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Str?kkes? Yes, please.

Just in case you haven’t heard, rock’n’roll has been saved. The year was 2000. The city was New York City. The place was RCA Records. Two bands of musicians battled, dueling guitars and drums for the opportunity to become the now famous (or at least semi-famous) Strokes.

By the November 29, 2001

Sports

Table talk

Thanksgiving is the ultimate ironic holiday. You bitch and moan for three weeks prior about traveling to the homes of relatives, about seeing relatives and about maintaining effective conversation with relatives, but in the end you do it and you enjoy it, and your life feels somewhat more complete for having done it.

By the November 29, 2001

Leisure

Midwestern and malcontented: The Corrections

In a 1996 Harper’s Magazine article, Johnathan Franzen quotes another author by asking, “What story is there to tell about the average American whose day consists of sleeping, working at a computer screen, watching TV and talking on the phone?” Battered by the inability of his first two novels to move off the shelves, Franzen questions in his essay whether or not the novel is still able to retain social significance when most Americans pass their days, months and years without ever picking up a book.

By the November 29, 2001

Leisure

Billy Joel parties hard at Gaston

When one thinks of Billy Joel, one rarely conjures up images of a man kicking over microphone stands, pouring water on the stage and smashing an alarm clock. Nor does one think of a man doing impressions of Hitler, John F. Kennedy or a fictional country singer singing out the Sept.

By the November 29, 2001

Editorials

GOCard: Go Away

Next semester, the University will begin to phase in the new GOCard, which will replace the 27 other cards students currently need to access University services and facilities. If they are brave enough, students can get their GOCard right now by venturing to a room buried deep under Leavey clock tower.

By the November 29, 2001

Editorials

Drinking specials: how special?

The Advisory Neighborhood Commission is in the process of protesting the alcohol policies for Rhino Bar and Pumphouse, specifically the bar’s all-you-can drink specials. Proponents say these specials promote binge drinking as well as encourage public rowdiness and unruly behavior in the community.

By the November 29, 2001

Editorials

Prison Outreach reaches out

On Dec. 31, 2000, more than 1.3 million adults were incarcerated in state and federal prisons across the United States. Fewer than 7,000 of those prisoners were under the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia, and were held at either the D.C. jail or the Lorton, Va.

By the November 29, 2001

Photography

The Big Picture

The Big Picture

By the November 29, 2001

Cartoons

The Voice Comic

The Voice Comic

By November 29, 2001

Features

Behind prison walls

Two evenings a week, groups of Georgetown students leave the campus in vans like many other volunteers from the University. However, these vans make a shorter trip than most. After crossing the Key Bridge, it is a mere five-minute trip down Wilson Boulevard to their destination.

By the November 29, 2001

The Back Page

The Backpge

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By the November 15, 2001

News

Student robbed in Georgetown

A female Georgetown student was robbed at gunpoint around 1 a.m. this past Saturday, according to a broadcast e-mail from the Department of Public Safety.

The student was walking southbound on the 1300 block of 34th St., NW, when two African-American males approached her and demanded her to give them her purse.

By the November 15, 2001

News

Is Burleith that bad?

A Nov. 11 report in the Washington Post brought to light Mayor Anthony Williams’ failure to follow through on one of his major campaign promises: to crack down on negligent D.C. landlords. Providing safe, affordable housing has always been one of the major platforms of Williams’ plan to redevelop the District.

By the November 15, 2001

News

Club leaders discuss accreditation

The Georgetown University Club Union met Tuesday night to discuss the upcoming Middle States Accreditation process and the necessity of increased alumni involvement.

The Club Union is an organization that includes all club leaders and meets periodically to discuss current student or University issues.

By the November 15, 2001

News

Gays yet to achieve acceptance in U.S. society

Although the gay and lesbian community has gained visibility recently, it has only taken “baby steps” toward acceptance in mainstream American culture, said panelists Tuesday evening. The forum, “Gay Identity in the Age of Visibility” featured five speakers, three of whom are Georgetown professors.

By the November 15, 2001

News

Ireland speaks at rally on violence

Former National Organization for Women president Patricia Ireland spoke at the Take Back the Night Rally Friday, joining Georgetown students in addressing the campus community about sexual violence and violence against women.

Ireland spoke to a crowd of approximately 100 people in Red Square, commending the Georgetown community?and society in general?for creating a safer culture for women to live in today than was the case a generation ago.

By the November 15, 2001

News

Mock Israeli checkpoint sparks controversy

On Tuesday afternoon, students from the Young Arab Leadership Alliance formed a makeshift checkpoint in Red Square. The checkpoint was designed to increase campus awareness of the daily struggles of Palestinians living in Israeli-occupied territories.

“The basic rights of Palestinians are being violated,” said Jumana Salem (SFS ‘03), co-president of YALA.

By the November 15, 2001

News

GU receives federal request for student information

In response to the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Georgetown University has received at least one request for confidential student information from an agency of the U.S. government, said Assistant Vice President for Communications Julie Green Bataille.

By the November 15, 2001

Leisure

Philosophers? Sorcerers? It’s all Harry Potter

While directed by an American and produced by a Hollywood studio, the new Harry Potter movie is unmistakably British. To be more precise, it is a British movie with lots and lots of money and special effects, which makes it some strange L.A.-London amalgam.

By the November 15, 2001

Leisure

Paul McCartney drives home

Paul McCartney has one of the most easily-recognizable voices in rock ‘n’ roll. We’ve grown up hearing his voice crooning to us over the radio, and any new McCartney album’s vocals will have the familiarity of an old friend. In his new release, Driving Rain, McCarney’s natural compositions and his simple, beautiful lyrics feel like home.

By the November 15, 2001

Leisure

Jewel’s back. Why? O God, Why?

It’s been five years since Jewel foisted herself upon the cultural consciousness of this great nation with her breakout album, Pieces of You. The mega-success of “Who Will Save Your Soul? and “You Were Meant for Me” soon led to a spoken-word album, a plethora of softly-lit black-and-white photo shoots and a strange nationwide awareness of the fact she slept in her car while working her way to the top.

By the November 15, 2001

Leisure

Singer-Suckwriters

Of all the stupid labels that the music industry uses to describe its product, there are few more pigeonholing than “singer-songwriter.” As far as labels go, it’s descriptive enough. I mean, people called “singer-songwriters” generally both write songs and sing.

By the November 15, 2001

Leisure

Mice and Men squeaks by

Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck’s 1937 book, which he later adapted for the stage, paints the portrait of the dusty and disenfranchised migrant farm workers who roamed across California during the Depression. The Arena Stage’s production of Of Mice and Men, directed by Liz Diamond, captures that bleakness of atmosphere in the physical realities of the stage and set: when the actors make contact, little clouds of dust billow into the air.

By the November 15, 2001

Leisure

Regrettable live Radiohead

The diehard among you are probably interested in acquiring Radiohead’s latest release, this week’s I Might Be Wrong … The Live Recordings. This isn’t a horrible idea?the record’s last track, “True Love Waits,” is quite good. Written during the OK Computer sessions, this lost accoustic number beautifully uses the structure and chord changes so typical of Radiohead’s sound at the time.

By the November 15, 2001

Leisure

David Sedaris At GW

Have you ever sat near someone on the subway or on a park bench who was laughing out loud at something he or she was reading? Did you change subway cars or move to a different bench thinking they were crazy? If you have, you don’t know David Sedaris. Sedaris wields amazing power with his words.

By the November 15, 2001