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Best of 2004: Movies and Music

The Voice Leisure Staff Indulges Itself

By the January 13, 2005

News

Saxa Politica: Back too late

The Tombs was packed on Monday night, probably one of the few times during the year that any Monday saw so many revelers. Students living in off-campus residences were reuniting and relaxing with friends after the winter break.

The opportunity to return to Washington a few days prior to the start of the new semester is not shared, however, by the 4,000 students who live on campus.

By the January 13, 2005

Leisure

Airline Decline

As I approached my assigned seat on my flight from Portland to D.C., I looked at the two guys sitting in my row.

By the January 13, 2005

Leisure

Checking in to Hotel Rwanda

In one of the opening scenes of Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina and his family watch from behind a fence as their neighbor is beaten to death.

By the January 13, 2005

News

Seniors to tutor

The Senior Class Committee will start off the new year by renewing the PALS tutoring program, in which seniors will tutor sixth-graders at Walker Jones Elementary School in Northwest D.C. every other Friday.

By the January 13, 2005

Leisure

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.

By the January 13, 2005

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.

By the January 13, 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.

By the January 13, 2005

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.

By the January 13, 2005

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.

By the January 13, 2005

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.

By the January 13, 2005

News

University responds to South Asia tsunami disaster

Relief effort unites community

By the January 13, 2005

News

I Survived the Tsunami

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

By the January 13, 2005

Sports

The Sports Sermon

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

By January 13, 2005

Sports

Foot-and-mouth disease

Putting From the Rough – A Weekly Take on Sports

By the January 13, 2005

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.

By the January 13, 2005

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.

By the January 13, 2005

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.

By the January 13, 2005

Voices

Waiting in a Winter Wonderland : A Christmas Story

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

By the January 13, 2005

Voices

An In-flight Guide: Avoiding your fellow traveler

An attack of charisma dooms a student’s flight

By the January 13, 2005

Editorials

Direct quote

Remarks we Regretted Edition

By the January 13, 2005

Editorials

By the numbers

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

By the January 13, 2005

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.

By the January 13, 2005

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.

By the January 13, 2005

Editorials

Off to a good start

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

By the January 13, 2005