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Continuous reconstruction

On Monday, Georgetown University hosted the “Afghanistan-America Summit on Recovery and Reconstruction,” a half-day affair in Gaston Hall that featured speakers from Afghanistan’s two year-old government, several American officials, and a panel of journalists from American publications.

By the Voice Staff November 13, 2003

Letter to the Editor

Clarification of Mauney resolution opposition I would like to clarify a citation in the Nov. 6 issue of the Voice that indicated that the Knights of Columbus had pledged their opposition to Matt Mauney’s GUSA resolution (“GUSA rejects affirmative of Arinze address,” News).

By the Voice Staff November 13, 2003

Correction

The author of the Nov. 6 cover story “Finding that need for speed” was Bill Cleveland.

By the Voice Staff November 13, 2003

‘The Cradle’ rockxxx

LEISURE BY JULIA COOKE As 8 p.m. comes and goes, the audience gossips audibly and cast members chat among themselves onstage. Murmurs of “I’m so confused” grow louder as actors wander offstage to offer refreshments and chat with the audience. Poulton Hall has become a different kind of theater, one in which the comfort of the audience is paramount.

By the Voice Staff November 13, 2003

Lunafest promises to satisfy

This Monday in Leavey Center Conference Room, Luna Bar and the Georgetown Women’s Rugby team will hopefully show why every energy bar should have a film festival. PowerBar’s festival, for example, would stop at auto shows across the country from Detroit to Newark, screening Die Hard and Terminator and giving special honors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jean Claude Van Damme.

By the Voice Staff November 13, 2003

Critical Voices

The Doves: Lost Sides Atmosphere: Seven’s Travels

By the Voice Staff November 13, 2003

Bollywood and tradition intermingle

Rangila, the South Asian Society’s annual festival, has become no less than a phenomenon since its inception eight years ago. The show, which hits Gaston this Friday and Saturday, sold out both nights in a mere fifteen minutes, breaking not only last year’s one show record of 30 minutes, but that of virtually any other event on campus.

By the Voice Staff November 13, 2003

Brunchy Bunch

Every Sunday morning, my roommates and I bake scones. By “morning” I mean 1p.m. And by “my roommates and I bake scones,” I mean they watch as I throw ingredients into a bowl, mix and bake them. We sit around the kitchen table-last Sunday until four in the afternoon-trying to pretend that we have nowhere else to be.

By the Voice Staff November 13, 2003

MPD locates student missing over weekend

NEWS BY ROB ANDERSON Members of the Georgetown community sighed with relief Monday evening when the Metropolitan Police Department found a student who had been missing for four days. The University has released no details about the disappearance of Eden Ghidei (MSB ‘06).

By the Voice Staff November 13, 2003

Lauinger collection reveals Jackie Kennedy’s spiritual struggle

NEWS BY CHRIS STANTON Another chapter in the story of America’s most famous political family unfolded this week at Lauinger Library as it unveiled to the general public the personal correspondence of Jaqueline Kennedy with a Georgetown priest. Within the writings, a recently widowed Kennedy ponders suicide, solitude, and the meaning of the Catholic faith.

By the Voice Staff November 13, 2003

CFO details endowment plan

Georgetown University Chief Financial Officer Christopher Joyce discussed plans for Georgetown’s endowment’s growth and its role in financing the University in the ICC Auditorium last night. Joyce walked approximately 40 students through the structure of the endowment using PowerPoint slides of graphs and charts.

By the Voice Staff November 13, 2003

Leaders hopeful about Afghanistan’s future

Optimism dominated the discourse of Afghan and American leaders on Monday. Addressing a sparsely filled Gaston Hall, they agreed that Afghanistan is primed to assume democratic government and a successful capitalist economy.

United States government officials, who were mostly Georgetown graduates, leaders in the Afghan government, and members of United States business and media communities spoke at the Afghanistan-America Summit for Recovery and Reconstruction.

By the Voice Staff November 13, 2003

DNC Dropouts

Five prominent Democratic candidates for president struck a blow to the District’s hopes of attracting attention to its lack of congressional representation this week. Senators Joseph Lieberman, John Kerry and John Edwards, Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) and retired general Wesley Clark have removed themselves from the District’s January Democratic primary election.

By the Voice Staff November 13, 2003

Features

Filling history’s attic

COVER BY MIKE DeBONIS It may look like the secret government warehouse in Raiders of the Lost Ark, but it’s Lauinger Library’s Special Collection’s Department. That doesn’t mean you won’t find an original manuscript of Tom Sawyer, a lock of George Washington’s hair, the diaries of Graham Greene, or any of hundreds of thousands of other items.

By the Voice Staff November 13, 2003

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By the Voice Staff November 13, 2003

Editorials

So Much for The City, The Thrills, Virgin

The Thrills are not another one of the garage-revivalist bands with the requisite “The” in the band title. They are a five-piece group from Dublin whose pop-rock songs unabashedly evoke The Monkees, The Beach Boys and other masters of the ‘60s craft that so galvanized the ladies.

By the Voice Staff November 13, 2003

A hipster’s life of longing

I’ve spent the better part of this past year trolling through various movies, with the help of Netflix.com, the local arthouses, the well-appointed new Loews on K Street and a car.Of the many, from subte and profound to bombastic and Bruckheimerian, only one has truly captivated me: Kill Bill, Vol.

By the Voice Staff November 6, 2003

Fear and loathing in Lyon

VOICES BY KATHRYN KING I’m no longer a fan of cat stationery, horse figurines or T-shirts with zoo scenes airbrushed onto them, if I ever was. Animal memorabilia may be juvenile and trashy, but real animals are more appealing. At least I feel more affection for them than some of my friends who wish they were all eradicated.

By the Voice Staff November 6, 2003

Letter to the Editor

As a cosignatory of the original petition that prompted the Senate’s resolution rejecting Cardinal Arinze’s Commencement comments, I am saddened by the University administration’s unresponsiveness to the Senate’s concerns, as reported in your article of October 30.

By the Voice Staff November 6, 2003

GUSA rejects affirmation of Arinze address

NEWS BY LAUREN TANICK A Georgetown University Student Association representative defended the controversial remarks made by Cardinal Francis Arinze at the 2003 Georgetown College graduation ceremony at this week’s GUSA meeting.

By the Voice Staff November 6, 2003

GU’s social justice goes global

The University’s commitment to social justice will take on global proportions this spring with the addition of community service-based sociology classes at several study abroad locations. The program will help students learn about both social justice and local cultures, according to Department of Sociology Chair Sam Marrullo.

By the Voice Staff November 6, 2003

Big East conference adds five new competitors

NEWS BY MIKE DeBONIS The competitive prospects for most Georgetown athletic teams changed Tuesday, when five new colleges joined the Big East conference. At a meeting in New York, University President John J. DeGioia and the other presidents of Big East member universities unanimously voted to invite the five schools.

By the Voice Staff November 6, 2003

Support growing for Take Back the Night

Take Back the Night and several other student organizations are sponsoring a series of educational events this week to spark discussion among students and support victims of gender motivated violence. Increased awareness of sexual assault issues over the past year has resulted in a greater student interest in these events, .

By the Voice Staff November 6, 2003