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Voices

What do I know?

French has two verbs for “to know,” each with a different connotation. One verb means “to know” in the sense of knowing a fact. The other means the sense of “being familiar with.” In English, we have one verb and are left to find ways to distinguish between its shades of meaning.

By the January 9, 2003

Leisure

Photographing the ‘dark continent’

by Sonia Smith The West is slowly coming to grips with its abusive colonial past. Europe dominated Africa with an authoritarian hand for almost a century. The Smithsonian African American Art Gallery’s new exhibit, In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa, 1885-1960, focuses on an aspect of colonial rule often overlooked.

By the January 9, 2003

Voices

First Amendment: freedom of business?

“Away in a sweatshop where no one can see, the immigrant seamstresses work constantly. Conditions are awful, the pay is absurd—the boss he will fire them if they say a word.” Our voices harmonized and we moved onto our second song: “God bless you wealthy men, good news I have to tell: The market’s up, you’re making more each time you buy and sell.

By the January 9, 2003

Leisure

Leisure’s hottest singles of the year

To complete the annual fit of year-end list compilation, it’s important not to neglect what rules the radio waves, dance floors and TRL playlists. Media consolidation makes finding classics among the trash as diffcult and as crucial as ever. Last year, Timbaland’s production for artists such as Missy Elliot and the now forgotten Bubba Sparxx were the unmistakable cream of last year’s Top 40 crop.

By the January 9, 2003

Editorials

We’re not in Kansas anymore

Though overall crime is down, theft from automobiles in Burleith and upper Georgetown has recently increased, and students comprise about 30 percent of those victimized, according to Lt. Brian Bray of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District. MPD’s biggest concern is the carelessness of residents and visitors who leave their cars unlocked or valuables visible.

By the January 9, 2003

Leisure

Mediocrity within reach

The new Loews Cineplex Georgetown is open for business. With 14 screens, it is the largest movie theatre in D.C. and for a cut-rate $7.50, students can watch both mainstream and art-house fare.

It’s about goddamn time. Movie screens have been disappearing in this town faster than Penelope Cruz’s career, the latest casualty being the Foundry, a magical place where one could see second-run films on small screens for three bucks.

By the January 9, 2003

News

University hires new Chief Financial Officer

Christopher Joyce has taken office as the University’s new Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Joyce replaces Earnest W. Porta Jr., who had been serving as acting vice president and treasurer for 11 months.

University President John J.

By the January 9, 2003

Leisure

Kinky Darnall

In a recent study conducted by Cornell University, Georgetown University’s own Darnall Hall was ranked as the 19th most ssexually active dorms in the country. The study, which can be found at http://www.heartwarmers4u.com/ members/?jbarn1, raises grave concerns for many students in Darnall that they are living on the wrong floor or, at the very least, not walking around naked nearly as much as they should be.

By the January 9, 2003

News

Alum receives Rhodes scholarship

Georgetown graduate Anthony House (CAS ‘02) is one of 32 students in the United States selected to receive the Rhodes scholarship for 2003. House is the first Georgetown student since 1997 to be awarded the distinguished scholarship to Oxford University in England.

By the January 9, 2003

Leisure

Cinema ecstasy

It’s the beginning of a new semester, which means standing in long lines at the bookstore, add/drop and correcting new professors on the pronunciation of your last name, right? Well, to a certain degree, but there’s also that awesome little perk—no homework! But only for a limited time, so here’s a short guide to a few of D.

By the January 9, 2003