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Sports

Curling for Columbine

At 5:15 a.m. on Tuesday, I found myself wandering in a dreamlike stupor down a desolate 36th street to my friends’ house. My friends and I welcomed in the baseball season by wiping crusted eyes to watch our beloved Yankees take on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from the Big Egg in Tokyo, Japan, with stadium vendors selling whiskey while ushers blew whistles to alert oblivious fans of approaching foul balls.

By the April 1, 2004

Editorials

Hampton/Torres Clip and Save

Frustrated with GUSA’s unresolve election controversy, the Voice will run two “clip and saves.” After the dust settles, you can cut out the winner.

By the April 1, 2004

Sports

St. John’s storms by Georgetown baseball

Georgetown’s baseball team dropped the rubber match of a three-game set against Big East foe St. John’s this weekend. The Jonnies reversed a 4-1 defeat Saturday night to win 5-1. The Hoyas dropped to .500 in conference play (3-3) and 17-13 overall this season.

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Leisure

Danceable, really

There is an unfortunate style of music that trades on nothing other than being life-affirming. But synthesized women singing about the night and your inherent self-worth do not make for a good time. Fortunately, there are many people who think so too, and some are making music.

By the April 1, 2004

Leisure

Carnaval Mexicano spices it up

LEISURE BY LAUREN GASKILL The lights come up, the music begins, and the stage suddenly comes to life with bright skirts, excited faces and the synchronized rhythm of dancing feet. The members of the Ballet Folklorico Mexicano de Georgetown move through a whirlwind of dance and music styles from the nation’s different regions, in the showcase “Carnaval Mexicano,” rich in talent and culture.

By the April 1, 2004

News

Hampton and Torres declared winners

NEWS BY VANESSA MACHIR The latest winners of the 2004 Georgetown University Student Association election are Kelley Hampton and Luis Torres, but this may change on Sunday. The Election Commission will finally consider runners-up Adam Giblin and Eric Lashner’s appeal, originally placed the day after the election.

By the April 1, 2004

Leisure

On the Broken Social Scene

For a rock band, being a so-called “critical darling” generally means you’re doing something right. Broken Social Scene, a fluctuating 10 to 15-member experimental pop collective from Toronto, is the sort of critical darling that, until now, has tended to land on music writers’ year-end best album lists but not in the CD players of the average music listener.

By the April 1, 2004

News

Tests reveal lead in townhouse water

NEWS BY CLAIRE D’EMIC Unsafe levels of lead were found in the water in several University townhouses, University spokesperson Julie Bataille said Tuesday. However, University officials have already acted to correct the problem. Tests performed over spring break reveal that seven of the 71 university owned townhouses have lead levels exceeding 15 parts per billion in tap water.

By the April 1, 2004

Leisure

‘Goodbye, Lenin!’ nostalgic for East

If there ever were an ideal place to fall into a coma, it would not be the Eastern Bloc, especially not in 1989. And typically, if you fall into a coma, everything you believe in hasn’t disappeared by the time you wake up. In Goodbye, Lenin!, this happens for devout socialist Christiane Kerner (Katrin Sa?), who has a heart attack and falls into a poorly-timed eight-month coma at the sight of her son Alex protesting.

By the April 1, 2004

News

GU Law Professor succeeds Areen

Alexander Aleinikoff will succeed the popular Judith Areen as head of Georgetown’s Law Center, the University announced last Thursday. A former Georgetown Law professor, Aleinikoff will assume the office this June.

Aleinikoff first joined the Georgetown faculty as an adjunct professor of law in 1997.

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