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News

First GAAP weekend begins Friday

Two hundred prospective Georgetown students will be on campus this weekend to take part in the Georgetown Admissions Ambassadors Program’s first student-parent activities of the year.

Prospective students who were accepted in the early admissions process were invited to attend either the February early admissions GAAP weekend or one of three GAAP weekends held in April.

By the February 20, 2003

Sports

Hoyas in the Pitts, suffer second loss to Panthers

Not much separated the Georgetown Hoyas men’s basketball team (11-11 overall, 3-8 Big East) from the No. 9 Pittsburgh Panthers (18-4 overall, 8-3 Big East) Tuesday night in the Hoyas 82-67 loss. Simply put, the Panthers came through in the clutch; the Hoyas didn’t.

By the February 20, 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

News

Popular campus figure arrested

John Sullivan, the panhandler often seen outside of Wisemiller’s Deli, was arrested Saturday, Feb. 1 by undercover policemen.

According to Metropolitan Police Department Lieutenant Brian Bray, Sullivan was arrested on a bench warrant issued by a D.C. judge after he failed to appear in court on a drug posession charge.

By the February 20, 2003

Sports

Lohser finds balance with tennis, academics

With his neatly styled hair and GQ attire, senior Marc Lohser (MSB ‘03) looks more like a young professional than a college athlete. Yet every morning at 8:40 a.m., Lohser can be found on the tennis courts practicing with Georgetown’s men’s tennis team, just as he has since he was a first year.

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

News

GUSA executive campaigns kick off

This year’s Georgetown University Student Association executive race began with five tickets bidding for the top GUSA offices, but by Wednesday night’s debate in Sellinger Lounge, only three remained.

The candidates are Steve Palmese (MSB ‘04) and Tim Nunziata (MSB ‘04), Brian Morgenstern (CAS ‘05) and Steve de Man (CAS ‘04) and Rob Hutton (SFS ‘04) and Nazareth Haysbert (CAS ‘05).

By the February 20, 2003

Sports

It’s a winter wonderland of sports

Ah, snow days at Georgetown—a rare and beautiful thing. And what better way to spend them than outside participating in winter sports? Here is a how-to guide for my three favorite Georgetown snow activities. Hilltop skiing—This is an activity that I first witnessed on campus Sunday night, and it was love at first sight.

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

Editorials

Vote Morgenstern/de Man

Being an effective leader of the Georgetown University Student Association has nothing to do with slick politicking or bold promises of reform. It requires a strong working knowledge of the University’s administrative system and experience with using GUSA to implement change.

By the February 20, 2003