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By the Numbers and Direct Quote

50,996,116 Number of popular votes Democratic candidate Al Gore received in the 2000 Presidential election.

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

D.C.’s flu blues

Usually the members of Congress hardly seem to notice the city they work in, let alone its residents.

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

The Funny Third: The Voice endorses- Jon Stewart for President

After much smoke-filled, back room deliberation and deal making, the Voice encourages its readers to vote Jon Stewart for President of the United States of America Tuesday, Nov. 2.

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

Students band together wearing orange

If you are looking for someone who likes deep, meaningful conversation, look for those wearing bands of orange fabric.

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

Worker wins committee spot

Administrators announced their decision to allow sub-contracted workers a place on the Advisory Committee for Business Practices Thursday, reversing a decision made earlier this month.

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

Committee-ing to change

This week the University decided to allow a sub-contracted worker to participate on the Advisory Committee for Business Practices.

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

GUSA resolves: seniors earned their points in housing lottery

After weeks of heated debate about the point system used to determine housing preference, two student groups have passed a pair of unanimous new resolutions to address the issue.

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

Georgetown unites for neighborhood safety

The administration’s response to the recent off-campus housing crisis has been admirable.

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

Students donate to help fire survivors

Led by a group of housemates, the Georgetown community came together to assist the five students whose house burnt down in a fire that killed their roommate, Daniel Rigby (MSB ‘05).

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

Sexual harassment hits the streets

A Georgetown student was victim to an indecent exposure this week, in the first reported sexual harassment incident this semester.

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

Several more residences closed in wake of fatal fire

In a continuing wave of housing inspections, two more basement apartments were closed this week by building inspectors, while a building housing several George Washington University students was closed Tuesday, according District of Columbia Department of Consumer Affairs and Regulations and University Officials.

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

Features

Are you racing? The Voice goes drag!

Two Voice staffers get spiked.

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

Better Than Marriage

Maybe it’s the lack of the Bush administration’s anti-freedom agenda, or maybe it’s the decriminalized bud, but for whatever reason, Canada has been spawning exciting new music over the last few years.

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

Chocolate or stereotypes? An easy choice

Oh my God, you guys, isn’t eating great?

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

Fenton photos show innovation, imperialism

The title of the first exhibition in the National Gallery of Art’s new permanent photography gallery is appropriately titled “All the Mighty World.”

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

The truly lazy do it on a Segway

Touring the D.C. area before graduation may be a “G-town college experience,” but when it comes down to it, remarkably few students actually want to take the time to cross that off their list.

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

A Primer for quantum mechanics, confusion

Primer is a twisted, massively confusing new thriller about time travel.

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

Voices

Voice Fiction: We hate eskimos

This week in Behind the Music: “What Went Wrong?” We take a look at one of rock’s most notorious duos of the latter half of this year.

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

Voices

The lady’s man always wins

As the presidential race comes down to the wire, both candidates seem to have recognized just how important it is to win the female vote.

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

Voices

Another day, another penis

One of the biggest differences between Havana and Washington D.C. is the number of penises that can be seen in public on an average day.

By the Voice Staff October 28, 2004

By the Numbers

1,000 Number of Georgetown students that live off-campus. 94 Number of houses the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs inspectorys attempted to inspect on Tuesday. 30 Number of houses actually inspected. 6 Number of households evicted due to “life safety” violations, like missing smoke detectors or improper wiring.

By the Voice Staff October 21, 2004

Washington Post misses the facts

The most pressing question was how a second accidental death of a student had occurred in 10 days. Unfortunately, the Washington Post’s story on the incident answered this question with lazy reporting and stereotype.

By the Voice Staff October 21, 2004