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News

DeGioia supports affirmative action

University President John J. DeGioia strongly stated Georgetown1s commitment to affirmative action in a speech delivered Tuesday evening in Gaston Hall, calling the policy 3critical to achieving our educational mission.2

The Supreme Court of the United States is currently examining affirmative action in public universities.

By the February 27, 2003

News

Merkel criticizes anti-war Germany

Dr. Angela Merkel, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Germany1s opposition party, discussed the future of Germany and Europe, and criticized Chancellor Gerhard Schr?der1s anti-war stance in a speech Tuesday afternoon.

Speaking in Copley Formal Lounge, Merkel criticized the German adoption of 3Sonderweg,2 the anti-war approach of Schr?der1s government, which has considerably strained U.

By the February 27, 2003

Sports

The Sports Sermon

When we say dynasty, what pops into your mind? The Bulls? The Yankees? Bad soap operas?

Well, how about a women’s basketball team? No? Am I exposing your innate gender preferences, your enormous lack of respect for the opposite sex? Or are you a woman? Were you actually thinking about women in the first place? Am I confusing the hell out of you? Are you wearing any pants?

Well, before you answer no, let us get back to the point.

By the February 27, 2003

News

Performing Arts decision delayed

The D.C. Zoning Commission decided not to vote on the requested delay in the construction of the Georgetown University Performing Arts Center at its regular meeting Monday night.

The Zoning Commission decided to allow the University to file further information regarding the compliance issues, according to Director of Off-Campus Student Life Jeanne Lord.

By the February 27, 2003

News

Three years later

In October, the Office of Housing and Conference Services announced in a broadcast e-mail that the University would be able to provide on-campus housing to all students during the 2003-2004 school year. It thought the completion of the Southwest Quadrangle project in the fall of 2003 would provide the extra space needed to house all students on campus.

By the February 27, 2003

Voices

How to fulfill a service requirement

You could easily waste a week questioning the merit of mandatory community service. While this may satisfy some deep philosophical need, it is a waste of time. The nuns will not back down. You might as well get it over with. First and most importantly: Get a friend in on it, preferably one with a good sense of humor.

By the February 20, 2003

Voices

I hate ‘Kumbaya’

I got a letter in the mail the other day. Usually, seeing my name on an envelope is like my birthday and Halloween all in one, but reading this particular letter was punishing, mean, even degrading. I, after all, was the one who had written it. When I wrote that letter, Father Pat promised me two things.

By the February 20, 2003

Voices

Earth-shattering epiphany

Who would have thought that a single color could be so loaded? Sure, plenty of colors mean something, make instant connections in your mind, but those tend to be cursory. Green, blue and yellow may mean something, but they don’t make a statement about you.

By the February 20, 2003

Voices

Get out that Starter jacket

I got it in my head that I had to look north as I decided where to attend college last year. As I explained to distressed parents and pets alike, “It’s just not cold enough for me in D.C.; I need sub-zero temperatures and blankets of snow from the second week in October to the last week in April to function.

By the February 20, 2003

Voices

I kid you not

This past weekend, as I was standing behind my apartment and staring up at the trees that laid bare by the winter’s cold, I came to an important understanding about my life: I cannot have children. This sudden awareness of my procreational limitations was not an epiphany gained from watching the neighborhood squirrels.

By the February 20, 2003