Voice Staff

The staff of The Georgetown Voice.

Leisure

M. Butterfly floats like a you-know-what, stings like a bee

The themes that define M. Butterfly seem especially relevant in light of the issues of gay marriage and American arrogance in the international arena at the fore of national discussion today.

Arena Stage’s 2004-05 season opener comes with an inescapable warning.

By the September 16, 2004

News

Students left without Internet

Three hundred and fifty defective media adapters distributed by University Information Services left newly-arrived students without the Internet in their residence halls at the beginning of the semester.

UIS Director Beth Ann Bergsmark said that 180 students who attempted to sign out media adapters after Aug.

By the September 16, 2004

Editorials

Named in vain

Lawsuit, shmawsuit

By the September 16, 2004

Leisure

When old fashions come back to haunt new runways

They say it takes at least two years for style-changing runway fashions to trickle down the couture ladder to their toned-down, department-store offspring. The trends that appear on the street, recently characterized by ruffles, shoulder-baring tops and hoop earrings, are the diluted and more practical versions of their over-the-top runway cousins.

By the September 16, 2004

News

GUSA to reform bylaws

After controversy over vague bylaws dominated last year’s Georgetown University Student Association election, a newly-formed student committee met Tuesday to decide how to reform the bylaws governing the elections.

Focusing on a range of issues from spending limits to candidates’ use of other advertising media, such as the Internet, the committee intends to give a thorough point by point reworking of the bylaws to prevent future problems in time for this fall’s first-year representative GUSA election.

By the September 16, 2004

Editorials

By the Numbers and Direct Quote

American deaths, American weapons, a hurricane and some cocaine

By the September 16, 2004

Leisure

Narcissistic visions of sex and politics: September Tapes

Forget hybrid cars. Hybrid films are replacing the environmentally-friendly vehicles with a trendiness all their own. An increasingly popular genre, hybrid movies are fictitious films masquerading as reality, often using untrained actors and actual footage.

By the September 16, 2004

News

Georgetown reinstates contract with Lands’ End

Georgetown recently reinstated its contract with a company it had previously severed ties with because of alleged unfair labor practices. Lands’ End Inc. agreed to end its discriminatory practices based on trade union participation in its Salvadoran factories.

By the September 16, 2004

Voices

Makes me want to Ralph

Why a vote for Nader is a vote for nonsense

By the September 16, 2004

Leisure

Narcissistic visions of sex and politics: The Brown Bunny

Sex can mean love, lust, obsession or even violence and domination. Plenty of movies explore the motives behind sex, but in The Brown Bunny, Vincent Gallo, the film’s writer, director, producer and lead actor, makes all these forces collide within the context of one relationship.

By the September 16, 2004