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Hip, oh!

As an English major, I thrive on definitions. So let’s take, “hippie.” My friend Webster says it means “1. any of the young people of the 1960s and 1970s who, in their alienation from conventional society, turned variously to mysticism, psychedelic drugs, communal living, etc., 2. any person having a similar lifestyle”. My friend The Hoya says it’s “Voice staff.”

By the April 15, 2004

News

GUSA election remains undecided

The Georgetown University Student Association Assembly struck down Adam Giblin and Eric Lashner’s election appeal Tuesday, finally leaving the election up to the Constitutional Council.

The Council’s decision will be the last step in an election process that has lasted months.

By the April 15, 2004

News

Kerry calls for fiscal responsibility

A capacity crowd in Gaston Hall watched John Kerry reveal his proposal to reduce the Federal Government’s budget deficit last Wednesday. While activists, souvenir vendors, press trucks, and a long line of last minute ticket seekers idled in the sun outside Kerry forcefully attacked President Bush’s handling of the economy as misguided and harmful.

By the April 15, 2004

News

Meeting over campus hate

Emotions ran high at the Riverside Lounge Wednesday as students and top University administrators discussed ways to address hate incidents on campus. Even as Vice-President of Student Affairs Todd Olson stressed open dialogue and the accurate reporting of hate incidents, several students demanded that the University take greater action to combat a perceived atmosphere of intolerance.

By the April 15, 2004

News

Scranton paper banned after Hoya spoof

The Aquinas, a student run newspaper at Scranton University was shut down last week after releasing an April Fools’ Day Issue which parodied The Hoya.

The newspaper was renamed The Hoya for the issue and contained stories with fake authors that made fun of college administrators and sensitive religious and political issues.

By the April 15, 2004

News

Flags number abortions

On April 13th, roughly 3,600 pink and blue flags occupied Copley lawn as part of Georgetown University’s Right to Life flag day. The flags, part of a larger protest against abortion, represented the 3,600 abortions that are performed daily in the United States

Members of Right to Life stood in the rain, handing out flyers to students who passed by.

By the April 15, 2004

News

Stroup effect

When I was growing up, I got used to being near the end of the alphabet. While I didn’t have it as bad as the people with surnames ending in Y or Z, I was still envious of the Allens and Browns. I spent my days in public schools sitting with the same people, always near the back of the classroom.

By the April 15, 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

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

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

Letter to the Editor

Unfair portrayal of British media

By the April 1, 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 April 1, 2004

Sports

Sports Sermon

“I think after awhile you just get sick of getting beat up on.”-Ga. Tech coach Paul Hewitt on his seniors’ motivation

March always brings out the best in college athletics, with basketball revved up to the point of madness. Before the focus shifts away from hoops, we need to reflect on last weekend’s superb Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight matchups, in both their fantastic competition and the make up of the teams that made it that far.

By April 1, 2004

Sports

Women’s lacrosse pounced on by Tigers

SPORTS BY VINCENT MCGILL The women’s lacrosse team had a busy weekend. On Friday the no. 2 ranked Hoyas lost to the top-ranked Princeton Tigers, 7-9. On Sunday, the Hoyas regrouped to crush the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 13-6.

By the April 1, 2004

Sports

Curling for Columbine

At 5:15 a.m. on Tuesday, I found myself wandering in a dreamlike stupor down a desolate 36th street to my friends’ house. My friends and I welcomed in the baseball season by wiping crusted eyes to watch our beloved Yankees take on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from the Big Egg in Tokyo, Japan, with stadium vendors selling whiskey while ushers blew whistles to alert oblivious fans of approaching foul balls.

By the April 1, 2004

Sports

St. John’s storms by Georgetown baseball

Georgetown’s baseball team dropped the rubber match of a three-game set against Big East foe St. John’s this weekend. The Jonnies reversed a 4-1 defeat Saturday night to win 5-1. The Hoyas dropped to .500 in conference play (3-3) and 17-13 overall this season.

By the April 1, 2004

Leisure

Carnaval Mexicano spices it up

LEISURE BY LAUREN GASKILL The lights come up, the music begins, and the stage suddenly comes to life with bright skirts, excited faces and the synchronized rhythm of dancing feet. The members of the Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Georgetown move through a whirlwind of dance and music styles from the nation’s different regions, in the showcase “Carnaval Mexicano,” rich in talent and culture.

By the April 1, 2004

Leisure

On the Broken Social Scene

For a rock band, being a so-called “critical darling” generally means you’re doing something right. Broken Social Scene, a fluctuating 10 to 15-member experimental pop collective from Toronto, is the sort of critical darling that, until now, has tended to land on music writers’ year-end best album lists but not in the CD players of the average music listener.

By the April 1, 2004

Leisure

‘Goodbye, Lenin!’ nostalgic for East

If there ever were an ideal place to fall into a coma, it would not be the Eastern Bloc, especially not in 1989. And typically, if you fall into a coma, everything you believe in hasn’t disappeared by the time you wake up. In Goodbye, Lenin!, this happens for devout socialist Christiane Kerner (Katrin Sa?), who has a heart attack and falls into a poorly-timed eight-month coma at the sight of her son Alex protesting.

By the April 1, 2004

Editorials

In Freddy we trust

When was the last time a 14-year-old saved a professional sports franchise? While it’s an unprecedented shift, that’s exactly what Potomac, Md. phenom Freddy Adu may do for DC United, and Georgetown students should get in on the act.

With the miserable state of professional sports in Washington D.

By the April 1, 2004

Editorials

Morgenstern/de Man review

Although outgoing GUSA executives Brian Morgenstern (CAS ‘05) and Steve de Man (CAS ‘04) ran into significant difficulties in implementing their agenda, they nonetheless led a fairly successful administration. Coming on the heels of former GUSA execs Kaydee Bridges (SFS ‘03) and Mason Ayer (SFS ‘03), Morgenstern and de Man faced high standards as they tried to build on their predecessors’ record.

By the April 1, 2004

Features

Speaking out for Change

COVER BY KAZUO OISHI Last Saturday March 27, Gaelan Gallagher (CAS ‘06), like many Georgetown students, went to a costume party on 37th Street. The party was crowded, the music was loud, and people were enjoying themselves. At approximately 1:00 am, the main room was packed so that people could hardly move.

By the April 1, 2004

Leisure

Acts coming in April

Voice Leisure listing of April concerts.

By the April 1, 2004

Editorials

Giblin/Lashner Clip and Save

Frustrated with GUSA’s unresolve election controversy, the Voice will run two “clip and saves.” After the dust settles, you can cut out the winner.

By the April 1, 2004

Leisure

WGTB Recommends …

Easter’s almost here, and the WGTB staff and Voice Leisure have joined forces to create a list of our favorite Jesus, sin, and death-related songs. Morbidly fascinating, we think.

By the April 1, 2004