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Students protest terrorism

A group of concerned students and faculty members staged a demonstration against all forms of terrorism in Red Square on Wednesday.

The demonstration involved 11 people lying down with their faces covered with bandanas holding signs which said, for example, “I was a high school teacher in Hiroshima.

By the September 12, 2002

News

DeGioia speaks on present and future of GU

Georgetown University must raise $170 million this year to successfully reach its fundraising goal of $1 billion, University President John J. DeGioia said in a meeting with student press on Sept. 6.

The Third Century Campaign to raise $1 billion began in 1995 and will end on June 30, 2003.

By the September 12, 2002

News

Primary results uncertain; Williams looks to win

Close to 1,000 Georgetown students headed to the polls Tuesday to choose from seven candidates running in the Sept. 10 primary.

The winner of the Democratic primary remains undetermined at this time.

The two leading candidates, current Mayor Anthony Williams and the Reverend Willie Wilson, were both write-in candidates.

By the September 12, 2002

News

GU commemorates Sept. 11 anniversary

The University paused in a national moment of silence at 8:46 am Wednesday to commemerate the attacks of Sept. 11. Events, including an interfaith service of prayer, a town hall meeting and a candlelight vigil, were held to offer students an opportunity to reflect and discuss the attacks and their effects.

By the September 12, 2002

Sports

Women’s tennis prepares for fall, eyes spring

The Georgetown Women’s tennis team its kick off their fall season Sept. 26 at the Bucknell Invitational in Lewisburg, Pa., a tournament that the Hoyas dominated last year. The team will participate in six tournaments in the next two months as they prepare for Big East competition and the Big East Championship this spring.

By the September 12, 2002

Sports

The Sports Sermon

Ah, to silence the critics. There is nothing more satisfying than to defy those endless haters and analysts who think that they know sports because they speak vociferously and say, “Awesome baby!” or because they were married to Roseanne and therefore must know something about 300-pound linemen.

By the September 12, 2002

Sports

Beirut 101

Some call it beer pong; others refer to it as “beirizzy in the hizzy.” You can call it whatever you want, as long as you acknowledge that Beirut is the best game, ever. we ex-high school jocks can’t get enough of it. If we go one night without the feeling of that ping-pong ball on our fingertips, we get the jitters.

By the September 12, 2002

Sports

Wafer Saxa

Before I die, I hope to be wealthy enough to found a university. With a relatively small amount of money?say, a few million dollars?I could easily start a small institution focused on training students for a specific range of careers. But that wouldn’t be any fun, because trade schools don’t usually have real sports teams.

By the September 12, 2002

Sports

Men’s soccer shuts out Navy

The Georgetown Hoyas Men’s soccer team defeated the Navy Midshipmen at North Kehoe Field 2-0 Tuesday in a critical early-season test for the young Hoya team.

Last Saturday, the Hoyas lost a heartbreaker at Syracuse 3-2. In the game, George-town gave up a two-goal lead in the last five minutes of regulation and eventually lost in overtime.

By the September 12, 2002

Leisure

Photo realism

I can’t seem to find words eloquent enough to describe the emotions I felt a year and a day ago. Perhaps some of you can’t, either. But on that day, hundreds of people found something that could speak for them: They picked up a camera, be it film or digital, still or video, and allowed that device to capture what their eyes could not or would not believe.

By the September 12, 2002

Leisure

O-ska-ma bin Laden?

Dan Geller and Amy Dykes are more attractive than most indie rockers. Geller’s chiseled features and Dykes’ head of platinum-blond hair do nothing to suggest them as unintended victims of last year’s terrorist attacks. But the’ve paid a price?the duo call themselves “I Am the World Trade Center,” and have recorded under that name for several years.

By the September 12, 2002

Leisure

Kurosawa classic hits AFI

When watching one of the “greatest films of all time,” there is often a troubling disconnect between the amount of pleasure one gets and the amount one thinks one should be receiving. It is difficult to fully enjoy a film with the sword of praise constantly dangling over one’s head.

