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Two titans of Georgetown to leave

Boxing Priest to Leave for Loyola

Rev. Kevin Wildes S.J. holds a short mass in his New South residence every Tuesday. But no matter how exciting his weekly sermons, Tuesday’s mass never draws a crowd like his occasional boxing lessons on Sunday nights.

“Our joke was always ‘Tuesdays are for mass, but Sunday is boxing day,’” said New South resident Patrick Morissey, (SFS ‘07).

By the April 29, 2004

News

Two Hoyas on two sides as protesters flood National Mall

Rebecca Danis (SFS ‘06) and Kristina Gupta (CAS ‘05) would not normally find themselves at the same protest. On Sunday, however, they took opposing sides at the March for Women’s Lives.

Several hundred thousand protesters, some of whom came from as far as Washington State and Alaska, marched on the National mall, where a rally featured celebrity speakers such as Whoopi Goldberg, Sen.

By the April 29, 2004

News

GUSA turmoil over: Hampton and Torres win

Ending a two-month saga, Kelley Hampton (SFS ‘05) and Luis Torres (CAS ‘05) were sworn in as the 2004-2005 GUSA executives Tuesday night. The GUSA Assembly met to hear the findings of the Constitutional Council and to certify the results of the disputed election.

By the April 29, 2004

News

Protect aliens

This country functions according to the concept of federalism. It’s pure enlightenment theory, straight out of Montesquieu-the separation of powers is essential to democracy. One of the powers our founding fathers gave to the federal government was the creation and enforcement of immigration law.

By the April 29, 2004

Leisure

Galloping through Foxfields

According to its official website, Foxfields is one of the handful of steeplechase horse races sanctioned by the National Steeplechase Association. It is also, according to Georgetown students, “a total shit show,” “a day of drunken debauchery,” and “just a whole lot of beer.

By the April 29, 2004

Leisure

Film-festation

For some inexplicable reason, the likes of 13 Going On 30 or The Alamo may not be enough of a draw for some to venture down to good old Loews of K St. If this is the case, this spring’s crop of D.C. film festivals offers up a huge range of options to sate your cinematic cravings.

By the April 29, 2004

Leisure

The Incomplete Triangle, Lansing-Dreiden, Kemado

The three surfaces of the case for The Incomplete Triangle fold to form an equilateral triangle, and, naturally, the skewed white lines on each surface form a triangle as well. Oh, no-is this another avant-garde, experimental concept album by some art school drop-out? The accompanying biography reads, “Lansing-Dreiden is a company that sees no distinction between art and commerce-or anything else.”

By the April 29, 2004

Leisure

Madvillainy, Madvillain, Stones Throw

Every once and awhile an album comes around that is so highly anticipated that it seems impossible it can live up to the hype. Most of them don’t. But for every 10 or 15 disappointments (see Beck’s Sea Change or Belle & Sebastian’s Fold Your Hands Child …), there emerges one album that delivers on its promise.

By the April 29, 2004

Leisure

Upcoming Shows

Black Cat-1811 14th St. 9:30 Club-815 V St. N.W. Nation-1015 Half St. S.E.

By the April 29, 2004

Leisure

WGTB Recommends

The WGTB Music Department and Voice Leisure have collaborated on a list of 15 albums coming out this summer to tide you over until you get back to campus.

By the April 29, 2004