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Honor council revises sanctions guidelines

The Georgetown University Honor Council approved and published a revised version of the Honor System Sanctioning Guidelines on Wednesday.

The revised guidelines were rewritten to clarify the definitions of common cases of academic dishonesty, including plagiarism, cheating and impermissible collaboration.

By the April 18, 2002

Editorials

A drinking solution?

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism released a report about the alcohol culture at U.S. colleges last week. The statistics show that 1,400 college students die each year from alcohol-related injuries and that 70,000 students are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or date-rape each year.

By the April 18, 2002

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

News

Athletes concerned about morning safety

Student athletes showed concern this week over the lack of security on and around campus in the early morning hours, in response to the assault and robbery of Jason Bonitsky (CAS ‘02) Saturday morning. Both Metropolitan Police Department and Department of Public Safety officers took more than half an hour to respond to the incident.

By the April 18, 2002

Editorials

Not good enough

The Georgetown University Student Association has agreed to a trial run of the USA Today Readership program. Through the program, copies of USA Today, The New York Times and The Washington Post are now available to students for no charge in their Residence Hall Offices.

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

Georgetown lacrosse teams remain in top five

Men’s Lacrosse [8-0 overall; No. 4 in Warrior/Inside Lacrosse Poll]

Already on their longest opening winning streak in history, the Georgtown men’s lacrosse team added another victory to the books and moved up to No. 4 in the rankings when they defeated Brown 16-6 on Saturday.

By the April 11, 2002

News

YALA demonstrators show support for Palestine

Shouts of “Free, free Palestine!”, and waving red, white, green and black Palestinian flags filled Red Square yesterday at noon. Simultaneously, a group of approximately 40 black-clad Arab-American students and supporters joined hands, creating an outward facing circle to show their unity in ending the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

By the April 11, 2002

Sports

Baseball loses 10 straight

The Georgetown baseball team is struggling through a 10-game losing streak after being swept by Big East rival Rutgers in a three-game series last weekend. Despite sophomore Kevin Field’s complete game no-hitter, the Hoyas fell to 7-30 (2-11 Big East) after the series.

By the April 11, 2002

News

University honors long-serving faculty

The Georgetown academic community gathered in Gaston Hall on Tuesday night to celebrate the contributions of long-time University faculty and staff in the Annual Faculty Convocation.

Provost Dorothy Brown opened the ceremony with introductions for the invocation by Imam Yahya Hendi and a benediction by Rev.

By the April 11, 2002