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News

New plans for GU campus

The New New South

Administrators released plans to transform the former New South cafeteria into a lively student center overlooking the Potomac Tuesday. The tentative designs include a restaurant with a liquor license, a dance studio and a large multipurpose space.

By the April 22, 2004

Sports

Defining happy in sports

My last column. I can’t believe it’s here. I’ve written about so many different topics: Beirut, Poker, and fake fans to name a few, and it’s tough to decide what to end with. I’m gonna miss this soft spot in my heart, the right side of page 13 of The Georgetown Voice.

By the April 22, 2004

News

Senate aide lambasts Democrats

After resigning in the midst of a political scandal, former Senate aide Manuel Miranda (SFS ‘82) returned to Georgetown Tuesday to address roughly fifty College Republicans and members of the Lecture Fund. Miranda, however, was not on the defensive about his possible role in a well-publicized scandal which forced his resignation on Feb.

By the April 22, 2004

Editorials

Thompsons’ Tradition

We had the father. Now we have the son. If someone can round up a ghost, then the Georgetown men’s basketball team can finally hail itself as the Holy Trinity of college basketball.

John Thompson, III comes to Georgetown to try to succeed where his father excelled, but his father’s assistant couldn’t come through.

By the April 22, 2004

News

Music Director to leave GU

The director of Georgetown’s music program is resigning in the middle of an expansion effort. Thomas A. Caestecker Chair of Music Jose Bowen, who has been leading the drive since 1999, will join the staff of Miami University in Ohio this summer as the Dean of the School of Fine Arts.

By the April 22, 2004

Editorials

A big step on a long road

Recently, University officials approved changes to Georgetown’s sexual assault policy that will become effective at the start of the 2004-05 academic year. Dr. Todd Olson, Vice President for Student Affairs, accepted the recommendations submitted by the Disciplinary Review Committee, which began a review of the policy after Advocates for Improved Response Methods to Sexual Assault (AFIRMS) released an analysis of the policy along with a series of proposals for reform in January 2003.

By the April 22, 2004

News

Facing the book

If Adam Giblin and Eric Lashner become the new GUSA executives, it looks like they’ll have one less campaign promise to worry about. During the campaign, they promised to create a viable online facebook but it looks like Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg has beaten them to the punch.

By the April 22, 2004

Editorials

Williams hits a foul deal

In the most recent ploy to lure the Montreal Expos to the District, Mayor Anthony Williams has promised Major League Baseball a stadium with a nearly $400 million price tag. However, it remains unclear where this money would come from. Williams has said that the city can fully finance the construction of the stadium, yet he has not shared the details with the D.

By the April 15, 2004

Leisure

‘Wit’ deftly examines mortality

The certainty of death and the joy of eating popsicles. 17th century poetry and pelvic exams. This curious array of topics finds its way onstage in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit, written by Georgetown graduate Margaret Edson (GRD ‘92) and presented by Mask & Bauble Dramatic Society.

By the April 15, 2004

News

Stroup effect

When I was growing up, I got used to being near the end of the alphabet. While I didn’t have it as bad as the people with surnames ending in Y or Z, I was still envious of the Allens and Browns. I spent my days in public schools sitting with the same people, always near the back of the classroom.

By the April 15, 2004