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Leisure

Nobody Knows why this movie was made

As far as movie premises go, it’s hard to beat the ingenuity of Hirokazu Koreeda’s Nobody Knows.

Leisure

Epileptic a shaky, uncontrollable read

For a respite from reality, few things beat a good comic book.

Leisure

Les Choristes: the Dead Poet’s Boys Choir

Writing a review of the new French film Les Choristes is a difficult task; not only can I not pronounce a single name, the movie also seems to have borrowed every character and plot twist from at least five previous, probably better films.

Voices

How I told my parents I got married

My parents’ visit to meet my wife’s parents should have been simple enough. It might have been, too, except for one small fact: They didn’t know that she is my wife.

Voices

What would you do if you were Pope?

“What would I do if I were pope?” It’s a question we’ve all wrestled with at one point or another.

Voices

Doin’ it for your country

This piece’s original intention was to valiantly defend gay marriage. Then I realized that’s what its opponents are expecting.

Voices

The “nonsense” of gay marriage

“In the beginning, God created them male and female, male and female he created them” speaks the book of Genesis, the oldest book of the Bible.

Editorials

The Middle East: A hotbed of … democracy?

Could it be that democracy has finally arrived in Lebanon?

Editorials

The University sells out

Choosing to sell the Wormley school shows that this administration still hasn’t learned the lessons of Georgetown history.

Editorials

A higher standard

The days of the stereotypically stupid student athlete may be drawing to an end.

News

Liberty from Leavey

The Voice’s bigger, uglier sister publication is all grown up and asking to move out from under the University’s wing.

News

Memorial service

With the Copley Formal Lounge filled almost to capacity, the Georgetown community gathered Wednesday to mourn the passing of Professor Hisham Sharabi.

News

Re-imagining Georgetown

The “Re-Imagining Service at Georgetown” initiative and “The Run for Rigby” project have been awarded $2,500 and $1,500 respectively to subsidize their goals for the coming year.

News

In the wake of the Jan. 30 Iraqi elections

“I want the roots to grab hold. The case of Iraq is special, but I’m concerned. Is democracy really something we could expect?”

News

Booker prize shortlist announced at Georgetown

Lauinger Library played host to the publication of the 18 finalists for the first ever Man Booker International prize last Friday afternoon, which will be awarded in June 2005 in London.

News

Study abroad in Israel reinstated

The threat of instability in the Middle East will no longer deter Georgetown students from studying in Israel beginning this summer.

News

4,000 applications received for early action spots

Georgetown undergraduate early admissions have recovered from last year’s temporary decline in applications, according to statistics released by University admissions officials earlier this month.

Features

For Those About to ROCK, We Salute You

Musicians prepare to go on stage to benefit D.C. Schools after weeks of intense preparation.

Editorials

Direct Quotes

“Cognitive Dissonance Edition”

Editorials

By the numbers

80 percent Percentage of Major League Baseball players who use steroids, according to former player Jose Canseco. 5 percent Percentage of MLB players who use steroids, according to MLB. 50... Read more

Sports

The Sports Sermon

Barry Bonds came out swinging, and mostly missing, on Tuesday in his first media appearance since steroids rocked the off-season.

Sports

Slam-dud contest

Putting From the Rough – A weekly take on sports

Sports

Tourney Update

Within a week, Georgetown dropped from 36th to 51st in the Ratings Percentage Index.

Sports

So many sports, so few pages …

Baseball & Women’s Basketball

Sports

Hoyas caught in Red Storm in second straight loss

The Hoyas’ tournament bandwagon lost some steam Sunday afternoon as the men’s basketball team was manhandled by host St. John’s.