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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

Leisure

Critical Voices

The bored, angry masses of America’s white suburban youth should be disappointed by the release of Thursday’s lackluster new album, War All the Time. Coming off their subtlely powerful last effort, Full Collapse, they aimed for a higher, more beautiful sound-and fell flat on their face.

By the December 4, 2003

News

Former basketball star shot in Southeast D.C.

NEWS BY ROB ANDERSON Victor Page, a former Georgetown University men’s basketball star, widely regarded to be one of the most talented players from Washington DC, remains in critical condition after being shot three times last Tuesday afternoon.

By the December 4, 2003

Leisure

Museum that

Even though it contains both my first and last names, the Smithsonian Institute and the fleet of museums that bear its name just don’t cut it anymore. Museum of Natural History, spare us the giant squid, please-not interested. And the Hope Diamond? How very Home Shopping Network of you.

By the December 4, 2003

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By the December 4, 2003

News

Jesuit apologizes to Camelot

Reacting to criticism from the Kennedy family, the head of Georgetown’s Jesuit community announced last Wednesday that the University library had publicly exhibited the correspondence between a Georgetown priest and Jacqueline Kennedy “by mistake” and said that he had apologized to the family on behalf of the University.

By the December 4, 2003

Editorials

Censorship in Red Square?

Students passing through Red Square on Thursday, Nov. 21 undoubtedly noticed representatives from the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property waving a large red flag and handing out pamphlets. The following Tuesday, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson addressed the situation in a campus-wide e-mail, denouncing the outside organization’s distribution of “offensive and hateful material that attacked gays and lesbians.

By the December 4, 2003

Voices

Brief encounters with luminary pundits

The other night I went to hear Martin Amis, one of my favorite authors, read at a Washington bookstore. hoping I would be able to suppress my inner stalker. I admire his novels, his cultural and literary criticisms, his examinations of history, and of course his contribution to Mars Attacks!, one of the most brilliant movies of the ‘90s not disgraced by the later atrocities of O.

By the December 4, 2003

News

Canal Rd. improvements begin

Entering the Georgetown campus from Canal Road is about to become safer and more convenient, University officials say, thanks to a construction project set to begin after more than two decades of planning. The Federal Highway Administration, which is managing the project, plans to begin construction on a new intersection and access road by early spring.

By the December 4, 2003

Features

It Was Like a Life

WINNER OF THE 2003 VOICE SHORT STORY CONTEST BY ANDREW J. WILSON As he awaits Sarah’s return home from her first semester at college, Jackson hopes that he and his daughter can go running together like old times. Just as Sarah has changed since she last left home, her parents have changed, too—without her knowing.

By the December 4, 2003