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By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003

GU grad replaces Ann Landers

NEWS BY VANESSA MACHIR Are you a 40-year-old man who has never dated anyone over 25 and is hung up on your 19 year-old ex-girlfriend? Are you an ultra-religious twenty-something virgin who is having trouble meeting women? Do middle-aged men often harass you when you go for jogs? Need some advice? Georgetown graduate Amy Dickinson (CAS ‘81) will surely have your answer.

By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003

Last days of summer

The anthropologist Arjun Appadurai suggests in his analysis of the age of globalization that we can trace the international flow of identities and culture by following a particular good or idea. We can note each permutation and appropriation of that idea as a unique glimpse into the lives of global consumers.

By the Voice Staff September 25, 2003

‘Father Pat’ to leave in December

NEWS BY CLAIRE D’EMIC The Jesuit Order is transferring ESCAPE founder Rev. Pat Conroy, S.J. to Beaverton, Ore., just outside of Portland, where he has been appointed superior of the religious community at Jesuit High School.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

Lost treasure

LEISURE BY KIM RINEHIMER Unprepared and much less enthused than your average GU junior abroad, the characters of Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation find themselves in exotic and chaotic Tokyo. Lost in Translation brilliantly explores cultural disparities as well as the gulfs that can divide individuals.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

Robbery suspect nabbed after Prospect break-in

The Metropolitan Police Department arrested a suspect for attempted robbery Tuesday at 1:45 am after he tried to enter the first story window of a Prospect street home. After fleeing the scene, the armed suspect ran through several yards before reaching his hiding place.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

Palahniuk woos target audience with ‘Diary’

Art is effective when it admits to the full extent of the human condition, that the something in the air has a name. Keeping this in mind, read a few pages of Chuck Palahniuk in a well-lit and crowded area, and look in the direction of your choice. You will see a girl with good hair and an uneven gait-this girl is always there, appearing less frumpy than she thinks, and she is always a sex addict.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

Democratic congressman speaks frankly

In an unabashed celebration of political partisanship, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass) spoke Tuesday evening to a packed room in St. Mary’s Hall to kick off the 2003-04 season of the Georgetown College Democrats. For roughly forty minutes, Frank reflected on his own political experience and defended the idea of political parties and the philosophy of the Democratic Party itself.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

Being the top dog

Questions plague mankind. What are we doing here? What do we know? What are we waiting for? Topdog/Underdog, a fierce new play penned by Suzan-Lori Parks, follows closely in the footsteps of playwrights Samuel Beckett and Tom Stoppard by delving right into such inquiry.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

Vouching for D.C.

A banner touting President Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” slogan hangs along the fa?ade of the Department of Education’s downtown headquarters. With a school vouchers plan becoming closer to reality for the District, however, perhaps the slogan should be “Every School Left Behind.

By the Voice Staff September 18, 2003

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