Voice Staff

The staff of The Georgetown Voice.

Sports

The Sports Sermon

Kobe!

It’s so nice to see you again. How was your summer? We’re so glad that you didn’t make that trip to Indianapolis that everyone was talking about at the end of last year. Everyone thought that taking that class would be an easy A, but instead GPAs got busted like Ike Hilliard’s shoulder.

By the October 31, 2002

Voices

Taking back my life

As my voice rang out that cold, breezy night in November two years ago, my hands shook and my mind filled with images of a similar evening four years past. The entire time I spoke I felt completely removed from myself? as though I were listening with the crowd of hundreds, not speaking to them.

By the October 31, 2002

News

O’Connor speaks on Bill of Rights

Cases related to terrorism will reach the U.S. Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor said in a speech in Gaston Hall Monday night. O’Connor briefly addressed terrorism but focused her speech on the Bill of Rights and her career as the first female justice on the Supreme Court.

By the October 31, 2002

Editorials

Only YOU can prevent injustice

Interested in improving community relations? Sick of fighting with your neighbors about noise? Want someone who’s not necessarily a “resident, tax-payer, or home-owner” to represent you on the Advisory Neighborhood Council? You’re in luck, but you’re going to have to vote.

By the October 31, 2002

Voices

Letter to the Editor

In a recent article on protests over Iraq, it was mentioned that College Republicans were hanging up “pro-war” posters in response to anti-war demonstrators. This characterization is indicative of the kind of malicious stereotypes that pass for the truth about about conservatives at Georgetown.

By the October 31, 2002

Leisure

This Del’s for you

The best thing about West Coast underground hip-hop acts is that they aren’t trying to sell you an image. They just try to write engaging or, at the very least, amusing rhymes. Often, a self-aware sense of humor lies behind the lyrics, allowing these artists to avoid the trap of boasting and marketing one’s own ego at the expense of the music.

By the October 31, 2002

Editorials

Obstacles at the polls

How many people would think twice about going to the polls if they knew that a person would be standing in the booth with them? For D.C. voters who are visually impaired or have limited hand mobility, and are thus unable to vote using standard methods, this is the reality of going to the polls, and it constitutes a clear infringement on their right to vote in private.

By the October 31, 2002

Voices

I fought the law …

At first I lied to my mother. She asked whether or not I had been arrested at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank demonstrations last month, and how could I straight up tell her the truth? After a miserable 26 hours handcuffed in the custody of the D.

By the October 31, 2002

Leisure

Nomadic stands tall with Laramie …

All societies would like to believe that theirs is perfect, immune from instances of intolerance, prejudice and senseless violence. Nomadic Theatre’s new production of The Laramie Project is an intense look at one community’s crisis following a hate-driven murder that shattered this illusion.

By the October 31, 2002

Editorials

On sale now: Our space

“The first sign it was a mall was when the Sunglass Hut moved into the Registrar’s Office. Or was it when Foot Locker took over Copley Formal Lounge? Wait, it was definitely when the Sbarro opened up in the ICC Food Galleria!” said Jane Hoya (SFS ‘12), when asked about the rapid development of the University Square Shopping Center.

By the October 31, 2002