The staff of The Georgetown Voice.
As I cruised down the streets of Gainesville, Fla. during a summer road-trip with John, my long-time best friend, one question plagued us. We’d roll down the windows, hang out of them and blare either the Yeah Yeah Yeahs or the Faint while we checked out the people walking to and from the University of Florida campus.
By the Voice Staff September 5, 2002
He stands at 6-foot-5 and 225 chiseled pounds with a white-bread face and golden hair. He is a red-shirt senior at USC, one of the greatest college football schools of all time. His name is Carson Palmer and in past years he would have been a top-5 draft choice with his pedigree.
By the Voice Staff August 29, 2002
Georgetown’s new student-oriented website, my.georgetown.edu, was launched Aug. 23 by the Georgetown University Student Association. The website, which is produced entirely by students, is composed largely of links to existing online information from bus schedules to local weather, and also has pages devoted to academics, events and frequently asked questions.
By the Voice Staff August 29, 2002
It’s 7 p.m. You’re meeting your friends for dinner and you need cash for a cab. You go to Leavey to use the Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union’s Automated Teller Machine, but it is down. You run to New South, but that ATM is not working either.
By the Voice Staff August 29, 2002
In Part One of our series, the Voice introduced former Georgetown athletes Marc Samuel and Tyler Purtill who are vying for NFL kicking jobs. Both were signed as undrafted free-agents?Samuel, the Hoyas’ kicker last year, with the Buffalo Bills and Purtill, a former goalie with the soccer team, with the Carolina Panthers.
By the Voice Staff August 29, 2002
by Brendan Boundy
The completion of the Southwest Quadrangle by next fall may guarantee Georgetown students another year of on-campus housing.
“We anticipate that the number of guaranteed years for on-campus housing may change with the addition of the Southwest Quadrangle,” Admissions Counselor Nicole Arshan said.
By the Voice Staff August 29, 2002
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, a bomb exploded, killing one and injuring more than 100. A hero was quickly made?a security guard who quickly led people away from the suspicious backpack containing the bomb, preventing further injury and death, was hailed and interviewed on several television networks.
By the Voice Staff August 29, 2002
The NCAA and the Conference Commissioners’ Association granted first-year guard Ashanti Cook an unqualified release from his commitment to the University of New Mexico on Monday, freeing him to play for the Hoyas in the 2002-3 season.
“Ashanti has been completely released from his prior commitments,” said Head Coach Craig Esherick.
By the Voice Staff August 29, 2002
Father James Martin, S.J., the oldest living Jesuit in the United States, will celebrate his 100th birthday this Friday on campus with friends and relatives from across the country.
Throughout his 68-year ministry, Martin has served at Georgetown University twice.
By the Voice Staff August 29, 2002
Twenty-four Metro police officers have been suspended as part of an ongoing internal investigation into a slew of offensive e-mails sent between squad car computers in 1999 and 2000. Executive Assistant Police Chief Terrance W. Gainer was quoted in The Washington Post as saying that the messages included comments such as ”’Let’s go punch this person,’ or, ‘Let’s go stop this person’ based on their race or gender or sexual orientation,” and that many others included vulgar or sexual banter.
By the Voice Staff August 29, 2002