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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

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

News

Students, faculty protest speaker

On Friday afternoon, papier-m?ch? Israeli tanks and jets with the slogan “Brought to you by the American Taxpayer”circled the statue of John Carroll in front of the Healy building, while others, posing as Israeli soldiers, attacked other protest participants simulating Palestinian civilians.

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

News

1, 2, 3, 4 … Protest!

Two years ago, National Rifle Association President Charlton Heston came to campus and called our generation one of the most apathetic in American history.

He was wrong then. The day Heston came to campus, students protested?against him personally and against his stance on gun control.

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

News

DPS threatens student chalkings

Department of Public Safety officers threatened to call the Metropolitan Police Department on students who were guarding their chalkings welcoming potential first-year students in Red Square last Friday.

Members of GU Pride and the Georgetown Solidarity Committee chalked Red Square for the second Georgetown Admissions Ambassador Program weekend, when potential students visit the University campus.

By the April 11, 2002

Leisure

Gomez peppers new LP with sundry influences

It’s hard to tell whether Britain is a conqueror or the serially invaded, imperialist or napkin for every culture’s coffee spill. No wonder they really love Gomez over there. The third proper full-length album from these Manchester lads, In Our Gun, continually stalks the fine line between being influenced by other artists and blatantly ripping them off.

By the April 11, 2002

Photography

The Big Picture

By the April 11, 2002

News

Esposito calls for Muslim unity

Calling for Muslims across the world to mobilize their communities, co-founder of the Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding and Professor of Islamic Studies Dr. John Esposito spoke to the Georgetown community on the future of Islam and religious extremism Tuesday.

By the April 11, 2002