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Last week, the District’s transgender community suffered a rash of violent crime that left two transgender persons dead and one in the hospital.

On Aug. 16, Bella Evangelista was shot dead by a man who had solicited her for oral sex and later discovered she was transgender.

By the Voice Staff August 28, 2003

Advocating for students

In July, Todd Olson became interim Vice President of Student Affairs after Juan Gonzales stepped down to take a position at Arizona State University. Olson brings a fair amount of experience to the job; he served as Associate Vice President for Student Affairs for Gonzales, and has had a great deal of interaction with student leaders.

By the Voice Staff August 28, 2003

A responsible alcohol policy

The current University alcohol policy fails to accomplish its stated goal of ensuring “the most responsible approach for the use of alcohol.” The policy does not afford a reasonable amount of trust to students, resulting in a confrontational relationship between students and the University administration.

By the Voice Staff August 28, 2003

The Back Page

Free Unclassifieds: Don’t fret, plun. Welcome freshpeople! nijntje But who could forget the viceroy? I’d feel awful. Surely you are misled. The British love picnics, and so one didn’t not have a picnic merely because the environment didn’t lend itself particulary well to picnics.

By the Voice Staff August 21, 2003

In Memoriam

Rev. Joseph T. Durkin, S.J. The Rev. Joseph T. Durkin, Professor Emeritus of History, died this summer shortly after his one-hundredth birthday. An extremely active community member even in old age, Durkin worked with prison inmates and Alzheimer’s patients, as well as Georgetown students.

By the Voice Staff August 21, 2003

Scavenge, win

I don’t really do sports. I sit on the couch and watch them. I listen to my friends talk about them. I even watch a basketball game or two at Yates while I’m running on the treadmill. But I don’t do sports.

So what got me up at 6:30 a.m. on a Wednesday morning to jog two miles? And why am I loading up on carbs and consuming four Nalgenes of water a day? It’s because the race of all races, the challenge of all challenges, the adventure of all adventures is just around the corner.

By the Voice Staff August 21, 2003

The Sports Sermon

The Serm returns for Fall session with a docket of new cases.

We will begin with Texas vs. Dotson, Carlton. Now, Mr. Dotson, you are charged with murder in the first degree in the death of Patrick Dennehy, your basketball teammate at Baylor University. I see here that you are claiming to have had delusions previously, hearing voices and such.

By Brandon Sloane August 21, 2003

New basketball assistants settle in

The Hoyas roster wasn’t the only part of the men’s basketball team that underwent a major overhaul this summer. When assistants Ronny Thompson and Chip Simms left the team to take a position at the University of Arkansas and explore other coaching options, respectively, Georgetown was left with two significant holes in its staff.

By the Voice Staff August 21, 2003

Tumultuous summer for Hoyas hoops roster

The Georgetown men’s basketball team is rebounding from a tumultuous year, during which they lost six of 14 players on their roster to graduation, transfer or ineligibility. Only two of last season’s starters will be returning this year-senior guard Gerald Riley and sophomore forward Brandon Bowman.

By the Voice Staff August 21, 2003

With QB chosen, football looks eagerly ahead

SPORTS BY BILL CLEVELAND The major summertime question about the Georgetown football team’s upcoming season has been this: Who will be the starting quarterback? After a period of preseason uncertainty, Head Coach Bob Benson has selected junior Andrew Crawford to start in the position.

By the Voice Staff August 21, 2003

Nice quads

After many months of construction, the Southwest Quadrangle project is complete. Students have been moving in, and the building should be filled to capacity by this time next week, mostly with sophomores surly for having been denied a shot at a Village A rooftop.

By the Voice Staff August 21, 2003

Too many buses

When Georgetown University sold the Medical Center to MedStar in 2000 to avoid further financial losses, part of their agreement addressed traffic and parking issues. It was agreed that by 2002, MedStar would control almost 2,800 of the 4,080 on-campus parking spaces allowed by zoning laws—800 more than the hospital could use previously.

By the Voice Staff August 21, 2003

A tasteless commencement

The commencement speaker at Georgetown’s college graduation ceremony this May was Cardinal Francis Arinze, a well-known Nigerian prelate who has been mentioned as a possible successor to Pope John Paul II. Suggested as a speaker by College Dean Jane Dammen McAuliffe, the Cardinal was expected to discuss interreligious dialogue (he has a great deal of experience with Muslim-Christian relations).

By the Voice Staff August 21, 2003

Embellish!

Was your summer less than exciting? Maybe you sat on your fine ass watching three straight months of All My Children. If a first-year, perhaps you allowed your parents to convince you that college would entail a full summer of preparation and spent the entire time searching for the perfect shade of blue extra-long twin sheets.

By the Voice Staff August 21, 2003

Colonial misadventures

Don’t Lets Go To The Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller Random House, $12.95 Although a grammar teacher would balk at the title, don’t let its wordiness fool you. In her memoir Don’t Lets Go To The Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller recounts with wonderful clarity her upbringing in Africa in the 1970s and 80s.

By the Voice Staff August 21, 2003

Hail Radiohead redux

Over the summer, Radiohead had indie rock aficionados more excited than a sugar-happy nine-year-old on his birthday-and all they did was release another album. When the group that is often called the Earth’s most relevant rock band plays, everyone listens.

By the Voice Staff August 21, 2003

This just in: stamps enrich life

LEISURE BY CHRIS JAROSCH If you still think that stamp collecting is extinct, there’s an entire museum solely dedicated to the history of stamps and the postal service ready and waiting to prove it to you.

By the Voice Staff August 21, 2003

Rx for the District

As analysts and political junkies follow the Democratic presidential primary races in Iowa and New Hampshire, perhaps some attention should be focused on New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. The first time voters will go to the polls during this presidential campaign will be January 13, here in the District of Columbia.

By the Voice Staff August 21, 2003

Georgetown flexes its Quad

Workers are placing the final touches on the new Southwest Quadrangle this week, finishing most of the construction just in time for the start of 2003-2004 academic year. Despite the occasional glitch, like a few unexpected fire alarms early Wednesday morning, all buildings in the new complex besides the Jesuit Residence will be ready for occupants on time.

By the Voice Staff August 21, 2003

Computer worm blasts PCs

Two computer viruses have been causing slowdowns across the Georgetown University network and e-mail system in recent weeks. University Information Services is taking steps to mitigate the effects. The W32.Blaster.Worm and W32.SoBig viruses have struck Internet users worldwide.

By the Voice Staff August 21, 2003