Voice Staff

For Colored hits Walsh

Black Theater Ensemble’s performance of Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf is at times both strong and passionate, but mostly fails to rise above clunky predictability. Many of the production’s failings can be traced to the weakness of the play’s structure.

By the Voice Staff February 7, 2002

Announcements

Upcoming Women’s Center Events: ? Women & Money Financial Education Series: Credit Management. Monday. Feb. 11, 12:15 p.m. Leavey Club Room?338 Leavey ? GU Women’s Author Series. Featuring Elizabeth Velez, GU English Professor. Wednesday, Feb. 13, 7 p.m. Women’s Center?327 Leavey

Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, Professor of History.

By the Voice Staff February 7, 2002

News

Bars to phase out drink specials

The Advisory Neighborhood Commission has reached agreements with two local Georgetown bars to gradually phase out promotional drink specials. The ANC could not reach an agreement with Champions to ban its admission of under-21 individuals into its establishment.

By the Voice Staff February 7, 2002

Leisure

Women behind the lens

Every child has done it. Scanning through the tightly-packed shelves of yellow, bound magazines that your parents so religiously collected, hoping to pick out a volume of National Geographic filled with pictures of wild animals, exotic places and even bizarrely dressed, but usually undressed, people.

By the Voice Staff February 7, 2002

Classifieds

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NOW HIRING: jrs, srs and grad students for P/T SAT tutoring. Must have car, excellent SAT scores and/or 3.0 GPA. Great pay, flexible hours.

By the Voice Staff February 7, 2002

Voices

Like a prayer

I prayed the other night.

I was just lying in bed, feeling pretty good, and suddenly I found myself saying the “Hail Mary” in my mind. I’m not sure why. I wasn’t looking for a favor.

Praying might be the kind of thing that some people do all the time, but God and I haven’t been on speaking terms in a few years.

By the Voice Staff February 7, 2002

Editorials

GUSA Presidential Election Minutes: Feb. 3

Matthew Brennan (SFS ‘03)/Sean Hawks (CAS ‘04)

Brennan: so we bring a very good mindset to GUSA leadership. two viewpoints—I am a finance side, and Sean has a lot of GUSA experience. we have clear goals to achieve in the next year; if you look at our platform, its all things that can happen.

By the Voice Staff February 7, 2002

Free Unclassifieds

Justin?Congratulations. I am so excited for you.

GI Swain?They need to put you in charge of the free world. Then, stuff would get done.

The Dudes of 1412?Thanks: Campaign Headquarters, Squatter Headquarters, without a doubt the best house in Georgetown.

Army/Conway?Money, cash, Hoes.

By the Voice Staff February 7, 2002

Voices

Declaring a major

The last time I spoke with Professor Lepgold was about two weeks before Thanksgiving.

It was just around the time that pre-registration was due and I had just gotten an e-mail reminding School of Foreign Service upperclassmen that they needed to have their faculty mentor sign their meeting confirmation slip or they would not be allowed to pre-register.

By the Voice Staff February 7, 2002

Leisure

Lounge lizards

For years, the Washington, D.C. music scene has been known primarily for its reputation dating back to the early-’80s hardcore boom. Today, that reputation is beginning to change. While hardcore has fallen off to a degree, local electronic/dance artists have recently been making a name for D.

By the Voice Staff February 7, 2002