Voice Staff

The staff of The Georgetown Voice.


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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

News

Students want you to know your rights

Understanding the campus, city and national rules and regulations that govern student behavior can be a daunting task.

To help students to better understand their rights and responsibilities at Georgetown, the FRIENDS Initiative, in partnership with Students for Georgetown Inc.

Editorials

Civilizing underage drinking

Anyone who has been to a college campus on a weekend night knows that criminal penalties don’t do much to stop underage drinking.

Leisure

Ramones barely survive to see the end of the century

If there’s a lesson to be learned from End of the Century, a new documentary about punk rock forefathers the Ramones, it’s that sometimes it sucks to be a rock star.

The Ramones, in distilling rock and roll in the early ‘70s with speeding, sloppy guitars, simplistic lyrics and an intensity matched by few bands before or since, deserve much of the credit for the creation of punk rock.

News

Henle Village grapples with mosquitos

A recent infestation of mosquitoes has had many residents of Henle Village scratching their heads in the past two weeks.

The University has hired an entomologist to diagnose and assist with the problem.

Christy Anthony, Area Coordinator for Henle Village, said that the problem began during the first week of September, but has recently grown more serious.

Sports

What women want … at Yates Field House

Keep the grunts to yourself.