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Out with the old, in with the new

The Voice traditionally evaluates the performance of the outgoing Georgetown University Student Association executives by comparing their original campaign goals with their actual accomplishments. For former GUSA President Ryan DuBose (CAS ‘02) and former Vice President Brian Walsh (CAS ‘02), however, this kind of comparison would not provide a completely fair assessment of their administration.

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No matter what anybody says, Kaydee Bridges will never be as hot as Ryan DuBose.

Cause I’m easy, easy like Sunday morning There’s no way I would choose sketchy club guys over you, but news is still cooler.

311?Here’s to the Axis of Evil

Freshmen rock the Voice.

Sports

The Sports Sermon

This shouldn’t have happened. At this point in the season, our Hoya basketball team should be 11-2 in the Big East, 20-5 overall, dominating the conference and playing for a No. 2 or 3 seed in the NCAA tournament. Instead, we are 6-7 in the Big East and 15-10 overall with no chance of making the Big Dance aside from a shocking victory in the Big East Tournament in two weeks.

Sports

Tournament hopes fizzle

With three minutes left in the first half of Georgetown’s contest against the Connecticut Huskies on Tuesday night, first-year guard Tony Bethel got the ball in the open court and flew, much to the delight of the packed student section. He threaded a beautiful pass right through a Huskies defender to fellow first-year Drew Hall for an easy lay-up to put the Hoyas up, 37-28.

Sports

Hoya baseball looks for improvement

After opening the season with five tough losses, the Georgetown baseball team will look to a mix of senior leadership and first-year talent to improve its results.

For the second straight season, the Hoyas dropped their first two games to William and Mary, 11-0 and 5-4.

Sports

Olympic blues

What’s the deal with the two-man luge? I mean, the one-man luge seems silly enough since it’s basically just glorified sledding, but why add a second man? I mean, how do you find a partner for the two man luge? I assume that the U.S. luge team assigns partners based on skill level or whatever, but wouldn’t that first trial run with another spandex-clad man laying directly on top of you seem kind of awkward, regardless of your sexual orientation? Do they spend time getting to know each other beforehand?

Outside of the several minutes every day I spend pondering these questions, the 2002 Olympics have yet to win my attention at all.

Voices

Eyewitness to persecution

The Chinese government, under the direction of Jiang Zemin, has been persecuting Falung Gong for over two and a half years. Falun Gong practitioners in China are beaten, tortured, raped and slandered by a massive propaganda campaign for following a spiritual practice.

Sports

Save it for the Ice Capades

The sobbing of the world’s favorite sore losers (and, not coincidentally, Canadians) Jamie Sale and David Pelletier finally paid off last week, the sporting world erupted in scandal with revelations of wrongdoing by skating judges.

To which I say: B`ig deal.

Voices

Letter to the editor

Ian Bourland’s cynical criticism of the Feb. 9th Cherry Tree festival (“Cherry Tree benefits from ringers,” Feb. 14) relies heavily on faults that are, upon further inspection, hardly faults at all. The annual a capella concert is indeed hosted by the Georgetown Chimes, a group that does, admittedly, have a unique style and repertoire.

Voices

When tradition and justice clash

As a member of both the Catholic and gay communities, the recent decision announced by Vice President of Student Affairs Juan Gonzales rejecting a center for gays, lesbians, bisexual and transgender students has left me perplexed. Learning under the Jesuits since my high school years, I have developed a great admiration for their philosophy and their principles.

Voices

The law book you’ve always wanted

So I’ve applied to law school. Actually, I’ve already applied to a few?more than two, fewer than 50. All I have to do now is wait.

And wait. And wait. The books say that waiting is the easy part. They’re wrong. Do you see people ever throwing, “I’ve been waiting three months for law school acceptance letters, and, man, this wait just keeps getting better!” parties? If it’s so fun, why don’t we switch places? They can wait; I’ll decide who gets in.

News

Gonzalez examines Corp’s finances

Vice President of Student Affairs Juan Gonzalez has held a series of meetings with executives of The Students of Georgetown Incorporated to discuss his concerns over the corporation’s expenditures. Specifically, Gonzalez raised questions about the amount of money that The Corp spends each year on alcohol for social events.

News

Execs see need for better GUSA-student relations

At their final meeting as the Georgetown University Student Association’s president and vice president, Ryan DuBose (CAS ‘02) and Brian Walsh (CAS ‘02) said that increased communication between GUSA and the student body as a whole should be a goal of the new GUSA executives in the coming year.

News

City council members support LGBTQ proposal

D.C. City Council members have expressed “deep concern over how Georgetown is handling the resource center,” according to advocates of the establishment of a resource center for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students on campus.

Resource center supporter and Voice staff member Joe McFadden (CAS ‘02) and two other center organizers met with D.

News

Improvements to libraries expected

Director of Campus Libraries Artemis Kirk, who took office in August, hopes “to bring the library to the level of excellence of the University.” Kirk spoke in a discussion session Tuesday evening, adding that in her first sixth months, she has developed a vision to expand the libraries’ collections and to improve facilities.

News

Williams addresses UN peacekeeping

Member states of the United Nations often employ peacekeeping missions as a default for actually implementing the right policies or lacking the will to do the right thing, said Abiodun Williams, Director of Strategic Planning in the Executive Office of the United Nations.

News

Progressive career fair postponed

The Progressive Career Fair organized by GU Pride and H*yas for Choice was suspended by the administration Wednesday night. Groups contacted by students, including Amnesty International, Catholics for Free Choice and the ACLU, will not attend Thursday’s fair as planned.

News

OSP administrator to leave

Director of Student Programs Mary Kay Schneider will leave the University to become the associate dean of students at the University of Florida on April 15. She will be in charge of disability, new student programs, and multicultural and diversity affairs.

News

Catholic leanings

Georgetown is undergoing a tough transition?a transition away from the status quo. At the end of this year, Georgetown will lose its provost, Dorothy Brown, its Director of Student Programs Mary Kay Schneider and its Associate Dean of Students Bethany Marlowe.

Features

A Brave New World of Information Technology

When the campus-wide Internet connection was accidentally severed on Tuesday of last week, the importance of technology in the lives of Georgetown University students had rarely been demonstrated so powerfully. Students were unable to send or receive email from family and others off-campus, nor were they able to conduct research, nor could they send Instant Messages to friends down the hall.

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The Big Picture

Editorials

Winning ugly

In an 11th hour effort to sink The Yard referendum, members of the Georgetown University Student Association convened late Sunday night to draft and send out e-mails to students condemning the attempts to create a new undergraduate governing body. The various e-mails, which went out to almost every student University-wide, all used varying language but contained the same message: Don’t vote for the Yard.

Editorials

Two pages too little

Following several months of discussion between students and administrators, Vice President for Student Affairs Juan Gonzalez rejected the proposal to create a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender resource center. Gonzalez, who had remained silent for weeks on the issue, issued a formal written response to GLBT committee members last Tuesday.