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Letter to the Editor

Unfair portrayal of British media

By the April 1, 2004

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Born to run

It’s late February in Yates Field House. All of the treadmills and stair climbers are in use and students eagerly wait in line for their turn to exercise. The runners trot along while watching ESPN, witnessing a thrilling intramural basketball game head into six overtimes, or staring at the cracks in the wall.

By the April 1, 2004

Voices

Here, child, finish your nothing!

It’s dark inside the room where I sit with the blinds drawn and the door locked, the only source of light a faint glow emanating from the tip of my cigarette. I’m naked, slumped in a chair with my shoulders hunched forward and squinting into the shadows around me, a half pot of cold coffee sitting next to me on the desk.

By the April 1, 2004

Voices

Georgetown’s colorful past

VOICES BY DONALD SHERMAN In the spring of 2000, students rallied in Red Square demanding that Georgetown University’s administration respond to racial discrimination and threats of violence on campus. The local news media interviewed student leaders and published stories highlighting these pockets of ignorance within our community and their effect on student life.

By the April 1, 2004

Editorials

Men’s lacrosse be-devils Duke again

Georgetown Senior midfielder Walid Hajj is a 2004 pre-season All-American. With 3:14 remaining in Sunday’s game against no. 7 Duke, he showed why he deserved the honors.

Hajj scored his only goal of Sunday’s game on a rocket of a shot deep in the fourth quarter.

By the March 25, 2004

Leisure

Le cin?ma

Georgetown francophiles are humming like a well-oiled Renault this week with Wednesday night’s lecture from French Ambassador Jean David Levitte, along with the upcoming French Film Festival in Richmond, Va., this weekend. Held at Virginia Commonwealth University, the festival promises the best and the latest from France, sans Gerard Depardieu.

By the March 25, 2004

Leisure

‘Winning Days,’ The Vines, Capitol

No matter how many times I listen to the latest release from Australian faux-garage rockers The Vines, I simply can’t get over how bad Craig Nichols’ voice is. Ignoring the virtues of originality and artistic merit, a decent portion of this album might be at least somewhat pleasing to the ear if Nichols wasn’t howling away so loudly.

By the March 25, 2004

Leisure

‘Misery is a Butterfly,’ Blonde Redhead, 4AD/Beggars

By virtue of its avant-garde style, art-rock has long received both critical acclaim and accusations of being “inaccessible.” On their latest release, Misery is a Butterfly, New York art-rockers Blonde Redhead attempt to bridge this gap between artistic integrity and melody.

By the March 25, 2004

Leisure

Tv on the Radio, in print

In the world of indie rock, where buzz bands tend to come hard and fast but often lack staying power, Brooklyn-based TV on the Radio burst into the scene faster than most with 2003’s flawless Young Liars EP. With the release of their debut LP, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes, earlier this month, TVOTR have managed to expand their sound impressively and maintain the energy, power and beauty of their EP.

By the March 25, 2004

Leisure

Julia Child exhibit boasts utensils of greatness

For the high-cultured kind, living near Washington D.C. is a blessing. The Smithsonian Museum complex is filled with enough art and exhibits to satisfy almost everyone. For the those who enjoy kitschy Americana, there’s the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History.

By the March 25, 2004

Leisure

‘Eternal Sunshine’ lights theaters

LEISURE BY MARY KATHERINE STUMP Have relationship woes and gripes? Does your girlfiend spend more time decorating potatoes than hanging out with you? Don’t be too quick to complain about idiosyncrasies. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, written with the eerie intelligence of the famed Charlie Kaufman (Adaptation, Being John Malkovich) and directed by Michel Gondry (various Bjork videos), the film clearly executes its message-that perfect relationships are elusive.

By the March 25, 2004

News

Commandos

This month the D.C. Metropolitan Police unveiled a new strategy for fighting crime-going commando. D.C. police officers now have the option to hang up their traditional blue uniforms for new military-style battle fatigues.

