News

What’s happening on campus and in D.C.

News

Fenty tries to save gun ban

Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) and Attorney General Linda Singer filed a petition on Monday for a full review of last month’s decision that struck down the District’s gun ban.

By April 12, 2007

News

DPS prepares for Final Four weekend

Despite college basketball’s history of violent student riots, Georgetown students managed to celebrate the Hoya’s NCAA Tournament wins this past weekend peacefully and responsibly.

By March 29, 2007

News

New York Times morality guru speaks in Reiss

Randy Cohen, author of the New York Times Magazine’s ethics column, feels like he frequently gets left out at parties.

“I’ve become a kind of professional wet blanket,” he said. “I feel like there are all kinds of fun and depraved things going on until I arrive.”

By March 29, 2007

News

News Hit

Mayor Adrian Fenty (D) presented the first budget proposal of his mayoral tenure to the District Council on Monday, where it was greeted with both praise and concern. Though councilmembers said they had not had time to look at the budget in depth, many voiced uncertainty. Fenty requested $5.7 billion in local spending, but added no new taxes. The District’s Chief Financial Officer, Natwar Gandhi, said in a letter attached to the budget that this was an 8.8 percent spending increase over the budget for 2007.

By March 29, 2007

News

Minding the GAAP: seducing prospective frosh

Deciding what college to attend can depend on any number of tiny details: 70-degree weather, a hot tour guide, pot stickers at the cafeteria. This weekend, the Georgetown Admissions Ambassadors Program (GAAP) will host the first of three weekends designed to show accepted students everything the University has to offer. With the basketball team in the Final Four and students sunbathing on Copley Lawn, the timing couldn’t be better.

By March 29, 2007

News

Soccer, step dance, and spicy curry at iWeek

A touch of World Cup excitement came to Georgetown last week when the iCup soccer tournament kicked off the 14th annual iWeek.

By March 29, 2007

News

Saxa Politica: Second-class profs

When Prof. Carol Lancaster wrote a column for The Hoya explaining Georgetown’s tenure track, she probably didn’t plan to instigate controversy with her criticism of a crucial part of the University’s faculty: adjunct professors.

By March 29, 2007

News

On the Record: David Morrell

Outgoing Vice President for Safety and Security Dave Morrell’s last day is this Friday; he’s leaving the University to pursue an undisclosed job. Before he left, Morrell sat down with the Voice to talk about security and chaos in the streets.

By March 29, 2007

News

City on a Hill: bi-weekly column on D.C. news and politics

New faces in government have a way of fading quickly into old faces. Two months into Adrian Fenty’s (D) term as mayor, everyone has their fingers crossed that this time, things might be different.

By March 22, 2007

News

Future presidents on YouTube

James Kotecki (SFS ‘07) bought his first webcam in late January, so that he and his longtime girlfriend, Emily Freifeld (American ’08) could make their online chats a little more visual.

By March 22, 2007

News

Salaries and bullet-proof vests: no laughing matter

While Saturday’s antiwar march at the Pentagon brought thousands to D.C., Georgetown Solidarity Committee’s rally at Red Square to support the Department of Public Safety in their contract renegotiation on Tuesday drew only 20.

By March 22, 2007

News

Web exclusive: Woman as a political animal

“I’m going to tell you how women can suck just like men do in politics,” Melanie Sloan, the head of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said last night at a panel discussion on the role of women in American politics that was held to commemorate Women’s History Month.

By March 22, 2007

News

Banned from fun

While office managers nationwide find themselves forced into the role of bookies and even the baristas at Starbucks become basketball experts when March Madness rolls around, you won’t see Roy Hibbert, Jeff Green or any other NCAA athlete participating in the betting pools that have become a national pastime. Even athletes who play sports other than basketball run the risk of losing their eligibility for the rest of the year if they fill out a bracket.

By March 22, 2007

News

Circulator usurps Metro Connection

The Georgetown Metro Connection’s Foggy Bottom route will be replaced by the DC Circulator starting on Monday. The switch will begin as a SIX month trial.

By March 22, 2007

News

Dulles Metro: a pipe dream?

With Easter fast approaching, Georgetown students are once again making travel plans, which for many include a costly Super Shuttle or cab ride to Dulles Airport. Future Hoyas may not have to face the same struggle when the Metro’s long-awaited Silver Line to Dulles is completed, but construction of the line has been delayed by a conflict between government officials and community members.

By March 22, 2007

News

D.C. court says gun ban unconstitutional

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled last Friday that the D.C. gun restrictions are unconstitutional, overruling a previous decision by D.C. District Court.

By March 15, 2007

News

“Rodent activity” at Johnny Rockets

A silver-framed plaque hanging on the wall at the Johnny Rockets on M Street boasts, “Clean as a whistle. Just look at this … Notice how cleanliness predominates.” But on Feb. 27, a few days before Georgetown students went on spring break, this same restaurant was forced by D.C.’s Department of Health to close due to “gross unsanitary conditions” according to the DOH’s inspection report.

By March 15, 2007

News

Howard faculty call on pres. to resign

Citing fiscal and academic incompetence, Howard University’s Faculty Senate voted last week to send a letter to the University’s Board of Trustees calling on President H. Patrick Swygert to resign.

By March 15, 2007

News

Alt-break: students volunteer

Up at 5:30 a.m. and at breakfast by 6:00 a.m., a few crew members leave the table early to collect their tools: scrapers, sanders, hammers, crowbars, studded gloves and dusk masks. Ready to tear up flooring, rip down insulation and sheetrock, remove window frames and knock down ceilings, Georgetown’s Hurricane Emergency Relief Effort team is ready for spring break, as narrated by trip leader Clint Morrison (COL `09).

By March 15, 2007

News

CPS class finally meets

Six Georgetown students and one professor spent spring break in Doha, Qatar, as part of a special Comparative Political Systems class that meets in both D.C. and SFS-Qatar.

By March 15, 2007