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Leisure

Revolucion! Kind of.

The intended purpose of this godforsaken column is to promote off-campus activities. While it rarely lives up to its “revolutionary” moniker, this week’s installment should provide the opportunity for you to really get out there and make change and inspire true revolution.

By the January 16, 2003

Voices

“Hey Georgetown, have another drink”

It was so nice to be back home, drinking Smirnoff in my friend’s bedroom while her parents slept downstairs. We bought the liquor with a fake ID, my little brother was lucky enough to be designated driver for the evening and we were playing lame drinking games.

By the January 16, 2003

Sports

Men’s basketball ransacked by Pirates

Tuesday night, the Georgetown men’s basketball team (9-3 overall, 1-1 Big East) completed its strangest week in recent memory, losing to the Seton Hall Pirates (6-7 overall, 1-3 Big East) 68-54 in Big East Conference play.

The week began Sunday with Georgetown winning in overtime against West Virginia, the Hoyas’ first win in their last five OT games, followed by a highly publicized tirade by usually mild-mannered Head Coach Craig Esherick over officiating.

By the January 16, 2003

Voices

Lost in the margin

Last Saturday, Illinois Governor George Ryan emptied the state’s death row, declaring the system “arbitrary and capricious—and therefore immoral.” Governor Ryan commuted 167 death sentences to life in prison. This bold move by the governor came at the conclusion of three years of study of the death penalty system in Illinois that was spurred on by the discovery of 13 innocent convicts in the state’s death row.

By the January 16, 2003

Sports

All-American Sicher strikes a balance

Georgetown track and field co-captain Erin Sicher is a three-time All-American who runs 70 miles a week. She was a member of the outdoor 4×800 meter relay team that won the Big East Championship in 2001 and she just earned her first individual All-American honor in cross country this fall.

By the January 16, 2003

News

First-year student takes own life in Village C

At approximately 11 p.m. on Saturday evening, Georgetown first-year student Jeremy Dorfman (CAS ‘06) was discovered to have taken his own life by hanging in his Village C West dormitory room. Dorfman, who was 19, was taken to Georgetown University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead early Sunday morning.

By the January 16, 2003

News

GU study of alcohol ads released

American youth are overexposed to alcohol advertising on television, according to a University study released Dec.18. In 2001, young viewers saw more ads for beer than for fruity drinks, gum, skin care products and sneakers, according to “Television: Alchohol’s Vast Adland,” a survey by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at Georgetown.

By the January 9, 2003

Sports

Hoyas show hustle, lose to Blue Devils 93-86

Last night, the Georgetown men’s basketball team played their best game all season—well, best three-quarters of a game.

Despite leading No. 1 Duke 44-41 (10-0 overall, 1-0 ACC) at halftime, the Hoyas (8-2 overall, 0-0 Big East) fell victim to a 17-3 Duke second-half spurt in a 93-86 loss at raucous Cameron Indoor Arena, in Durham, N.

By the January 9, 2003

News

Like a chocoholic, but for scandal

Once again a new year is upon us, and, once again, it is time to make resolutions. Mine is simple: to learn to control my compulsive chocolate consumption. I make the same resolution ever year and, every year, I quickly break it. This time around, I made my anti-chocolate resolution more out of habit than out of a true desire to quit nibbling Nestl?.

By the January 9, 2003

Sports

Gold medalist Valmon teaches teamwork

The sign on Associate Head Coach of Track and Field Andrew Valmon’s wall reads, “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision … It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”

Though one might not guess it from his soft-spoken demeanor, this philosophy helped carry Valmon to two consecutive Olympic gold medals in the 4×400-meter relay and a world record performance at the 1993 World Championships in the same event.

By the January 9, 2003