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Voices

A public service announcement

It seems that we have reached that time of year again when the characteristically Scandanavian weather patterns in Washington abate and make way for summer. Our winters are usually tedious and unspecacular ordeals, marked by murky and gelid conditions, biting wind and little in the way of aesthetic precipitation.

By the January 31, 2002

News

English department amends curriculum

The English Department has changed the structure of its major, raising some questions as to how the curriculum will continue balance the Western canon with literature courses that deal with diversity and minorities.

Compounding the issue was a vote against including a statement in the new curriculum guidelines mandating that all departmental courses “address the importance of diversity” in race, religion, class, sex and gender.

By the January 31, 2002

Sports

The Sports Sermon

And it ended as the Sermon rushed the court and saw our friend get head-butted by a security guard. Despite the strongest efforts of Syracuse centers Craig Forth and Billy Celuck, the Hoyas best game of the season came in the most important contest of the year, a huge 15-point home win against Syracuse.

By the January 31, 2002

Features

A guide to the finer (and cheaper) cuisine of D.C.

You yearn for dietary change. On these pages you’ll find critiques of restaurants in local neighborhoods. Our critics have been selected based upon a variety of factors: They hate cafeteria food, they have money to splurge, and they are connoisseurs of the finer,and cheaper, places to eat in D.

By the January 31, 2002

Sports

Horvath leads Hoyas

The Georgetown women’s basketball team defeated Pittsburgh last night 73-56 after losing to Syracuse last Saturday 89-61 and falling to No. 1-ranked University of Connecticut 85-41 earlier last week.

Despite the tough loss to UConn, the Hoyas came back to put up a fight against the Orangewomen.

By the January 24, 2002

News

Rivers resigns as election commissioner

Eric Lamar Rivers (CAS ‘02) resigned from the joint position of election commissioner and secretary of the Senior Class Committee last Tuesday. Rivers left to assume work as presidential election campaign manager for the Trey Street (SFS ‘03)-Dan Spector (SFS ‘04) platform.

By the January 24, 2002

Features

Digging deeper into the hole

You pass it on your way to Yates; you drive by it in the GUTS bus as you enter campus from Prospect Street; you gaze out on it from your dormitory window; it looms before you as you descend the stairs of Village C or the hill by New South. No matter who you are on campus, chances are you’ve noticed the huge hole in the southwest corner of campus.

By the January 24, 2002

Sports

Where have you gone Jim McMahon?

I am a fair-weather fan. Once the clouds roll in, I’m gone, off to the less-disappointing pastures of unaffiliated fandom.

Having grown up in the Chicago area, this comes as second nature. You see, Chicago sports fans as a whole are not known for their optimism or, for that matter, loyalty.

By the January 24, 2002

News

MLK speaker: Americans need to reprioritize

The people of the United States need to rethink their standards and get their priorities straight, said Reverend Jamal-Harrison Bryant at the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration service on Tuesday. Bryant, who is from the Empowerment Temple of Baltimore, gave the keynote sermon at the celebration in Gaston Hall, which also included performances by the Georgetown Gospel Choir and Black Movements dance troupe.

By the January 24, 2002

Voices

Talking loud in church

On Sunday Cardinal Theodore McCarrick presided at a Eucharist in St. William’s Chapel, at which 21 students?some, though not all, lesbian and gay?remained standing throughout the liturgy. Their silent presence drew attention, a handout said, to Georgetown’s failure to address “the needs of its students without regard to age, sex, religion, race, sexual orientation, handicap, color, national or ethnic origin.

By the January 24, 2002