Voice Staff

The staff of The Georgetown Voice.


Leisure

Protest fashion worth fighting for

With an estimated 259,342 people in attendance, this weekend’s anti-war protests grabbed the attention of many a District resident. However, none were more impressed than D.C.’s fashion gurus, who were stunned by the arrival of this season’s protest couture.

Leisure

Shake that thang

Remember when you were a little kid and there just seemed to be absolutely nothing to do? You would walk around sighing, lamenting your existence because life was so damn dull. Remember what your mom, clearly oblivious to your utter unhappiness, used to give as “advice”? Let me refresh your memory—”Make your own fun!” Interestingly enough, Mom’s words are coming back to haunt all the indie rock kids, because kids are sick of moping (Chris Carraba eat your heart out).

Leisure

Roberta Flack: singer, storyteller, enchantress

Roberta Flack performed Monday on the Kennedy Center Millenium Stage as part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration sponsored by the President’s Office. The performance set an attendance record, drawing over 8,000 students and other fans of Flack’s music together to celebrate the life of Dr.

Sports

Men’s basketball .500 in Big East

And now the hard part.

Despite beginning Big East Conference action by suiting up against four of the lesser teams in the conference, Georgetown’s men’s basketball team (10-4 overall, 2-2 Big East) has too often resembled last year’s squad that was prone to late-game collapses.

News

Law Center Dean resigns after 15 years

Judith Areen, Dean of the Law Center and executive vice president for Law Center affairs, submitted her resignation on January 10. She plans to leave her post at the end of her term, in June 2004.

Areen has served three five-year terms as dean and plans to remain on the staff of the Law Center after taking a one- year sabbatical.

Sports

Evangelista perserveres in the pool

Georgetown senior Bryan Evangelista’s swimming career has been plagued by injuries. Coming out of high school he struggled with a nagging shoulder injury and this season he broke his hand. Through all this adversity, Evangelista has remained a positive and driving force behind the Georgetown swimming and diving program.

News

Arts center approval challenged

Community representatives have submitted complaints to the D.C. Zoning Commission requesting a delay in the approval of the University’s Performing Arts Center, construction of which was originally scheduled to begin this spring. They claimed that the University is not meeting conditions that the Board of Zoning Adjustment imposed last March, including an enrollment cap and a requirement that student vehicles be registered.

Sports

Eagles prey on women’s hoops

The Hoyas women’s basketball team dropped its second straight game to a top-25 team, losing 72-60 to Boston College Wednesday night at McDonough Arena. Despite junior forward Rebekkah Brunson’s seventh double-double of the season, the Hoyas’ record now stands at 11-4 (2-3 Big East).

News

What would MLK do?

The anti-war movement has gone mainstream.

Last Saturday’s anti-war protest in downtown Washington brought out somewhere between 30,000 and 500,000 people. No matter what the exact number, the crowd included both the usual and some not-so-usual groups of protesters.

Sports

Euro trashed

Setting: Captain America’s Bar & Caf?, Dublin.

Me: “Excuse me, do you show American football games here?”

Irishman: “American football? No.”

Me: “Do you know anywhere around here where they do?”

Irishman: “Ya, America. Haha!”

As the Irish folk working at Captain America’s had a good laugh at my expense, I was left heartbroken.