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I can’t help it. I can’t help getting a little teary-eyed when I watch TNT and see JWill go behind the back to CWebb. It’s artistry, yes, first and foremost.... Read more

By the April 26, 2001

Editorials

Theme-based policy

President Bush’s press secretary, Ari Fleischer, told reporters last week that the President had declared an environmental “theme week,” not unlike his earlier “theme weeks” related to spirituality and the... Read more

By the April 26, 2001

Sports

The Answer

Answer: Circle. Question: What is a columnists favorite 2-D shape? So, as a tribute to the circle, the end is the beginning. I’ve been writing some form of a column... Read more

By the April 26, 2001

Editorials

Anti-Free Trader Joes

What do whales, ozone, sweatshop workers and the prison industrial complex have in common? More than you might think. Protestors at a recent free trade summit in Quebec drew fire... Read more

By the April 26, 2001

Sports

The Sports Sermon

Editor’s note: Before you read this, imagine a picture of Jesse Jackson in the middle of this text. In the print edition, there are jokes about it. So you’re not... Read more

By the April 26, 2001

News

Muslim Prayer Room vandalized

The Muslim prayer room located in the basement of Copley was vandalized sometime between last Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. A heavy antique pillar was found pushed onto the floor... Read more

By the April 26, 2001

News

Right to Life demonstration disturbed

Students disturbed a demonstration of the Respect Life Week to voice their opposition to the event. GU Right to Life placed 3,753 flags on Copley Lawn Monday to symbolize all... Read more

By the April 26, 2001

News

MPD plans undercover crackdown

The Metropolitan Police Department announced measures aimed at underage drinking at a University-Neighborhood meeting. Lt. Brian Bray said the effort would include sending undercover officers into local parties. He said... Read more

By the April 26, 2001

News

Author criticizes multiculturalism

Author and Professor of History and Africana Studies at New York University Robin D.G. Kelley challenged the politics of multiculturalism in favor of a more fluid “polyculturalism” in a talk... Read more

By the April 26, 2001

News

Author criticizes multiculturalism

Author and Professor of History and Africana Studies at New York University Robin D.G. Kelley challenged the politics of multiculturalism in favor of a more fluid “polyculturalism” in a talk... Read more

By the April 26, 2001

News

Albright returns to GU

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has accepted an endowed chair as a professor in the School of Foreign Service. Albright is the recipient of the first Michael and Virginia Mortara... Read more

By the April 26, 2001

News

GUSA calls for repeal of section of aid law

The Georgetown University Student Association voted Tuesday to join a group of student governments that affects student financial aid. The Coalition for Higher Education Act Reform calls for the repeal... Read more

By the April 26, 2001

News

Author once again GU professor

Latin-American author and Peruvian politician, Mario Vargas Llosa, will join the Spanish and Portuguese Department as the first Ibero-American Literature and Culture Chair. Though the details of his appointment have... Read more

By the April 26, 2001

News

Senior BBQ moved

The Senior Class Committee has moved the Senior Barbecue from its original site off campus to Copley Lawn due to the Metropolitan Police Department’s refusal to grant street closing permits... Read more

By the April 26, 2001

News

A Closing Oration

For a graduating senior, the occasion often presents itself when gratuitous reflection on the last four years seems somehow warranted. This seems especially true of those who count themselves amongst... Read more

By the April 26, 2001

News

Graduate course receives large advance for book

A Georgetown graduate course, led by author and entrepreneur Tom Gardner, has received a large advance to write a book on finance. Gardner assigned the writing assignment to his class... Read more

By the April 26, 2001

News

LaDuke speaks on race, politics

Winona LaDuke, former Green Party Vice Presidential candidate, spoke to a 75-person crowd in ICC Auditorium on April 9 and aired her views on a wide range of issues from... Read more

By the April 19, 2001

News

Illegal Zone

I’m still trying to figure out how the District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustments writes their reports. After reading the latest report from the BZA concerning Georgetown’s ten-year plan,... Read more

By the April 19, 2001

News

Kozmo delivery service closes

Kozmo.com, the popular Internet delivery service, closed its doors permanently April 11. In a statement, Kozmo CEO Gerry Burdo cited poor market conditions and bad management decisions as the cause... Read more

By the April 19, 2001

News

Ice cream man builds business morals

In a speech last Friday, the co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, Ben Cohen, spoke on the importance of operating morally responsible businesses. Cohen said he realized he wanted... Read more

By the April 19, 2001

News

O’Donovan advocates a diverse education

In a speech last Tuesday in the ICC auditorium, University President Leo O’Donovan, S.J. said Georgetown is in the process of reviewing the curriculum to ensure the current structure allows... Read more

By the April 19, 2001

Sports

Sportsview

As Pedro Swann stood on deck last Saturday night, a fan voiced his support to the stocky outfielder. Down 1-0 with one out and a man on second, the Richmond... Read more

By the April 19, 2001

Sports

The Sports Sermon

The ivy at Wrigley Field is still brown, and until the clorophyl kicks in, don’t take baseball too seriously. Take the Twins. There’s no one on this team named Puckett,... Read more

By the April 19, 2001

Sports

The Answer

The playoffs are coming. The NBA playoffs are coming. The best playoffs are coming. Think 13-year-old teenybopper-chick meets MTV’s-designated boy band of the month. Now, add some logic, a sense... Read more

By the April 19, 2001

Editorials

Back in the U.S.S.R.?

In the wake of the recent “incident” in the South China Sea, we are afforded the opportunity to look back upon what happened, what could have been done differently and what lessons we should take away from this regarding an overarching philosophy of foreign policy in the new Bush administration. To date, the policy of the Bush White House has been largely reactive.

By the April 19, 2001