Voice Staff

The staff of The Georgetown Voice.

Editorials

Mocha Hut for Petworth?

Thanks to the able coordination of city planners and developers, the District now boasts a few more affordable housing options. City planners chose a Bethesda-area developer on Feb. 6 to develop a new residential and retail complex above the Petworth Metro station on a mostly empty block of Georgia Avenue, N.W. This $40 million mixed-use development-consisting of 148 apartments located above 17,000 feet of retail space-is part of the city’s $111 million initiative to revitalize the Petworth neighborhood.

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

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

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

Sports

Curling for Columbine: Hawks rule hilltops

In what has been a great year of college basketball, I’m very proud that my team is at the top. My hilltop Jesuit University is flat out balling this season, undefeated with a great chance of gaining a no. 1 seed going into the NCAA tourney in March. Led by a great coach and dominant backcourt, I really think this is our year.

By the February 12, 2004

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.

By the February 12, 2004

News

Gallucci praises Tenet speech

In his accommodating, well-lit office Wednesday, Robert Gallucci, Dean of the School of Foreign Service, unpacked CIA Director George Tenet’s (SFS ‘68) Feb. 4 speech. Gallucci praised both the content of the speech and its delivery.

“I think he wanted his audience to understand that there are limits to what you can expect from intelligence,” Gallucci said.

By the February 12, 2004

Sports

Pete Rose Central: Da’ Bettin’ Line

Hoyas (favorites) Dookies (underdogs) Margin (duh)

St. John’s Kobe rape … on camera!! “Stackhuose”jersey Janet’s top bad equip. managers Tom Brady Hansel, Zoolander So hot

By the February 12, 2004

Leisure

Diamond-encrusted, golden sardine, anyone?

For those of you who have wondered what would happen if King Midas played simultaneous games of Monopoly and dominoes while chatting on his cell-phone, fly-fishing and nibbling the occasional sardine, look no further than the Museum of Natural History. Featuring gold-plated and jewel-encrusted common objects, “Everyday Fantasies: The Jeweled Art of Sidney Mobell” places the ordinary in the world of the extraordinary.

By the February 12, 2004