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The staff of The Georgetown Voice.

Leisure

Better Than Marriage

A friend of mine recently told me about a literary journal started at the University of Virginia in which a column entitled “War on Words” takes issue with a certain detestable, overused or elementary word in the English language each week. “An interesting concept,” I thought, spacing out in my economics class one day, with odd visions of becoming the next William Safire (at least in one respect) dancing through my head.

By the September 23, 2004

Voices

Georgetown reacts to the Beslan massacre

The crowd of students and parents, shocked and dehydrated, huddled in the gymnasium as the terrorists draped wires around the room, connecting a series of bombs. This horrible image was only one of many to come out of Beslan, Russia this month.

By the September 23, 2004

Leisure

RJD2 lets the good times roll

It’s pretty hard to understand how R.J. Krohn, a white boy from Ohio, became one of today’s most renowned instrumental hip-hop artists. In 1996, Josh Davis, a.k.a. DJ Shadow, laid down his debut record, a revolutionary hip-hop/turntable album called Endtroducing.

By the September 23, 2004

Sports

Hoyas get trounced, look ahead to Colgate rematch

Before the Hoyas take the football field in upstate New York against Colgate this Saturday, the question will be: Who deserves to start at quarterback?

By the September 23, 2004

News

District city council decriminalizes underage drinking

Underage drinkers at Georgetown caught by the Metropolitan Police Department have not faced criminal prosecution since last May. Now the District of Columbia City Council is trying to make that rule permanent.

The council passed a bill Tuesday decriminalizing the possession and drinking of alcohol by minors in an attempt to clarify existing city regulations.

By the September 23, 2004

Sports

Women’s soccer sunk by crosstown rival AU

The Georgetown women’s soccer team dropped to below .500 for the first time this season with a tough 3-1 loss at American University Tuesday afternoon.

By the September 23, 2004

News

Meeting aims to repair town-gown relations

The Office of Student Affairs addressed the need for improved communication among students living off-campus and Georgetown neighborhood residents at a meeting Wednesday. The meeting was provoked by repeated complaints during the 2003-04 school year regarding reported incidents of student misbehavior.

By the September 23, 2004

Sports

Volleyball tournaments yield mixed results for Hoyas

Two weekends ago the women’s volleyball team went into the Georgetown Classic Volleyball Tournament without two of its team leaders.

By the September 23, 2004

News

Aznar defends Spanish war on terror as new GU faculty member

Former Spanish President Jos? Mar?a Aznar said that he did not regret actions taken to combat terrorism, both in Spain and abroad during his eight-year tenure as head of state in a speech in Gaston Hall on Tuesday.

Aznar, a new Georgetown lecturer, presented his plan for eradicating terrorism, a topic that he similarly discussed during a recent appearance at the University in January 2004.

By the September 23, 2004

Sports

Pumping iron

I took some time off from lifting, and I just tried to get back into the habit this week, but I did terribly. I felt very weak, and even my skinny friends were on my case. How can I get back to my old form fast?-Willis Tsai MSB ‘05 It’s always hard to start working out after some time off.

By the September 23, 2004