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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

Features

Googling Love: Online dating exposed

COVER BY KIM RINEHIMER The rendezvous was altogether different from what I was used to seeing on the TV show “Blind Date,” except for the fact that I had never met him. Trying to remember the face I had seen in the photo, I examined the people inside the window and dug my mittened hands deep into my pockets.

By the February 12, 2004

News

What’s missing

The Super Bowl halftime show taught us controversy can refresh even the most predictable things. Recent issues of campus newspapers provide many such examples.

Videotaping: Town-gown conflict has existed as long as there has been a gown. In Medieval times, students at Oxford took to the streets with clubs and pitchforks to repel angry town mobs.

By the February 12, 2004

Editorials

Elections tainted again

In this Monday’s GUSA presidential election, Kelly Hampton (SFS ‘05) and Luis Torres (CAS ‘05) won 36.3 percent of the vote before being disqualified for campaign misconduct. Adam Giblin (SFS ‘06) and Eric Lashner (CAS ‘05) won the election with the second highest vote at 32.

By the February 12, 2004

Leisure

The Intricacies of Scarf-Tying

Ready to help dress up a basic shirt, accessorize for an evening out, or stay warm in winter with an array of scarves and versatile tying methods, fit for him and her?

1. The Pull-Through

This basic scarf tying method flatters a variety of scarves and necks, and is easy to master.

By the February 12, 2004

Editorials

ANC opportunity beckons

EDITORIALS This week, Jason Hurdle District, a representative to the Advisory Neighborhood Commission, will resign from his position. A job relocation will force him to leave the metropolitan area for Memphis, Tenn. In response, the ANC will solicit applications for the empty seat and hold a special election if more than one candidate comes forth.

By the February 12, 2004