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Law students protest recruitment policy

NEWS BY SHANTHI MANIAN Students and faculty at the Georgetown Law Center called on the university to repair wrongs done to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning community at a protest on Tuesday. They criticized the Law Center’s response to the Solomon Amendment, which allows the military to recruit on campus despite its refusal to sign Georgetown’s nondiscrimination policy.

By the Voice Staff October 2, 2003

Got pot?

If you are one of those Georgetown students who enjoys an occasional use of marijuana-consider moving to Maryland. And developing a chronic medical condition. Yesterday, a Maryland law went into effect that allows anyone convicted of marijuana possession to argue for a much lower sentence if the drug was used for medicinal purposes.

By the Voice Staff October 2, 2003

Solidarity invades local retailer

A tattered, sagging cloth banner reading “Wet Seal Supports Sweat Shops” is all that remains of the Georgetown Solidarity Committee’s protest against the clothing retailer on Wisconsin Avenue. Last Friday, in a demonstration against the Wet Seal chain’s alleged exploitation of Mexican workers, the student protesters hung a banner, chanted on the street and distributed pamphlets inside the store.

By the Voice Staff October 2, 2003

Arts center construction begins

NEWS BY CLAIRE D’EMIC Administrators and donors inaugurated the Royden B. Davis, S.J. Performing Arts Center in a ground-breaking ceremony held last Monday, marking the start of Georgetown University’s newest building project. The center is scheduled for completion in April 2005.

By the Voice Staff October 2, 2003

Welcome back, Jack

You can meet this charming puppy at the “Welcome Back, Jack!” celebration on Thursday night, when Rev. Christopher Steck, S.J. performs the first annual Jack blessing.

By the Voice Staff October 2, 2003

GUSA candidates debate

Nothing gets blood in Washington pumping harder than a good old-fashioned election. And, with the possible exception of a juicy, ripened scandal, nothing makes a good old-fashioned election more exciting than a good old-fashioned debate.

By the Voice Staff October 2, 2003

Men’s soccer yet to get on the ball

The Hoyas dropped another Big East contest Sunday, losing 2-1 to No. 8 Notre Dame at Alumni Field in South Bend, Ind. The Hoyas drop to 3-4-2 overall and 1-3-0 in the Big East.

Notre Dame was first to get on the scoreboard when senior forward Justin Detter scored on a perfect cross from fellow senior-midfielder Chad Riley and senior-midfielder Kevin Richards in the 28th minute.

By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003

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By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003

‘Cat celebrates

If you went to Georgetown ten years ago, you would have just traded in your acid-washed jeans for plaid flannel shirts, and would be rocking hard to Nirvana. If anything, Georgetown today is more Avril than Kurt; the only plaid on campus exists in the form of miniskirts.

By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003

Father Pat: You’ll be missed

Ask a first-year student to name a Jesuit priest at Georgetown, and “Father Pat” will most likely be their response. What’s really surprising is that he could probably name them as well. Rev. Patrick Conroy, S.J. has been well known during his years at Georgetown as a Jesuit who knows students, and the students will miss him when he leaves for Jesuit High School in Oregon in December.

By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003

RJD2 revealed

Hip-hop’s underground rattled when rapper El-P ever so bluntly declared on his acclaimed solo debut last year, Fantastic Damage: ” Signed to Rawkus? I’d rather be mouth fucked by Nazis unconscious.” Rawkus Records, the home of late-90s landmarks Soundbombing, Mos Def and El-P’s group Company Flow, was losing its grip on the ” it” label for underground hip-hop.

By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003

When bedfellows unite

The Knights of Columbus, and AFIRMS are about as dissimilar as any two campus groups at Georgetown. The first is a longstanding pro-life Catholic fraternity, the second a group of mostly female students committed to changing the University’s policies regarding sexual assault.

By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003

Ready for Isabel

Empirical evidence has now demonstrated that, like werewolves in a full moon, Georgetown students go insane during hurricanes. On Thursday night, in the thick of Isabel, students were doing things that they probably need to do more often-mud wrestling on the front lawn, bonging beers in the driving wind on Village A’s rooftops accompanied by chants of “IS-A-BEL! IS-A-BEL!”, making out in the rain, and generally rocking like a hurricane.

By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003

A bride in Jerusalem

It’s morning. Roll out of bed. Walk out the door. Five soldiers with Kalashnikovs lounge idly against the rubble of a stone wall, joking among themselves while they carefully watch your apartment complex.

No, it’s not DPS on a power trip, at least not this time.

By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003

G’town warehouse hosts film fest

LEISURE BY CHRIS NORTON AND MARY KATHERINE STUMP An non-air-conditioned warehouse with exposed plumbing isn’t the ideal location to hold a film festival. But with the south of France already taken, this warehouse, situated next to Blues Alley, was the next logical choice.

By Mary Katherine Stump and Chris Norton September 25, 2003

Making the call

Jim O’Donnell got out of bed Friday morning, walked outside his Georgetown waterfront home and saw something he wasn’t quite expecting: warm breezes and blue skies. “My first reaction was, I felt a little sheepish,” said O’Donnell, executive vice president and University provost.

By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003

Students survive Burleith blackout

NEWS BY JANE ULANOVA While some carefree Georgetown students spent the hurricane rolling around in the mud like happy little piglets, students living outside the campus bubble were busy stumbling over furniture in the dark. The survivors of Burleith Blackout 2003, which started last Thursday night and lasted until Tuesday evening, got to watch the campus twinkle its tantalizing lights as they remained powerless.

By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003

Student panel raises sexual assault awareness

NEWS BY SHANTHI MANIAN Four students spoke about the effects of sexual assault on survivors as well as on their friends and colleagues in Copley Formal Lounge on Wednesday night. Speaking to more than one hundred students, faculty, and administrators, participants said that they hoped to increase awareness and prompt discussion about sexual assaults on campus.

By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003

GU grad replaces Ann Landers

NEWS BY VANESSA MACHIR Are you a 40-year-old man who has never dated anyone over 25 and is hung up on your 19 year-old ex-girlfriend? Are you an ultra-religious twenty-something virgin who is having trouble meeting women? Do middle-aged men often harass you when you go for jogs? Need some advice? Georgetown graduate Amy Dickinson (CAS ‘81) will surely have your answer.

By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003

Election commission combats negative campaigning

When the clock strikes 12:01 a.m. on October 2 a new Georgetown University Student Association campaign season will be inaugurated. If it’s anything like the last, it will be four days of cutthroat flyer-hanging, poster-making, hand-shaking and, perhaps, even name-calling.

By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003