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Eight Hoyas to watch before December

So you’re a first-year, or maybe a little older, and you’re looking for something to do this weekend, eh? Well, chances are there’s a party, somewhere on this campus, thrown... Read more

Voices

Lies, lies, lies!

As we begin another school year I am forced to reflect on my summer and ask myself the same thing we each ponder as a new year begins and summer... Read more

Voices

Salvaging a scrap of dignity

As if it weren’t enough of a clich? for a senior returning from a year abroad to write an article about the adjustment and reacclimation that describe his every new... Read more

Voices

I’m better than Eddie Winslow

Eddie, the oldest son from Family Matters would have had a kick-ass party if Carl and the family went away for a week. He would have invited over some buddies... Read more

Voices

A painful silence

I was raped. Those three words are a secret I kept to myself longer than any other, even longer than I kept quiet about being gay. Rape is such a... Read more

Sports

Now Batting for the Pink Team

My life has been pretty surreal recently. First, I stood outside Village A and was asked by a group of first-years if they could use my name at a party... Read more

Sports

Sportsview

Did you know that Tyrone Hill went to Xavier? Or that Mookie Wilson faced a 3-2 count against Calvin Schiraldi before slapping that grounder between Bill Buckner’s legs? Did you... Read more

Voices

Virtual bodies, real tears

I remember looking in the mirror when I was 13. I examined each curve, each new bulge, with cringing disgust. Fat, fat everywhere. I hated that flesh, that new roundness.... Read more

Voices

Fox News is the Devil

“Ooooh, look at me! I’m Bill O’Reilly, friend of the working man and foe of government. Look at me fight with liberals and lay waste to the media establishment. Ooooohhhhh.”... Read more

Voices

Welcome Freshman

Four years ago this Friday I crossed the Key Bridge in a taxi, all my belongings in the trunk and my mother beside me for moral support, by which I... Read more

News

Protester Chic

The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are preparing to hold their fall meetings in downtown Washington, D.C. Heavy protests are expected; loosely-organized demonstrators seem committed to making a show... Read more

News

Wormley school will hold only administration

The University has informed the community that the Wormley School be used exclusively for administrative space according to Linda Greenan, Assistant Vice President for External Affairs. Previous plans had called... Read more

News

Bus will connect GU to Metro stations

Georgetown Metro Connection, two Metro bus routes connecting Georgetown to metro stations will begin Sept. 4. Two routes are planned: a Wisconsin Avenue line connecting Georgetown and the Foggy Bottom-GWU... Read more

News

Construction delayed in Village C Lounge

The student area in the Village C Formal Lounge scheduled to open this fall will be delayed for an unspecified amount of time, according to Associate Dean of Students and... Read more

News

More student activity space sought

As part of the administration’s efforts to move beyond last year’s tension over alcohol-related issues, officials are submitting a grant proposal aimed at securing funds for non-alcoholic programming. Vice President... Read more

News

Date of DeGioia’s inauguration set

The official inauguration of John J. DeGioia as the next Georgetown University President will take place Saturday, Oct. 13. DeGioia replaced former University President Leo J. O’Donovan, S.J., on July... Read more

News

Proposal calls for improved response on GLBT

An ad hoc committee formed by Vice President of Student Affairs Juan Gonzalez met for eight weeks this summer to discuss issues facing gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students at... Read more

News

University to increase safety awareness

University administration and the Department of Public Safety are coordinating their efforts to increase safety awareness on campus in response to several burglaries and assaults in the Burleith area. “We... Read more

News

University allowed to postpone BZA orders

The District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment has granted Georgetown permission to postpone implementing BZA orders the University claims would cause “irreparable harm.” Although University officials say that many... Read more

Leisure

Radiohead in the right place

Among this year’s high-profile summer tours, none was more anticipated than Radiohead’s voyage across America. Having debuted 2000’s Kid A at number one on the Billboard charts, as well as... Read more

Leisure

Alternatives to D.C. Tourism

You probably visited Smithsonian’s Air and Space when you were 12 years old. And if you ever take an art class, you’ll most certainly stop by the National Gallery?if you... Read more

Leisure

Welcome Back …

As this is my first column as a Cultural Revolutionary, I thought I might write something so extraordinary, something so completely different, that it would forever shift this column’s reputation... Read more

Leisure

The Others smothers the others

There’s this story that Alfred Hitchcock told to French New Wave director Francois Truffaut about the difference between a suspenseful film scene and a surprising one. If an audience were... Read more

Leisure

Lezhur Ledger

The Leisure Ledger examines certain oddities that pop up in and around the Georgetown University campus. These peculiarities are most commonly things that would go unnoticed and ignored by the... Read more

Editorials

Bush’s summer vacation

President Bush spent the summer the way he probably wanted to: out of the limelight and trying to get business done. Unfortunately, for a president without a national mandate, this... Read more