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Pomegranates, mangoes and a train of thought

I could eat 100 kiwis a day, but they would always be green. With envy, for they know of my love for mangoes.

Sports

ROY! ROY, ROY, ROY!: Hibbert dunk sinks Irish to bottom of bottle

Tuesday night’s solid win over St. John’s was a critical victory for the Georgetown men’s basketball team, which is looking more likely to be around come March.

Sports

Good Woods

Putting From the Rough – A weekly take on sports

Sports

The Sports Sermon

Numerous Philly haters have approached the Serminator after the Eagles herded, corralled and branded Michael Vick and the Falcons on Sunday.

Features

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Georgetown has experienced a rash of crime over the last few months. Is this indicative of a broader trend?

News

Metro Police to tackle terrorism prevention

Local businesses, institutions to participate in Operation TIPP

News

Students can no longer profit from meal plans

Dining Services learns to hinder meal plan manipulation

News

Bush dissenters protest second inauguration

“Counter-inaugural” events attended by thousands

News

Asian Studies, STIA hold forum on tsunami impact

With 280,000 confirmed dead on two continents and in 11 countries, the tsunami that hit Southeast Asia on Dec. 26 has left the region with the possibility of unforetold socioeconomic, political and environmental ramifications.

News

Roe v. Wade ignored

The 32nd anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade passed Georgetown quietly by on Jan. 22.

News

Jewish-Catholic relations

In a Marc Chagall painting discussed during Professor Jeremy Cohen’s lecture, “Contemplating the Cross: Jews React to the Crucifixion, from the Gospels to Gibson,” burning Jewish villages and Jews fleeing persecution surround the image of Jesus Christ hanging on a white cross.

News

College awards faculty

Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences presented awards to three professors at the annual Georgetown College Faculty Convocation held in McNeir Auditorium on Tuesday.

Dean Jane McAuliffe gave the Award for Excellence in Teaching to History Professor Carol Ann Benedict, Chemistry Professor Angel C.

Editorials

India on … $40,000 a year?

The Office of International Programs (OIP) has found a way to squeeze every last penny it can out of Georgetown students.

Editorials

Asking and Telling in Arabic

At a time when the U.S. direly needs to communicate in the Middle East, it’s time to choose between discrimination and safeguarding that nation.

Editorials

Taking security seriously (for once)

There’s something surprisingly encouraging about hearing that the Department of Defense has been scoping out possible WMD sites in Iran.

Voices

Relationship advice? Read the writing on the stall

A student finds wisdom in an unlikely place

Voices

Undecided isn’t just a major … Falling off the fence

Finding an opinion. Just in time.

Voices

VOICE FICTION – I totally miss my warlord jungle fortress

Your typical semester abroad in Vietnam

Editorials

By the numbers

35,000 sq. ft. Projected size of new Georgetown Crew Boathouse 33,500 sq. ft. Size of Princeton Crew Boathouse $15,000,000 Cost of the proposed Georgetown Crew Boathouse $20,000,000 Money lost each... Read more

Editorials

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Leisure

Andy Goldsworthy and the National Gallery’s new “Roof”

Looking out the windows of the National Gallery of Art, a group of well-dressed men in long coats stand in a loose clump, with curious and excited looks on their faces.

Leisure

Low, The Great Destroyer, Sub Pop

Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker, the husband-and-wife duo at the core of Low, have always expressed themselves beautifully and usually extremely quietly on their records.

Leisure

The Fiery Furnaces, EP, Rough Trade

Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger, a.k.a. the Fiery Furnaces, are far and away the most entertaining brother-sister band out there.

Leisure

Only When Drunk

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