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Baby alien Spanish

Middle-child syndrome comes in handy when you are trying to learn another language. I, like the majority of middle children, am a true pacifist and do my best to avoid discord and maintain peace wherever the possibility of conflict is brewing. This serves me well in Chile, where it is much easier to agree with people than to engage in an idea battle when armed with the verbal equivalent of a sharp toothpick.

By the April 11, 2002

Editorials

Why can’t we stay?

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said that “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Although the good doctor was most certainly not referring to Georgetown students right to live in high-priced community housing, the point still stands.

The West Cloisters Homeowner’s Association voted Wednesday on a measure to prohibit more than three unrelated individuals from living in a Cloisters residence.

By the April 11, 2002

Voices

Take me back to the coke orgy!

Well, seniors, we’re almost there! I can’t believe it’s been four years already! Can you? Why, it seems like only yesterday that I was standing in a stuffy and humid New South dorm room, shaking hands with a complete stranger with whom I was about to spend the next nine months.

By the April 11, 2002

Editorials

The darker side

On March 28, D.C. Inspector General Charles Maddox released a 514-page report detailing a series of fundraising inproprieties in the office of Mayor Anthony Williams. According to the report, mayoral aides tapped the accounts of local nonprofits for events and programs that were often politically beneficial for Williams and vigorously solicited donations from organizations with a business interest in the District government.

By the April 11, 2002

Voices

In defense of John Walker Lindh

After the attacks of Sept. 11, the rhetoric used by American leaders would lead one to believe that those responsible were attacking freedom and democracy, liberty and justice, ideals theoretically intrinsic to an American ideology. The truth is that the terrorists were attacking reckless American hegemony and economic and cultural imperialism.

By the April 11, 2002

News

Cloisters defer vote on occupancy policy

The Cloisters West Homeowners Association referred to committee an amendment which could eventually prevent students from living in the Cloisters, a private residential community on Reservoir Road.

According to the association’s president, Jim Kinsella, the association decided Wednesday to defer voting on the amendment, which would prevent more than three unrelated persons from living together in a Cloister townhouse.

By the April 11, 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