The staff of The Georgetown Voice.
For the first time in over a decade, H*yas for Choice is applying to be recognized as an official Georgetown club by the Student Activities Commission. If the effort succeeds, the organization will be eligible to receive Student Activities Commission funding.
By the Voice Staff March 20, 2003
Gambling, while frowned upon by most major religions, is officially recognized in the newly-formed cult of Tubby Smith. To celebrate the Festival of 65, the most important holiday in Smith-ianity, (followed only by the Feast of God Shammgod), we are allowing people to peek at our award-winning bracket.
By the Voice Staff March 20, 2003
The Georgetown Solidarity Committee has released a report on wages at Georgetown recommending the University increase the pay of some of its subcontracted employees.
In the 12-page report submitted to 30 administrators and several faculty members, GSC recommended the University pay all staff members a living wage based on computed living expenses in the Washington, D.
By the Voice Staff March 20, 2003
If you ask most casual sports fans on campus what the national ranking of Georgetown women’s lacrosse team is, they’ll tell you that it’s No. 4. But ask the same person how the team got there and you’ll be met with a slightly less certain answer. Look no further than senior defender Melissa Biles, who hopes to parlay defense into the Hoyas’ first NCAA National Championship.
By the Voice Staff March 20, 2003
“As a university we need to place ourselves on the cutting edge of change, to be part of this city’s historic quest for racial, social, economic and political justice,” said University President John J. DeGioia two days before his inauguration in 2001. On the eve of his Presidency, DeGioia committed himself to enacting social change.
By the Voice Staff March 20, 2003
This season, I quietly sat back and watched the continued demise of Hoyas basketball. There was a time when ballers grew up dreaming of wearing the blue and gray. We?ve all seen Above the Rim—Birdie and Kyle knew what was up. But what once was up has come crashing down.
By the Voice Staff March 20, 2003
Next time you only have two dollars and are dying for a Chicken Madness, think twice before overcharging your credit card at Wisemiller’s: It might effect your ability to fly any time soon. In the government’s latest move to tighten security, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s new Computer Assisted Passenger Screening System (CAPS II) will assign a threat level in the form of a color to everyone who purchases an airline ticket.
By the Voice Staff March 6, 2003
Students for Middle East Peace, a campus group formed last year in order to foster dialogue about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, hosted a conference this Sunday on campus that focused on conflict mediation and nonviolent solutions to the situation in Israel.
By the Voice Staff March 6, 2003
I stepped out of the bus into cold rain in Chinatown, New York City at 11 p.m. Friday night. It had already been a long night—six hours on a bus that had more rows of seats crammed into it than it was supposed to. All I wanted to do was get on the Q train, sit down in a place where I could move my legs, walk the six blocks to my row house in Brooklyn and get some sleep.
By the Voice Staff March 6, 2003
With 5:15 remaining at West Virginia (13-14 overall, 4-11 Big East) Tuesday night, the Georgetown men’s basketball team (14-12 overall, 6-9 Big East) held a comfortable 63-53 lead. But with this year’s Hoyas, no lead is ever comfortable.
While the Mountaineers battled back to tie the game at 63, the Hoyas were able to hold on for a 69-67 win, due to clutch foul shooting, fortunate non-foul calls and a heads-up move by Head Coach Craig Esherick.
By the Voice Staff March 6, 2003