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Agenda bender

President George W. Bush, safely ensconced in office, is preparing to lay out his second term agenda, one most likely to be radically conservative.

Editorials

By the Numbers and Direct Quote

2.38 million Number of Halo 2 X-Box video games sold in the United States and Canada in the first 24 hours it was on the market. $125 million Revenue earned... Read more

Sports

Men’s soccer rolls into semi-finals, eye Big East title

The Georgetown men’s soccer team heads into Friday’s Big East semifinal looking to repeat its last performance against Seton Hall.

Sports

Da’ Scoop; A recap of the week’s events

With the fall sports season coming to a close and the winter season approaching its going to be a busy few weeks in Georgetown sports.

Sports

Hoya Blue looks to make more fans out of student body

Responding to the need to get students excited about Georgetown’s sports teams, Hoya Blue, a student booster organization, was founded five years ago.

Sports

Just gimmie the damn microphone

It seems like all the media likes to talk about is Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens.

Sports

The Sports Sermon

We at the Serm always did like the off season better. So does swimmer Michael Phelps, who was recently arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Editorials

Correspondence

Asses in elephant skin In the aftermath of Bush’s reelection, I thought I’d offer a little advice to melancholy D.C. from faraway Texas. Don’t despair!?Too many people in this country need you right now.?They need your progressive commitment to healthcare, workers’ rights and the minimum wage.

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News

GUSA tables changes to troubled bylaws

Tuesday night, the Georgetown University Student Association considered a resolution which would streamline its electoral bylaws in order to prevent a repeat of last year’s election controversy involving campaign fines and disqualifications.

News

Differences persist over worker benefits

Cecilia Villatoro moved to the United States from El Salvador seven years ago. Six of those years she has spent in the Leavey Center of Georgetown University as a P & R Enterprises employee.

News

Baseball proposal forces D.C. government into extra innings

The debate over the plan to bring baseball to D.C. has culminated in a conflict over public financing after a series of sudden counter-proposals within the city council.

News

God and the Constitution: On the record with Michael Newdow

Michael Newdow became famous this summer when he challenged the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

News

GU runs dry

A break in a water main affected every building on the Georgetown campus and severely limited water service to the Georgetown area Monday, according to Georgetown University Director of Media Relations Laura Cavender.

News

Dirty no longer

Georgetown students, faculty and staff gathered outside the newly finished lobby of New South to rededicate the residence hall on Monday.

News

Obsessed no longer

Twenty-two years after he was committed to St. Elizabeths Hospital in Southeast D.C., John Hinckley Jr. wants a little freedom.

Features

Feelin’ Blue featuring Deborah Tannen, Mark Lance, Dan Porterfield and others

A week after the re-election of George W. Bush, members of the Georgetown community are feeling as blue as ever. Professors and students tackle the questions of what went wrong and what should happen in the future.

Voices

Letters from Iraq

A few weeks ago I received two postcards from Iraq.

Voices

Cab-fear

Like most mothers, mine hugs me extra-tight before I leave for school in the fall.

Editorials

Vote or die? We choose death, apparently

Yesterday, 120 million Americans went to the polls.

Editorials

Back to the future with Marion Barry

Former Mayor Marion Barry made his latest triumphant return to district politics on Tuesday.

Editorials

Turn on the bright lights

Security on the streets outside the front gates has become a more pressing issue in light of a recent increase in reported crime in the Georgetown neighborhood.

Editorials

By the Numbers

The Sarcastic Edition

Editorials

Direct Quote

The Funniest Quotes of the 2004 Campaign

Sports

Men’s soccer clinches Big East Tournament spot with win

Fighting for its postseason life, the Georgetown men’s soccer team put together one of its most complete efforts of all season, downing 14th-ranked Seton Hall at home on Saturday afternoon.