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The great Bengali monsoon wedding

There is a scene in Mira Nair’s film, Monsoon Wedding, where the bridegroom asks his fianc?, handpicked by his parents, about the odd similarity between an arranged marriage and a “love match?” “Well, how much more risky can this arranged marriage thing be from meeting one night in a noisy and smoky bar and hooking up?” he asks.

By the September 18, 2003

Editorials

Improving SafeRides

While a greater percentage of Georgetown University students are living on campus, the need for greater attention to off-campus safety issues remains as pressing as before. Just this week, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested a suspected armed robber who entered a second-story residence early hours of the morning.

By the September 18, 2003

Voices

Letter to the Editor

I want to congratulate Rob Anderson and Mike DeBonis on their centerfold article on the Southwest Quadrangle (“Our campus, our space,” Cover, Sept. 11). It is well written and shows considerable knowledge of architecture. And I laughed out loud when I read, “If God is in the architectural details, Georgetown lost its faith long ago.

By the September 18, 2003

Editorials

A campus wasteland

While walking her dog up the library steps on Sunday morning, a Georgetown resident looked down to see that she and her dog were wading through broken glass. To her left, underneath the benches on the landing, hundreds of beer cans were cluttered, remnants of a crazy Saturday night.

By the September 18, 2003

Features

Off campus, on track

COVER BY BILL CLEVELAND Expanding the University is no longer just a matter of collecting funds and drawing plans. In recent years, a stronger neighborhood voice has forced the University to take the concerns of the surrounding community to heart. Now, with 90 percent of students on campus, has a new era of town-gown relations arrived?

By the September 18, 2003

Editorials

Retraction

Last week’s edition of The Voice contained an editorial which criticized what we believed were ineffective modifications made to the lockdown policy (“Lockdown: a partial fix,” Sept. 11).

By the September 18, 2003

Voices

Correction

In “A boathouse at last?” (Cover, Sept. 4), the statement, “Various planning and historic preservation groups, such as the Old Georgetown Board, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, the Georgetown Waterfront Commission and the National Capital Planning Commission, gave their enthusiastic approval to the boathouse plans,” is incorrect.

By the September 11, 2003

News

DeGioia addresses Arinze speech

Faculty and students had mixed reactions to University President John J. DeGioia’s remarks last Friday when he responded to controversial comments made by Cardinal Francis Arinze at the College graduation last May. DeGioia reaffirmed Georgetown’s “commitment to full inclusiveness and care of each individual,” speaking at an informal meeting with student press.

By the September 11, 2003

Voices

Our worsening body image

Cultural elites-and by elites I basically mean yuppies-love to compete. Some might say that’s why they’re rich. You go to Georgetown, so you’ve probably noticed this. They compete for everything. Schools, grades, clothes, boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands, wives, rings, rocks, cars, apartments, starter mansions, pets, children, and finally schools for their children.

By the September 11, 2003

News

GUSA proposes extended GUTS weekend hours

GUSA representatives are working to extend GUTS operation on the weekend. Over the summer, GUSA submitted a proposal to university administrators to lengthen hours and improve service to Dupont Circle.

By the September 11, 2003