Voice Staff

The staff of The Georgetown Voice.


News

GUSA appeal will take weeks

“It’s all about GUSA” read the few remaining flyers from Kelley Hampton (SFS ‘05) and Luis Torres’ (CAS ‘05) shattered campaign. A mere week after their disqualification, Hampton and Torres might now be singing a different tune: “It’s all about the constitutional council.

Leisure

Napoleonic lesson for ‘Triplets’

Tired of bloated, mediocre blockbusters? Maybe you would prefer to see a surreal cartoon for adults that veers between the pleasantly bizarre and the utterly nightmarish. Maybe you don’t think dialogue is necessary in a movie, or perhaps you prefer that your films be melancholy, animated and French.

News

Kerry time

How soon D.C. voters forget. This weekend John Kerry pulled off a decisive win in Valentine’s Day’s “official” D.C. caucus. His win followed the non-binding primary in January, in which former Vermont Governor Howard Dean was comfortably victorious.

On Saturday, Kerry finished first with 47 percent of the vote, Sharpton second with 20 percent and Dean third with 17 percent.

Sports

Panthers effectively defanged

After losing five of their last six games, the Women’s Basketball team got a much-needed victory Saturday, using balanced team scoring to down a struggling Pittsburgh squad, 72-61.

After struggling in recent games against ranked teams, the Hoyas hope to use this victory to propel themselves toward a post-season tournament bid.

Leisure

Mo’Rocca

Most of us subsist on snacking at Vittles, giving in to Leo’s and calling Domino’s. Without extra time or money, food is just a matter of convenience, not entertainment. With great ambiance, seven courses and a belly dancer, Marrakesh, the District’s premiere Moroccan restaurant, has been proving for decades that the key to great eating is making a meal an event.

Voices

Parasitic globalism invades intestinal tract

When I decided to study abroad in Ecuador, I had no idea that what would begin as an opportunity to learn Spanish, study at an Ecuadorian university, volunteer at a local elementary school and became a dance on Ecuadorian tabletops would end tragically in an Ecuadorian emergency room.

News

One less Hurdle for student politicos

Wanted: a mature, cooperative Hoya willing to stay over the summer and who works well with others. One Georgetown student will get an early chance to shape community relations this year when Jason Hurdle, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, resigns from the body later this week.

Editorials

‘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.

Sports

Rock ’em like a Hurricane: Riley roughs up Miami

SPORTS BY CAMERON SMITH With a pivotal road stretch on the horizon, the Georgetown men’s basketball team knew they had to protect their home court well in a pair of key conference games. Their goal was met with mixed success, as they let a close game against Villanova slip away in the second half, falling 75-60, but rebounded with their second victory over Miami in a week at 80-64.

News

GU alum and top Frist aid resigns

Georgetown alumnus Manuel Miranda (SFS ‘82) resigned Friday from his position as aid to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) after the Judiciary Committee launched an investigation into Miranda’s distribution of confidential Democratic memos. Miranda told The Knoxville News Sentinel that he resigned “so as not to distract the Majority Leader from pursuing the needed legislative agenda for the American people.