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Features

September 11, 2002

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

News

GU commemorates Sept. 11 anniversary

The University paused in a national moment of silence at 8:46 am Wednesday to commemerate the attacks of Sept. 11. Events, including an interfaith service of prayer, a town hall meeting and a candlelight vigil, were held to offer students an opportunity to reflect and discuss the attacks and their effects.

Editorials

DPS, spread your wings

The D.C. City Council is scheduled to vote next week on a bill that would allow extended cooperation between campus police and the Washington Metropolitan Police force. The bill would potentially allow the Department of Public Safety to extend its patrol to areas outside of campus that are heavily populated by students, such as Burleith and West Georgetown.

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.

News

Primary results uncertain; Williams looks to win

Close to 1,000 Georgetown students headed to the polls Tuesday to choose from seven candidates running in the Sept. 10 primary.

The winner of the Democratic primary remains undetermined at this time.

The two leading candidates, current Mayor Anthony Williams and the Reverend Willie Wilson, were both write-in candidates.

Editorials

Unfriendly borders

Exactly one year after the attacks of Sept. 11, the federal government has inaugurated a new, more stringent system for screening immigrants at some ports of entry to the United States. Immigration agents must now fingerprint and photograph foreigners who fit certain criteria for potential terrorist activity, criteria that the Justice Department refuses to disclose.

Leisure

Egypt comes alive … well, not literally.

Many people would jump at the chance to see the pyramids in Egypt or the treasures of Tutenkhamen’s tomb. Just about anyone would if given the opportunity to see such wonders up close, but there’s always some excuse not to up and fly to the Middle East?school, work, geopolitical upheaval.

News

DeGioia speaks on present and future of GU

Georgetown University must raise $170 million this year to successfully reach its fundraising goal of $1 billion, University President John J. DeGioia said in a meeting with student press on Sept. 6.

The Third Century Campaign to raise $1 billion began in 1995 and will end on June 30, 2003.

Voices

The benefits of a full-on homestay

I was supposed to leave for England later this month in order to begin a year abroad at St. Peter’s College, Oxford. Yes, I was mere weeks away from gowns, tea, cake, cloudy weather and all of the other attendant debauchery of the U.K. experience when I made my decision to cast it all aside in favor of other pursuits, the first of which is a few weeks abroad at a little place called my parents’ house in Denver.

Leisure

Kurosawa classic hits AFI

When watching one of the “greatest films of all time,” there is often a troubling disconnect between the amount of pleasure one gets and the amount one thinks one should be receiving. It is difficult to fully enjoy a film with the sword of praise constantly dangling over one’s head.