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Voices

Ending on a positive note

Second semester senior stress? Is this actually happening? It’s always been ingrained into my head that second semester seniors and stress went together like Georgetown men’s basketball and the NCAA Tournament. Seniors told me last year that no one studies second semester, no one worries, no one stresses and everyone just kicks back with a beer or 10, ticking off the days until graduation.

By the March 21, 2002

Features

Black Hoyas too: a collection of voices

“I remember a time earlier this semester, I was talking to another kid and he happened to be Caucasian and I was telling him the taxi cab situation in D.C. is horrendous,” said Robert Wingate-Robinson (MSB ‘03). “A lot of times I had to have one of my white friends come out and stand there and catch the cab and then I jumped into the cab. It’s crazy. He had a hard time believing that the situation was that bad … That lack of knowledge keeps a gap in between the majority and the different minorities [at Georgetown].” Wingate-Robinson’s difficulty in catching a cab is nothing new to D.C.?African-Americans have had the problem for years. But, like many issues facing black students at Georgetown, it is news to many non-minority students. The problem of a knowledge gap regarding black life at Georgetown actually starts well beyond the Healy Gates.

By the March 21, 2002

Voices

Philadelphia does not deserve to live

I am one of the few, the proud transplants from the western United States to Georgetown. Upon my arrival two years ago, I was confronted with a host of perplexing new experiences: subways, stupid accents and, most amazingly, condensed travel time. The rapidity of, nay, the existence of interstate train travel allows one to traverse the Eastern Sea Board in the time it takes to drive to many of the respective state lines west of the Mississippi.

By the March 14, 2002

Editorials

Knock Tyson out of D.C.

Sadly, the D.C. Boxing and Wrestling Commission voted unanimously at Tuesday’s public hearing to grant former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson a license to fight in Washington, D.C., which may result in a June 8 bout between Tyson and current champion Lennox Lewis at the MCI Center.

By the March 14, 2002

News

DeGioia announces O’Donnell as new provost

On March 11, University President John J. DeGioia announced the appointment of James J. O’Donnell to the position of Provost, effective July 1. O’Donnell will replace current Provost Dorothy Brown, who announced her retirement in August.

DeGioia described the Provost as the senior academic officer for the main campus whose authority ranges from oversight of the deans to issues relating to admissions, financial aid and student life.

By the March 14, 2002

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Announcements

Upcoming Women’s Center Events: ?Telling Her Story: Mary Kaputsa, MSB Associate Dean. Thursday, March 14, 2002, 12:15 p.m, 327 Leavey ?Walking the Dream: Ellen Wolfe, first woman to complete the entire appalachian trail. Thursday, March 14, 2002, 7:30 p.m.

By the March 14, 2002

Photography

The Big Picture

The Big Picture

By the March 14, 2002

News

Champs to bar entry to under-21s at all times

The Advisory Neighborhood Commission and Champions Sports Bar and Restaurant reached a voluntary agreement on Feb. 26 restricting entrance to patrons 21 years old and over at all times. The agreement also called for the installation of an ID scanner, among other changes.

By the March 14, 2002

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By the March 14, 2002

Features

The Cross on the Wall

When it comes to the Catholic identity of Georgetown University, it seems that the degree of Catholicism is in the eye of the beholder. To some, Georgetown does not deserve to label itself a Catholic institution?the presence of groups such as H*yas for Choice, an abortion rights student organization, and GU Pride, a group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender students, as well as the presence of speakers with “anti-Catholic” messages on campus disqualify Georgetown from calling itself a Catholic school.

By the March 14, 2002