The new dark blue uniform is officially referred to as the patrol service uniform and resembles those used by SWAT teams and military troops, minus the camouflage print.

By the March 25, 2004

News

Olson hired without search

Todd Olson can finally unpack his paperweights and picture frames. Provost Jim O’Donnell officially appointed him as Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students on Monday morning. Olson has held that position on an interim status since July 2003.

By the March 25, 2004

News

Students satisfied with GU racism response

After students challenged the administration several weeks ago to address racial tensions on campus, Black Student Alliance members said Monday that they were generally satisfied with the response. BSA President Veronica Root, (MSB ‘04) told the audience that she was, “for the most part, very happy.

By the March 25, 2004

News

Private Hoya Web to be shut down

The University announced yesterday it is ordering a controversial new website aimed at students to stop using Georgetown trademarks. The site, Hoya Web, came under fire this week after homophobic postings appeared on the site’s message boards.

The site, which is located at www.

By the March 25, 2004

News

579 flags commemorate G.I. deaths

NEWS BY CLAIRE D’EMIC Two rows of tiny flags and thousands of beads turned the path from Healy Gates to White Gravenor into a memorial for lives lost in the Iraq War on Tuesday. Students encouraged members of the Georgetown community not to forget the sacrifices that have been made in Iraq or the costs of American leaders’ decisions.

By the March 25, 2004

News

RIAA lawsuits strike Georgetown

NEWS BY SHANTHI MANIAN The Recording Industry Association of America has brought its fight against file-sharing to university networks, and Georgetown is on the hit list. University Spokesperson Julie Green Bataille confirmed Tuesday that three Georgetown network users are being sued in the latest round of RIAA legal action.

By the March 25, 2004

Editorials

Limiting working groups

Three weeks after a coalition of students presented the administration with proposals to increase tolerance within the Georgetown community, the administration responded in a meeting with student leaders. Their response was swift, genuine and, for the most part, positive.

By the March 25, 2004

Voices

Correction

The Georgetown Voice takes mistakes seriously. We correct all errors of substance in our stories and publish appropriate clarifications as soon as possible.

By the March 25, 2004

Voices

Letter to the Editor

“Classroom incident misrepresented”

By the March 25, 2004

Voices

All the news that’s fit to ignore

Imagine an entire country where the only inhabitants are 14-year-olds. Gossip lurks behind every corner. The system of government features a roomful of uptight, insecure representatives shouting insults at one another. Almost everyone is in need of braces.

By the March 25, 2004

Voices

Georgetown’s basketball webpage of record

John Reagan is into Georgetown basketball. He graduated from the McDonough School of Business in 1984, having capped off his senior year by taking one of the University’s charter flights to Seattle, where he slept on the floor of a local gym with other fans and watched the Hoyas win their only national championship.

By the March 25, 2004

Voices

Communist ball games

VOICES BY JULIA COOKE The first time my friends and I tried to go to a baseball game here in Cuba, we rode the bus for 45 minutes, got off at the wrong stop, and walked to the stadium, which turned out to be deserted. “No hay,” a guard at the stadium told us, “no more.” Instead of happily watching a baseball game we were stranded in the outskirts of the city.

By the March 25, 2004

Sports

Sports Sermon

“If Bonds is using steroids because his head keeps getting bigger, why doesn’t anyone accuse Jay Leno.”-Bill Simmons

I enjoy watching sports, especially the NCAA college basketball tournament. The first couple of days, though, have always been a little annoying.

By March 25, 2004

Sports

Curling For Columbine

“It’s an open and national search, and the search begins immediately,” said University President John J. DeGioia on the head coaching vacancy at Georgetown. The real question is, does Georgetown have the prestige to get what it desperately needs: a marquee coach to turn around the sputtering program?

I asked Mike Wilbon of the Washington Post and ESPN’s “Pardon The Interruption” this question, and his response was an unambiguous, “Hell yes.

By the March 25, 2004