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News

Cameras at local intersection

To deter theft, robbery and help identify suspects, local Georgetown businesses have installed a video surveillance camera last month on the roof of Banana Republic, at the corner of M Street and Wisconsin Avenue.

According to Lt. Brian Bray of the Metropolitan Police Department, the Georgetown Business Professional Association as well as local store owners organized the surveillance camera project in an attempt to encourage people to patronize their businesses.

By the January 10, 2002

News

DuBose exercises veto power

Georgetown University Student Association President Ryan DuBose (CAS ‘02) vetoed a resolution passed by the GUSA assembly Tuesday night in a nine-to-four vote. This is the first time a GUSA president has exercised the executive veto power in recent memory.

By the December 6, 2001

News

SFS professor’s death saddens Georgetown

Georgetown government professor Joseph Lepgold died Monday night in Paris from injuries incurred in a hotel fire over Thanksgiving break. His wife Nikki Dean remains in critical condition in a deep coma, according to Robert L. Gallucci, dean of the School of Foreign Service.

By the December 6, 2001

News

Clark says military not enough

The United States cannot win the war against terrorism through military force alone, said General Wesley K. Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. Clark spoke to the Georgetown community on Tuesday about the characteristics of modern warfare and the tactics necessary to win the war against terrorism.

By the December 6, 2001

Features

Affirming Georgetown’s Commitment to Diversity

Today, two lawsuits challenging the affirmative action policy of the University of Michigan will be argued before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. In both cases, the plaintiffs take the position that the university’s admissions practices unlawfully discriminate against them, due to the university’s policy to take under represented race and ethnicity into account as a “plus” factor.

By the December 6, 2001

Voices

I need a hit off the old tube

I am an unabashed TV snob. For three years now, I have been that guy who, in response to inquiries on West Wing or quips about The Weakest Link coolly shoots back a disenchanted, “I don’t really watch TV.” I only turn on the idiot box to take in the latest in world news or the occasional highbrow film.

By the December 6, 2001

Editorials

Gonzalez: take a stand on GLBT

On Nov. 14, a group of students met with Vice President of Student Affairs Juan Gonzalez and presented him with a preliminary proposal for the creation of an on-campus resource center for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students. The report included statistics reflecting the problems sexual minorities face as well as information that pointed out that, historically, Catholic Church teachings are not imcompatible with sexual orientation.

By the December 6, 2001

Sports

Why Can’t I Score

As corporate lawyers, professional arbitrators, incredibly rich businessmen and the dorky-as-hell Commissioner of Baseball square off regarding the issues of contraction and the collective bargaining agreement this offseason, I find it remarkably difficult, optimist though I may be, to deny the possibility of a work stoppage in the 2002 baseball season.

By the December 6, 2001

Voices

I’m already dead

Don’t cry for me; I’m already dead.

Well, no, I can’t back that up. But while I might not be dead, many of my movements are.

You see, I, like you, came to Georgetown with the intention of overthrowing the administration with a cadre of well-trained, stealthy and loyal commandoes.

By the December 6, 2001

Editorials

Affirmative un-action

The current legal challenge to the University of Michigan’s affirmative action policy should force Georgetown to re-evaluate its own murky and unclear policy. Consider what Jamie Briseno, senior associate dean of admissions, said about the School of Foreign Service: “To the extent that the dean’s office .

By the December 6, 2001