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MPD settles lawsuit with GU Law prof

According to the details of a Jan. 24 settlement, a Georgetown University Law professor is among seven plaintiffs who will receive $50,000 each and an official apology from the Metropolitan Police Department.

By the Voice Staff February 3, 2005

ANC to discuss Poulton street safety

Georgetown University’s request that the Advisory Neighborhood Commission re-examine a proposal for the installation of a stop sign and crosswalk at the intersection of 37th and P Streets met with unanimous approval at Tuesday’s meeting.

By the Voice Staff February 3, 2005

UNAIDS Ambassador’s vision for loans to poor

“What good are those elegant theories in the face of the realities outside the classroom?” United Nations AIDS Ambassador and humanitarian economist Muhammad Yunus recalled asking himself.

By the Voice Staff February 3, 2005

Living Wage Coalition clashes with DPS

Members of the Living Wage Coalition are demanding an apology from Georgetown’s Department of Public Safety after an encounter between a group of student protestors and a DPS officer outside Healy Hall on Friday.

By the Voice Staff February 3, 2005

Tombs Theology

Georgetown’s Jesuit heritage has found a new forum for discussion: the Tombs.

By the Voice Staff February 3, 2005

STAND up for Darfur

Georgetown’s chapter of Students Taking Action Now: Darfur will host a three-day conference this weekend with the U.S. Holocaust Museum’s Committee on Conscience to share ideas for raising awareness and funds and to encourage political action against the genocide that took place in Sudan’s Darfur region in 2004.

By the Voice Staff February 3, 2005

Off the rails

Every time this column’s deadline rolls around, it seems like the District Council is struggling to protect the city from the federal government, whether they are diverting security funding or just letting trainloads of poison roll through town.

By the Voice Staff February 3, 2005

AVODA: Objects of the Spirit

By the Voice Staff February 3, 2005

Two Rooms: Bold Political Statements in Bulldog Alley

An American man is taken hostage in the Middle East.

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

Iron & Wine: the bearded one speaks

The Voice recently called up Sam Beam, leader of the well-respected alt-folk outfit Iron & Wine, at his home in Miami.

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

Clint Eastwood back in the saddle with Million Dollar Baby

Usually when books develop a buzz I refuse to read them. Seeing every other person on the subway reading The Da Vinci Code made it that much less desirable a read for me.

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

Yellow Snow

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

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

Bright Eyes, I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning

Critical Voices: Bright Eyes Edition

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

Bright Eyes, Digital Ash in a Digital Urn

Critical Voices: Bright Eyes Edition

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

Oh, SNAP! Metro takes over

Georgetown established the Student Neighborhood Assistance Program with the intention of providing an intermediary between students and the Metropolitan Police Department.

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

Criminal negligence

Crime has become more visible at Georgetown and it’s time for students to stand up and do something about it.

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

Making the police obey the law

There’s a simple rule to police brutality, well illustrated by the case of Rodney King: video cameras can both punish unwarranted police violence and act as a deterrent.

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

By the numbers

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By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005