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Women’s soccer rides shaky road to respectability

Coming into this season, the Georgetown women’s soccer team (5-5-0 overall, 2-1 BE) had nowhere to go but up.

By the October 7, 2004

Sports

The art of the tailgate

The smell of freshly-cooked eggs and the sounds of early-rising Hoyas drifting toward the keg is a pastime reserved for Georgetown’s Homecoming.

By the October 7, 2004

Sports

The Sports Sermon

If there is a fall equivalent to the first Thursday of March Madness, it’s the first day of the baseball playoffs.

By October 7, 2004

Editorials

Lock ’em out

Last weekend the University implemented new security procedures in the LXR-Nevils-Walsh complex in response to several armed robberies that occurred in West Georgetown over the past two weeks.

By the October 7, 2004

Editorials

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 October 7, 2004

Editorials

Space camp: even better than band camp

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

By the October 7, 2004

Editorials

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 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 October 7, 2004

Features

Georgetown Cribs

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

By the October 7, 2004

Voices

Tall tales in a fly-over state

Wisconsin is one of those states that I just never thought I’d visit.

By the September 30, 2004

Voices

What would Georgia O’Keeffe have majored in?

Unlike a School of Foreign Service junior politico or a pre-med science prodigy, I came to college armed only with the vague notion that I liked “the humanities.”

By the September 30, 2004

Voices

There’s no place like it

To my surprise, I discovered that I don’t wake up happy very often anymore.

By the September 30, 2004

Editorials

Student loan swindle

Add another tax-revenue draining loophole to the list of errors on the part of the federal government.

By the September 30, 2004

Editorials

Gunning for a change

Guns in the district? Thanks, but no thanks, Congress.

By the September 30, 2004

Editorials

Field of dreams, schools of nightmares

Baseball, but still no books.

By the September 30, 2004

News

Congress may cut interest it pays on student loans

The financial aid that nearly half of Georgetown students receive through federally subsidized loans could increase this year due to an amendment currently before the U.S. Senate.

By the September 30, 2004

News

Beloved independent movie theater closes

The Dupont Visions Cinema closed its doors last Sunday.

By the September 30, 2004

News

University warnings and RIAA lawsuits fail to deter file-sharing

An increasing number of Georgetown students have received letters from the Office of Student Conduct indicating that their University IP address has been connected with illegal file-sharing.

By the September 30, 2004

News

Georgetown student leads opposition to new housing rules

Changes to the point selection system for the housing process at Georgetown have led one student to protest.

By the September 30, 2004

News

MSB ready to build

The McDonough School of Business is one step closer to beginning construction on a new building after the Georgetown Board of Directors approved further funding for the project last Thursday.

By the September 30, 2004

News

Muslims support Kerry

In a recent survey conducted by Georgetown’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, American Muslim voters strongly support Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry over his Republican counterpart, President George W. Bush.

By the September 30, 2004

News

Leads to Infection

Lead no longer plagues the District’s drinking water; it has been replaced by bacteria.

By the September 30, 2004

Sports

Georgetown runner sets high marks on and off track

The countertops in Chris Lukezic’s on-campus apartment are white. He can’t stand it.

By the September 30, 2004

Sports

Hoyas attempt to tackle Bucknell Saturday

Coming off of last week’s loss to Colgate, the Georgetown football team hopes to notch its first Patriot League win of the year against Bucknell.

By the September 30, 2004

Sports

The Sports Sermon

There are rare moments when great figures in history collide in epic battles that will be remembered as the defining moment in their legacies.

By September 30, 2004