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’21 Grams’ of moving grief

LEISURE BY LUIZ DE OLIVEIRA When the Polish director Milos Forman was filming One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in the ‘70s, he made a wildly controversial casting decision Since the film took place in a mental institution, he decided to cast the hospital’s real inhabitants as extras—all of the patients, nurses, and doctors in the background of Cuckoo’s scenes are real people.

By the Voice Staff October 16, 2003

Picasso wows at National Gallery

Is it a nude woman? Or is it a bowl of fruit? Perhaps a chair, or even a mountain? To the untrained eye a work of art by Pablo Picasso can seem to be any of these things, and more. To the informed viewer, however, the dull colors and geometric patterns can take shape into a whole new world of artistic expression.

By the Voice Staff October 16, 2003

‘The Illusion’ captivates

We live in an age of skyscrapers, towers of glass that together form gleaming cities, proud monuments of our technical feats. But as explored in Tony Kushner’s The Illusion, when it comes to accepting each other and even understanding the range of our own emotions, we as a society have made little progress.

By the Voice Staff October 16, 2003

Talented people

In my wildest fantasies, I’m a rock star, a poet, or a folk singer. Each time I step into the spotlight and begin to share my artistic “gift,” I inevitably inspire awe, respect, reflection, and, of course, jealousy.

In my waking hours, I’m always “about to” make this dream come true.

By the Voice Staff October 16, 2003

Uma really likes them swords

In Kill Bill, Quentin Tarantino proves that he’s the ultimate film consumer. This, his fourth film, borrows from Akira Kurosawa, Sergio Leone, and a handful of other directors. Tarantino takes their blend of cowboy and samurai and adds an ass-kicking feminine twist.

By the Voice Staff October 16, 2003

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By the Voice Staff October 16, 2003

Gettin’ my betrothal on

VOICES BY DREW LIN Most students who desire to spend time in a foreign country fritter away countless hours in time-consuming language classes ruminating on subjunctive usage, memorizing declensions, and chicken-scratching kanji character sets (the academic equivalent of gulag slave labor) .

By the Voice Staff October 9, 2003

Pizza, sex and Santa Claus

Being a student guard isn’t all about fast women and loose cars like so many people think it is. It takes a lot more to be one of Georgetown’s elite, as the following excerpts from the diary of a retired guard proves: 8:15 p.m.-Arrive for my 8 p.m. shift right on time, try not to acknowledge the angry glares from the previous guard as he packs up his science fiction novels and coloring books.

By the Voice Staff October 9, 2003

A toast to integration

Recently there has been much discussion regarding the need to revise the current alcohol policy on campus. The FRIENDS group brought the debate to the forefront once again by submitting a proposal five weeks ago to revise the current alcohol policy.

By the Voice Staff October 9, 2003

Letter to the Editor

Overlooked arts community

I read your article detailing the groundbreaking ceremony for the Performing Arts Center and its implications for the new Program in Performing Arts and the University community overall with a great sense of anticipation (“Arts center construction begins,” News, Oct.

By the Voice Staff October 9, 2003

Correction

The photo caption for “At VMI, turnovers cost football first win” (Sports, Oct. 2) attributed Andrew Crawford as a sophomore. Crawford is a junior.

By the Voice Staff October 9, 2003

Features

Poker nights

COVER BY PAUL MCCARTHY Check or bet? Call or raise? Bluff or fold? Poker’s the new thing on and off campus—if you listen closely, you’ll hear the sounds of chips being stacked and wax playing cards gliding across the table. This is the story of one man’s journey through the exploding number of student poker games.

By the Voice Staff October 9, 2003

Former associate dean accused of abuse

NEWS BY ROB ANDERSON A former associate dean of the College resigned as the president of another Jesuit university on Tuesday after accusations of sexual abuse surfaced against him.

By the Voice Staff October 9, 2003

GU ranks 20th on new college survey

Georgetown University ranked 20th on an Atlantic Monthly college survey that was created to compete with the widely read U.S. News & World Report ranking system. The rankings were created to support The Atlantic’s claims that a school’s selectivity is an inaccurate measure of the quality of its education.

By the Voice Staff October 9, 2003

Students present to ANC

Georgetown students presented plans to increase on-campus events and responsible drinking at the Sept. 30 meeting of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission, Georgetown’s local community board. The students went before the Commission to demonstrate to the community that students are genuinely trying to discourage alcohol abuse and the harms to the neighborhood that come with it, according to ANC commissioner Mike Glick (COL ‘05).

By the Voice Staff October 9, 2003

Hoyas react to California recall

NEWS BY CLAIRE D’EMIC “I’m embarrassed to be called a Californian,” said Ryan Wackerman (CAS ‘06) as he reacted to the results of Tuesday’s election to recall Gov. Gray Davis of California. “How did this happen? Did everyone with an ounce of dignity sleep in for the vote?” The recall, which was held this Tuesday, ousted Davis from the governorship and replaced him with movie star and novice politician Arnold Schwarzenegger.

By the Voice Staff October 9, 2003

Spanish crown prince checks up on GU

Spain’s Crown Prince Felipe (MSFS ‘95) made his annual visit to Georgetown this week during a three-day stay in Washington D.C. During his stay, he met with University President John J. DeGioia and several members of Georgetown’s Spanish community.

By the Voice Staff October 9, 2003

Efficient Hoyas get it done at Lafayette

SPORTS BY CAMERON SMITH Georgetown football finally got into the win column with, according to Head Coach Bob Benson, a “resilient and persistent” effort last Saturday in a 17-10 victory over a talented Lafayette Leopard squad. The win, the season’s first both overall and in Patriot League play, was capped on a 14-play, 95-yard drive at the midway point of the fourth quarter of what Benson called a “great team win.”

By the Voice Staff October 9, 2003

Hoyas fall to Friars, No.2 Terps up next

Following their blowout of the Virginia Military Academy on Wednesday night, the Georgetown men’s soccer team endured a harrowing 3-1 loss to Big East opponent Providence Saturday under piercing sun at North Kehoe Field.

In the first half, the Hoyas displayed immense vigor and team harmony on the field as they held the Friars off the scoreboard and away from senior goalkeeper Tim Hogan’s box, holding Providence to only one shot.

By the Voice Staff October 9, 2003

Red Sox & Cubs vs. the curse

You my boy Derek Lowe. You saved me from going into a catatonic trance on Monday night. I’d been shaking because I had to watch my beloved Beantown baseballers let a three run lead dwindle to one, and with men on first and second and only one out, I was sure we were doomed to spend another off-season in the dumps.

By the Voice Staff October 9, 2003

The Sports Sermon

“Is Lavar jealous that he cant play offense. Is he jealous that he can’t get right. Tell ‘Cant Get Right’ that his plate is full. It’s a little bit too much to take me on”-Tampa bay DE Warren Sapp Warren sure does love to lay the smack down. Redskins fans can’t be happy with that.

By Paul McCarthy October 9, 2003

Seats taken

October perennially seems to be the month when the bandwagon pulls out of the garage and makes its stops, picking up the derelicts who wait on the street corner for their team to finally come around. Ahh, the bandwagon, that rollicking inferno that sets ablaze a never-before-seen passion in lost and wayward fans.

By the Voice Staff October 9, 2003

‘Flick’ed off

In Alexander Payne’s 1999 film Election, Omaha high schooler Tracy Flick will stop at nothing to get ahead. And getting ahead means winning, at nearly any cost, the student council election. She’s hyper-ambitious and eager to climb the next step on the career ladder.

By the Voice Staff October 9, 2003