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News

Kozmo delivery service closes

Kozmo.com, the popular Internet delivery service, closed its doors permanently April 11. In a statement, Kozmo CEO Gerry Burdo cited poor market conditions and bad management decisions as the cause... Read more

By the April 19, 2001

News

Ice cream man builds business morals

In a speech last Friday, the co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, Ben Cohen, spoke on the importance of operating morally responsible businesses. Cohen said he realized he wanted... Read more

By the April 19, 2001

News

O’Donovan advocates a diverse education

In a speech last Tuesday in the ICC auditorium, University President Leo O’Donovan, S.J. said Georgetown is in the process of reviewing the curriculum to ensure the current structure allows... Read more

By the April 19, 2001

Sports

Sportsview

As Pedro Swann stood on deck last Saturday night, a fan voiced his support to the stocky outfielder. Down 1-0 with one out and a man on second, the Richmond... Read more

By the April 19, 2001

Sports

The Sports Sermon

The ivy at Wrigley Field is still brown, and until the clorophyl kicks in, don’t take baseball too seriously. Take the Twins. There’s no one on this team named Puckett,... Read more

By the April 19, 2001

Sports

The Answer

The playoffs are coming. The NBA playoffs are coming. The best playoffs are coming. Think 13-year-old teenybopper-chick meets MTV’s-designated boy band of the month. Now, add some logic, a sense... Read more

By the April 19, 2001

Editorials

Back in the U.S.S.R.?

In the wake of the recent “incident” in the South China Sea, we are afforded the opportunity to look back upon what happened, what could have been done differently and what lessons we should take away from this regarding an overarching philosophy of foreign policy in the new Bush administration. To date, the policy of the Bush White House has been largely reactive.

By the April 19, 2001

Editorials

Water, water, everywhere

Late last month, the Environmental Protection Agency decided to reverse a drinking-water regulation imposed in the last days of the Clinton administration that would have reduced by 80 percent the permissible levels of arsenic, a known carcinogen, in drinking water supplies. The Bush administration rejected the new standards in favor of retaining archaic arsenic regulations that were established in 1942. President George Bush’s rejection of the new drinking water standards is only the latest development in the Bush administration’s assault on the environment.

By the April 19, 2001

Editorials

Adios, amigo

Let us be the latest voice to bemoan the loss of Joey Ramone, who died of cancer on Sunday at age 49. Ramone will be forever remembered as the lead singer of seminal New York City punk band, The Ramones, who could fairly be credited with introducing the sound of punk rock to the world and thereby changing the course of popular music history forever. It wasn’t that the members of The Ramones were particularly talented, but they were the catalysts that launched punk rock into the mainstream.

By the April 19, 2001

Sports

GU beats Hobart for 16th straight win

Imagine, for a second, that you’re me. Now in all honesty, you’re not, and you can never hope to be. Because, as Talib Kweli will have you know, while most... Read more

By the April 19, 2001