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Son of legend takes on men’s basketball

In a formal press conference dripping with auspicious tradition, Georgetown named John Thompson III, son of legendary men’s basketball coach John Thompson Jr., the new men’s basketball head coach.

The announcement comes five weeks after the firing of former head coach Craig Esherick, who had led the team for the past five and a half seasons.

By the April 22, 2004

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New plans for GU campus

The New New South

Administrators released plans to transform the former New South cafeteria into a lively student center overlooking the Potomac Tuesday. The tentative designs include a restaurant with a liquor license, a dance studio and a large multipurpose space.

By the April 22, 2004

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Senate aide lambasts Democrats

After resigning in the midst of a political scandal, former Senate aide Manuel Miranda (SFS ‘82) returned to Georgetown Tuesday to address roughly fifty College Republicans and members of the Lecture Fund. Miranda, however, was not on the defensive about his possible role in a well-publicized scandal which forced his resignation on Feb.

By the April 22, 2004

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Music Director to leave GU

The director of Georgetown’s music program is resigning in the middle of an expansion effort. Thomas A. Caestecker Chair of Music Jose Bowen, who has been leading the drive since 1999, will join the staff of Miami University in Ohio this summer as the Dean of the School of Fine Arts.

By the April 22, 2004

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Facing the book

If Adam Giblin and Eric Lashner become the new GUSA executives, it looks like they’ll have one less campaign promise to worry about. During the campaign, they promised to create a viable online facebook but it looks like Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg has beaten them to the punch.

By the April 22, 2004

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GUSA election remains undecided

The Georgetown University Student Association Assembly struck down Adam Giblin and Eric Lashner’s election appeal Tuesday, finally leaving the election up to the Constitutional Council.

The Council’s decision will be the last step in an election process that has lasted months.

By the April 15, 2004

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Kerry calls for fiscal responsibility

A capacity crowd in Gaston Hall watched John Kerry reveal his proposal to reduce the Federal Government’s budget deficit last Wednesday. While activists, souvenir vendors, press trucks, and a long line of last minute ticket seekers idled in the sun outside Kerry forcefully attacked President Bush’s handling of the economy as misguided and harmful.

By the April 15, 2004

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Meeting over campus hate

Emotions ran high at the Riverside Lounge Wednesday as students and top University administrators discussed ways to address hate incidents on campus. Even as Vice-President of Student Affairs Todd Olson stressed open dialogue and the accurate reporting of hate incidents, several students demanded that the University take greater action to combat a perceived atmosphere of intolerance.

By the April 15, 2004

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Scranton paper banned after Hoya spoof

The Aquinas, a student run newspaper at Scranton University was shut down last week after releasing an April Fools’ Day Issue which parodied The Hoya.

The newspaper was renamed The Hoya for the issue and contained stories with fake authors that made fun of college administrators and sensitive religious and political issues.

By the April 15, 2004

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Flags number abortions

On April 13th, roughly 3,600 pink and blue flags occupied Copley lawn as part of Georgetown University’s Right to Life flag day. The flags, part of a larger protest against abortion, represented the 3,600 abortions that are performed daily in the United States

Members of Right to Life stood in the rain, handing out flyers to students who passed by.

By the April 15, 2004

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Stroup effect

When I was growing up, I got used to being near the end of the alphabet. While I didn’t have it as bad as the people with surnames ending in Y or Z, I was still envious of the Allens and Browns. I spent my days in public schools sitting with the same people, always near the back of the classroom.

By the April 15, 2004

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Hampton and Torres declared winners

NEWS BY VANESSA MACHIR The latest winners of the 2004 Georgetown University Student Association election are Kelley Hampton and Luis Torres, but this may change on Sunday. The Election Commission will finally consider runners-up Adam Giblin and Eric Lashner’s appeal, originally placed the day after the election.

By the April 1, 2004

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Tests reveal lead in townhouse water

NEWS BY CLAIRE D’EMIC Unsafe levels of lead were found in the water in several University townhouses, University spokesperson Julie Bataille said Tuesday. However, University officials have already acted to correct the problem. Tests performed over spring break reveal that seven of the 71 university owned townhouses have lead levels exceeding 15 parts per billion in tap water.

By the April 1, 2004

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GU Law Professor succeeds Areen

Alexander Aleinikoff will succeed the popular Judith Areen as head of Georgetown’s Law Center, the University announced last Thursday. A former Georgetown Law professor, Aleinikoff will assume the office this June.

Aleinikoff first joined the Georgetown faculty as an adjunct professor of law in 1997.

By the April 1, 2004

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Anglican Archbishop addresses atheism

The Most Reverend and Right Honorable Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury and Head Primate of all England took the stage at a packed and attentive Gaston Hall to promote interreligious dialogue Monday.

The modestly dressed man, a noted scholar and professor of theology at Oxford University, did not look like the religious leader of over 73 million Anglicans worldwide.

By the April 1, 2004

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GU students arrested at GW

D.C. Metropolitan Police arrested Georgetown students Mike Wilson (CAS’05) and Ev Yankey (CAS ‘06) at a protest at the George Washington University campus Monday. Yankey and Wilson were arrested along with nine GW students and face misdemeanor charges after they defied police orders at a protest for workers’ rights at GW.

By the April 1, 2004

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Seek Principle

The Hoya’s assault on Kelley Hampton and Luis Torres in their editorial section Tuesday was bitter, vindictive and borderline libelous. But while the editors of Georgetown University’s newspaper of record filled their pages with Academy-esque attacks on two individuals’ character, they missed a wider discussion about due process versus the good of the community.

By the April 1, 2004

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RIAA lawsuits strike Georgetown

NEWS BY SHANTHI MANIAN The Recording Industry Association of America has brought its fight against file-sharing to university networks, and Georgetown is on the hit list. University Spokesperson Julie Green Bataille confirmed Tuesday that three Georgetown network users are being sued in the latest round of RIAA legal action.

By the March 25, 2004

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579 flags commemorate G.I. deaths

NEWS BY CLAIRE D’EMIC Two rows of tiny flags and thousands of beads turned the path from Healy Gates to White Gravenor into a memorial for lives lost in the Iraq War on Tuesday. Students encouraged members of the Georgetown community not to forget the sacrifices that have been made in Iraq or the costs of American leaders’ decisions.

By the March 25, 2004

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Private Hoya Web to be shut down

The University announced yesterday it is ordering a controversial new website aimed at students to stop using Georgetown trademarks. The site, Hoya Web, came under fire this week after homophobic postings appeared on the site’s message boards.

The site, which is located at www.

By the March 25, 2004