Search results for:

Leisure

“9-11” raises money

“Comics are the synergy of pictures and words; great comics, though, are the synergy of art and literature,” wrote A. David Lewis, a candidate for a masters degree in English,... Read more

By the September 27, 2001

Voices

Sprawl attacks American life

Georgetown has something that most of the rest of the country lacks. There is something we love about this campus and D.C. that drew us all here. It’s a wonderfully... Read more

By the September 6, 2001

News

St. Mary’s undergoes renovation

A complete renovation of the St. Mary’s building will allow for more accessible and technologically up-to-date spaces for the Georgetown community, said Michael Bergin, the Executive Director of the School... Read more

By the August 30, 2001

Editorials

Md. not a merry land for gays

The celebration from last spring following the passage of SB 205?the Anti-Discrimination Act of 2001, which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation in housing, employment and public accommodation?has become short-lived after the announcement that a coalition of conservative religious and political leaders garnered enough signatures to bring the bill to a state-wide referendum in 2002. Sadly, what was viewed as a step forward for the equal rights of gays will now revert to a tug-of-war battle between special interest groups on both sides of the political spectrum. Similar protections offered to other minority groups remain unavailable to individuals who identify themselves as homosexual or bisexual.

By the August 23, 2001

Leisure

Welcome Back …

As this is my first column as a Cultural Revolutionary, I thought I might write something so extraordinary, something so completely different, that it would forever shift this column’s reputation... Read more

By the August 23, 2001

News

More student activity space sought

As part of the administration’s efforts to move beyond last year’s tension over alcohol-related issues, officials are submitting a grant proposal aimed at securing funds for non-alcoholic programming. Vice President... Read more

By the August 23, 2001

Features

Looking Back

On their way out the door, seven long-time, graduating, writers look back on the stories and the moments that were their years here. Some are obscure, some mundane and some are ridiculous. But that’s the way memories go.

By the May 3, 2001

Leisure

Hi, my name is …

The refrain is engrained in the American consciousness by now, to the point where the response is unconscious. “Hi, my name is … ,” the squeaky voice begins, and all... Read more

By the May 3, 2001

Voices

Who says you should play fair?

Little kids are stupid. They play “make-believe,” think that they can successfully fly off tables and tall buildings, eat glue (or toothpaste, in my case) and genuinely believe that they... Read more

By the April 26, 2001

Leisure

Erasers of love: an Underworld edjoomacation

We are in the midst of another de facto British invasion. Like the French to, well, just about everyone, American frontiers are buckling to foreign intrusion, not in the form... Read more

By the April 19, 2001