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News

‘Flick’ed off

In Alexander Payne’s 1999 film Election, Omaha high schooler Tracy Flick will stop at nothing to get ahead. And getting ahead means winning, at nearly any cost, the student council election. She’s hyper-ambitious and eager to climb the next step on the career ladder.

By the October 9, 2003

Features

Poker nights

COVER BY PAUL MCCARTHY Check or bet? Call or raise? Bluff or fold? Poker’s the new thing on and off campus—if you listen closely, you’ll hear the sounds of chips being stacked and wax playing cards gliding across the table. This is the story of one man’s journey through the exploding number of student poker games.

By the October 9, 2003

Leisure

More ballyhoo

I’ll just come right out and say it; I am deeply ignorant of football. Hailing from football-maddened Texas, it seems impossible that the nuances of the game remain so utterly lost on me. But then again, I don’t even remember the Alamo. I’m using this chance to let everyone know I will not be in attendance at this weekend’s game, so I won’t spoil anyone’s spectator experience with my irritatingly basic questions about tackling or “downs.

By the October 9, 2003

News

Former associate dean accused of abuse

NEWS BY ROB ANDERSON A former associate dean of the College resigned as the president of another Jesuit university on Tuesday after accusations of sexual abuse surfaced against him.

By the October 9, 2003

Leisure

Transatlanticism – Death Cab for Cutie

Ben Gibbard has returned from his electronic pop side project, the Postal Service, with a vengeance as pleasant as vengeance can sound. Washington state’s most beloved indie pop group (at least here at the Voice) has dropped an album that quietly surpasses their previous work with the same subdued, beautifully melodic songwriting that has won them a devoted fan base over their six years of existence.

By the October 9, 2003

News

GU ranks 20th on new college survey

Georgetown University ranked 20th on an Atlantic Monthly college survey that was created to compete with the widely read U.S. News & World Report ranking system. The rankings were created to support The Atlantic’s claims that a school’s selectivity is an inaccurate measure of the quality of its education.

By the October 9, 2003

Leisure

The Decline of British Sea Power – British Sea Power

British Sea Power revels in eccentricity. Everything about them is quirky, from their name, an odd reference to their country’s maritime history, to their peculiar penchant for writing musical tributes to obscure Russian and Czechoslovakian historical figures.

By the October 9, 2003

Editorials

The power to improve

Power outages, whether storm-induced or not, inconvenience thousands of people, take time and labor to fix, and paralyze economic activity. The utility industry wants to get power back on as much as their customers want them to-no power means no billing for power.

By the October 2, 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

Leisure

OutKast’s Big Boi on the ‘Speakerboxxx’

LEISURE BY KEVIN O’DONNELL These days rappers have traded in their 40s for Cristal, and their fixed-up Impalas for Escalades with spinning rims. Shallow materialism has compromised the integrity of a genre that remade the music industry in the ‘90s. OutKast’s last was one of the most relevant albums the hip-hop genre: the content of their songs eschewed the high-life consumption of their rapper compatriots.

By the October 2, 2003