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Sports

The ball was bigger in this case

Another basketball season is rapidly approaching. I’m not talking about the basketball played by our beloved Hoyas over at the MCI Center. No, this game is played in the humid squalor of Yates with no spectators other than those who happen to be working out on the exercise machines above the courts.

By the October 10, 2002

Voices

Straight from the child’s mouth herself

Stepping off the plane in Dallas last Friday amidst cowboy hats and wide-open spaces, I was immediately thrown into the pulsating mixture of my relatives?great aunts from California, second cousins from Oklahoma, parents from Missouri?all in Dallas to celebrate my great-grandmother’s 90th birthday.

By the October 10, 2002

News

Joint ANC platform discussed

Students picked up s’mores and D.C. voter registration forms in Red Square Monday night as part of several students’ campaign platform disscusions. Campaign Georgetown, a group which encourages student participation in local politics, sponsored the event to promote the campaigns of three sophomores running for the Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E.

By the October 3, 2002

Sports

Men’s soccer rebounds against Princeton

The Georgetown men’s soccer team held off a second-half charge from Princeton University to win 3-2 on Tuesday at North Kehoe Field. The Hoyas’ overall record is now 4-5.

On Saturday, the Hoyas played sluggishly against Big East opponent Boston College and lost 3-1.

By the October 3, 2002

News

SafeWalks to restart Friday

The Georgetown University Student Association plans to restart the SafeWalks program this weekend, which will provide student escorts between the hours of 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. SafeWalks was begun in response to student concerns about safety last fall, but was inactive during the spring semester.

By the October 3, 2002

Sports

Hoyas beat Irish, lose to ‘Cats

After defeating No. 9 Notre Dame for the first time in history on Saturday, the Georgetown women’s soccer team lost to Big East rival Villanova 2-1 yesterday, ending the Hoyas’ seven-game win streak. Georgetown’s record now stands at 8-4 overall and 3-1 in the Big East.

By the October 3, 2002

News

GUSA campaigns marked by racial prejudice

The new first-year representatives for the Georgetown University Student Association were announced Tuesday night after an election process described by the election commissioner as especially difficult.

“It was really dirty,” said Dan Monico (CAS ‘06) and Mike Barrett (CAS ‘06) in reference to the four-day-long campaign process and election that ended Tuesday night.

By the October 3, 2002

Sports

Quinn keeps on scoring

First-year field hockey forward Jessica Quinn looks like a woman on a mission when she takes to the field. She stares down the opposition and seems to run right through other players to reach the ball. So it comes as no surprise that she leads the Georgetown field hockey team in points and goals for the season.

By the October 3, 2002

Features

Moving Down the Ladder

The statistics indicate that this year’s first-year class has, once again, outdone us. Its members are smarter, more worldly, were busier in high school, logged more hours of community service, scored higher on standardized tests and, from the looks of it, might even be better looking.

By the October 3, 2002

Leisure

Band hits campus, campus hits bottle

If you didn’t make it to the O.A.R. concert on Friday night in McDonough Gymnasium, it’s likely that one of your friends did. In fact, that friend probably called you from his cell phone in the middle of the show and was probably standing right next to me, talking about how he was “sooooo wasted.

By the October 3, 2002