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News

Alumnus dies in UN explosion

Rick Hooper (MAAS ‘90) died Aug. 19, 2003 in the bombing of the United Nations offices in Baghdad. Hooper, 40, was working as assistant to the head of the U.N.’s special envoy, Kieran Prendergast. Temporarily replacing an assistant envoy, Hooper was planning on staying in Baghdad for only two weeks before continuing on to Palestine.

By the August 28, 2003

Editorials

Progress at MPD

Last week, the District’s transgender community suffered a rash of violent crime that left two transgender persons dead and one in the hospital.

On Aug. 16, Bella Evangelista was shot dead by a man who had solicited her for oral sex and later discovered she was transgender.

By the August 28, 2003

News

Changes to alcohol policy considered

NEWS BY SHANTHI MANIAN Students and faculty of the FRIENDS initiative submitted a proposal to Interim Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson this week that would drastically change Georgetown’s alcohol policy. The document includes recommendations to eliminate Georgetown’s “dry dorm” policy, party registration and “beer gardens” which physically separate drinkers from non-drinkers at on-campus parties.

By the August 28, 2003

Voices

The inherent merit of ideas

Consider the word respect. Respect conjures an acceptance of ideas and concepts, of allowing each to share an idea. Likewise, respect entails constructive criticism, even going so far as to (gasp!) say that another’s idea may be wrong. Tolerating respect does not change the veracity of the idea; it merely puts forth another’s opinion of it.

By the August 28, 2003

News

GU honors King’s legacy

Georgetown is sponsoring an event this evening to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Civil rights activist Ossie Davis will speak at the Kennedy Center, followed by a performance by the Georgetown Gospel Choir.

By the August 28, 2003

Voices

I pus Saxa Gray

VOICES BY SCOTT MATTHEWS People still don’t believe you when you tell them you go to Georgetown? Maybe it’s the overalls and debilitating overbite, you hick. But anyway, the following list is a steady stream of nourishing conformity that new Hoya pups thirsty for acceptance can suckle (literally) straight from the teat of wisdom that is me.

By the August 28, 2003

News

Students robbed in Burleith

An armed assailant robbed two Georgetown students of their purses this week. At approximately 11:45 p.m. Tuesday night, the two students were approached by an armed suspect while they walked down the 3300 block of “O” Street, N.W. The suspect demanded their purses and they turned them over.

By the August 28, 2003

Voices

Punish me

I used to get in trouble in sixth grade. All of the time. Unfortunately, I didn’t get an interesting reputation for it. I wasn’t the class clown, or one of the girls who got caught trying to sneak a bottle of cooking wine into the Halloween dance, or even the kid that nobody really paid attention to until they were stuck doing a group project with him and he promptly blew off doing his part.

By the August 28, 2003

News

Computer worm blasts PCs

Two computer viruses have been causing slowdowns across the Georgetown University network and e-mail system in recent weeks. University Information Services is taking steps to mitigate the effects. The W32.Blaster.Worm and W32.SoBig viruses have struck Internet users worldwide.

By the August 21, 2003

Sports

Tumultuous summer for Hoyas hoops roster

The Georgetown men’s basketball team is rebounding from a tumultuous year, during which they lost six of 14 players on their roster to graduation, transfer or ineligibility. Only two of last season’s starters will be returning this year-senior guard Gerald Riley and sophomore forward Brandon Bowman.

By the August 21, 2003