Voice Staff

The staff of The Georgetown Voice.


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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Leisure

Le cin?ma

Georgetown francophiles are humming like a well-oiled Renault this week with Wednesday night’s lecture from French Ambassador Jean David Levitte, along with the upcoming French Film Festival in Richmond, Va., this weekend. Held at Virginia Commonwealth University, the festival promises the best and the latest from France, sans Gerard Depardieu.

Sports

Men’s lacrosse squeaks past Hobart

Entering Saturday’s contest against Hobart, the no. 6 Georgetown men’s lacrosse team knew that they had more to lose by falling than their unheralded opponent. However, head Coach Dave Urick also had particular motivation to win the game, having come to Georgetown from Hobart, where he won 10 consecutive Division III national titles for the school.

News

579 flags commemorate G.I. deaths

NEWS BY CLAIRE D’EMIC Two rows of tiny flags and thousands of beads turned the path from Healy Gates to White Gravenor into a memorial for lives lost in the Iraq War on Tuesday. Students encouraged members of the Georgetown community not to forget the sacrifices that have been made in Iraq or the costs of American leaders’ decisions.

Editorials

Men’s lacrosse be-devils Duke again

Georgetown Senior midfielder Walid Hajj is a 2004 pre-season All-American. With 3:14 remaining in Sunday’s game against no. 7 Duke, he showed why he deserved the honors.

Hajj scored his only goal of Sunday’s game on a rocket of a shot deep in the fourth quarter.