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The staff of The Georgetown Voice.

Leisure

Winged Migration soars

Having trouble appreciating the ubiquitous Canadian goose? Usurping many suburban parks with their squawking and their droppings, these creatures seem more American than the neglected bald eagle. In the Oscar-nominated documentary Winged Migration, , French director Jacques Perrin succeeds in making the Canadian goose and his feathered friends not only inoffensive, but beautiful.

By the November 20, 2003

Voices

Letter to the Editor

After reading Dominic Nardi’s piece on six hours spent in a D.C. jail (Nov. 13, “Tale of a Georgetown jailbird,” Voices) I felt thoroughly disgusted at his attempt to draw a parallel between his own life and those of millions of people in Myanmar who suffer under the dicatatorial rule of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) that is in control of the country.

By the November 20, 2003

Voices

The residue of that feeling

VOICES BY ROB ANDERSON I never met Daniel, but I am still crying two weeks after the night he died. He graduated from Amherst College that week and he was home on Long Island relaxing and preparing to move into the city. While driving home from the grocery store on a Wednesday afternoon, he was hit by a bus.

By the November 13, 2003

News

Lauinger collection reveals Jackie Kennedy’s spiritual struggle

NEWS BY CHRIS STANTON Another chapter in the story of America’s most famous political family unfolded this week at Lauinger Library as it unveiled to the general public the personal correspondence of Jaqueline Kennedy with a Georgetown priest. Within the writings, a recently widowed Kennedy ponders suicide, solitude, and the meaning of the Catholic faith.

By the November 13, 2003

Voices

Tale of a Georgetown jailbird

Languishing in jail for six hours provided me with one of the most educating and enlightening experiences of my time at Georgetown. Several weeks ago, I, along with two other students and a former Burmese political prisoner, Aung Din, was arrested at a protest in front of the Burmese embassy.

By the November 13, 2003

News

CFO details endowment plan

Georgetown University Chief Financial Officer Christopher Joyce discussed plans for Georgetown’s endowment’s growth and its role in financing the University in the ICC Auditorium last night. Joyce walked approximately 40 students through the structure of the endowment using PowerPoint slides of graphs and charts.

By the November 13, 2003

Voices

Continuous reconstruction

On Monday, Georgetown University hosted the “Afghanistan-America Summit on Recovery and Reconstruction,” a half-day affair in Gaston Hall that featured speakers from Afghanistan’s two year-old government, several American officials, and a panel of journalists from American publications.

By the November 13, 2003

News

Leaders hopeful about Afghanistan’s future

Optimism dominated the discourse of Afghan and American leaders on Monday. Addressing a sparsely filled Gaston Hall, they agreed that Afghanistan is primed to assume democratic government and a successful capitalist economy.

United States government officials, who were mostly Georgetown graduates, leaders in the Afghan government, and members of United States business and media communities spoke at the Afghanistan-America Summit for Recovery and Reconstruction.

By the November 13, 2003

Voices

Letter to the Editor

Clarification of Mauney resolution opposition I would like to clarify a citation in the Nov. 6 issue of the Voice that indicated that the Knights of Columbus had pledged their opposition to Matt Mauney’s GUSA resolution (“GUSA rejects affirmative of Arinze address,” News).

By the November 13, 2003

News

DNC Dropouts

Five prominent Democratic candidates for president struck a blow to the District’s hopes of attracting attention to its lack of congressional representation this week. Senators Joseph Lieberman, John Kerry and John Edwards, Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) and retired general Wesley Clark have removed themselves from the District’s January Democratic primary election.

By the November 13, 2003