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Leisure

Get kicked in The Shins

If you haven’t heard of the Shins by now, you clearly haven’t been reading Voice Leisure. With every move they make, The Shins gain more and more attention for their brilliant songwriting, tight musicianship and irresistible melodies. Their 2001 debut album, Oh, Inverted World, propelled them into the hearts and minds of independent critics with its endearing guitar hooks and delicately arranged atmosphere.

By the February 5, 2004

Voices

I still believe

VOICES BY DAVE STROUP It hasn’t been the greatest few weeks for Howard Dean’s presidential campaign, but he still has my support, and I still maintain that John Kerry looks like one of the tree people from Lord of the Rings. I traveled to Iowa the weekend before the caucuses as part of Howard Dean’s “Iowa Perfect Storm,” to meet up with my girlfriend Esther and a friend of mine.

By the February 5, 2004

Leisure

Being there: ‘America on the Move’

This is an exhibit for that part of you that always wanted to get off the bolted-down bikes on the E.T. ride in Universal Studios and stand next to the animatronics and stage props. Chronicling the development of the automotive and railroad industries, roads and highways, “America on the Move” creates unique interactive and multimedia environments.

By the February 5, 2004

Voices

A new veneration of leadership

“It’s usually not this cold here,” Alice said as she ushered me into her apartment. She said it as if it would warm me up, as if I should have been happy to know that my toes usually wouldn’t be frostbitten after waiting 30 minutes outside in the middle of a New Hampshire winter for an old lady who said she’d be home at 10:30 A.

By the January 29, 2004

Leisure

Get Lost

This past Saturday, three friends and I set out on a quest to find the District’s best record stores. By “quest” I mean we had a list of five shops located on various state, numbered and lettered streets. By “best” I mean establishments other than national chains such as FYE.

By the January 29, 2004

Features

Projecting Fluff

COVER BY SHANTHI MANIAN Walking into Professor Sandra Horvath-Peterson’s classroom, you won’t see anything unusual. Some students pull out notebooks and rifle through pages, while others remain engrossed in lunch conversations. Standing by the podium, Horvath-Peterson chats easily with her students, who are quickly filling up the large ICC classroom.

By the January 29, 2004

News

Georgetown avoids RIAA subpoena

NEWS BY LAUREN TANICK Georgetown University has escaped the latest round of lawsuits filed by the Recording Industry Association of America, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an advocacy group for civil liberties on the Internet.

By the January 29, 2004

Sports

No gray, just blues: Hoyas drop two

SPORTS BY CAMERON SMITH At one time the Georgetown men’s basketball program was feared throughout the country. Three consecutive Final Four appearances and a national championship in the mid-1980s left a fear of the hilltop in every opponent’s heart. Unfortunately, times have changed.

By the January 29, 2004

News

University drops apparel contract

NEWS BY VANESSA MACHIR The discovery of workers’ rights violations in a Lands’ End factory in El Salvador prompted Georgetown University not to renew its contract with the company this year. Lands’ End, whose contract with Georgetown expires this January, was responsible for manufacturing apparel bearing the Georgetown University logo.

By the January 29, 2004

Sports

Super Brawl? Pats and Cats lack claws

If this Super Bowl week proved anything, it’s that the Northeast won’t be hosting the big game until global warming takes it up a notch. The domes and US hotspots are in firm control of the game to the extent that I’m waiting for St. Thomas to be awarded the 2009 prize.

By the January 29, 2004