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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

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

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

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

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

‘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

The Back Page

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By the Voice Staff September 25, 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

My man wears a gorilla suit

VOICES BY ANNE GLIDDEN Each week, one of my favorite activities is to read the “I Saw You” section of the Washington City Paper. Admittedly, it’s a rather dorky way to celebrate the passing of yet another week, but I do enjoy ordering my overpriced Evil Empire from Uncommon Grounds and cozying up with the City Paper.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

Fear mongering is my anti-drug

Like most first-years coming to Georgetown, I had a difficult time adjusting to college life. I was nervous about making new friends and being in a different environment. I was beset by problems and self-doubt; my parents had just been brutally murdered and, worst of all, I was fat.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

‘Father Pat’ to leave in December

NEWS BY CLAIRE D’EMIC The Jesuit Order is transferring ESCAPE founder Rev. Pat Conroy, S.J. to Beaverton, Ore., just outside of Portland, where he has been appointed superior of the religious community at Jesuit High School.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

Robbery suspect nabbed after Prospect break-in

The Metropolitan Police Department arrested a suspect for attempted robbery Tuesday at 1:45 am after he tried to enter the first story window of a Prospect street home. After fleeing the scene, the armed suspect ran through several yards before reaching his hiding place.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

Democratic congressman speaks frankly

In an unabashed celebration of political partisanship, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass) spoke Tuesday evening to a packed room in St. Mary’s Hall to kick off the 2003-04 season of the Georgetown College Democrats. For roughly forty minutes, Frank reflected on his own political experience and defended the idea of political parties and the philosophy of the Democratic Party itself.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

Vouching for D.C.

A banner touting President Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” slogan hangs along the fa?ade of the Department of Education’s downtown headquarters. With a school vouchers plan becoming closer to reality for the District, however, perhaps the slogan should be “Every School Left Behind.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

GU battens down for Isabel

NEWS BY LAUREN TANICK Meteorologists, city officials and university administrators all agree: Isabel’s coming, and she’s packing a punch. Enough punch, it seems, for the University to close Thursday to accommodate commuting faculty and staff. According to the Weather Channel, the hurricane is predicted to bring gale force winds and heavy rains by Friday afternoon.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

The great Bengali monsoon wedding

There is a scene in Mira Nair’s film, Monsoon Wedding, where the bridegroom asks his fianc?, handpicked by his parents, about the odd similarity between an arranged marriage and a “love match?” “Well, how much more risky can this arranged marriage thing be from meeting one night in a noisy and smoky bar and hooking up?” he asks.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

Letter to the Editor

I want to congratulate Rob Anderson and Mike DeBonis on their centerfold article on the Southwest Quadrangle (“Our campus, our space,” Cover, Sept. 11). It is well written and shows considerable knowledge of architecture. And I laughed out loud when I read, “If God is in the architectural details, Georgetown lost its faith long ago.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

Features

Off campus, on track

COVER BY BILL CLEVELAND Expanding the University is no longer just a matter of collecting funds and drawing plans. In recent years, a stronger neighborhood voice has forced the University to take the concerns of the surrounding community to heart. Now, with 90 percent of students on campus, has a new era of town-gown relations arrived?

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

Men’s soccer bounces back from shutout

SPORTS BY CACILDA TEIXEIRA The Georgetown men’s soccer team bounced back nicely from a 3-0 shutout at St. John’s on Saturday to win their second game of the season 3-1 against Towson University at North Kehoe Field on Tuesday. The Hoyas improved to 2-2-2 overall and 0-1 in the Big East.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

Hoyas defense a no show at Holy Cross

Georgetown continued its poor start to the 2003 football season with a 42-34 loss at Holy Cross on Saturday. The Crusaders held off a late Hoyas surge in a contest which showcased the offensive abilities of both teams.

Georgetown was led by the “big three” of senior quarterback Andrew Crawford, first-year quarterback Alondzo Turner and senior wide receiver Luke McArdle.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

Three points and a lot more

Besides showcasing the Tuna’s much-anticipated return to the House that Hoffa Built, Monday’s game and between the Giants and Cowboys brought professional kickers to the forefront of the national sports media.

My lifelong allegiance to the Giants prevents me from yet speaking publicly about the game itself with any shred of civility or reason.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

The Sports Sermon

Miss Cleo beware, you have company! “Be ready, ” Jamal Lewis told his friend on the Cleveland Browns. “I’m going to break the single season rushing record.”

What started out as a little trash talking turned into one of the greatest self-predictions ever made.

By Paul McCarthy September 18, 2003

Lost treasure

LEISURE BY KIM RINEHIMER Unprepared and much less enthused than your average GU junior abroad, the characters of Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation find themselves in exotic and chaotic Tokyo. Lost in Translation brilliantly explores cultural disparities as well as the gulfs that can divide individuals.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003