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Sports

Hoyas turn season around at Cornell

SPORTS BY CAMERON SMITH The U.S. News and World Report and Atlantic Monthly college rankings may regard Cornell higher than Georgetown, but the Hoyas football team made a powerful statement of athletic superiority on Saturday, routing the Big Red squad 42-20.

By the October 23, 2003

Leisure

Leo’s Hollywood debut

LEISURE BY SZYMON MAZIAKOWSKI & SONIA SMITH There’s a story behind the man behind the name behind the cafeteria. Rev. Leo O’Donovan, S.J. was the last Jesuit president of Georgetown, reigning from 1989 to 2001. He was known as a consummate fundraiser, a born schmoozer, and oversaw the GU endowment’s greatest period of growth.

By the October 23, 2003

Sports

Men’s soccer heats up in Big East play

The Georgetown men’s soccer team has found that loving feeling or whatever it was that they lost during the past two weekend home games, defeating the Syracuse Orangemen this Saturday 4-1 on North Kehoe Field to inch closer to the .500 mark.

Following the team’s first win in three games last Wednesday at Villanova, the Hoyas won their second straight Big East match with a brilliant second half performance against Syracuse.

By the October 23, 2003

Leisure

Phillips Collection revels in Surrealism

For many, modern art conjures up images of a blank canvas dotted with a single red mark representing the inner turmoil of the artist or even the feeling of love. Similarly, Surrealism can manage to confuse the viewer to the point that she doesn’t even want to understand the artist’s work.

By the October 23, 2003

Sports

Midnight Madness fun for all

The Georgetown men’s and women’s basketball seasons officially got under way last Friday night at McDonough Arena. This year’s Midnight Madness, coming off the heels of a bizarre off-season, gave anxious Hoyas fans their first glimpse at the athletes competing in the school’s most notable sport.

By the October 23, 2003

Leisure

Critical Voices

Yo La Tengo’s Today Is The Day EP The Weakerthans’ Reconstruction Site

By the October 23, 2003

Sports

What is a sport

Is figure skating a sport? No. How about croquet? Yes. Boxing? Questionable. Beirut/Beer Pong? Definitely.

So goes one of the oldest questions floating throughout the world of athletics: what is a sport?

Upon first thought, it doesn’t seem to be a very pressing question.

By the October 23, 2003

Leisure

Our Rock

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By the October 23, 2003

Voices

Six degrees of Schwarzenegger

VOICES BY BILL CLEVELAND Five years ago, Jesse Ventura was elected governor of Minnesota in a tightly contested three-way election that pitted him against another local mayor and Hubert Humphrey’s son. Ventura served one term as governor, then left to return to the private sector, because he figured he could make more money there.

By the October 23, 2003

Features

Recycling lies

COVER BY JULIA COOKE & SHANTHI MANIAN This year, the University reported recycling 15 percent of its waste—a number significantly reduced from the 43 percent reported in 1996. But even this lower figure does not accurately reflect the true recycling commitment at Georgetown. The numbers are wrong and the administration knows it.

By the October 23, 2003