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The Sports Sermon

Sunday’s Super Bowl will surely be the biggest game played on the field this season, but there remain many more important games to play off the field.

Sports

T.O. should be a no-show

Putting From the Rough – A weekly take on sports

Sports

In a New York (uh, Jersey) state of mind

Last weekend New York sports fans were placed in a sticky situation by the outcomes of both the NFC and AFC Championship games.

Sports

Hoyas make Pirates walk the plank, win 61-51

After last Saturday’s disappointing loss at Boston College, the Georgetown men’s basketball team needed a little lift.

Leisure

Concert Wrap-up: Bright Eyes and Arcade Fire

Bright Eyes; Saturday, January 29; 9:30 Club Touring in support of its twin January releases, Bright Eyes and its indie wunderkind frontman Conor Oberst sold out the 9:30 Club last... Read more

Leisure

Chocomania

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

Leisure

Lezhur Ledger: Party Etiquette

20. Firing a gun into the air jubilantly is a good way to display your happiness or that you just want some wallets.

Leisure

The Aviator fails to take off

Though The Aviator provides insight into the private life of Howard Hughes, truly one of the most intriguing and bizarre public figures of the twentieth century, it is never more than the sum of its parts.

Editorials

Direct quote

“Journalism at its Best Edition”

Editorials

By the numbers

2042 Year President Bush predicted that Social Security funding will be exhausted in his 2005 State of the Union address. 1988 Year then-Congressional Candidate Bush predicted that Social Security would... Read more

Voices

Did Georgetown turn me into a snob?

“I’m glad you’re back,” my then 16-year-old sister sighed as she threw her leg over the arm of our old green couch and settled down to watch a movie.

Voices

How I learned how much I love my sister

And nearly killed all her pets along the way

Voices

Making better writers, one paper at a time

I remember hyperventilating. I know my heart stopped at least once or twice.

Editorials

Forgetting Freedoms

Have you ever caught yourself thinking that the First Amendment goes too far?

Voices

When wanting to be right is very wrong

Because being against the war doesn’t mean being against the peace

Editorials

What’s a soldier worth?

The Bush administration has begun to see how much it has shortchanged those who serve, but they have not yet done enough for our servicemen.

Editorials

The last Iraq ed we’ll write (’til next week)

It’s taken almost two years. It’s cost the lives of 1,436 Americans and wounded thousands. Finally, though, Iraqis voted and the world celebrated. Unfortunately, this euphoria is not yet warranted.

News

College awards faculty

Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences presented awards to three professors at the annual Georgetown College Faculty Convocation held in McNeir Auditorium on Tuesday.

Dean Jane McAuliffe gave the Award for Excellence in Teaching to History Professor Carol Ann Benedict, Chemistry Professor Angel C.

News

Jewish-Catholic relations

In a Marc Chagall painting discussed during Professor Jeremy Cohen’s lecture, “Contemplating the Cross: Jews React to the Crucifixion, from the Gospels to Gibson,” burning Jewish villages and Jews fleeing persecution surround the image of Jesus Christ hanging on a white cross.

News

Roe v. Wade ignored

The 32nd anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade passed Georgetown quietly by on Jan. 22.

News

Asian Studies, STIA hold forum on tsunami impact

With 280,000 confirmed dead on two continents and in 11 countries, the tsunami that hit Southeast Asia on Dec. 26 has left the region with the possibility of unforetold socioeconomic, political and environmental ramifications.

News

Bush dissenters protest second inauguration

“Counter-inaugural” events attended by thousands

News

Students can no longer profit from meal plans

Dining Services learns to hinder meal plan manipulation

News

Metro Police to tackle terrorism prevention

Local businesses, institutions to participate in Operation TIPP

Features

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Georgetown has experienced a rash of crime over the last few months. Is this indicative of a broader trend?