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By the Numbers and Direct Quote

6 Number of people beatified by Pope John Paul II last week.

By the Voice Staff October 14, 2004

Automatic failure

Semiautomatic weapons may become legal for the first time in nearly 30 years in the District of Columbia.

By the Voice Staff October 14, 2004

Affirmative Reaction

Conservative author and speaker David Horowitz will discuss academic freedom on college campuses at 7 p.m. tonight in St. Mary’s hall.

By the Voice Staff October 14, 2004

Lights, camera, inaction

Although most recent robberies in Georgetown have had students as victims, crime is a community problem.

By the Voice Staff October 14, 2004

Fresh Reps

Four first-year representatives were officially sworn into the Georgetown University Student Association Tuesday.

By the Voice Staff October 14, 2004

Medical Center mishaps

The Georgetown University Medical Center lost $20 million in the last fiscal year.

By the Voice Staff October 14, 2004

Robbery on dark street, ANC decides to put out the lights

Two female students were assaulted Monday on local streets, marking the sixth violent crime reported to the Department of Public Safety this month and raising concerns about dim lighting in the area.

By the Voice Staff October 14, 2004

Roommate matching works like a charm

First-year Amanda Tomney’s (SFS ‘08) e-mail box was inundated with messages from anonymous admirers and potential roommates all summer long.

By the Voice Staff October 14, 2004

GU junior drowns in boating accident

Junior Robert Tremain (MSB ‘06) drowned early Friday morning after falling from a boat near the James Creek Marina in Southwest, D.C., according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

By the Voice Staff October 14, 2004

Better than marriage: Chinese buses

Any Georgetown student who doesn’t live in some corner of the Northeast Corridor most likely has, at some point, gone to visit one who does.

By the Voice Staff October 14, 2004

Critical Voices: Q And Not U, Power, Dischord

Since the release of its first album, No Kill No Beep Beep, in 2000, Q And Not U has steadily made a name for itself as one of D.C.’s best punk bands.

By the Voice Staff October 14, 2004

Critical Voices: Frank Black, Frank Black Francis, 4AD

Charles Thompson devised the stage name of Black Francis from a combination of a few family names.

By the Voice Staff October 14, 2004

Drag nuns in D.C.

Leather-clad dominatrixes, ultra-conservative Republicans and cross-dressing nuns come together this week for the 14th annual Reel Affirmations Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

By the Voice Staff October 14, 2004

I half-heart huckabees

Some movies need to be reviewed in terms of their college-ness.

By the Voice Staff October 14, 2004

Love, Tolstoy, and cigars in Anna of the Tropics

It’s doubtful that many living people have had the experience of falling in love in a 1920’s Cuban cigar factory in Florida.

By the Voice Staff October 14, 2004

Features

Georgetown Cribs

Hey you, not everyone’s idea of style is the John Belushi COLLEGE poster.

By the Voice Staff October 7, 2004

Sports

Hoyas anticipate crowds, victory in annual homecoming

This weekend’s homecoming game should prove a test for the slumping Hoyas, who welcome the equally disappointing Keydets from VMI.

By the Voice Staff October 7, 2004

By the Numbers and Direct Quote

6 Number of Vice Presidents alive in 2004 98 Age of oldest Vice President when he died 14 Number of Vice Presidents who have been elected President 33 Percentage of... Read more

By the Voice Staff October 7, 2004

Space camp: even better than band camp

Last week, mankind made a giant leap forward-again.

By the Voice Staff October 7, 2004

Don’t call us, we’ll call you

No longer will families on the Federal “Do-Not-Call” list be confused as to whether the oven is buzzing or the phone is ringing.

By the Voice Staff October 7, 2004