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News

Doing your own job

Earlier this month, the Board of Zoning Adjustment formally required that the University agree to integrate a series of conditions into its 10-Year Campus Plan. The BZA’s controversial decision caps off almost an entire year of debate over what role this local body should have over Georgetown’s affairs.

By the March 14, 2002

Sports

Hoyas gain momentum on the way to New York

Immediately before the CBS telecast of last Sunday’s Georgetown vs. Syracuse game, the network was airing a pivotal Big 10 clash between Michigan State?a team on the NCAA Tournament bubble?and Indiana, a virtual lock to make the field of 65 this year.

Near the end of this game, MSU held a three-point advantage, and with five seconds left, Indiana called a timeout, to which the CBS announcer commented, “This is plenty of time to get off a good shot.

By the February 28, 2002

Sports

Women’s basketball limps to the finish

The Georgetown Hoyas’ women’s basketball team has struggled throughout this season, while being decimated by injuries including a leg stress fracture to preseason First-Team All Big East sophomore forward Rebekkah Brunson. As a result, the Hoyas have not lived up to expectations, finishing with a 12-15 overall record and a 4-12 mark in the Big East Conference, after finishing 17-15 overall and 6-10 in the Big East last year.

By the February 28, 2002

Leisure

Faux-naif entertains at 9:30

For the past 30 years, Jonathan Richman has made a career out of singing songs dealing with topics ranging from ice cream men to puppy love. With longtime percussionist Tommy Larkin accompanying him on the cocktail kit, Richman brought this act to the 9:30 Club Wedensday, Feb.

By the February 28, 2002

News

The politics of The West Wing

The appearance of The West Wing cast members Bradley Whitford, John Spencer, Janel Moloney, producer Lou Wells and former Clinton press secretary Joe Lockhart in ICC Auditorium on Sunday was reminiscent of a walk down the red carpet. In a casual setting, the actors and producer of the NBC series shared their ideas and experiences from the show with Georgetown students in a discussion moderated by Lockhart.

By the February 28, 2002

Sports

The Sports Sermon

Come one, come all to the seven-year reunion of the 1995 Florida Gators football team! Join former Gator frontman and new Washington Redskins Head Coach Steve Spurrier as he “fun-n-guns” with new quarterbacks Danny Wuerffel (almost rhymes with “awful”) and Shane (third-string on the Bears) Matthews and new wide receiver Chris Doering (almost rhymes with “worthless”).

By the February 28, 2002

News

Tough job market improving for GU grads

Despite a tight job market, Executive Director of the MBNA Career Center Sylvia Robinson said that this year’s Georgetown graduates remain a very strong draw for companies building their leadership for the future.

According to the Feb. 22 New York Times’ article entitled “Not Wanted: ‘02 Graduates Seeking Jobs,” there will be an estimated 20 to 25 percent decrease in jobs for students who graduate with bachelor’s degrees this year, specifically at the end of the spring semester.

By the February 28, 2002

Features

“No.”

Call it petty or dismiss it as mere foolishness that no one could actually believe. It was probably just written there in a fit of immeasurable boredom, right? Or, just consider it for what it is: homophobic slander. When students met in White Gravenor 206 on Jan.

By the February 28, 2002

News

Panel discusses racial profiling

“Sept. 11 has fleshed out where people sit on the fence of racial profiling,” according to Keenan Keller, minority counselor to the House Judiciary Committee. Keller addressed approximately 50 people last Thursday as part of a panel discussing racial profiling.

By the February 28, 2002

Sports

Come to my house!

We’ll folks, we are in the midst of one of those times of the year again for sports fans. A time when nothing is really going on and all we can do is sit around and wait for the excitement of the upcoming weeks, which can’t come fast enough.

The Winter Olympics are over, Michael Jordan will be out for at least a few months after his upcoming knee surgery, and basketball and hockey season are still in that unintense pre-playoff period.

By the February 28, 2002