The staff of The Georgetown Voice.
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 Voice Staff October 2, 2003
COVER BY VOICE LEISURE STAFF If you walked through Red Square last week, you were our guinea pig. Yes, you. After a careful analysis of field data collected by our expert fashion technicians, the results are in. While not much has changed over the past year, we think our astute observers picked up on the intricacies of all things hip. The results are in, and the Georgetown fashion flavor is hot, hot, hot.
By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003
It’s morning. Roll out of bed. Walk out the door. Five soldiers with Kalashnikovs lounge idly against the rubble of a stone wall, joking among themselves while they carefully watch your apartment complex.
No, it’s not DPS on a power trip, at least not this time.
By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003
SPORTS BY GEORGE TARNOW In a scene reminiscent of the two-minute drill Colgate executed against the Hoyas in week one, Georgetown could not stop Monmouth when it counted most, and the football team lost their third straight game, 12-10.
By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003
Empirical evidence has now demonstrated that, like werewolves in a full moon, Georgetown students go insane during hurricanes. On Thursday night, in the thick of Isabel, students were doing things that they probably need to do more often-mud wrestling on the front lawn, bonging beers in the driving wind on Village A’s rooftops accompanied by chants of “IS-A-BEL! IS-A-BEL!”, making out in the rain, and generally rocking like a hurricane.
By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003
With a 1-0 loss to the Boston College Eagles in Chestnut Hill, Mass. on Sunday, and a dramatic 2-1 victory against the Virginia Tech Hokies yesterday afternoon at home, the Hoyas’ record stands at 1-2 in the Big East.
By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003
The Knights of Columbus, and AFIRMS are about as dissimilar as any two campus groups at Georgetown. The first is a longstanding pro-life Catholic fraternity, the second a group of mostly female students committed to changing the University’s policies regarding sexual assault.
By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003
Women’s soccer (2-5-0)
The Hoyas continued to bounce back from a shaky start to the season by shutting out the host Syracuse Orangemen 2-0 for their second straight win. Though Syracuse st a strong tempo, Georgetown struck first. Senior Courtney Schaub scored off first-year Chrissy Skogen’s corner kick 31 minutes into the first half.
By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003
Hip-hop’s underground rattled when rapper El-P ever so bluntly declared on his acclaimed solo debut last year, Fantastic Damage: ” Signed to Rawkus? I’d rather be mouth fucked by Nazis unconscious.” Rawkus Records, the home of late-90s landmarks Soundbombing, Mos Def and El-P’s group Company Flow, was losing its grip on the ” it” label for underground hip-hop.
By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003
The Hoyas dropped another Big East contest Sunday, losing 2-1 to No. 8 Notre Dame at Alumni Field in South Bend, Ind. The Hoyas drop to 3-4-2 overall and 1-3-0 in the Big East.
Notre Dame was first to get on the scoreboard when senior forward Justin Detter scored on a perfect cross from fellow senior-midfielder Chad Riley and senior-midfielder Kevin Richards in the 28th minute.
By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003