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News

Twin triumphs for GU expansion plans

NEWS BY MIKE DEBONIS AND SHANTHI MANIAN Last month authorities handed Georgetown two significant victories in its continuing battle for expansion.

By the January 15, 2004

Editorials

Ditching the District

This Tuesday, D.C. voters had the chance to participate in the District’s inaugural “Presidential Preference Primary.” By placing the District’s primary before the contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, District officials hoped to attract national attention to its lack of congressional voting rights.

By the January 15, 2004

News

Spanish President draws a crowd

NEWS BY DAN JOYCE Spanish President Jos? Mar?a Aznar proposed a bold new economic alliance between the European Union and the United States in Gaston Hall on Wednesday.

By the January 15, 2004

Sports

After MEAC Ease, Big East Troubles

SPORTS BY CAMERON SMITH And then came the inevitable Georgetown Big East slide.

By the January 15, 2004

News

Dean captures symbolic D.C. primary

Presidential candidate Howard Dean claimed victory in Washington’s non-binding Democratic primary on Tuesday, in an event attended only by the most diehard of Georgetown Democrats. The organizers of the presidential primary, the first in the 2004 election, described it as a partial success in drawing national attention to D.

By the January 15, 2004

Sports

Potential Unmet with Current Hoyas

Just by listening to the Georgetown match up against the top ranked University of Connecticut, one could feel the stark contrast between programs. The Huskies continued their run of blowing out opponents after defeating a quality Oklahoma squad, while the Hoyas lost their third straight conference game.

By the January 15, 2004

News

Welfare research brings professor acclaim

Research is hardly a glamorous field, but Assistant Professor Carolyn J. Hill has made it a little more interesting. The professor at Georgetown’s Public Policy Institute was recognized recently by a committee of peers for her research on welfare-to-work programs in the United States.

By the January 15, 2004

Sports

Curling For Columbine: Rocket Home

Retirement can be a funny thing. When a plastic surgeon retires, for example, that’s it. No more boob jobs, facelifts, or tummy tucks. They sit home, collect some money and dedicate hours to become crossword puzzle aficionados.

Yet when many star athletes announce their retirement, it’s like a Georgetown student saying they aren’t going to drink for a while after spring break because they need to recover … right.

By the January 15, 2004

News

Women’s Center director to begin

The Georgetown University Women’s Center will welcome Dr. Jill Holmes Robinson as its new Director on Feb. 1. Robinson, who holds a doctorate from the University of Virginia, specializes in university counseling and student affairs administration, and has experience in counseling issues pertaining specifically to women.

By the January 15, 2004

Features

The Kennedys’ Jesuit

COVER BY BILL CLEVELAND Journalist Thomas Maier’s The Kennedys: America’s Emerald Kings, which chronicles the Kennedys through the lens of their Irish-Catholic roots, received significant press when it was released late last year because of its revealing portrait of Jackie Kennedy’s deteriorating mental health in the spring of 1964, after her husband’s assassination.

By the January 15, 2004