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Ramones barely survive to see the end of the century

If there’s a lesson to be learned from End of the Century, a new documentary about punk rock forefathers the Ramones, it’s that sometimes it sucks to be a rock star.

The Ramones, in distilling rock and roll in the early ‘70s with speeding, sloppy guitars, simplistic lyrics and an intensity matched by few bands before or since, deserve much of the credit for the creation of punk rock.

By the Voice Staff September 23, 2004

A practical guide for hurricane season

Forget the duct tape, grab the wine!

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Reservoir hot dog

A man with a hot dog suit. And a gun.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Makes me want to Ralph

Why a vote for Nader is a vote for nonsense

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

By the Numbers and Direct Quote

American deaths, American weapons, a hurricane and some cocaine

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Named in vain

Lawsuit, shmawsuit

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Powell paints unrealistic picture

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell spoke at Georgetown last Friday, the day before the third anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Lands’ End: back in business with Georgetown

Protests pay off

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Run ’til your Pretty: A time for sports

On Tuesday night, HBO premiered its documentary Nine Innings From Ground Zero, a stirring look at the role baseball played in New York’s recovery after Sept. 11, 2001.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

D.C.’s best hotspots for NFL action

With the professional football season underway, many Hoyas are faced with the question of where to watch their favorite team.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

What women want … at Yates Field House

Keep the grunts to yourself.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

What women want … at Yates Field House

Keep the grunts to yourself.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Hoyas sacked by Lafayette, lose patriot league opener

The Hoyas could have used a couple more field goals from last week’s record-setting kicker Michael Gillman.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

How one student changed Georgetown’s sexual assault policy

Kate Dieringer (NUR ‘05) makes an unlikely warrior, but that is exactly what she has had to become since her arrival at Georgetown three years ago.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Georgetown reinstates contract with Lands’ End

Georgetown recently reinstated its contract with a company it had previously severed ties with because of alleged unfair labor practices. Lands’ End Inc. agreed to end its discriminatory practices based on trade union participation in its Salvadoran factories.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

GUSA to reform bylaws

After controversy over vague bylaws dominated last year’s Georgetown University Student Association election, a newly-formed student committee met Tuesday to decide how to reform the bylaws governing the elections.

Focusing on a range of issues from spending limits to candidates’ use of other advertising media, such as the Internet, the committee intends to give a thorough point by point reworking of the bylaws to prevent future problems in time for this fall’s first-year representative GUSA election.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Students left without Internet

Three hundred and fifty defective media adapters distributed by University Information Services left newly-arrived students without the Internet in their residence halls at the beginning of the semester.

UIS Director Beth Ann Bergsmark said that 180 students who attempted to sign out media adapters after Aug.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

City on a Hill: Equity for everyone, maybe

The gap between the rich and the poor is bigger in D.C. than in any of the nation’s other major cities, and residents are feeling it. Fortunately, their choices in Tuesday’s primaries will bring attention to the importance of equitable economic development.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Three city council incumbents unseated in Democratic primary

Voters in Tuesday’s Democratic primaries uncharacteristically replaced three incumbent city council members.

Because of the District’s heavy Democratic population, the winners of the primary races are expected to coast to victory in November’s general election.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

American University President faces off with graduate

Students have increasingly begun to post their own news on personal websites. This spring, Georgetown students and alumni, angered by the decline of the men’s basketball team, created an online petition calling for the University to fire Head Coach Craig Esherick.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Students quiet about November election

As national politics took center stage on campus this week, students expressed conflicting opinions about the role of political parties on campus.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Two weeks worth of leisure-time activities

Thursday, Sept 16 Trashcan Sinatras, Roddy Hart, 9:30 Club, D.C. Friday, Sept 17 Lungfish, Black Cat, D.C. This long-running D.C. band continues to appeal to a devoted fan base with their distinctly original variety of slow, deliberate hardcore. Saturday, Sept 18 The Thrills, Black Cat, D.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

The Lists

I will admit that I shamelessly stole this idea from McSweeney’s, a quarterly publication edited by Dave Eggers. That said, these lists are the product of at least 10 minutes of concentrated effort, during which I wracked my brain and tested the limits of my pop-culture knowledge.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Better Than Marriage

There’s an odd seasonality to concert schedules. Spring and early summer seem to bring more reunions, like those of the Pixies and Mission of Burma this year, while late summer and autumn bring more bands going on farewell tours and breaking up.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

Narcissistic visions of sex and politics: The Brown Bunny

Sex can mean love, lust, obsession or even violence and domination. Plenty of movies explore the motives behind sex, but in The Brown Bunny, Vincent Gallo, the film’s writer, director, producer and lead actor, makes all these forces collide within the context of one relationship.

By the Voice Staff September 16, 2004

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