Voice Staff

The staff of The Georgetown Voice.

Editorials

Stick to the basics: 911

Responding to the possibility for congestion of the emergency communications system in case of a catastrophe, as well as a general need for increased capacity, D.C. will begin testing a new private wireless network that can handle high-speed data transmissions, according to the Washington Post.

By the February 19, 2004

Voices

Letter to the Editor

Inaccurate representation of The Georgetown Academy Perhaps the next time College Democrats president Scott Zumwalt dares to throw around slanderous words like “racist, sexist and homophobic,” all charges he levels at The Academy in your last issue (“GU Alum and Top Frist Aid Resigns,” Feb.

By the February 19, 2004

News

Former Burmese prisoner visits GU

With a call to action punctuated by anecdotes of torture and survival in the jungle, a leading advocate for democracy in Burma denounced egregious human rights violations by his country’s government in the ICC on Wednesday.

Ka Hsaw Wa recounted his experiences as a victim of the Burmese military dictatorship.

By the February 19, 2004

Features

Choose your own Georgetown adventure!

After four long years, your high school career is coming to an end. You’ve been hard at work applying to college, and Georgetown is one of your top choices. But hold on there cowperson, it’s not as simple as that…

By the February 19, 2004

Voices

Don’t Asian-hate, appreciate

When the University student survey asked me about my ethnicity last year, I didn’t identify myself as “Asian-American.” Instead I checked the “Other” option and typed in “Japanese-Canadian.” Then I wrote an angry letter back to the surveyors about how it was inappropriate for them to exploit my ethnic background in order to say that Georgetown was “diverse.

By the February 19, 2004

Leisure

‘Waves,’ Ride, The First Time

Besides the Beatles, Ride was the band that Oasis always wishes they could have been. Ride was the most dynamic live act of musicians characterized by their tendency to perform with their backs to the audience and staring down at their feet while playing effects-laden electric guitars and dreamy, psychedelic melodies.

By the February 19, 2004

Leisure

‘Dreamers’ bares souls, genitals

LEISURE BY MARY KATHERINE STUMP You expect sex and controversy from a movie by Bernardo Bertolucci, a man who once referred to Hollywood as “the big nipple” in an Oscar acceptance speech. Indeed, the majority of his latest film, The Dreamers, rated NC-17, is a tit bit nipply. French actors Luis Garrel and Eva Green and American Michael Pitt bare all in a tale of sexual seclusion and revolutionary ideals amidst the Parisian riots of 1968.

By the February 19, 2004

News

Council addresses sexual assault response

An estimated 70 percent of sexual assaults on college campuses went unreported last year, according to Sexual Assault Coordinator Shannon Hunnicutt. A new Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Advisory Council wants to change that. Providing training to Resident Assistants and Department of Public Safety officers to deal with sexual assault victims, student representative Mary Nagle (CAS ‘05) said, will ensure that “no one will fall through the cracks.

By the February 19, 2004

Sports

St. John’s walk-ons stump Hoyas

SPORTS BY CAMERON SMITH In one of the most embarrassing losses in University history, the men’s basketball team fell to St. John’s 65-58 Wednesday night. The Red Storm used just five scholarship players and nine players overall to control the tempo of the game.

By the February 19, 2004

News

Professors get around at the Hilltop Auction

How much would you pay to spend one night with John DeGioia? $100? $150, perhaps? On Tuesday night, DeGioia was priced to own, at least for one evening, at $370. If that is out of your price range, then console yourself with Interim Vice President of Student Affairs Todd Olson, whose going rate is $166.

By the February 19, 2004