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The Life Aquatic: Best Life Ever

Somewhere in between The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou’s red knit caps, blue Speedos, brightly computer-animated sea creatures and samba renditions of early David Bowie songs in Portuguese, the real world ceases to exist, or even matter.

News

Tidwell appointed

Georgetown University’s Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies appointed author, teacher and expert in conflict resolution Dr. Alan Tidwell as its new director, beginning January 2005.

Leisure

Bad Education: Homosexuality in Spain

Spanish film director Pedro Almod?var, known for his boundary-pushing works, has twisted pedophilia and the Catholic Church together in his newest release, Bad Education.

Leisure

Cloud 9: Homosexuality in Africa, Britain

Homosexuality, feminism and questions of race are hardly new themes in modern theater, but plays that honestly examine these subjects and the issues surrounding them are much rarer.

News

Georgetown boathouse proposal sparks controversy

After receiving approval from the D.C. Zoning Commission in Dec. 2003, the fate of Georgetown’s new boathouse hangs in the balance once again.

News

Georgetown Olympian named Rhodes scholar

Jennifer Howitt (SFS ‘05) still very clearly remembers the first time she rolled onto a basketball court in a wheelchair.

News

University responds to South Asia tsunami disaster

Relief effort unites community

News

I Survived the Tsunami

On the Record with Brintha Vasagar, Georgetown student and aid worker

Sports

The Sports Sermon

It was a wonderful weekend for the bastard stepchildren of New York sports out on Long Island.

Sports

Foot-and-mouth disease

Putting From the Rough – A Weekly Take on Sports

Sports

Hoyas off to rough start in Big East

In hotly contested Big East action last Saturday, the Georgetown women’s basketball team fell to the Seton Hall Pirates in New Jersey.

Sports

Hoyas vanquish Scarlet Knights 62-55, ‘Nova and ‘Cuse up next

After a dismal first half in which the Hoyas scored a season-low 18 points, the men’s basketball team put together a thrilling comeback in the MCI Center Tuesday night to defeat Rutgers.

Voices

I’m doing just fine, thank you very much

I can hardly believe that it’s been almost a year now since I coached Georgetown to its final, heartbreaking loss under my tenure.

Voices

Waiting in a Winter Wonderland : A Christmas Story

“Snow,” Santa and Shoppers Make a Merry Christmas at Macy’s

Voices

An In-flight Guide: Avoiding your fellow traveler

An attack of charisma dooms a student’s flight

Editorials

Direct quote

Remarks we Regretted Edition

Editorials

By the numbers

58 – Bullet per Iraqi purchased by the Pentagon in 2004 (and more)

Editorials

Shh…it’s the latest Belle & Sebastian

It’s a new year, and that means it’s time for us pretentious indie kids with funny glasses, bad facial hair and slightly odd-looking girlfriends to tell everyone exactly what we thought about “the arts” this past year.

Editorials

Morality’s Loophole

The United States fights wars about ideals and freedom, but in the nation’s war on terrorism both sides are in danger of becoming morally indistinguishable.

Editorials

Off to a good start

Who loves hypocrisy and wasting money more than a newly-elected President?

News

Sacrifice fly

Baseball’s imminent arrival in D.C. is practically preordained-the mayor and majority of the D.C. Council support it.

Sports

The Sports Sermon

Welcome to a special Bowl Championship Series edition of Blind Date.

Sports

Just hit mute

It has become a sad, yet common occurrence for the NFL that players’ shenanigans between games dominate the news more than their play on the field.

News

On the Record with George Packer

Two months after President Bush declared the end of major combat operations in Iraq, New Yorker staff writer George Packer walked the dusty streets of Baghdad. Two trips and three articles later, Packer has witnessed the evolution of the postwar climate.

Sports

The ballots are counted, and the winners are . . .

Cross-Country All-Americans Rod Koborsi, ‘05 – Koborsi’s tenth place finish at the NCAA Championships earned him All-American honors. Nicole Lee, ‘05 – Lee’s 19th place finish at the NCAA Championships... Read more