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Sports

Analyze this: Hoyas vs. Irish

To many familiar with the men’s basketball team’s woeful season, the reasons behind the collapse are not obvious. At times the team has played as well as anyone in the country, making huge runs against quality teams like No. 7 Duke, No. 8 Pittsburgh and No.

By the February 13, 2003

Features

Taste goes out the window

The dismembered hand flew through the air and struck my date in the face. The leather-and-lingerie-clad woman who had flung it, demonstrating remarkable power considering she was using her teeth, bared her choppers to the crowd and gave one last howl before finishing Bill, her meal. Laughter erupted, fake blood spurted, someone quickly flashed the audience, and the lights went down.

By the February 6, 2003

News

Three visiting Afghan students missing

Three Afghan students visiting Georgetown for a weeklong U.S.-Afghan relations exchange program disappeared from their Leavey Center hotel rooms the night of Tuesday, Jan. 28. It was not immediately clear where they had gone, though the University confirmed that some of the missing students have family in the United States.

By the February 6, 2003

News

Panel discusses free speech on campus

Panelists discussed Georgetown’s speech and both the benefits and dangers of free speech on campus at Tuesday night’s Speech and Free Expression Forum.

The panel, composed of Professor of Law J. Peter Byrne, University President John J. DeGioia, University Professor of Linguistics Deborah Tannen, Rev.

By the February 6, 2003

Editorials

Change the sexual assault policy

On Jan. 22, the Advocates for Improved Response Methods to Sexual Assault (AFIRMS) group released an analysis of Georgetown’s sexual assault policy and adjudication process to more than 30 student affairs administrators. AFIRMS puts forth a series of valuable recommendations for altering the University’s Student Code of Conduct, adjudication system and disclosure policy and the administration should give them serious consideration.

By the February 6, 2003

News

Student groups protest INS policy

About 40 Georgetown students stood in Red Square last Thursday wearing handcuffs and holding makeshift bars to protest a recent Immigration and Naturalization Service policy requiring universities to submit information about students from20 Muslim countries to a comprehensive national database.

By the February 6, 2003

Sports

Georgetown’s skid hits six of last seven

For the Georgetown men’s basketball team (10-8 overall, 2-6 Big East), the story is all too familiar: Junior power forward Mike Sweetney has an All-American-caliber game, but the Hoyas still lose in frustrating fashion.

This scenario held true this week as Georgetown lost at No.

By the February 6, 2003

News

Administration shuts down e-mail

The administration intentionally shut down Georgetown’s e-mail system Wednesday night after discovering that an e-mail containing private information about three students had been accidentally sent to 2,900 graduate students.

According to University Registrar John Q.

By the February 6, 2003

Sports

Joe Lang speaks out

Georgetown University Director of Athletics Joe Lang wants to win as much as any Hoyas fan. In an interview yesterday with campus newspapers, Lang, at times extremely emotional, conveyed his desire for every sport at Georgetown to be competitive.

By the February 6, 2003

News

Former commissioners recognized

Two Georgetown students were honored Tuesday night for their service on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E. The ANC’s recognition of former Commissioners Justin Kopa (CAS ‘03) and Justin Wagner (CAS ‘03) is the first time students have been recognized for their efforts on the ANC.

By the February 6, 2003