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News

Arts expansion includes new facility, major

The Advisory Neighborhood Commission voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve plans for the Georgetown Performing Arts Center. Final approval awaits a hearing before the Board of Zoning Adjustment scheduled for Dec. 5.

The Performing Arts Center, a part of the Georgetown University Campus 2000 Plan, will be the first building in University history dedicated entirely to the performing arts.

By the October 31, 2002

Leisure

… but Theatrical Shorts falls short

Nomadic Theater’s Theatrical Shorts present six plays written by a variety of playwrights?August Strindberg, Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter?and is directed by Professor Baker-White, a professor in the Department of Art, Music and Theater. The actors make an admirable effort, but they frequently demonstrate an inability to subsist on the mere scraps and bare bones with which they are provided.

By the October 31, 2002

Features

Do you know what your vote means?

The dispute between students and non-student residents in Georgetown is not a new topic. As bad as tension in the neighborhood may be, it has also served as the catalyst for student involvement in local politics. Since the first students were elected to the Advisory Neighborhood Commission in 1996, students and non-students have worked to reach a consensus on various problems that divide Georgetown and create an “us vs.

By the October 31, 2002

News

ANC reviews student-neighbor relations

As elections approach, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners reflected at the ANC meeting Tuesday night on the progress made in the relationship between students and non-student residents of Georgetown. Several Commissioners, including Chairman Peter Pulsifer and both student Commissioners Justin Wagner (CAS ‘03) and Justin Kopa (CAS ‘03) will not be running for re-election.

By the October 31, 2002

Sports

Hoya women rain on Bucknell parade

The Georgetown women’s soccer team defeated Bucknell 4-1 on Tuesday on what turned out to be a cold and dreary afternoon. In her last home game, senior forward Karin Ostrander led the Hoyas to victory through the rain with two goals in the contest.

By the October 31, 2002

Voices

Set your tazers to deep fry

If you’re anything like me, you’re probably a radical, right-wing gun-collector with a penchant for kinky bondage-style sex and a harrowing addiction to whippets. You probably also go to a fair number of concerts, which is a little closer to what I actually want to talk about.

By the October 31, 2002

News

Metro police presence increases

Due to security concerns and complaints from neighbors, police presence has increased permanently in Georgetown and will be especially high tonight for Halloween.

The number of police officers will be greater than a normal Thursday night because of the various Halloween activities in the neighborhood.

By the October 31, 2002

Sports

Water polo heads to National Championship

It’s 8:30 on a rainy Tuesday night, and members of the Georgetown men’s club water polo team stand huddled and shivering by their cars outside of Healy Gates. Forty minutes later, they will have stripped down to their Speedos at the Wakefield Recreation Center in Fairfax, Va. and plunged into the Olympic-sized pool to scrimmage against the Northern Virginia Masters team.

By the October 31, 2002

Voices

A two-state solution

As an incoming first-year student at Georgetown and an active Israel supporter, I had heard a lot about the debate over the Israel issue on campus. The things I had heard labeled Georgetown an anti-Israel campus and even anti-Jewish in some respects. As such, I was nervous when I arrived on campus, but I was equally eager to get involved with Georgetown’s pro-Israel and Jewish student groups.

By the October 31, 2002

News

MPD and DPS may coordinate

Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Justin Wagner (CAS ‘03) petitioned the D.C. City Council last Thursday to implement the Omnibus Public Safety Agency Reform Amendment, which is intended to strengthen relationships between the Metropolitan Police Department and area campus public safety agencies.

By the October 31, 2002