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Going to the chapel

My cousin got to stand in the middle of the couch and sing the solo in the Bonnie Raitt song “Something to Talk About.” We have it on tape. I was incensed. She is four months younger than me and is always getting the better end of the deal. She’s getting married in a month.

By the Voice Staff April 24, 2003

Features

After The Georgetown Voice: 2003

For our last issue and last chance to work together, the graduating seniors at the Voice wanted to take a look at where various Voice alumni are now. From various graduating classes, we found not only journalists, but an attorney and even a professional clown.

By the Voice Staff April 24, 2003

Correction

In “GUSA passes sex assault resolution unanimously,” (p. 6, April 10), Kate Dieringer should been attributed as NHS ‘05, not CAS ‘04.

By the Voice Staff April 24, 2003

Letters to the Editor

Abortion satire “fell short” I just wanted to write to express my disappointment at the section on Pro-Life fliers in the Leisure section (“Coat hangers & pacifiers,” p. 11, April 10). I appreciate the attempt at humor and satire, but I think it fell a bit short.

By the Voice Staff April 24, 2003

My 20 Years with the Voice

All good things must come to an end. Today, The Georgetown Voice publishes my byline for the last time. My first byline ran when I was a first-year, in the fall of 1983. Or was it 1982? No, it had to be 1983 because the theme for my senior prom was “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?” and I don’t think Culture Club was too popular in the spring of 1982.

By the Voice Staff April 24, 2003

Not Nirvana, just clarity

I cried the day that Kurt Cobain died. That night, nine Aprils ago, friends and I lit candles and listened to “Pennyroyal Tea” as a meaningful, if juvenile tribute. I cried the next year too, playing my guitar as my mother consoled me, even though she had until that spring disdained Nirvana and their lyrical content-unsettling material for an impressionable nine-year-old, I understand.

By the Voice Staff April 24, 2003

Deadbeat district

OK, this is it. I’m finally going to call up Mayor Anthony Williams and thank him for making my job as a District affairs news columnist so damn easy. Just when I think the District’s government has hit rock bottom, it takes that extra step to prove me wrong.

By the Voice Staff April 10, 2003

GU Pride raises LGBTQ awareness

GU Pride has declared this week Pride Week in an effort to raise awareness of issues faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning students and faculty.

GU Pride co-president Jamaal Young (SFS ‘03) says the organization is aiming to attract a large and diverse group of participants by planning a range of activities throughout the week.

By the Voice Staff April 10, 2003

Embedded in the GU Peace Camp

It’s 9:00 am on a Tuesday, and a light flow of people stream through Red Square. Some walk by with eyes focused ahead, but most glance over to the now-familiar group of tents pitched on the side of White-Gravenor. The majority of interested passers-by look past the protest signs to make eye contact with one of the activists inside the camp.

By the Voice Staff April 10, 2003

Weekly farmer’s market poised to arrive at Georgetown location

Georgetown students and neighborhood residents will soon be able to purchase fresh produce within walking distance of their homes. Last week, the Advisory Neighborhood Commission unanimously approved a request for a farmer’s market to be held in Georgetown.

By the Voice Staff April 10, 2003

The Sports Sermon

Let’s play Around the Horn, except without ESPN’s Max Kellerman, who looks like a 15-year-old straight out of juvey. And we’ll also do without the marginal sportswriters from arbitrarily selected newspapers. (“Random dude from Milwaukee Journal Sentinal: What do you think about Kobe? What? Sorry, YOU’RE MUTED!!!”) Wow, that show sucks.

By the Voice Staff April 10, 2003

GUSA passes sex assault resolution unanimously

The GUSA Assembly unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday calling for drastic reform to Georgetown’s disciplinary disclosure policy and sexual assault categorization. The resolution was proposed by Luis Torres (CAS ‘05) and Advocates for Improved Response Methods to Sexual Assault (AFIRMS).

