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Leisure

Chomsky meets Kaplan in strange new book

It’s fair to say that recent events have not treated Marxism very well. Communism as a global ideological force has long since collapsed, replaced by the triumph of global capitalism. Ten years ago, Francis Fukayama took a page out of Marx and Hegel’s book and declared human society to be at the “end of history.

By the September 5, 2002

News

Emergency Response Team active in GU safety

The creation of a new senior administrator position to oversee the University’s emergency response plan marks the latest development for the University’s Emergency Response Team. Other changes since the group was formed last September include increased visibility of Department of Public Safety officers and restricted access to on-campus buildings.

By the August 29, 2002

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By the August 29, 2002

Features

Documenting the D.C. go-go scene

Most Georgetown students come to the District?and leave?without ever knowing that go-go, a form of music that has united three generations of black Washingtonians, exists. If not for a chance exposure, Nick Shumaker (CAS ‘01), one of the creators of The Pocket, a documentary about D.

By the August 29, 2002

News

Students unable to access money through ATM

Students arrived on campus last week to find themselves with limited access to money kept in acounts with the Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union. The two automated teller machines on campus operated by the Credit Union were out of order and the bank’s school-year hours did not begin until Monday.

By the August 29, 2002

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Julia’s not-so-weekly Haiku: Pukey took my car Drove five blocks to Safeway store There goes one headlight.

By the August 29, 2002

Sports

The Sports Sermon

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 August 29, 2002

News

GUSA launches my.georgetown.edu

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 August 29, 2002

Editorials

A poor first impression

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 August 29, 2002

Sports

Former Hoyas hopeful for another chance

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 August 29, 2002