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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

Voices

The FTAA and state repression in Miami

Last week in Miami, tens of thousands protested the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas agreement. Trade ministers from 34 countries in the Western hemisphere assembled to discuss the proposed extension of NAFTA into the Caribbean and Central and Southern America.

By the December 4, 2003

Leisure

‘Camelot’: King Arthur, again

LEISURE BY KATHYRN BRAND When one thinks of King Arthur, dueling and damsels, rather than singing and dancing, are among the first things that come to mind. Immortalized as old texts, a bedtime story and even a Disney animated cartoon, the Knights of the Round Table meet the stage in the musical Camelot.

By the December 4, 2003

Leisure

T-givin’ Truths

“Thanksgiving only comes once a year.” How true that is! How true, and how sweet. But you know what? Waiting for Thanksgiving is boring. every year, the Georgetown campus becomes a wasteland for the four-to-five day weekend when thousands upon thousands of Hoyas clear out for points west, south, north, and possibly even east (for you European exchange students).

By the November 20, 2003

Editorials

Brits and Bush

This week President George W. Bush kicked off a state visit to the United Kingdom. With him traveled an unprecedented and excessive security force. Critics believe that the president is using security concerns as an excuse to quash protests. Bush’s security extravaganza seems excessive, especially as a response to concerns about protests.

By the November 20, 2003