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Kaine wins Virginia governorship

Democratic candidate claims victory in 2005 election

By the November 10, 2005

Leisure

_The Squid and the Whale_

As a chronicle of divorce, Noah Baumbach’s debut film The Squid and Whale is worth its weight in gold.

By the November 10, 2005

Leisure

_Jarhead_

jar-head- n. a U.S. Marine. The high and tight hair cut characteristic of each Marine causes their heads to resemble a jar; it is an empty container to be filled with orders and values.

By the November 10, 2005

Leisure

_Paradise Now_

Paradise Now presents an oddly romanticized view of suicide bombing, subject matter usually seen through the eyes of a documentary or news camera.

By the November 10, 2005

Sports

The Sports Sermon

What do you say to someone who is the NFL’s only three-time MVP (1995-1997), who is second in league history in touchdowns (391), second in completions (4,500), third in attempts (7,300) and second in yards (51,798)?

By November 10, 2005

Sports

The modern fredo

Hittin’ the back nine – A weekly take on sports

By the November 10, 2005

Sports

GU loses two

The Georgetown University women’s volleyball team dropped their final two home games of the season this past weekend to two of the Big East’s more elite clubs.

By the November 10, 2005

Sports

Hoyas fall below .500 and out of playoff picture

The Hoya football team saw their playoff hopes erased last Saturday as they were rolled over by Lehigh.

By the November 10, 2005

Sports

Georgetown falls in BE quarters, hopes for NCAA

The Georgetown men’s soccer team came up short in their quest for a Big East Championship this past week, losing in a blowout to No. 7 Connecticut after squeaking by Villanova last Thursday.

By the November 10, 2005

Leisure

Lezhur Ledger: Smashing pumpkins … with catapults

Get out your trucker hats, stonewash denim and handlebar mustaches: it’s time for the World Championship Punkin’ Chunkin’.

By the November 10, 2005

Leisure

Buttering up

You Taste Like A Burger – a biweekly column about eating leisurely

By the November 10, 2005

Leisure

Life in _The Boondocks_ gets animated

The Boondocks, adapted from Aaron McGruder’s syndicated comic strip, is full of slightly absurd humor that satirizes black and white stereotypes, as well as many other facets of American culture that happen to be … well … stupid.

By the November 10, 2005

Leisure

Super Furry Animals get rabid

At 5 p.m. on Tuesday, I walked into a very empty 9:30 Club and met a slightly confused, very bedraggled Welshman.

By the November 10, 2005

Leisure

_Guantanomo_ takes no prisoners

A tall barbed wire fence and Muslim detainees lying down on several cots greet the audience as they walk into the Studio Theater. Welcome to Guantanamo Bay Prison.

By the November 10, 2005

Voices

Not fading away

Carrying On- a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the November 10, 2005

Voices

Youthful misgivings

Thanks to the laziness of not wanting to change doctors, here I am about to enter a room where the average age of the patients is smaller than my shoe size.

By the November 10, 2005

Voices

Darwin in the District

If you have been to chicken finger Thursday at Leo’s, you’ve seen Darwinism in action.

By the November 10, 2005

Voices

Stopping the Prozac

Getting used to an emotional existence

By the November 10, 2005

Editorials

Give ’em hell, Harry!

Last week we saw new leadership and a new party when Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) took the Senate into secret session to demand answers on Iraq intelligence.

By the November 10, 2005

Editorials

A new type of sex offense

Unprotected sex was the crime that will put Sundiata Basir in jail for 21 years. This may sound excessive, but Basir, a former D.C. government employee, is HIV positive.

By the November 10, 2005

Editorials

Clean up WASA’s act

A whistle blower who was fired in 2003 by the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority for exposing the dangerous levels of lead in the city’s water was ordered reinstated last week.

By the November 10, 2005

News

Direct Quote

Alice H. Lichtenstein

By the November 3, 2005

Free Unclassifieds

Free Unclassifieds

I’ve only ever been with girls. I want to go with boys.

By the November 3, 2005

News

Homeless Hoyas?

Saxa Politica – bi-weekly analysis of on-campus news

By the November 3, 2005

News

New wheels for GERMS

Georgetown’s ailing ambulance fleet received a much-needed new edition when Unit Eight, a brand-new Type III ambulance, arrived on campus Sunday night.

By the November 3, 2005