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Unlucky ladies

On a day that the Georgetown men’s basketball team took center stage, the lady Hoyas tried for an upset of their own against No. 24 Notre Dame.

Sports

Track dominates field at MD Invite

The Georgetown track & field team completed another impressive performance this past Saturday at the Maryland Invitational in Landover, Md. The Hoyas finished the indoor meet with nine top-four finishes, grabbing first place in four of the events.

Sports

Hoyas oust number one Blue Devils

As Georgetown went into halftime with a 42-28 lead over the Duke Blue Devils, anyone in the sold-out crowd of 20,035 could tell that something special was unfolding.

Editorials

Duke _doesn’t_ suck… and we still won

Many people-on this very campus-seem to be of the opinion that “DUKE SUCKS.” Well, Hoyas, Duke doesn’t suck. Duke is actually very good. And we still beat them.

Editorials

Ignoring Iran could be a deadly decision

President George W. Bush has always claimed he can recognize and defeat threats more effectively than his political rivals. Unfortunately, he has yet to succeed on the latter and tends to bungle the former.

Editorials

Election totals aren’t a private affair

After suffering considerable criticism, the Election Commission should be applauded for withdrawing its suggestion that it might withhold all numerical results in the upcoming GUSA executive election. However, it should continue to release full numerical results—not just percentages.

Leisure

Concert Calendar

Saturday, Jan.28 – Wednesday, Feb.8

Leisure

Try your potluck

Steak Out – a biweekly column about eating leisurely

Leisure

Pocahontas plus pedophilia

The film retells the colonial legend of Pocahontas, but provides more historical accuracy and, consequently, more edge than the standard tale that audiences are familiar with.

Leisure

Another play about a dysfunctional family

Nothing really happens in The Subject Was Roses, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth your time.

Leisure

Just a taste of visual art at Georgetown

The new art exhibition in Walsh may not be Georgetown’s biggest art show, but for what it lacks in size, it more than makes up for in diversity.

Features

Why aren’t we mixing?

Take a look at Georgetown’s cafeteria.

Features

The Color of Hip-Hop?

Examining race in the District’s campus hip-hop dance troupes

A hard hip-hop beat rattles the old speakers in two corners of the black-rubber-floored room. The windows, clouded with steam, drip with condensation as the members of Groove Theory, a primarily black hip-hop dance team at Georgetown University, swagger through heavy columns of hot air. The leader of the group runs back to the stereo to turn up the music as the dancers pop, lock, grind, wop and slide to Missy Elliot’s “Lose Control.”

News

Capital access

Union Jack – bi-weekly column on national politics

Sports

The Sports Sermon

Georgetown is not a football school, and with John Thompson III signing top high school recruits, it may stay that way.

Sports

Life outside the lines

Putting from the Rough – A weekly take on sports

Sports

Sailor Honored

For the second time in his four years at Georgetown, senior Andrew Campbell was named U.S. Olympic Committee Male Sailing Athlete of the Year for 2005.

Sports

Friars go cold, Hoyas take advantage

Women’s basketball coach Terri Williams-Flourney and the Hoyas earned their first conference win of the season last Wednesday, defeating visiting Providence.

Sports

Hoyas elude Bulls’ angry charge

In the midst of the toughest part of their schedule, the Georgetown men’s basketball team eked out their third conference win against Big East newcomer South Florida in front of 5,071 fans at the MCI Center Tuesday night.

News

Diplomacy for democracy

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice discussed the Bush administration’s transformational diplomacy initiative, the U.S. effort to help countries govern themselves democratically, yesterday in Georgetown’s O’Donovan Hall.

News

D.C. bans smoking

Georgetown restaurant managers remain unfazed after Mayor Anthony Williams signed the District of Columbia smoking ban earlier this month.

News

Prison for student protestor

A Georgetown student faces up to six months in federal prison for trespassing on a military base during a November protest in Georgia.

News

Student wins Dream scholarship

Georgetown student keeps Dr. King’s legacy alive

News

Burleith bristles at SafeRides

Local residents express concern over additional shuttles

Editorials

Always low prices, never responsibility

Last Thursday, the Maryland legislature overrode Governor Robert Ehlrich’s veto and passed a bill requiring Wal-Mart stores to offer affordable insurance to its estimated 17,000 employees, setting a precedent for other states.