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“Kill Bill Vol. 2′ rampages

Quention Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown breathed new life into stagnant genres with ironic reverence and a distinct presentation. The director, who himself imitates old films with refreshing originality, has his own host of mimics (ahem, Guy Ritchie) who put the cinematic pieces in place but miss what that makes Tarantino’s work challenging and delectable.

By the Voice Staff April 22, 2004

Scott Herren dicusses transition between genres

Just as mainstream rap production is dominated by the likes of Timbaland, Kanye West, and Dr. Dre, the underground is ruled by RJD2, Madlib, and Prefuse 73. The last is the glitch-hop moniker of Atlanta native Scott Herren, director of the Eastern Developments label and creative force behind the world-folk project Savath & Savalas, who played at the Black Cat last Wednesday.

By the Voice Staff April 22, 2004

Some retro sneaker savoir-faire

Ahhh, springtime is here again. Squirrels are hopping, dogs are chasing them, and you’re chasing all the hottest new fashions. Spring is the perfect time for bringing out those spanking new classic athletic kicks that you’ve had stored away in your closet for playing ultimate frisbee or pick-up basketball.

What’s that, you don’t have a new pair yet? No worries, our Athletic Shoe Critic will talk you through it. After all, there’s a whole world of new-retro hotness out there, and we wouldn’t want anyone getting lost in the sea of sneakers abundant in Georgetown and Internet shopping.

By the Voice Staff April 22, 2004

Oprah Almighty

One of my best friends has a framed portrait of Oprah above her mantel, right next to the portrait of her grandmother and great grandmother. Plus, strategically on display on her coffee table is “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” this year’s headliner for Oprah’s book club.

By the Voice Staff April 22, 2004

Son of legend takes on men’s basketball

In a formal press conference dripping with auspicious tradition, Georgetown named John Thompson III, son of legendary men’s basketball coach John Thompson Jr., the new men’s basketball head coach.

The announcement comes five weeks after the firing of former head coach Craig Esherick, who had led the team for the past five and a half seasons.

By the Voice Staff April 22, 2004

New plans for GU campus

The New New South

Administrators released plans to transform the former New South cafeteria into a lively student center overlooking the Potomac Tuesday. The tentative designs include a restaurant with a liquor license, a dance studio and a large multipurpose space.

By the Voice Staff April 22, 2004

Senate aide lambasts Democrats

After resigning in the midst of a political scandal, former Senate aide Manuel Miranda (SFS ‘82) returned to Georgetown Tuesday to address roughly fifty College Republicans and members of the Lecture Fund. Miranda, however, was not on the defensive about his possible role in a well-publicized scandal which forced his resignation on Feb.

By the Voice Staff April 22, 2004

Music Director to leave GU

The director of Georgetown’s music program is resigning in the middle of an expansion effort. Thomas A. Caestecker Chair of Music Jose Bowen, who has been leading the drive since 1999, will join the staff of Miami University in Ohio this summer as the Dean of the School of Fine Arts.

By the Voice Staff April 22, 2004

Facing the book

If Adam Giblin and Eric Lashner become the new GUSA executives, it looks like they’ll have one less campaign promise to worry about. During the campaign, they promised to create a viable online facebook but it looks like Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg has beaten them to the punch.

By the Voice Staff April 22, 2004

Editorials

Williams hits a foul deal

In the most recent ploy to lure the Montreal Expos to the District, Mayor Anthony Williams has promised Major League Baseball a stadium with a nearly $400 million price tag. However, it remains unclear where this money would come from. Williams has said that the city can fully finance the construction of the stadium, yet he has not shared the details with the D.

By the Voice Staff April 15, 2004

Editorials

A little respect please

The University of Maryland has recently taken disciplinary measures against three students with disruptive conduct for shouting during a February 29 speech at the Stamp Student Union by Lynne Cheney, the vice president’s wife. Two of the students, Chuck DeVoe and Ryan Grim, each shouted a question at Cheney-one about gay marriage, the other about reparations payments for slaves’ descendants-while the third student, Michael Cawdery, shouted an obscenity.

By the Voice Staff April 15, 2004

Crews walk through competition

With the fury of the underdog, the Georgetown men’s and women’s lightweight crews have started their seasons with key race wins. However, since both men’s programs had success at the Jesuit Invitational, the heavymeight men and openweight women’s programs have slipped in their early season marquee matchups.

