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Jay and Silent Bob suck back

I consider myself a Kevin Smith fan. But when I heard that he was doing a new film that brought back characters from the previous four, I had a bad... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

Leisure

Nightclubbing

I’m Ian, and with my better half, Mike-D, I will be your Cultural Revolutionary for the year. While Mike suggested forays into non-musical forms of expression, I am content, at... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

Leisure

Aaliyah: You will be missed

The death of any public figure resonates throughout the nation via radio, print and television. However, while the media can inform the public as to the tragic loss of someone’s... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

Leisure

Haunted Houses, Hollywood and Heidegger

If I were to walk up to the average Georgetown student, and inquire: “read any decent fiction lately?”—their first response would be a resigned “yeah, right pal, more reading is... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

Leisure

I love you Reggie

On Monday, August 27, Reggie and the Full Effect closed their “Mortgaging the Farm Tour” (their first ever!) with a show at the 930 Club. Hot Rod Circuit, Ultimate Fakebook... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

Sports

Mutombo speaks on basketball, life

Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean Jacque Wamutombo. He’s a man with seven names, but two missions: basketball and service. Mutombo, a former Georgetown big-man and current member of the NBA’s... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

Sports

Mutombo speaks on basketball, life

Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean Jacque Wamutombo. He’s a man with seven names, but two missions: basketball and service. Mutombo, a former Georgetown big-man and current member of the NBA’s... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

Sports

Sportsview

On Saturday afternoon, instead of spending the day recovering from a night of partying or getting ahead in my school work, I found myself getting ready and getting energized for... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

Sports

Sportsview

On Saturday afternoon, instead of spending the day recovering from a night of partying or getting ahead in my school work, I found myself getting ready and getting energized for... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

Sports

Guard Hunter announces transfer to UNLV

There are few people in the Georgetown sports community who can make an entire crowd rise in anticipation of what is to come next. Now there is one fewer. Explosive... Read more

By the August 23, 2001

Sports

Offense will lead Hoyas into Patriot League

The bad news: With the graduation of Gharun Hester, the Hoya program lost perhaps not only its biggest star, but also its biggest offensive threat. Hester, a Division 1-AA All-American... Read more

By the August 23, 2001

Features

Breaking the Silence

This story is the second in a series of cover stories on Jesuit identity. The first story appeared April 19, 2001, and focused on Daniel Berrigan, S.J.

The series profiles particular Jesuits who have devoted their lives to various social causes. The articles attempt to explore what it means to be Jesuit, Catholic and socially aware.

By the August 23, 2001

Sports

Now Batting For the Pink Team

I should have known the direction it was all headed in on the early morning hours of June 2, 2001. The warm New York City breeze was wafting over me... Read more

By the August 23, 2001

Sports

Sportsview

One of my favorite American heroes, Lance Armstrong, did it again this summer?he won the Tour de France for the third year in a row! I know there has been... Read more

By the August 23, 2001

Sports

The Sports Sermon

Our summer: Watching NBA summer league games on ESPN2 and wondering why Khalid El-Amin ever got cut from the Bulls. Those no-looks! The hustle! Threeee-cola! And then you realize that... Read more

By the August 23, 2001

Editorials

Differences getting better

As the new first-years arrive this week and move in, signs are posted on dorm doors designating where each new member of the Georgetown community has moved from. Within hours of arrival, students meet others from competely different religious, economic and ethnic backgrounds. For some, it will be the first time that they have encountered anyone much different from themselves.

By the August 23, 2001

Editorials

Md. not a merry land for gays

The celebration from last spring following the passage of SB 205?the Anti-Discrimination Act of 2001, which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation in housing, employment and public accommodation?has become short-lived after the announcement that a coalition of conservative religious and political leaders garnered enough signatures to bring the bill to a state-wide referendum in 2002. Sadly, what was viewed as a step forward for the equal rights of gays will now revert to a tug-of-war battle between special interest groups on both sides of the political spectrum. Similar protections offered to other minority groups remain unavailable to individuals who identify themselves as homosexual or bisexual.

By the August 23, 2001

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

By the August 23, 2001

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

By the August 23, 2001

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

By the August 23, 2001

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

By the August 23, 2001

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

By the August 23, 2001

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

By the August 23, 2001

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

By the August 23, 2001

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

By the August 23, 2001