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Recycling lies

COVER BY JULIA COOKE & SHANTHI MANIAN This year, the University reported recycling 15 percent of its waste—a number significantly reduced from the 43 percent reported in 1996. But even this lower figure does not accurately reflect the true recycling commitment at Georgetown. The numbers are wrong and the administration knows it.

By the October 23, 2003

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Drawing the lines

COVER BY MIKE DeBONIS Campus cops in D.C. are currently limited to patrolling their university’s property. Officers at many campuses across the nation, however, can go beyond those boundaries to protect their students living off campus. Will a long-standing struggle to expand those limits in the District finally succeed?

By the October 16, 2003

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Poker nights

COVER BY PAUL MCCARTHY Check or bet? Call or raise? Bluff or fold? Poker’s the new thing on and off campus—if you listen closely, you’ll hear the sounds of chips being stacked and wax playing cards gliding across the table. This is the story of one man’s journey through the exploding number of student poker games.

By the October 9, 2003

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The industry strikes back

COVER BY DAVE STROUP Since September, the RIAA has issued over 1600 subpoenas and 261 lawsuits. Students across the country have found themselves in the organization’s sights. What will happen if they come for you?

By the October 2, 2003

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Fall Fashion 2003: So hot right now

COVER BY VOICE LEISURE STAFF If you walked through Red Square last week, you were our guinea pig. Yes, you. After a careful analysis of field data collected by our expert fashion technicians, the results are in. While not much has changed over the past year, we think our astute observers picked up on the intricacies of all things hip. The results are in, and the Georgetown fashion flavor is hot, hot, hot.

By the September 25, 2003

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Off campus, on track

COVER BY BILL CLEVELAND Expanding the University is no longer just a matter of collecting funds and drawing plans. In recent years, a stronger neighborhood voice has forced the University to take the concerns of the surrounding community to heart. Now, with 90 percent of students on campus, has a new era of town-gown relations arrived?

By the September 18, 2003

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Our campus, our space

COVER The Southwest Quadrangle: A Review Essay BY ROB ANDERSON & MIKE DeBONIS Now nearly a month after the first of the Southwest Quadrangle’s 900 residents moved in, it is time to examine the campus’s most significant addition in 15 years—what works, what doesn’t; what’s inspiring, and what’s annoying.

By the September 11, 2003

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A boathouse at last?

COVER BY MIKE DeBONIS For decades, Georgetown crew has been dreaming of a grand new home. That dream may soon be realized, but not without one more battle.

By the September 4, 2003

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A Guide to Your New Administrators

COVER COMPILED BY VOICE STAFF There’s lots of new faces on campus this year, and it’s not just the first-years. Check out our guide and spot your administrators in their natural habitat.

By the August 28, 2003

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The College alienated

COVER BY MIKE DeBONIS Georgetown College expected Cardinal Francis Arinze to talk about cooperation, but it only got controversy.

By the August 21, 2003

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After The Georgetown Voice: 2003

For our last issue and last chance to work together, the graduating seniors at the Voice wanted to take a look at where various Voice alumni are now. From various graduating classes, we found not only journalists, but an attorney and even a professional clown.

By the April 24, 2003

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Operation R.O.T.C

Some students join the Reserve Officer Training Corps to serve their country. Some need the money for college. And some just want to be President someday. Today, Georgetown recruiters target students who are interested in leadership positions in the future. According to Major Jon Chytka, most cadets join ROTC with the intention of “setting themselves up for success later on.”

“Everyone, even Democrats, has had military experience,” Chytka said. “Even Bill Clinton had one year of M1 [ROTC training].”

By the April 10, 2003

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Spotting the Signs

When first-year student Jeremy Dorfman (CAS ‘06) took his own life on January 11, it was the first suicide on-campus in almost eighteen years. Administrators credit Georgetown’s low suicide rate to a proactive web of resources, called “Safety Net.” Whether or not this system works is up for debate. Some Georgetown students with depression did not feel as if the University adequately dealt with their cases.

By the April 3, 2003

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A Voice to Be Heard?

GUSA, the Georgetown University Student Association, has served as Georgetown’s student government since 1984. Throughout its history, incidents like the most recent election debacle have been commonplace. But while mistakes and mismanagement have served to erode student trust, one rarely discussed fact has been more influential. In 1983, shortly before GUSA’s creation, the student handbook printed that, “Student Government is a misnomer; it is not a government at all. Student Government has no sovereign power to legislate or enforce its will.” Little has changed since.

By the March 27, 2003

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Finding his Strength

Georgetown senior sprinter Michael Williams lost his mother months before entering college. Since then, Williams has battled to fulfill her final wish—his graduation.

By the March 20, 2003

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A change in Chinatown

Since its opening in 1997, the MCI Center has spawned substantial economic development, turning Chinatown into one of the city’s more bustling commercial areas. Six years ago, the thought of a Hooters restaurant on the same block as Wah Shing Kung-Fu School would have seemed laughable. But as the new Washington Convention Center nears completion just six blocks north and developers move into the area to install chain restaurants, bars and shops, more Chinese-owned businesses are being forced to compete both for customers and increasingly pricey commercial real estate.

By the March 6, 2003

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Slam!

It may seem odd to rank poets like sports teams, but slam isn’t just art, it’s a competition. In an official poetry slam, a poet must present an original composition, no longer than three minutes and without using any props, music, or costumes. Five audience members are chosen at random to serve as judges and they rate each poem on a scale of one to ten. Unlike purely written poetry, just as much emphasis is placed on bodily movement and intonation as on the poem’s content.

By the February 27, 2003

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Georgetown’s New Cookbook

Trying to fill the gap between home cooking and a steady diet of Hot Pockets, two new cooking groups and a television show have been created at Georgetown over the last few semesters, . Food aside, the new groups all have something else in common—they are centered on socializing. The students behind these organizations found that good food wasn’t the only thing missing from their time at Georgetown, but that a sense of community was lacking as well.

By the February 20, 2003

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The need to know

The University asserts that a student’s disciplinary record, like his or her grades, should not be made available for public scrutiny.

Many individuals who have either been directly or indirectly affected by campus judicial processes believe quite the opposite.

By the February 13, 2003

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Taste goes out the window

The dismembered hand flew through the air and struck my date in the face. The leather-and-lingerie-clad woman who had flung it, demonstrating remarkable power considering she was using her teeth, bared her choppers to the crowd and gave one last howl before finishing Bill, her meal. Laughter erupted, fake blood spurted, someone quickly flashed the audience, and the lights went down.

By the February 6, 2003