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Sports

The Sports Sermon

There’s a simple test that occurs every April, which serves as certifiable proof to the level of “sports nerditude” found in every fan in America. The signs of a high nerditude are easy to recognize. If you start slicking your hair back like Mel Kiper Jr., know Tulane quarterback Patrick Ramsey’s shoe size or can quote the bio of some defensive tackle from Hofstra, then you have fallen into the abyss of the NFL draft.

By the April 18, 2002

Sports

Tame Tiger

Don’t get me wrong: Tiger Woods is indisputably a handsome man. He is, by all accounts, a nice guy who is humble about and deserving of the billions of dollars and hours of media attention he receives for his golfing prowess. But this past week, I’ve grown real sick of seeing his smiling face every time I turn on the TV, read the newspaper or log onto ESPN.

By the April 18, 2002

Sports

As American as Whiffle Ball

You start to realize that you’re not a kid anymore when it dawns on you that you can beat your parents at most things.

For about six years, I always beat my dad at Connect Four. It was so blatant that he was throwing games, though, because he’d have about 19 different options for a fourth black checker to fall into, and he’d choose the only one on that ghetto contraption which wouldn’t create Connect Four.

By the April 18, 2002

Features

The Superstar Among Us

The office looks strikingly similar to the many other academic offices in this building; it is perhaps even a bit smaller than most. The desk is cluttered, full bookshelves stand against the wall, and the view from the fourth floor of Georgetown University’s vast Intercultural Center, while pleasant, is unspectacular.

By the April 18, 2002

Voices

Sleep junkie

The alarm begins its discordant wake-up call. Snooze. I realize that I have a paper to finish. Snooze. It needs to be done before I go to class at noon. Snooze. I have already gotten eight hours of sleep. Snooze. 10 a.m. seems like a perfectly reasonable time to get out of bed.

By the April 18, 2002

Voices

What senior life means to me

Seniors typically write their final pieces about what it means to be graduating, what they’re most going to remember about college, how they’ve changed, what it feels like to be entering the real world, how they’ve learned from their friends and what they feel like using their $150,000 brains for after getting their diplomas.

By the April 18, 2002

Photography

The Big Picture

The Big Picture

By the April 18, 2002

Voices

In praise of carelessness

About a month ago I was celebrating my birthday in New York with some friends. It was 2 a.m., and I had drank too much. One friend and I left the group in search of another bar we thought was close by. Three laps around the West Village and 45 minutes later, we realized we were lost.

By the April 18, 2002

News

GU students assaulted by MPD officers

Approximately seven Georgetown students were harassed and assaulted by Metropolitan Police Department officers early Sunday morning for “disorderly conduct.” The two students that were arrested and five that were harrassed are drafting a petiton protesting their treatment and calling for an investigation into the incident.

By the April 18, 2002

News

Committee responds to college alcohol report

An estimated 1,400 college students die each year in drinking-related accidents, according to a report released last week by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

In response to this, and to a recent Harvard report detailing trends in risky alcohol use among college students, a committee of Georgetown students, faculty and administrators have produced strategies to improve alcohol-related problems on campus.

By the April 18, 2002