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Leisure

Brothers of invention

For those of us whose late-summer cultural highlight was the premiere of Blue Crush, it is none to soon to be back in the District. A good jumping-off point for live shows this fall will be next Wednesday, Aug. 28, at the 9:30 Club, when the Soledad Brothers open for Hope Sandoval and the Warm Intentions.

By the August 22, 2002

Sports

Summer slam

As I marked the days off of my calendar until NFL training camp began, I took note of some significant events in the sporting world this past summer.

The Kings-Lakers Western Conference Finals was an insta-classic. Shaq once again proved that he’s the most dominant player in the NBA, even though he fouls at least three people just walking through the locker room.

By the August 22, 2002

News

Right to Respect

Citizen organizations of Georgetown, one. Georgetown students, zero.

The D.C. Court of Appeals’ June 20 decision to deny the University’s request for stay for portions of the University’s Ten-Year Plan comes as another victory for the non-student residents of the surrounding Georgetown community who view students as negative addition to the neighborhood.

By the August 22, 2002

Sports

Two unsung Hoyas to watch this season

Many Hoya athletes were racking up medals, honors and accolades this summer, and they were not all basketball players. Some of Georgetown’s unheralded stars have been busy making names for themselves in the sports world outside Healy Gates. Here are two to watch in the coming months:

Nick Cook (CAS ‘04), Men’s Golf?On Aug.

By the August 22, 2002

Voices

Youth is wasted on me

To an objective onlooker, it would seem that I am turning into an old man. Don’t get me wrong, my wardrobe, in response to nearly eight weeks of indentured servitude in the foreign policy community, resembles that of a misguided eighth grader/rave hooligan (I don’t know which is worse).

By the August 22, 2002

Leisure

Wilco: the band, the myth, the album

In the music business, a sure way to foster interest in an artist (and thus sell records) is to build a mythology?a drama to underscore, if not transcend, the music. Typically, the most expedient way to mythologize oneself is by dying?to which still-robust catalog sales for Jimi Hendrix, Nick Drake and Lynyrd Skynyrd attest.

By the August 22, 2002

Voices

For your entertainment

“You have to promise me that you won’t get six more earrings, an eyebrow ring or anything like that,” the store manager of the f.y.e. chain music store at my local mall said as she was about to hire me for the summer. “Sure,” I said smiling, picturing Ozzy Osbourne’s gratuitously tattooed forearms.

By the August 22, 2002

News

D.C. Court of Appeals denies GU motion to stay

The D.C. Court of Appeals denied Georgetown University’s request for a stay regarding portions of the Board of Zoning and Adjustment’s conditions for the campus Ten-Year Plan.

Despite the June 20 ruling, both students and University neighbors are optimistic about progress that has been made in the past year and the future of community relations.

By the August 22, 2002

Voices

Misleading the American public

Cut to an an 18-year-old girl with a pale complexion. She says, “I helped kill a judge.” Cut to a young dark-skinned girl aged no more than 15. She states: “I help blow up buildings.” Cut to yet another girl who looks about 20 years old. Very proudly and without any sign of remorse, she says, “My life, my body.

By the August 22, 2002

News

Search continues for administrators

Over the summer, Vice President of Student Affairs Juan Gonzalez and other Student Affairs staff began the process of filling the newly-created position of the Special Assistant to the Vice President.

The position was created in March by Gonzalez with the specific purpose of having a hired administrator to deal with the issues of the University lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

By the August 22, 2002