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Georgetown AIDS Coalition commemorates World AIDS Day

There are 40 million people worldwide who suffer from HIV/AIDS, and the numbers are on the rise, with five million new infections each year.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Angel Tree project promotes local literacy

This year the Christmases of children living in low income areas of D.C. might be a little brighter thanks to Georgetown’s Angel Tree book drive.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

One more and that’s a streak, Hoyas win two straight

After losing the season opener to Temple at the MCI Center last Monday, the Georgetown men’s basketball team rebounded to win its last two games.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Living culturally

The American Culture and Politics Living and Learning Community that will debut in fall 2005 bears the mark of Stanford University’s integration of student and faculty life.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

GUSA bylaws approved

The Georgetown University Student Assembly passed a series of much-anticipated changes to campaign bylaws Tuesday night, bringing to a close a process that has lasted three Assembly meetings.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Women’s hoops has mixed results to open season

The Georgetown women’s basketball team yielded mixed results in their last three outings.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

The ballots are counted, and the winners are . . .

Cross-Country All-Americans Rod Koborsi, ‘05 – Koborsi’s tenth place finish at the NCAA Championships earned him All-American honors. Nicole Lee, ‘05 – Lee’s 19th place finish at the NCAA Championships... Read more

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

On the Record with George Packer

Two months after President Bush declared the end of major combat operations in Iraq, New Yorker staff writer George Packer walked the dusty streets of Baghdad. Two trips and three articles later, Packer has witnessed the evolution of the postwar climate.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Just hit mute

It has become a sad, yet common occurrence for the NFL that players’ shenanigans between games dominate the news more than their play on the field.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

The Sports Sermon

Welcome to a special Bowl Championship Series edition of Blind Date.

By Brandon Sloane December 2, 2004

Sacrifice fly

Baseball’s imminent arrival in D.C. is practically preordained-the mayor and majority of the D.C. Council support it.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Kinsey puts the fun back in sex; Lithgow foiled again

In one of the most outrageously funny scenes in the new movie Kinsey, the professor Alfred Kinsey has a casual conversation with his wife and daughters about the physical nature of sex.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Earnestness not too important after all

It seems ironic that the titular lesson of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest has been ignored in the play’s new Arena Stage adaptation.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

The Futureheads, Futureheads

Once upon a time, circa 1966, there were pop rock bands with a fascinating gimmick: one person would sing and then an entirely different person would sing.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Street’s Disciple, Nas

Nas has been trying since 1994 to regain the mix of urban grit and brilliant wordplay that made his debut, Illmatic, an instant classic.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

You Taste Like a Burger- Fat-Elvis’ Love

I had no choice. By the end of our five fabulous days of Hurricane Isabelle last year, New South’s vending machine was nearly empty.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Home improvement

For sophomores and juniors who plan to live on-campus next year, the wait to choose their housing is over.

By the Voice Staff November 18, 2004

Red light special

A bill to extend the expiration date of cameras on red lights in several Northern Virginia communities was rejected on Monday by the Virginia House of Delegates.

By the Voice Staff November 18, 2004

The Funny Third – You’ve got the fever, we’ve got the cure

This week a star-studded coalition of health-related campus organizations surprised the University by coming out with a strong anti-Influenza policy.

By the Voice Staff November 18, 2004

By the numbers and Direct quote

90 Number of American casualties in Iraq in the first 17 days of November. 5.53 Average number of soldiers killed per day in November. 1211 Number of American soldiers killed... Read more

By the Voice Staff November 18, 2004

Will there be a second Thompson dynasty?

Upon his arrival Thompson immediately sought to create an environment that would signal how different 2004 would be.

By the Voice Staff November 18, 2004

Behind the scenes with Bill Shapland

In 1973, Georgetown looked nothing like it does today.

By the Voice Staff November 18, 2004