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The staff of The Georgetown Voice.

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

News

Flag display fuels abortion debate

The controversial issue of abortion resurfaced this Monday as students passed thousands of pink and blue flags which filled Copley Lawn on Monday.

The 3,643 flags, put up by GU Right to Life, symbolized the number of abortions performed daily in the United States, according to statistics from the Alan Guttmacher Institute.

By the April 18, 2002

Editorials

The coup that wasn’t

Political opponents ousted Venezuelan President Hugo Ch?vez from power last Thursday. Ch?vez’ attempts to replace the executives of the state-owned oil monopoly, in conjunction with a series of labor strikes and protests, convinced an alliance of military and business leaders that he was unable to rule the country effectively.

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

News

Community scholars receive grant

The Community Scholars program will use a $105,000 grant given to the University’s Center for Minority Educational Affairs to expand its curriculum and program length.

The Community Scholars Program consists of a group of approximately 50 minority students who attend a three-week program before the beginning of each school year to acquaint them with the academic and social atmosphere of campus.

By the April 18, 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

Sports

The Sports Sermon

We at the Sermon have a new favorite basketball player. Say hello to five-year veteran and Virginia Union graduate, Ben Wallace. The soft-spoken Wallace, once considered salary cap fodder in the trade from Orlando to Detroit for achy-breaky Grant Hill, currently leads the NBA in rebounds and blocked shots and has been one of the primary reasons for the Pistons’ surprising run to the Central Division title this season.

By the April 11, 2002

News

Forgotten

My guess is that in the four years I’ve been here, at least 900 people in the District have been murdered. In the first three months of this year, there have been over 50 homicides, up 13 percent from the same time last year. Among the recent victims:

Saturday, March 23: Corey Harvell, 24, died from a gunshot wound to the head in Southeast.

By the April 11, 2002

Sports

Don’t draft me

Make no bones about it: I’m a ridiculous sports nerd. On a rough estimate, I’d say about 90 percent of my waking hours are spent watching sports, playing sports, playing sports in video game form, writing about sports, talking about sports or reading about sports.

By the April 11, 2002