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Student victim of armed assault

A Georgetown student was shot in the arm in West Georgetown during an armed robbery this past Saturday.

By the February 6, 2006

Voices

Is the theater really dead?

Assessing the impact of the Program in Performing Arts

By the February 2, 2006

Voices

The postal servicing

Over the years, the family has seen Tom go through an array of women, each of whom has some hidden flaw. Recently, however, Tom announced that he had found a solution to this severe problem – a mail-order bride.

By the February 2, 2006

Voices

Learning from lingerie

The most privileged buttocks and breasts from the Upper East Side to Battery Park shopped at La Petite Coquette. There, in that most expensive and luxurious lingerie boutique, I found my first employment in the City.

By the February 2, 2006

Voices

Matchbreaker, matchbreaker

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the February 2, 2006

Leisure

Brilliant sensations of color

If you’ve ever read “Ode to a Grecian Urn” by John Keats and wondered what the phrase “Beauty is truth, truth beauty” would look like in oil on canvas, look no further than Cézanne in Provence.

By the February 2, 2006

Leisure

Stop-animation, Charles Manson style

Before the opening credits even begin to roll, the words “YOU HAVE BAD TASTE” flash on screen. You have to respect a movie this honest.

By the February 2, 2006

Leisure

Super chile bowl

Throwing a successful Super Bowl party is lots of fun and nearly effortless. Most people will simply be looking forward to drinking a ridiculous amount of beer and yelling obscenities at the television screen.

By the February 2, 2006

Leisure

Prefuse 73, _Security Screenings_

Critical Voices

By the February 2, 2006

Leisure

Belle and Sebastian, _The Life Pursuit_

Critical Voices

By the February 2, 2006

Leisure

The sole truth

Eat My Skort – a biweekly column about fashion

By the February 2, 2006

Features

A new mold?

Considering the motivation behind Take Back Georgetown Day

It began last fall, when flyers started appearing around campus, the letters TBGD emblazoned across them. Take Back Georgetown Day was coming to Georgetown: speakers were announced, registration began and, in the weeks just before the conference, a resolution calling for “Academic Freedom” was introduced in the GUSA. Then, last Saturday, ready to take it back, the conservatives came to campus. In the process, they began a controversy over just what free speech means on campus – and then exacerbated it.

By the February 2, 2006

Sports

Hibbert, Hoyas dominate Blue Demons

After winning a pair of nail-biters, beating Duke by three points in regulation and surviving a double-overtime thriller to Notre Dame, the No. 17 Hoyas have reversed course and started to act like a nationally ranked team, burying opponents early and giving them no chance at victory.

By the February 2, 2006

Sports

Women conquered by Pondexter, Scarlet Knights

The nationally ranked Rutgers women’s basketball team came to McDonough Arena this past Saturday and gave the Hoyas a taste of the talent that has earned them the second-place ranking in the Big East.

By the February 2, 2006

Editorials

Academic freedom for all, not some

At last Saturday’s Take Back Georgetown Day event, conservative students presented an Academic Freedom Resolution – proposed and passed in modified form this week by GUSA – nominally designed to protect the classroom rights of students from politically biased professors.

By the February 2, 2006

Editorials

The deteriorating state of our union

President George W. Bush continued his assault on progress last night in a strong and forceful tone as he delivered his fifth State of the Union address.

By the February 2, 2006

Editorials

Prisons aren’t the only place to get booked

The District of Columbia government is currently considering a 10-year, $500 million plan to overhaul the city’s public library system.

By the February 2, 2006

Sports

Dragons slain

The Georgetown women’s swimming and diving team continued its impressive winning season, defeating Drexel University handily last Saturday to improve to 7-4. The team has won five straight meets, most recently dominating the Dragons.

By the February 2, 2006

Sports

The Sports Sermon

The Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk contest is just around the corner. But who cares? LeBron James sure doesn’t.

By February 2, 2006

Sports

Last stop for the Bus

Putting from the Rough – A weekly take on sports

By the February 2, 2006

News

Campaign for living wage rages

Campus workers and students were unable to voice their demands after being denied entry to a closed meeting of the Advisory Committee on Business Practices yesterday afternoon.

By the February 2, 2006

News

More than just garments

Working conditions have changed dramatically for workers in one El Salvadoran factory with the help of Georgetown students.

By the February 2, 2006

News

Student to be jailed

The Georgetown student arrested last semester during an anti-military protest has been sentenced to three months in federal prison.

By the February 2, 2006

News

Still Catholic?

Georgetown is assessed by Patrick Reilly, president of The Cardinal Newman Society.

By the February 2, 2006

News

Hamas: students react

The controversy emanating from Hamas’ stunning victory over the long dominant Fatah party in Palestine’s parliamentary election has stirred the charged campus discussion on the Middle East conflict.

By the February 2, 2006