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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

Voices

Sexy Girl Scouts and bacon bits

Though some of us believe we are too old or too cool to still dress up, hot-pants Heidi and S&M Spiderwoman were already defying the norm of preppiness at the Guards last Saturday. Many more young women will freeze radiantly beneath pink wigs, feather boas, fish nets, fake eyelashes and little else Thursday through Saturday.

By the October 31, 2002

Leisure

Politics, biology collide at Corcoran

Molecular Invasion, a new exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery, is possibly one of the more bizarre art attractions currently showing in the D.C. area. Presented by the Critical Art Ensemble, the project is a loud, brazen criticism of the environmental effects of advances in biotechnology.

By the October 31, 2002

News

All students guaranteed housing next year

All students who want to live on-campus are guaranteed housing next year regardless of their previously allotted years of eligibility, based on the findings of the Housing Advisory Committee, composed of both students and administrators. As of press time, e-mails announcing the change were scheduled to be sent to sophomores and juniors this morning from Director of Housing Services Shirley Menendez.

By the October 31, 2002

Leisure

I (heart) D.C.

Every year at this time in New York City, thousands of musicians and indie rock fans gather together for the College Music Journal Music Marathon. The event’s bands all play in separate venues and it’s a great way to check out all the different clubs in New York, while hearing everything from Chemical Brothers to Ugly Casanova, to anything put out by Saddle Creek.

By the October 31, 2002

Voices

A good walk ruined

What would you call a person who took delight in whacking a tiny spherical object hundreds of yards toward a barely-visible goal? To make things more interesting, imagine that the ball had to be no more than 1.680 inches in diameter, couldn’t weigh more than 45.

By the October 24, 2002

Leisure

‘Ultimate aphrodisiac’ has a price

“War criminal,” says writer Christopher Hitchens in a brief shot in the opening minutes of The Trials of Henry Kissinger, “isn’t a piece of rhetoric, it isn’t a metaphor, it’s a job description.” For several years now, this mercurial, chain-smoking Englishman has been trying to attach that “job description” to larger-than-life diplomat Kissinger.

By the October 24, 2002

Voices

The girl who whimpered rape

We enter an apartment; why are we alone? After this my memory is muddled, hazy. I vividly see myself entering the doorway. My smile fades, I feel frightened. Through a cloud of alcohol … he is on top of me. I open and close my eyes, lethargic and sedated.

By the October 24, 2002

Leisure

Faith for evermore

Former Faith No More frontman Mike Patton started his own record label, Ipecac Recordings, intending to purge the music industry of its banal artistic talent and provide an antidote. Take a quick look, and you’ll find out there isn’t a better man to do it.

By the October 24, 2002

Voices

Correction

The Georgetown Voice takes mistakes seriously. We will correct all mistakes of fact in our stories and publish appropriate clarifications as soon as possible. “Students participate in death penalty awareness,” which appeared in the Oct. 17 issue of the Voice, incorrectly referred to the speaker at “Live from Death Row,” as a pardoned death row inmate.

By the October 24, 2002