Voice Staff

The staff of The Georgetown Voice.

Sports

Cross country gears up for successful seasons

The women’s and men’s cross country teams won their respective races in the Great Meadow Invitational this Saturday at The Plains in Great Meadows, Va. While both teams were satisfied with their success over the weekend, their focus is on preparing for the Big East and NCAA Tournaments in November.

By the September 19, 2002

Sports

Hoyas start strong, falter in second half

Before last Saturday’s football game, the all-time series between Georgetown and Holy Cross stood even at seven wins each. The Crusaders broke the tie by defeating the Hoyas 41-13 in front of a crowd of more than 1,200 for the first football game held on newly renovated Harbin Field.

By the September 19, 2002

Sports

Men’s soccer loses in overtime

Men’s Soccer (2-4)?The Georgetown men’s soccer team lost a 1-0 heartbreaker to Towson University on Tuesday, allowing the Tigers to score a late goal in double overtime. The lone Towson goal was scored by senior Randy Tolson, who netted the strike past Hoya junior goalkeeper Tim Hogan with only 2.

By the September 19, 2002

Leisure

Cinema & spice

For all those D.C. residents who want to check out the Kennedy Center but don’t have the desire to see the National Symphony Orchestra or Shear Madness, the next two weeks provide you with a perfect reason: The American Film Institute Theater is hosting the fifth Latin American Film Festival from Sept.

By the September 19, 2002

Sports

The Sports Sermon

1984 was the year when most of the current first-year class was born. While many first-years may like to claim that they have wanted to come to Georgetown since the womb, we would bet that half of them never would have been here if it weren’t for a similar birth that also occurred in 1984?Georgetown’s birth as a major university.

By the September 19, 2002

Sports

The Masterz

William “Hootie” Johnson is not a media-savvy guy. In fact, Hootie, the head of Augusta National Golf Club, the most famous golf course in the country and site of the Masters tournament, is a total idiot. Combine that with his penchant for talking loudly to anyone, and you’ve got a genuine media firestorm.

By the September 19, 2002

Voices

Letter to the Editor

Last week’s editorial on the upcoming World Bank/IMF protests, (“Wanted: Police protection,” Sept. 5), while supporting the easily defendable sentiment that safety is important and that everyone should feel secure, nevertheless completely misses the essential issues, relying upon the faulty premise that spending more money to provide more police officers and more riot gear is the best way to ensure safety and security for the city.

By the September 12, 2002

Voices

GUSA’s flawed tribute

If you walked around campus yesterday, you would have undoubtedly noticed many commemorations in remembrance of the tragedy of Sept. 11. In all, 3,025 people were murdered on that day, representing 82 countries. What you would have missed while walking through Red Square, however, were the flags of 68 nations who lost citizens.

By the September 12, 2002

Features

September 11, 2002

Photography by Rob Anderson, Alana Burke, Debbie Hwang and Kazuo Oishi

By the September 12, 2002

Leisure

Anthems examines D.C. a year on

Washington is a city that often seems to lack a unified voice. From Anacostia to Capitol Hill, from Adams Morgan to Georgetown, there could hardly be a more disparate half million people. In the wake of last September, the question of a common identity for Washington has attracted new attention, and in its first show of the season, Arena Stage seeks to find an anthem befitting our impossibly diverse city.

By the September 12, 2002