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Letter from the Editor

It is a classic trap that we all fall into: Working hard on day-to-day tasks, with our vision steered toward the future, we forget why we are doing what we are doing. We remember the past only casually, having noted our successes and our failures, what has worked and what hasn’t.

By the August 29, 2002

News

What’s in a game?

In 2012, there will be no legendary athlete like Muhammad Ali to light the Olympic flame in the District. In fact, there will be no flame at all. The U.S. Olympic Committee announced Tuesday that it had selected San Francisco and New York as the nation’s finalists in an international bid for the 2012 summer games.

By the August 29, 2002

Voices

Holly: Best in show

Sometime before my brother and I were born, my parents made a pact that our family would never have a pet. They were too much trouble, my parents reasoned, and kids never took care of them even if they promised that they would. It always seemed so out of the question that I never pushed the issue.

By the August 29, 2002

Leisure

Attention coffee quaffers!

Coffee has become for college students what Nicorette gum is for most smokers?a hyper-addictive drug with the bonus of flavor that can be a heavy hitter on the pocketbooks. It may not be so palatable at first, but once you’re hooked, you’re hooked. With coffee’s promulgation into the mainstream comes coffee snobs who refuse anything but the bitterest and darkest of roasts and to which sugar and cream is a godforsaken blasphemy.

By the August 29, 2002

Voices

A healthy portion of denial … on the side

As much as I would like to think that I’m not a fan of sappy movies, I am. Granted, my dad usually finds in me a willing movie-buddy when a new action film comes out, but I’d just as soon watch a Meg Ryan chick flick (well, maybe not Kate and Leopold). So imagine my glee this summer when I learned that my friend had never seen When Harry Met Sally.

By the August 29, 2002

Leisure

A spliff too far

The fanfare surrounding rock’s “latest trend” transcends garage rock’s stripped-down sound and careless attitude. Kids these days are bringing back the tight ripped jeans, staying away from the shower and cutting their own hair if the scissors are dull enough.

By the August 29, 2002

Voices

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?

It was three o’clock in the morning, and after having spent hours conversing in French and sipping French wine with other students, my words in French were leaving my mouth in much the same fashion that boulders leave mountains. That’s when I decided it was time to go to bed.

By the August 29, 2002

Leisure

Party People after the party’s over

Like few others in rock history, Tony Wilson was a genuine impresario. He possessed a personality so charismatic and larger than life that, without him, his show?the legendary and influential Factory Records?could not have gone on. Thanks to Michael Winterbottom’s new film 24 Hour Party People, Tony Wilson comes fully out of the shadows of Factory’s great bands to take his place next to Bill Graham in the pantheon of rock’s great promoters.

By the August 29, 2002

Sports

Hoyas quarterback search continues

Georgetown Football Head Coach Bob Benson has pushed back naming a starting quarterback until this weekend, after the team scrimmages against Shepherd College, a highly-ranked Division II team Saturday. The spot was left vacant after Sean Peterson’s graduation in the spring.

By the August 29, 2002

Leisure

With new LP, Mann remains within safe Space

Knives wrapped in silk. That is an Aimee Mann song. Beautifully harsh, each one conceals the most piercing lyrics within catchy melodies and Mann’s unique voice. Who knows how many times she has been jilted or what romantic tragedies have befallen her? We would, however, like God to bless each and every one of them.

By the August 29, 2002