By the September 12, 2002

Leisure

Egypt comes alive … well, not literally.

Many people would jump at the chance to see the pyramids in Egypt or the treasures of Tutenkhamen’s tomb. Just about anyone would if given the opportunity to see such wonders up close, but there’s always some excuse not to up and fly to the Middle East?school, work, geopolitical upheaval.

By the September 12, 2002

Leisure

Anthems examines D.C. a year on

Washington is a city that often seems to lack a unified voice. From Anacostia to Capitol Hill, from Adams Morgan to Georgetown, there could hardly be a more disparate half million people. In the wake of last September, the question of a common identity for Washington has attracted new attention, and in its first show of the season, Arena Stage seeks to find an anthem befitting our impossibly diverse city.

By the September 12, 2002

Features

September 11, 2002

Photography by Rob Anderson, Alana Burke, Debbie Hwang and Kazuo Oishi

By the September 12, 2002

Voices

GUSA’s flawed tribute

If you walked around campus yesterday, you would have undoubtedly noticed many commemorations in remembrance of the tragedy of Sept. 11. In all, 3,025 people were murdered on that day, representing 82 countries. What you would have missed while walking through Red Square, however, were the flags of 68 nations who lost citizens.

By the September 12, 2002

Voices

Letter to the Editor

Last week’s editorial on the upcoming World Bank/IMF protests, (“Wanted: Police protection,” Sept. 5), while supporting the easily defendable sentiment that safety is important and that everyone should feel secure, nevertheless completely misses the essential issues, relying upon the faulty premise that spending more money to provide more police officers and more riot gear is the best way to ensure safety and security for the city.

By the September 12, 2002

Editorials

This joke is played out

Poverty and homelessness are a major problem in the District. According to the D.C.-area non-profit group Help the Homeless, as of 1999 almost one-fifth of the city’s population lived in poverty. Nearly one-quarter of the city’s renters could not afford a one-bedroom apartment.

By the September 5, 2002

Editorials

Wanted: police protection

On Sept. 25, thousands of protesters are expected to flock to the District to protest the latest round of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings. In the past the city has responded admirably, providing enough police officers to create a safe environment without being threatening or constricting.

By the September 5, 2002

Editorials

Where are we GOing?

The promise of the Georgetown One Card was enough to make all Georgetown students salivate. Finally, there would no longer be a need to carry a separate laundry card, printing card and ID card, to get a stick-on barcode to check out books from the library, and to use a University ID number, which happened to be most people’s social security number, for Munch Money purchases.

By the September 5, 2002

Sports

Women’s soccer wins first home game

The Georgetown women’s soccer team defeated Howard University 9-5 yesterday in its first home game, rebounding from last weekend’s loss to William and Mary and evening their record at 1-1.

The Hoyas came out strong, with junior midfielder Courtney Shaub scoring the first goal less than two minutes into the game.

By the September 5, 2002

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REVENGE!

Thank you for bringing him into my life

Classic rock it, while we have a chance

Only losers CHOOSE to go to foam parties.

Whoa-oh-oh-oh

Sean … it’s just Jarosch

You Southern girls are disgusting.

Why are you watching me iron?

Don’t give Bonus no lines, and keep your hands to yourself.

By the September 5, 2002

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By the September 5, 2002

Sports

Volleyball goes 1-2 over weekend

Only returning four players from last year’s Big East Tournament runner-up, the Georgetown Women’s Volleyball team opened up its season this past weekend in East Lansing, Mich. at the Coca-Cola/Michigan State University Volleyball Classic, going 1-2.

The tournament featured the No.

By the September 5, 2002

Leisure

NME gushes; we vomit

In art as in life, the problem with being ahead of your time is that you tend to wallow in poverty and obscurity because the rest of the world doesn’t care about you. In our day and age, the problem has been partially remedied. Between the magic of the Internet and the compulsions of hipsters who have nothing better to do with their lives, there are seemingly millions of people spending all of their time trying to find the next obscure, unknown and unloved but nonetheless culturally significant “big thing.

By the September 5, 2002