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News

Successful designer calls for social responsibility

“You can’t drive a car while looking in the rearview mirror and that goes for the fashion business, too. It’s moving so fast you always have to be looking forward,” said fashion tycoon Kenneth Cole when he visited Georgetown University late last month.

Nevertheless, Cole spent plenty of time looking back while writing his recent book, published on the 20th anniversary of Kenneth Cole Productions Inc.

By the December 4, 2003

News

Boathouse approved; enrollment cap axed

NEWS EXTRA BY MIKE DeBONIS Georgetown University has received a pair of holiday gifts early this December: The D.C. Zoning Commission approved plans for a new GU boathouse Thursday evening, and on Dec. 4, the D.C. Court of Appeals invalidated several controversial conditions that the Board of Zoning Adjustment imposed on approval of the University’s campus plan earlier this year.

By the December 4, 2003

Voices

Detroit to D.C. and back

VOICES BY ROB ANDERSON Over the course of five days, 43 men and women had been killed, 7,231 people had been arrested, 2,509 buildings had been destroyed, $36 million in insured property had been lost—and Detroit had changed forever.

By the December 4, 2003

News

Dulles woes

To me, Dulles International Airport seems almost mythical. I have never been on a flight to or from it, and I don’t even really know where it’s located. In fact, I gained most of my knowledge about it in the movie Die Hard 2: Die Harder.

I’ve never been to Dulles Airport because there’s no way to get there.

By the December 4, 2003

Sports

Turnovers end disappointing season

SPORTS BY CAMERON SMITH The Georgetown football team completed a disappointing season in a game that was emblematic of the troubles they encountered throughout their games: a 45-16 conference loss at Bucknell.

By halftime, the Hoyas had fallen behind 24-3, and could not recover enough momentum or points to salvage much from the game.

By the December 4, 2003

Leisure

The Atmosphere encounter

Picture this: you suddenly find yourself sitting on a couch next to your all-time favorite musician, whom you never imagined you would get to meet. You’ve been listening to his albums for years, and suddenly you’re having a conversation with him. He’s calling you by your name: “Hey Abby, pass me another Corona?” I am hanging out with Slug, also known as Sean Daley, before his Atmosphere show at the Black Cat.

By the December 4, 2003

Sports

Women hoops keep buzzer beaters going

Not to be outdone by the men’s one point road win against Penn State, the Georgetown Women’s basketball squad won a scrappy road game in similar style on Saturday in Durham NH. The Hoyas defeated the University of New Hampshire Wildcats 61-60 thanks to a basket by Rebekkah Brunson with only three seconds remaining in the game.

By the December 4, 2003

Leisure

Ted Leo needs the Pharmacists

Before the well dressed, skinny tie-wearing mod rock and power pop revivalists of the last few years, there was Ted Leo. One of today’s indie rock elder statesmen, Leo has been getting attention since playing New York’s hardcore scene in the late ‘80s. Tell Balgeary, Balgury is Dead, the recent EP from Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, his current band, reflects Leo’s constantly expanding ability to write complex, catchy, affecting songs.

By the December 4, 2003

Voices

Hip-hop, hurray!

VOICES BY SCOTT CONROY I’ve never liked rap that much. I don’t have anything against the genre, it just never resonated with me. Other than buying an MC Hammer tape in 1990, my exposure to hip-hop has been limited to what has been thrown at me on the radio and whatever my roommate is listening to at the time.

By the November 20, 2003

Leisure

Japanese basic cable round-up

LEISURE BY SCOTT MATTHEWS Tired of lame sitcoms and lowest-common-denominator television programming? Probably not. You are their target audience, after all. But if the usual life-wasting entertainment is starting to wear thin, then clearly the only answer is to move to Japan for its rich array of quality television shows.

By the November 20, 2003