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Artist commissioned for Georgetown menorah

As the vestiges of anti-Semitism fade following the theft and desecration of Georgetown University’s Chanukah menorah in Dec. 2004, the Office of Campus Ministry, Georgetown Hillel/Jewish Student Association and Georgetown’s chapter of the national Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi are joining to commemorate Judaism and establish a lasting mark of Georgetown’s Jewish community on campus.

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Rajan/Wright win GUSA election

Pravin Rajan (SFS ‘07) and Nate Wright (CAS ‘06) are the new 2005-2006 Georgetown University Student Association President and Vice-President, according to unofficial preliminary results following yesterday’s election.

News

2005-06 tuition raised 6.2 percent

Nearly a fourth of Georgetown’s students may lose their Federal Perkins loans while paying the 6.2 percent increase in tuition approved by the Board of Directors last week.

Features

A Stage Presence

Studio Theater renovation provides a unique space to attract both performers and their fans.

Sports

The Sports Sermon

Years ago in the late ‘80s, my father ran baseball card shows.

Sports

We have a what?

Heck, I’m willing to wager that most Georgetown students aren’t really sure what water polo is.

Sports

Runnin’ down a dream

I have been a Georgetown men’s basketball fan my whole life.

Sports

Hoyas drop two in a row to ND, UConn

After a three-game winning streak, the Georgetown women’s basketball team dropped two games this week, losing to No. 6 Notre Dame and No. 11 Connecticut.

Sports

Hoyas win third in a row against WVU, streak snapped at ND

Georgetown had its three-game conference win streak snapped Wednesday night as the men’s basketball team fell to host Notre Dame.

Editorials

Direct Quotes

“Softballs Edition”

Editorials

By the numbers

$53 Million Record amount spent by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a business interest group, lobbying the government. $59.5 Million Campaign contributions by all Labor interest groups in 2004 $.37... Read more

Leisure

Indian Tacos

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

Leisure

Baby got Bak

Any certified Disney Classic in which a major character utters the line, “the fate of the village rests in your hands” had better have some major redeeming qualities.

Leisure

Getting Inside Deep Throat

Watching the new documentary Inside Deep Throat, I was struck by the idea that in the early ‘70s the best way to get into the legitimate film industry was through porn.

Leisure

Cai Guo-Qiang’s explosive exhibit at the Hirshhorn

For Chinese-born “artistic engineer” Cai Guo-Qiang, an unrealized vision does not beget remorse, self-pity or disappointment.

Voices

Wounded animals and accordions? Must be the Metro.

Forget Sartre, Tocqueville and Napoleon. The Metro is what I have learned best while abroad in Paris.

Voices

Jumping from a plane … with my mother

My mother asked me to go skydiving with her in the beginning of August, and I suspect her decision to do this came as a bit of a surprise to the both of us.

Voices

Falling for a lazy, overweight, self-centered … cat?

Living with a cat that’s boss of the house, and knows it.

Voices

What is Georgetown’s Jesuit Identity?

Sinfully secular or stiflingly Catholic?

Editorials

Attention, Wal-Mart workers

Apparently, if your company is big enough and rich enough, you can get away with anything.

Editorials

Bad delivery

The Examiner’s selective delivery route is unfair and racist, and District residents should boycott the paper until this policy ends.

Editorials

Re-check, please?

In yet another example of administrative fiscal irresponsibility, Georgetown’s Board of Directors voted to increase tuition last Tuesday.

News

News Hits

Tsunami relief gala and Tajik Dips at Georgetown

News

Institutionalized Valentines?

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