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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

News

New head honchos at the Corp

Students of Georgetown, Inc. is under new management. The Corp announced the appointment of three new chief executives for 2004 on Friday.

Christine Werner (MSB ‘05), Brian McGovern (CAS ‘05), and Keith McNamera (MSN ‘06) will assume the respective positions of Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.

By the January 29, 2004

Sports

Hoyas fall in Camelot, hills

After a week in which the Hoyas broke two close games open in the second half-eventually beating both No. 19 Virginia Tech and St. John’s by wide margins- Georgetown’s Women’s Basketball team was not able to continue the trend Sunday. The Hoyas lost a nail-biter to Big East nemesis Rutgers University, despite Rebekkah Brunson’s record-setting performance.

By the January 29, 2004

News

Loose nukes prompt discussion in ICC

The march to war in Iraq demonstrates that the proliferation and use of weapons of mass destruction undoubtedly remains of central concern in the minds of policy makers everywhere.

This concern manifested itself most recently at the Paul C. Warnke Conference on Arms Control in the ICC, where U.

By the January 29, 2004

Sports

Curling for Columbine: Panthers’ Pen

Ahhh, one of the greatest weeks of any sports fans’ year is upon us. Super Bowl week brings annual speculation, pompous declarations, and over-hype of a game that only occasionally (last in 2002) lives up to the hype.

But this year is different. Both the Patriots and Panthers are team-oriented and use consistently intricate but simple game plans to diffuse powerful opposing offenses.

By the January 29, 2004

News

Senate investigates GU alum

Prominent Georgetown Alum Manuel Miranda (SFS ‘82) is caught at the center of a Capital Hill controversy over the improper circulation of Democrats’ memos. Sergant-at-arms William Pickle is investigating how correspondence between Democratic Judiciary Committee members was leaked to the press.

By the January 29, 2004

Editorials

The new town-gown order

Earlier this month, a sign displaying “Read Orwell” adorned the Virginia approach to the Key Bridge. Clearly Georgetown University’s neighbors have taken the graffiti artist’s advice: They’ve been reading their Orwell, and they like what they read.

Recently, members of the Alliance for Local Living proposed that neighborhood residents take personal initiative and videotape what they deem to be inappropriate student behavior off campus.

By the January 29, 2004