Voice Staff

The staff of The Georgetown Voice.

Editorials

Give US A Break

Of the six tickets slated to run in the upcoming elections, we feel that the Bill Jarvis/Doug Herrema ticket comes closest to meeting our criteria for suitable executives. In relative terms, their platform is more evenly balanced between concrete proposals for improvement in student life and activities, measures for student government reform and a push for fuller representation of the student body by GUSA.

By the February 22, 2001

Sports

St. John’s turns over Georgetown

Given a chance to separate itself from the middle of the pack in the Big East conference, the men’s basketball team lost to St. John’s, 73-70, last night at Madison... Read more

By the February 22, 2001

Editorials

Leaving Lorton

Lorton Correctional Complex, a medium and maximum security prison in suburban Virginia, is on its way to a projected December closure, leaving the city with no prison in the metropolitan area. Bi-weekly bus trips take the once-7,200 inmates to new facilities elsewhere?such as Virginia, Ohio, New York and New Mexico?which are a mixture of federal, state and private institutions with which the city has contracted.

By the February 15, 2001

Leisure

Lez’her Ledger

The Georgetown Voice would like to thank the Hoya for running a classified ad for www.m4m-dc.com. The site, billed as a gay dating service, would be more accurately titled www.dc-gay-sex-right-now.com.... Read more

By the February 15, 2001

News

Council rules on Yard

The Constitutional Council ruled for the Yard on two of three complaints presented against the Yard Student Association last Friday. Two students, Andrew Katz (CAS ‘01) and Aaron Polkey (CAS... Read more

By the February 15, 2001

Editorials

Cheque this out

This weekend is Senior Parents’ Weekend. The Senior Class Committee has extended the invitation to parents of seniors to “take part in some of the events that they have enjoyed during their years at Georgetown.” The primary event, however, appears to be parting with a large sum of money in exchange for inclusion in the weekend’s activities.

By the February 15, 2001

News

GUSA postpones Yard referendum

The Georgetown University Student Association decided Tues. to postpone a referendum that would determine the future of student government. Supporters of the Yard Student Association collected over 1,700 signatures on... Read more

By the February 15, 2001

News

B-ball players motivate students

Alonzo Mourning (CAS ‘92) and entertainer Brian McKnight led HBO’s Excellence without Excuses 2001 forum on leadership, motivation and the secrets to success in Gaston Hall last Friday. Hosted by... Read more

By the February 15, 2001

Voices

What a difference a year makes

One year ago, I was in a very different place. One year ago, I was nearly dead. One year ago, I was in the hospital trying to keep myself alive.... Read more

By the February 15, 2001

News

Napster predicts its own shutdown

On Monday, a federal appeals court ruled that users of Napster, the online song-exchange network, were infringing on the copyrights of recording industries. The decision allowed a lower-court judge to... Read more

By the February 15, 2001