By the Voice Staff April 10, 2003

Poker Playa

“Listen, here’s the thing.? If you can’t spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, you are the sucker.”

Poker, a game that separates the men from the boys. I got hooked on it sophomore year at Georgetown. With my regular crew of six or seven friends, we all matured as players during those weekly six- to 10-hour marathon sessions in Village B.

By the Voice Staff April 10, 2003

Both sides of abortion debate demonstrate

A light rain fell on Copley Lawn Wednesday morning, forming puddles around thousands of pink and blue flags protruding from the sodden ground.

GU Right to Life put up the 3,598 flags to symbolize the number of abortions performed each day in the United States, citing the Alan Guttmacher Institute as the source for its figures.

By the Voice Staff April 10, 2003

Hoyas don’t fear the turtle, win 8-4

The Georgetown baseball team left a cold and rainy Shipley Field at the University of Maryland on Tuesday with a feeling that had been lost since March 19: the thrill of victory. The Hoyas (7-20, 1-11 Big East) ended an eleven-game slide with an impressive 8-4 victory over the Terrapins behind the stellar pitching performance of senior Pat Salvitti and sophomore catcher Andrew Cleary’s power hitting display.

By the Voice Staff April 10, 2003

“SWEETS DON’T GO”

Please stay Cause our team really needs you And please play Or else our front court won’t shine, no

I know that the choice isn’t simple And I know that the season’s been long But it’s clear that you’re thinking of leaving And that decision would be very

By the Voice Staff April 10, 2003

Men’s golf on the brink of NCAA Tournament

Georgetown men’s golf Head Coach Tommy Hunter likes to call his team “the best-kept secret on campus.” This spring, the secret may get out-the Hoyas are poised to qualify for the NCAA tournament for only the second time in the team’s history with three weeks of competition remaining.

By the Voice Staff April 10, 2003

Editorials

A Sweet choice

Goldman Sachs called. They’ve heard that you’ve been doing great things in the MSB and offer you $1 million to leave Georgetown a year early and work for them. All your life you have prepared to work at Goldman Sachs, so you seriously consider their offer.

By the Voice Staff April 10, 2003

Editorials

A major choice

While students in the School of Foreign Service are often stereotyped as workaholic pre-professionals, it is becoming increasingly easier to manage the school’s curriculum. The SFS requires a core of 16 classes, a 10-12 class major, many of which have been recently reduced, and proficiency in a foreign language.

By the Voice Staff April 10, 2003

Editorials

A diverse requirement

On April 2, the College dean’s office issued the spring edition of The College, the online newsletter for students. An easy-to-ignore section near the top, pointed to the possibility of a major shift in the way the College approaches core requirements. Associate Dean Anne Sullivan is conducting a review of the College curriculum measuring the number of diversity-related courses offered.

By the Voice Staff April 10, 2003

Filmy buildup

While GUTV and cohorts have yet again collaborated to host the Third Annual Student Film Festival on campus, perhaps some would rather spend their lunch money on a more culturally diverse bunch of shorts-that’s short films for you uninformed folks.

This weekend Visions Cinema and Bistro Lounge will again be showing Oscar nominated short films from around the world.

By the Voice Staff April 10, 2003

Sleep with the Voice

Hi, we’re the Voice. You know, a lot of people think that once you get your own campuswide newsmagazine it’s really easy to get lucky. Well, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the only one of us who’s getting any cookie at all is Dave Stroup, and that’s just ’’cause he’s a well-hung stud.

By the Voice Staff April 10, 2003

Scientology and you, minus your money and soul

Sick of the same old boring God? Communion wafers just not as tasty as they used to be? Tired of having to mutilate your genitals? Maybe it’s time for a new religion. Or maybe it’s time to give Scientology a try. With the Founding Church of Scientology located in Dupont Circle, finding an illogical credo to blindly adhere to is as easy as ceasing to question your better judgement.

By the Voice Staff April 10, 2003