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Spending responsibly

Vice President for Student Affairs Juan Gonzalez is no stranger to budgeting crises. Gonzalez was asked to come to Georgetown at a time when the University was making historic financial changes. Yet Gonzalez has made questionable additions to Student Affairs while neglecting valid student needs.

By the Voice Staff February 13, 2003

GU leads in fuel cell technology

Georgetown has agreed to provide the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority with a fuel cell bus to be used on Metrobus routes beginning this spring.

According to a Metro press release, they are currently modifying the bus to make it compatible with Metro transit buses.

By the Voice Staff February 13, 2003

Dluhy hopes to foster communication

Despite protests from both students and faculty about the creation of her position, newly appointed Special Assistant to the Vice President Mary Dluhy said that she is confident that she is both needed on campus and qualified to work with Georgetown students.

By the Voice Staff February 13, 2003

Provost looks to hire associates

The Office of the Provost hopes to hire two new Associate Provosts by March or April, said Provost James O’Donnell. O’Donnell stated that the two full-time positions are not new and were left vacant by his predecessor, Dr. Dorothy Brown, in order to give him the freedom to choose his own staff.

By the Voice Staff February 13, 2003

Students robbed one block from campus

On Feb. 2, two students were robbed less than a block from Healy Gates where a Department of Public Safety patrol car is permanently stationed. The students were approached around 5 a.m. on the 3600 block of O Street by two black men in their twenties, one of whom claimed to be a student, according to Lt.

By the Voice Staff February 13, 2003

GUSA supports Fair Trade

The Georgetown University Student Association unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday night recommending that the University sell Fair Trade coffee at all coffee shops, cafeterias and catering services at Georgetown.

Currently Uncommon Grounds, Midnight Mug, the Starbucks in the Leavey Center, New South Cafeteria and Marriott catering services offer Fair Trade coffee when requested.

By the Voice Staff February 13, 2003

Clinton hosts Young Adult Symposium on campus

President Bill Clinton (SFS ‘68) took the stage in Gaston Hall on Tuesday to cries of “four more years!” Clinton gave the keynote address at his first annual Young Adult Symposium, a conference focused on solving youth issues in the United States, to the enthusiastic group.

By the Voice Staff February 13, 2003

Proposed free, confidential HIV testing denied

Funding for proposed free and confidential HIV screening in the Student Primary Care Clinic was denied by the University Wednesday afternoon, presenting a major setback to the year and a half long effort.

Doctors at the clinic, in conjunction with organizations such as the Student Health Advisory Board and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Working Group, have been working on the project which, according to Vice President for Student Affairs Dr.

By the Voice Staff February 13, 2003

Letter to the Editor

Mike DeBonis’ column (“Trash Talk,” Feb. 6) was reasonably well-written, which is to be applauded. However, the sanctimonious attitude he exhibits is not. The article ends with the paragraph, “Do yourself a favor if you’re a talk radio junkie or a HoyaTalk regular: Break out of the cycle and take a few minutes to get the real story.

By the Voice Staff February 13, 2003

Letter to the Editor

As members of Advocates for Improved Response Methods to Sexual Assault (AFIRMS), we applaud the Georgetown Voice for its endorsement of our proposed changes to the sexual assault policy. The editors have clearly examined our reports carefully with the interests of students in mind.

By the Voice Staff February 13, 2003

Just four rugs?

“Excuse me, is this your child?” the waiter asked. We must have been an odd sight—an American couple dining at a Dallas family restaurant with what appeared to be a gangly six-year-old Brit. After being assured that I was not, in fact, the victim of an elaborate trans-Atlantic kidnapping scheme and that we had just lived abroad for a while, he left us alone without informing the police.

By the Voice Staff February 13, 2003

Kickin’ it in the badlands

I think my erudite and well-read English professor should start pronouncing Gustav Flaubert’s name in a cheap, Americanized fashion: Flaw-burt. He should continue his French literary name-dropping as usual but just mispronounce Flaubert’s name on purpose: Bordieu, Foucault, Sartre, Flaw-burt.

By the Voice Staff February 13, 2003

How to make Hoya love

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and I make the ladies sweat. That’s why the Voice begged me to write this article. What, the editors wondered, can we find out about “the life of love” from the hottest thing to hit the Georgetown campus since Tabasco and Jesuits? Plenty, I say.

By the Voice Staff February 13, 2003

Features

The need to know

The University asserts that a student’s disciplinary record, like his or her grades, should not be made available for public scrutiny.

Many individuals who have either been directly or indirectly affected by campus judicial processes believe quite the opposite.

By the Voice Staff February 13, 2003

The Sports Sermon

February sucks, you say. The NFL playoffs are over, and there’s nothing going on until March Madness, right? NO!

You see, February is the grandest month for true fans, and by true fans I mean the good people who realize that football is almost as boring as hockey and that the two incarnations of the truest sport-~~basketball~~-are in full swing.

By the Voice Staff February 6, 2003

Trash talk

Two weeks ago, the number of Georgetown students who knew who Athletic Director Joe Lang is and what he does for the University could have comfortably filled a Village C dorm room. Today he’s the only man who could unite this campus. In a frenzy of accusations, anyway.

By the Voice Staff February 6, 2003

The ‘Worst in Sports’ awards

In honor of our men’s basketball team being the worst performing overtime team in recent history, I bring you a list of the worst in sports:

Worst Sports Innovation—Selling stadium naming rights. Yeah, the team gets over $100 million for the name, but names like Lincoln Financial Field and 3COM Park are destroying sports.

By the Voice Staff February 6, 2003

Joe Lang speaks out

Georgetown University Director of Athletics Joe Lang wants to win as much as any Hoyas fan. In an interview yesterday with campus newspapers, Lang, at times extremely emotional, conveyed his desire for every sport at Georgetown to be competitive.

By the Voice Staff February 6, 2003

Georgetown’s skid hits six of last seven

For the Georgetown men’s basketball team (10-8 overall, 2-6 Big East), the story is all too familiar: Junior power forward Mike Sweetney has an All-American-caliber game, but the Hoyas still lose in frustrating fashion.

This scenario held true this week as Georgetown lost at No.

By the Voice Staff February 6, 2003

Editorials

Change the sexual assault policy

On Jan. 22, the Advocates for Improved Response Methods to Sexual Assault (AFIRMS) group released an analysis of Georgetown’s sexual assault policy and adjudication process to more than 30 student affairs administrators. AFIRMS puts forth a series of valuable recommendations for altering the University’s Student Code of Conduct, adjudication system and disclosure policy and the administration should give them serious consideration.

By the Voice Staff February 6, 2003