November 10 Issue Corrections

The November 10 cover feature “24 Hours in the Tunnels” mistakenly asserted that an underground room under Healy Hall is the meeting place of the Stewards, a Georgetown secret society.... Read more

By December 1, 2005

Voices

Deliver me from Durham

I expected a weekend of mechanical bull riding and Civil War reenactments, but I wasn’t prepared for the cab ride from hell.

By the December 1, 2005

Voices

Inspiration for graduation

Tackling America’s teaching problem Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the December 1, 2005

Voices

Brace yourself for the real world

When I told my friend Marissa I had to go to the orthodontist, she laughed and replied, “I thought we grew out of that phase, like, 10 years ago.” For normal 21-year-olds, that may be true. I’m not so normal.

By the December 1, 2005