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‘Survivor’ winner describes life in the Outback

Tina Wesson, the winner of Survivor: The Australian Outback, spoke about her experience on the show and her resulting fame in ICC Auditorium Wednesday night.

Wesson also offered advice to those who attended the speech, telling students “college is a blast … this is the greatest time of your life.

By the Voice Staff March 20, 2003

Student files complaint against GU

Georgetown student Kate Dieringer (NUR ‘04) filed a complaint in early February with the Department of Education alleging that Georgetown violated her civil rights as a sexual assault victim.

Dieringer reported to the Office of Student Conduct in April 2002 that she had been drugged and raped in the fall of 2001.

By the Voice Staff March 20, 2003

H*yas for Choice seeks SAC funds

For the first time in over a decade, H*yas for Choice is applying to be recognized as an official Georgetown club by the Student Activities Commission. If the effort succeeds, the organization will be eligible to receive Student Activities Commission funding.

By the Voice Staff March 20, 2003

GSC releases Living Wage report

The Georgetown Solidarity Committee has released a report on wages at Georgetown recommending the University increase the pay of some of its subcontracted employees.

In the 12-page report submitted to 30 administrators and several faculty members, GSC recommended the University pay all staff members a living wage based on computed living expenses in the Washington, D.

By the Voice Staff March 20, 2003

Don’t front

“As a university we need to place ourselves on the cutting edge of change, to be part of this city’s historic quest for racial, social, economic and political justice,” said University President John J. DeGioia two days before his inauguration in 2001. On the eve of his Presidency, DeGioia committed himself to enacting social change.

By the Voice Staff March 20, 2003

Features

Finding his Strength

Georgetown senior sprinter Michael Williams lost his mother months before entering college. Since then, Williams has battled to fulfill her final wish—his graduation.

By the Voice Staff March 20, 2003

‘Spider’ spins a stultifying story

There’s something wrong with Spider, not the least of which is his name. Dubbed so for his love of all things arachnid, Dennis “Spider” Cleg remembers building webs of natty string in his room. He also remembers his father doing something awful to his mother.

By the Voice Staff March 20, 2003

Improvfest comes to campus, so get excited

Trying to write a review about an improv comedy press run is a sure set-up for failure. Unlike a theater production performance, there is no set script or directions for the performers. Rather, spontaneity and off-the-cuff humor is employed in lieu of choreographed, well-rehearsed scenes and dialogue.

By the Voice Staff March 20, 2003

The Plan dismembers

With all four members of Dismemberment Plan sporting beards as they took they stage, lead singer and guitarist Travis Morrison was the only one who seemed particularly displeased with his. Just returned from a New Hampshire shanty where he had been writing songs for his solo career, Morrison maintained “Everyone’s ugly in New Hampshire,” during his between-song banter.

By the Voice Staff March 20, 2003

Pimpin’ for the 9:30

I know it’ll be hard to pull yourself away from the television this weekend, what with televised Iraqi carpet bombing and the NCAA men’s basketball tournament to brighten our days. While the prospect of late nights with Lute Olsen and Wolf Blitzer will certainly be enticing, I recommend getting your ass off of the couch and heading down to the 9:30 Club on Friday and Saturday for a cheap pair of concerts that blow Saddam-watching out of the water.

By the Voice Staff March 20, 2003

Nomadic Theatre sets ‘Angels’ ablaze

As the United States’ diplomacy grinds to a halt, historical relationships become the guiding force for the future. Likewise, in the search for progress, Angels in America II: Perestroika declares and wonders, “The great question before us is: are we doomed? ... will the past release us? ... can we change?” The play is Tony Kushner’s sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-and-Tony Award-winning Angels in America: The Millennium Approaches.

By the Voice Staff March 20, 2003

2003 World Championship for Global Hegemony

By the Voice Staff March 20, 2003

Features

A change in Chinatown

Since its opening in 1997, the MCI Center has spawned substantial economic development, turning Chinatown into one of the city’s more bustling commercial areas. Six years ago, the thought of a Hooters restaurant on the same block as Wah Shing Kung-Fu School would have seemed laughable. But as the new Washington Convention Center nears completion just six blocks north and developers move into the area to install chain restaurants, bars and shops, more Chinese-owned businesses are being forced to compete both for customers and increasingly pricey commercial real estate.

By the Voice Staff March 6, 2003

?Donde est?n mis pantalones? Costa Rica!

Most of y’all are getting ready for Spring Break. You’re excited, I know. Girls, that bikini’s definitely gonna be sexy. I know you’ve been working hard in Yates so your bum looks cute for the frat boys. And Eduardo, your Speedo will look fabulous down in Brazil, trust me.

By the Voice Staff March 6, 2003

New York City, my Jerusalem

I stepped out of the bus into cold rain in Chinatown, New York City at 11 p.m. Friday night. It had already been a long night—six hours on a bus that had more rows of seats crammed into it than it was supposed to. All I wanted to do was get on the Q train, sit down in a place where I could move my legs, walk the six blocks to my row house in Brooklyn and get some sleep.

By the Voice Staff March 6, 2003

Home for the holidays

I have always looked on a bit surprised as those around me triumphantly declare that they are going home over a given weekend. I have never really felt comfortable at home—odd, given that home is supposed to be subjectively defined as where one is most comfortable, safe, familiar.

By the Voice Staff March 6, 2003

What would Jesus do?

Millions of dollars have been made from selling T-shirts, wristbands and bumper stickers inscribed with the letters “WWJD” short for “What Would Jesus Do?” A recent ad campaign aimed at curbing the use of gas-guzzling SUVs implied that Jesus would drive a more fuel-efficient vehicle out of his love for the environment and rhetorically asked, “What would Jesus drive?” Since the American public and marketing firms have poured millions of dollars into the idea of what Jesus would do, it is sensible to explore this question when we stand at the precipice of a major war led by a self-proclaimed Christian whose outbursts of evangelicalism are more frequent than Bob Dole’s erections.

By the Voice Staff March 6, 2003

Ninjas! Ninjas! Ninjas!

The state of online, student-made ninja films is deplorable. There, someone needed to say it. Luckily, we have The Tenchu Reel Ninja Film Contest, found at www.ninjafilmcontest.com, a competition sponsored by Activision which features some of the best homemade ninja films by college-age directors around.

By the Voice Staff March 6, 2003

‘Hearts of Oak’ full of heart, good music, lacks oak

As unrelated as a British naval hymn and the Ghanaian national soccer team might sound, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists allude to both in the title of their latest release Hearts of Oak. The band appears clad in lime green soccer jerseys on the cover, paying an oblique tribute to the “Hearts of Oak,” a poor Ghanaian team that went on to win international soccer championships.

By the Voice Staff March 6, 2003

‘The Guide’ to loneliness

Gabe Fischbarg claims that men should never act vulnerable, because girls can smell desperation. What he hasn’t taken into account is that girls can also smell a sleaze a mile away, and his The Guide to Picking Up Girls emits a stench similar to that of month-old sea bass.

By the Voice Staff March 6, 2003

Colonics for everyone

Upset that your friends are all traveling to exotic locales this spring break while you rot at home? Why not take a trip up your own ass? If you weren’t blessed with a colossal colon of your own, then be sure to check out the Colossal Colon, a four-foot-wide, 40-foot-long replica of the human colon on display in Freedom Plaza through Saturday.

By the Voice Staff March 6, 2003