The staff of The Georgetown Voice.
As I sat up in my room last night, watching the final election returns come in, realizing that our country is falling apart and that I will now have to face the first years of my post-graduate life in a conservative and semi-fascist state, I began to think to myself what positives there are for a liberal New Yorker who will return home permanently for the first time in four years this May.
By the Voice Staff November 7, 2002
Langa is a black township on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. Driving into the township, coming off the exit ramp from the N2, you are greeted by a sign. A large billboard advertising Coca-Cola (certainly not a unique image in the iconographic landscape of South Africa) underlines the phrase “Welcome to Langa.
By the Voice Staff November 7, 2002
by Chris Jarosch
Due to concerns about campus accessibility, five physically disabled students met with administrators last Friday. Coordinator of Disabled Student Services Jane Holahan documented the discussion between the students and Richard P. Payant, director of University Facilities.
By the Voice Staff November 7, 2002
The Palestinian-Israeli crisis is arguably the most divisive, hotly contested conflict of the last half-century. Centered on land sacred to Christianity, Judaism and Islam, the conflict has immense political and religious consequences and interests at stake.
By the Voice Staff November 7, 2002
The Georgetown Honor Council has announced a new policy designed to expedite the adjudication process for students accused of an Honor System violation. Students who admit responsibility for their actions will now be able to bypass the normal hearing process and receive a recommended sanction directly.
By the Voice Staff November 7, 2002
Starting next year, there will be no more sophomore apartment lottery, no more exiled first-years will be holed up on the first floor of Darnall, and seniors will be partying it up in Village B.
Last week, the Office of Housing and Conference Services informed undergraduates that it can now guarantee four years of on-campus housing to all interested students.
By the Voice Staff November 7, 2002
They’re coming back again. Of the seven D.C. Mayoral and City Council offices up for grabs this past Tuesday, incumbents reclaimed all of them with overwhelming majorities. Voter turnout, however, was barely 35 percent, according to the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics.
By the Voice Staff November 7, 2002
The arrest of sniper suspects John Muhammed and John Malvo at first seemed to have ended the story of violence that gripped the D.C. area for over three weeks. However, the suspects have now been linked to other crimes across the nation, leading the Justice Department to debate where the two men should first be tried.
By the Voice Staff November 7, 2002
George Washington University professor Seyyed Hussein Nasr spoke to an ICC Auditorium packed with both students and faculty to mark the commencement of Ramadan on Tuesday night. With an emphasis on spirituality, Nasr’s speech aimed to bridge the Muslim and Christian communities by showing the many similarities between the two religions.
By the Voice Staff November 7, 2002
It’s dark, cold and raining, and you are in downtown D.C. All you want to do is get back to Georgetown, but there’s no way you’re walking more than 30 blocks in weather like this. The solution? Take the bus. Although this may seem like a straightforward process, a recent survey of bus service shows that riding the Metrobus isn’t all that easy, or even that safe.
By the Voice Staff November 7, 2002