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News

Son of legend takes on men’s basketball

In a formal press conference dripping with auspicious tradition, Georgetown named John Thompson III, son of legendary men’s basketball coach John Thompson Jr., the new men’s basketball head coach.

The announcement comes five weeks after the firing of former head coach Craig Esherick, who had led the team for the past five and a half seasons.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

Editorials

A little respect please

The University of Maryland has recently taken disciplinary measures against three students with disruptive conduct for shouting during a February 29 speech at the Stamp Student Union by Lynne Cheney, the vice president’s wife. Two of the students, Chuck DeVoe and Ryan Grim, each shouted a question at Cheney-one about gay marriage, the other about reparations payments for slaves’ descendants-while the third student, Michael Cawdery, shouted an obscenity.

Sports

Crews walk through competition

With the fury of the underdog, the Georgetown men’s and women’s lightweight crews have started their seasons with key race wins. However, since both men’s programs had success at the Jesuit Invitational, the heavymeight men and openweight women’s programs have slipped in their early season marquee matchups.

Sports

Men’s lacrosse catapults past Catamounts

Sometimes a single player can assert his will and completely dominate a game. In the men’s lacrosse game against Vermont last Saturday, that player was senior midfielder Walid Hajj.

Coming off a heartbreaking home loss to Navy, Georgetown’s men’s lacrosse team responded with a 13-5 rout over the Catamounts, who they had not played since 1993.

Sports

Terps egg Hoyas over Easter

The women’s lacrosse team pushed through wins against North Carolina and Boston College, but a loss in a highly touted game against Maryland may haunt the team heading into the seeding for the national tournament.

Junior midfielders Lauryn Bernier and Ali Chambers each scored a hat trick to lead second-ranked Georgetown to a 14-3 victory over No.