By the Voice Staff April 15, 2004

Men’s lacrosse catapults past Catamounts

Sometimes a single player can assert his will and completely dominate a game. In the men’s lacrosse game against Vermont last Saturday, that player was senior midfielder Walid Hajj.

Coming off a heartbreaking home loss to Navy, Georgetown’s men’s lacrosse team responded with a 13-5 rout over the Catamounts, who they had not played since 1993.

By the Voice Staff April 15, 2004

Terps egg Hoyas over Easter

The women’s lacrosse team pushed through wins against North Carolina and Boston College, but a loss in a highly touted game against Maryland may haunt the team heading into the seeding for the national tournament.

Junior midfielders Lauryn Bernier and Ali Chambers each scored a hat trick to lead second-ranked Georgetown to a 14-3 victory over No.

By the Voice Staff April 15, 2004

Sports Serm

“Our tables are smaller because we’re a European company; Europeans are smaller”- an idiotic IKEA saleswoman

Last week, an Ottawa radio commentator crossed the line when he jokingly suggested that Toronto Maple Leafs enforcer Tie Domi, beats his wife. Rather than dropping the gloves, Domi took the high road, saying the Ottawa Senator’s Peter Bondra’s referral to the Leafs-Senators playoff series as a “war” was disrespectful to Marines fighting in Iraq.

By the Voice Staff April 15, 2004

Features

A Civil Right?

John (CAS’94) and Duncan (SFS ‘94) Crabtree-Ireland have considered themselves married since 1993. But in February, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom gave them the opportunity to put it on paper. At 9:13 a.m. on a bright San Francisco morning, city Assessor-Recorder Mabel Teng declared John and Duncan “spouses for life” and placed their marriage in the public record.

By the Voice Staff April 15, 2004

Curling for Columbine

On a recent trip home I went to America’s largest running specialty store, RunTex in Austin, Tx. As a marathoner, I tend to log a good number of miles per week, which has recently caused a minor case of planter’s fascitis, which gradually causes a foot’s arch to collapse around weakened tendons, in my right foot.

By the Voice Staff April 15, 2004

Voices

Read into this writing

I’m reading a book, and it’s a good book, but that’s just the problem. In the thick of the text, when plots and characters and language merge, and when scenes connect and stories layer, it all makes just too much sense. The details fit too well. The book crested into its crescendo, and I felt pressed to escape back into reality, back into my own head where questions are more common than manicured realities.

By the Voice Staff April 15, 2004

Voices

GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!

Athletic traditionalists in America have decried the on-the-field antics of modern professional athletes, which they warn have trickled down to youth playing fields. They are nostalgic for the days when a player would just hand the ball back to the referee instead of working on his dance moves in the end zone.

By the Voice Staff April 15, 2004

Voices

Education is costly, sleep is priceless

Once again, the time has come to register for classes. Most people pretend that they choose their classes for their academic value, challenging topics, famous professors or utility. Others, like me, will admit that although these concepts linger in the back of their minds, in truth, their registration choices are largely driven by an innate laziness.

By the Voice Staff April 15, 2004

‘Wit’ deftly examines mortality

The certainty of death and the joy of eating popsicles. 17th century poetry and pelvic exams. This curious array of topics finds its way onstage in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit, written by Georgetown graduate Margaret Edson (GRD ‘92) and presented by Mask & Bauble Dramatic Society.

By the Voice Staff April 15, 2004

Death Cab for Cutie repeat

Despite moving from the Black Cat to the 9:30 Club, selling out at both venues, and having their television debut on CBS this January, Death Cab for Cutie doesn’t like to think of itself as a big deal. When asked about the band’s increasing popularity, new drummer Jason McGerr explained, “It’s cool. I would rather make a record and have a couple hundred thousand people have the option to get the music rather than not … But we haven’t changed the business formula, we haven’t sought out a huge, new audience.”

By the Voice Staff April 15, 2004

Acts coming in April

List of shows from April 17-25, including Stereolab, Sleater-Kinney, Jurassic 5, and Blonde Redhead.

By the Voice Staff April 15, 2004