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Selling my soul

For the bulk of my 21 years, I have been an avowed underdog supporter. Just a brief survey of the New York area teams I grew up watching will prove my point: I follow the Mets, Jets, Islanders and Nets. Apparently, I was cursed with a streak of bad luck in my formative sports-watching years.

By the Voice Staff January 31, 2002

Voice Sports’ Super Bowl XXXVI Preview

New England Patriots (13-5)

Season Review:

The New England Patriots started the season with low expectations and started to live up to them, beginning the year 0-2. However, in that second loss of the year, Pats longtime quarterback, Drew Bledsoe, injured himself and control of the Patriots offense shifted to a second-year pro from Michigan, Tom Brady.

By the Voice Staff January 31, 2002

The Sports Sermon

And it ended as the Sermon rushed the court and saw our friend get head-butted by a security guard. Despite the strongest efforts of Syracuse centers Craig Forth and Billy Celuck, the Hoyas best game of the season came in the most important contest of the year, a huge 15-point home win against Syracuse.

By the Voice Staff January 31, 2002

Editorials

Improving our school

The reputation of the city in which a university is located can be as important as the reputation of the university itself. A Georgetown University located in a dilapidated capital known worldwide for its crime and bureaucratic nepotism is a far cry from a Georgetown University located in a safe, stable city.

By the Voice Staff January 31, 2002

Editorials

Responding without responding

Fortunately, University President John J. DeGioia responded last week to the Medical Center faculty petition protesting his decision to appoint current Executive Vice President Sam Wiesel to a new executive position in the Medical Center. Unfortunately, his response offered too many words with not enough substance.

By the Voice Staff January 31, 2002

Editorials

DeGioia: there’s more to state

University President John J. DeGioia focused primarily on non-controversial issues in his first State of the School address Tuesday. He applauded the Georgetown community for how it handled the events of Sept. 11, praised the senior class for its unprecedented leadership and reaffirmed dedication to fostering strong faculty, facilities and financial aid programs.

By the Voice Staff January 31, 2002

Ranking what counts

The new Princeton Review college rankings are out. As usual, the report lists Georgetown as one of the nation’s top universities. Nothing new or surprising is mentioned. As always, ours has one of the nation’s most selective admissions standards and, as always, the University’s location in Washington, D.

By the Voice Staff January 24, 2002

Real World comes to campus

Julie Stoffer, cast member of MTVs The Real World New Orleans, said in a speech on Wednesday that her experiences in New Orleans challenged her to be more tolerant of others. Stoffer spoke as part of a nationwide public-speaking tour sponsored by the Bush administration to raise awareness on drug abuse, abstinence, diversity and AIDS among American youth.

By the Voice Staff January 24, 2002

Keeling stresses need for community

“Am I safe? What can I do? Where do we go from here?” Dr. Richard P. Keeling asked an audience of students and faculty on Wednesday evening in an event for Health, Safety and Justice Week. Keeling, who is the editor of the American Journal of College Health, compared the events of Sept.

By the Voice Staff January 24, 2002

Rep. Smith criticizes Roe v. Wade

Representative Chris Smith (R-N.J.) likened the legalization of abortion in the United States to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott case to not recognize blacks as legal persons. Smith was a keynote speaker at the Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life held at the University this Monday.

By the Voice Staff January 24, 2002

MPD uses new ID-checking machine

Police officials at the D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Commission have unveiled a small, hand-held device that will validate the age and identity of bar, restaurant and club patrons across the city. The Lavinna L100 represents D.C.’s newest deterrent in an effort to reduce underage drinking in bars and nightclubs throughout D.

By the Voice Staff January 24, 2002

MLK speaker: Americans need to reprioritize

The people of the United States need to rethink their standards and get their priorities straight, said Reverend Jamal-Harrison Bryant at the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration service on Tuesday. Bryant, who is from the Empowerment Temple of Baltimore, gave the keynote sermon at the celebration in Gaston Hall, which also included performances by the Georgetown Gospel Choir and Black Movements dance troupe.

By the Voice Staff January 24, 2002

Rivers resigns as election commissioner

Eric Lamar Rivers (CAS ‘02) resigned from the joint position of election commissioner and secretary of the Senior Class Committee last Tuesday. Rivers left to assume work as presidential election campaign manager for the Trey Street (SFS ‘03)-Dan Spector (SFS ‘04) platform.

By the Voice Staff January 24, 2002

Students protest at Cardinal’s mass

Frustrated with the University’s refusal to fund a resource center for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered students, the supporters of the center protested at a Mass Sunday presided over by the D.C. archbishop, Theodore Cardinal McCarrick. The supporters’ decision to stand throughout the hour-long Mass in Copley Hall marks the beginning of a new phase in their campaign?a phase that, supporters said, will more visibly draw attention to their cause.

By the Voice Staff January 24, 2002

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Grieco?I love you; why do you hate me?Janet Reno

Jennifer Ernst?You are my hero! You are the wind beneath my wings.?The Brown Committee Admissions Dept.

If Uncommon Grounds opens a stand in Lauinger, they had better offer 40-cent coffee, 24 hours a day, because otherwise I’ll just stick to the vending machine coffee.

By the Voice Staff January 24, 2002

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By the Voice Staff January 24, 2002

Wax in your ears

Two or three months ago, some elitist tool delivered a polemic in the Washington City Paper about the sad state of record stores in our fair city. Granted, this may be the case if you’re a vintage vinyl hound, who can’t live without a weekly dose of first-pressing mono-recorded wax.

By the Voice Staff January 24, 2002

Brown paper bag blues

We all know why it’s there, this den of secret passions and forbidden pleasures. Although temporarily situated behind and underneath a vast web of scaffolding, and permanently located in the less fashionable end of M Street, Key Bridge News appears to be chugging along today as the same model of utopian urban efficiency and inauspicious prosperity that it always has been.

By the Voice Staff January 24, 2002

Nas returns to form with anti-war statement

Much politically and socially conscious music once emanated from mainstream hip-hop. In recent memory, however, this has not been the case. After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, a list of songs were sent to the major radio programmers in the country, strongly suggesting they not be played.

By the Voice Staff January 24, 2002

Storytelling another unsettling tale

Todd Solondz makes me cringe. He also makes me laugh, but it is the laughter of discomfort, the laughter that asks, “Did that just happen?” Those who have seen a Todd Solondz film are all too familiar with this feeling. Partly due to this, the three films since his popular debut further reinforce the stereotype of what “A Todd Solondz Film” will be, namely a movie that is controversial, mean-spirited and unsettling.

By the Voice Staff January 24, 2002

22 Days

On the eve of my 21st birthday, Mets General Manager Steve Phillips gave me a present. Granted, when compared to true blockbuster trades, and even when compared to other trades Phillips has made this off-season, it wasn’t exactly a huge deal. Eleven players changing uniforms is always interesting, but the gift that Phillips sent me wasn’t Jeromy Burnitz, Mark Sweeney, Jeff D’Amico and Lou Collier.

By the Voice Staff January 24, 2002

The Sports Sermon

Surprisingly, a quick glance around the sports world this week shows that almost everything is as it should be. The Rams are destroying would-be contenders because they are the most dominant team in the league. Tony Dungy has a head-coaching job again because he is one of the smartest coaches in football.

By the Voice Staff January 24, 2002

Where have you gone Jim McMahon?

I am a fair-weather fan. Once the clouds roll in, I’m gone, off to the less-disappointing pastures of unaffiliated fandom.

Having grown up in the Chicago area, this comes as second nature. You see, Chicago sports fans as a whole are not known for their optimism or, for that matter, loyalty.

By the Voice Staff January 24, 2002