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The Top Tens

The Top Ten Films of 2002

Repetition was the theme in many of 2002’s films, with few original ideas surfacing amidst the numerous studio remakes of past hits (Insomnia, Ring, Solaris), a slew of crappy sequels to films that were crappy to begin with (Analyze That, Harry Potter) and too many insightful and touching four hour musicals about exploitive British colonialism in 19th century India (Lagaan, Extreme Ops).

By the January 9, 2003

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I Go Walking After Midnight

At the moment he knows three things. He knows his watch reads 3:08 a.m., he knows he’s walking, and he knows it’s cold. Jesus it’s cold. That’s for sure. Nothing could be as certain as that right now …

He knows of lots of other stuff. He knows of his name, for example.

By the December 5, 2002

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Burn

They’re torching bums in Brooklyn. That’s what I hear anyway, I haven’t seen it myself. It’s too dangerous to take the subway even if you pay the men at the turnstile for protection, and cabs are no better now that the gangs have started firing on them.

By the December 5, 2002

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The Blind Man Dance

Take me down, Take me down. Oh won’t you please take me home. The silence in the whorehouse makes itself present again and so I quietly sing aloud. I mimic Axl Rose’s scratch that is repeating in my head, a mental hiccup from earlier when we had entered dark European bars in search of girls who would not understand that we are unimpressive.

By the December 5, 2002

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Unsung Heroes

Over the past ten years, the men’s and women’s cross country teams have been among the most successful and least recognized programs at Georgetown. Both teams started the season ranked in the top 10 nationally, but have struggled to live up to their expectations this fall.

By the November 21, 2002

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The future of music is now

A young woman with short, dyed-red hair, dressed stylishly with a hint of thrift-store nonchalance, stands confidently behind the podium among Gaston Hall’s stained-glass-and-oak-paneled grandeur. Names of great thinkers are etched on the wall behind her, and a herd of dark-suited lawyers, powerful businessmen and curious musicians sit in front of her.

By the November 14, 2002

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Talking to each other

The tensest moments of recent public conflict between student groups involved the politics of the Middle East. Groups such as the Muslim Student Association, the Jewish Student Association, the Young Arab Leadership Alliance and the Georgetown Israel Alliance have been especially active on campus in recent years, staging events, bringing speakers to campus and trying to foster debate or at least raise awareness of what they see as an important issue on a seemingly daily basis.

By the November 7, 2002

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Do you know what your vote means?

The dispute between students and non-student residents in Georgetown is not a new topic. As bad as tension in the neighborhood may be, it has also served as the catalyst for student involvement in local politics. Since the first students were elected to the Advisory Neighborhood Commission in 1996, students and non-students have worked to reach a consensus on various problems that divide Georgetown and create an “us vs.

By the October 31, 2002

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Tripping Out

I don’t know about the everyone at Georgetown, but apparently the majority of us are type-A personalities?as evidenced by the chain-smoking, coffee guzzling, stressed-out zombies huddled in hooded sweatshirts, death-gripping their cell phones, outside of Lauinger Library every night.

By the October 24, 2002

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Finding a Place for Campus Radio

Whether on not you have ever listened to Georgetown University’s Student Radio Station WGTB, it is undeniable that at one point in its history it had a strong presence not only on Georgetown’s campus, but on the entire D.C. area. During a time in the ‘70s the station broadcasted as far as Pennsylvania, Delaware and West Virginia and had over 100,000 listeners.

By the October 17, 2002

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Going Somewhere?

You’re coming back late from a club, and you just want to get home. Or you’re late for a job interview across town. Maybe you just don’t feel like navigating three different bus routes to get to your destination. Take a cab! But the system is so confusing, you’re worried about how much you’ll have to pay.

By the October 10, 2002

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Moving Down the Ladder

The statistics indicate that this year’s first-year class has, once again, outdone us. Its members are smarter, more worldly, were busier in high school, logged more hours of community service, scored higher on standardized tests and, from the looks of it, might even be better looking.

By the October 3, 2002

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Fall Fashion Extravaganza

Here at Voice Fashion, we spend a lot of time researching the Next Big Thing. But when not researching the Next Big Thing, we are making fun of the way some people dress. Why? Because they deserve it. Some Georgetown students have lots of disposable income to dispose on fashion, which therefore makes our campus susceptible to ridiculous fashion mishaps spewed half-gestated from the overtanned heads of Tommy, Ralph and Calvin.

By the September 26, 2002

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The Corporate University

Georgetown University is a Catholic and Jesuit, student-centered research university … Georgetown educates women and men to be reflective life-long learners, to be responsible and active participants in civic life and to live generously in service to others.

By the September 19, 2002

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September 11, 2002

Photography by Rob Anderson, Alana Burke, Debbie Hwang and Kazuo Oishi

By the September 12, 2002

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Georgetown Professors Comment on the World

Your mom called. She asked if you have a Professor Maguire; she saw him on CNN today. While you might remind your mom that there are hundreds of professors at Georgetown, her question is not completely unfounded. With the high number of media appearances Georgetown professors make each week, chances are at some point during your time at Georgetown you will find one your professors quoted in a newspaper or appearing on TV.

By the September 5, 2002

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Documenting the D.C. go-go scene

Most Georgetown students come to the District?and leave?without ever knowing that go-go, a form of music that has united three generations of black Washingtonians, exists. If not for a chance exposure, Nick Shumaker (CAS ‘01), one of the creators of The Pocket, a documentary about D.

By the August 29, 2002

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New in town?

You could have gone to that hippie school in the middle of Iowa, where they promise you’ll have breakfast, lunch and dinner with your professors seven days a week. You know the real reason they promise that?there isn’t a damn thing to do within 80 miles. So rest assured, you made the right choice.

By the August 22, 2002

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Focusing in on our security

Camera 4: (zoom in) Caucasian, brunette female, holding philosophy books in front of ICC building. Zoom out and pan left across Red Square to two African-American males sitting on green bench talking. Pan right to Caucasian male and Caucasian female sitting at table distributing fliers.

By the April 25, 2002

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The Superstar Among Us

The office looks strikingly similar to the many other academic offices in this building; it is perhaps even a bit smaller than most. The desk is cluttered, full bookshelves stand against the wall, and the view from the fourth floor of Georgetown University’s vast Intercultural Center, while pleasant, is unspectacular.

By the April 18, 2002