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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

Three visiting Afghan students missing

Three Afghan students visiting Georgetown for a weeklong U.S.-Afghan relations exchange program disappeared from their Leavey Center hotel rooms the night of Tuesday, Jan. 28. It was not immediately clear where they had gone, though the University confirmed that some of the missing students have family in the United States.

By the Voice Staff February 6, 2003

Ride the no wave

Perhaps only a few of us remember the decadence of new wave in the ‘80s via the memorable Flock of Seagulls hairdos of our older siblings, and their moodiness that precipitated endless spins of Depeche Mode’s Violator. Maybe we relive the magic through Behind the Music’s profile of 1982.

By the Voice Staff February 6, 2003

Funny sign

“It’s a funny sign, isn’t it?” said the GUTV kid with the shoulder-mounted video camera. He barreled down the hill from Leavey towards Lot T, calling attention to the large, electronic flip-sign at the entrance. It is 2:15 a.m. Tuesday and what normally should say “Road Closed” now reads “No War.

By the Voice Staff February 6, 2003

‘Darko’ at midnight

Everyone, at some point, has had a dream that they are certain is real. Recently re-popularized by The Matrix, the real world versus dream world discussion was old even when John Keats asked, “Was it a vision, or a waking dream … do I wake or sleep?” Written and directed by Richard Kelly, the movie Donnie Darko offers a highly original and challenging take on this age-old question.

By the Voice Staff February 6, 2003

Supergroup Zwan zwucks

The problem with supergroups constructed from bits and pieces of other bands is that they often end up with the least essential component of the original—bringing with them the name association, but rarely the creativity, of their former group. Zwan is a band in this vein, bringing Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin (Smashing Pumpkins), Paz Lenchantin (A Perfect Circle) and David Pajo (Slint/Tortoise) together with less than outstanding results.

By the Voice Staff February 6, 2003

‘Piano Lesson’ needs practice

The Black Theatre Ensemble’s production of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson is a drama that hits a couple of marvelous keys but fails to sustain a unified melody. While often fascinating and touching, the production comes off as lackluster, failing to live up to its full potential.

By the Voice Staff February 6, 2003

I want to ride my bicycle

I hate people from Kansas. So does the District. Let me explain.

I got my first job at thirteen. I also had my eye on a shiny red bike. So I worked hard, saved up, calculated my interest and planned ahead. I even scheduled time with my mom to drive to the bike shop.

By the Voice Staff February 6, 2003

Former commissioners recognized

Two Georgetown students were honored Tuesday night for their service on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E. The ANC’s recognition of former Commissioners Justin Kopa (CAS ‘03) and Justin Wagner (CAS ‘03) is the first time students have been recognized for their efforts on the ANC.

By the Voice Staff February 6, 2003

Administration shuts down e-mail

The administration intentionally shut down Georgetown’s e-mail system Wednesday night after discovering that an e-mail containing private information about three students had been accidentally sent to 2,900 graduate students.

According to University Registrar John Q.

By the Voice Staff February 6, 2003