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Leisure

Crossdressing Culkin

LEISURE BY ABBY LAVIN With murder by Drano injection, a gaggle of drag queens in booty shorts, and drugs aplenty, Party Monster seems to contain all the ingredients of a future cult classic. Combined with an all-star cast including a cross-dressing Marilyn Manson, Chloe Sevigny and the party monster himself, Macaulay Culkin, this movie seems to possess the formula for success.

By the October 9, 2003

Editorials

Get the word out

The Lecture Fund should be congratulated for bringing Michael Moore to speak at Georgetown. After more than ten years as a cult figure among liberal college students, known mostly for his documentary Roger and Me as well as his television series and books, Moore entered the mainstream with the release of his Oscar-winning film Bowling for Columbine last year.

By the October 9, 2003

Editorials

We’re number … 20?

The November issue of The Atlantic Monthly includes a series of articles on the college admissions process. The pieces chronicle the long-term trend towards nationwide competition in American education. Entitled “Our First Annual College Admissions Survey,” the feature also includes a chart, much like that found each year in U.

By the October 9, 2003

Editorials

How to solve everything

In the eyes of many college applicants, student amenities are quickly outstripping more established criterion for judging schools, such as student-teacher ratios, historical prestige or the amount of financial aid the school is willing to provide. Colleges are responding, and the race is on.

By the October 9, 2003

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By the October 9, 2003

News

GUSA candidates debate

Nothing gets blood in Washington pumping harder than a good old-fashioned election. And, with the possible exception of a juicy, ripened scandal, nothing makes a good old-fashioned election more exciting than a good old-fashioned debate.

By the October 2, 2003

News

Welcome back, Jack

You can meet this charming puppy at the “Welcome Back, Jack!” celebration on Thursday night, when Rev. Christopher Steck, S.J. performs the first annual Jack blessing.

By the October 2, 2003

News

Arts center construction begins

NEWS BY CLAIRE D’EMIC Administrators and donors inaugurated the Royden B. Davis, S.J. Performing Arts Center in a ground-breaking ceremony held last Monday, marking the start of Georgetown University’s newest building project. The center is scheduled for completion in April 2005.

By the October 2, 2003

News

Solidarity invades local retailer

A tattered, sagging cloth banner reading “Wet Seal Supports Sweat Shops” is all that remains of the Georgetown Solidarity Committee’s protest against the clothing retailer on Wisconsin Avenue. Last Friday, in a demonstration against the Wet Seal chain’s alleged exploitation of Mexican workers, the student protesters hung a banner, chanted on the street and distributed pamphlets inside the store.

By the October 2, 2003

News

Got pot?

If you are one of those Georgetown students who enjoys an occasional use of marijuana-consider moving to Maryland. And developing a chronic medical condition. Yesterday, a Maryland law went into effect that allows anyone convicted of marijuana possession to argue for a much lower sentence if the drug was used for medicinal purposes.

By the October 2, 2003