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UNAIDS Ambassador’s vision for loans to poor

“What good are those elegant theories in the face of the realities outside the classroom?” United Nations AIDS Ambassador and humanitarian economist Muhammad Yunus recalled asking himself.

By the Voice Staff February 3, 2005

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Living Wage Coalition clashes with DPS

Members of the Living Wage Coalition are demanding an apology from Georgetown’s Department of Public Safety after an encounter between a group of student protestors and a DPS officer outside Healy Hall on Friday.

By the Voice Staff February 3, 2005

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Tombs Theology

Georgetown’s Jesuit heritage has found a new forum for discussion: the Tombs.

By the Voice Staff February 3, 2005

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STAND up for Darfur

Georgetown’s chapter of Students Taking Action Now: Darfur will host a three-day conference this weekend with the U.S. Holocaust Museum’s Committee on Conscience to share ideas for raising awareness and funds and to encourage political action against the genocide that took place in Sudan’s Darfur region in 2004.

By the Voice Staff February 3, 2005

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Off the rails

Every time this column’s deadline rolls around, it seems like the District Council is struggling to protect the city from the federal government, whether they are diverting security funding or just letting trainloads of poison roll through town.

By the Voice Staff February 3, 2005

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AVODA: Objects of the Spirit

By the Voice Staff February 3, 2005

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Jewish-Catholic relations

In a Marc Chagall painting discussed during Professor Jeremy Cohen’s lecture, “Contemplating the Cross: Jews React to the Crucifixion, from the Gospels to Gibson,” burning Jewish villages and Jews fleeing persecution surround the image of Jesus Christ hanging on a white cross.

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

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College awards faculty

Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences presented awards to three professors at the annual Georgetown College Faculty Convocation held in McNeir Auditorium on Tuesday.

Dean Jane McAuliffe gave the Award for Excellence in Teaching to History Professor Carol Ann Benedict, Chemistry Professor Angel C.

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

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Metro Police to tackle terrorism prevention

Local businesses, institutions to participate in Operation TIPP

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

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Students can no longer profit from meal plans

Dining Services learns to hinder meal plan manipulation

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

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Bush dissenters protest second inauguration

“Counter-inaugural” events attended by thousands

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

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Asian Studies, STIA hold forum on tsunami impact

With 280,000 confirmed dead on two continents and in 11 countries, the tsunami that hit Southeast Asia on Dec. 26 has left the region with the possibility of unforetold socioeconomic, political and environmental ramifications.

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

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Roe v. Wade ignored

The 32nd anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade passed Georgetown quietly by on Jan. 22.

By the Voice Staff January 27, 2005

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Legacy of a Dream award honors Powells

Dr. King’s ideals remembered in Kennedy Center ceremony

By the Voice Staff January 20, 2005

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Students and University disagree on security changes

Faulty GoCard-readers provoke questions over effectiveness

By the Voice Staff January 20, 2005

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Getting ready for Bush’s second term

District and students prepare for the presidential inauguration

By the Voice Staff January 20, 2005

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Atlantic writers discuss “Real State of the Union”

With President George W. Bush’s State of the Union Address still two weeks away on Feb. 2, Georgetown students had the opportunity to voice their concerns about the condition of our nation at Georgetown’s second annual “Real State of the Union,” hosted by the Atlantic Monthly Group.

By the Voice Staff January 20, 2005

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By the people?

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

By the Voice Staff January 20, 2005

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Mitchell scholar

Benjamin Cote was named one of 12 students out of 220 applicants nationally to be awarded the George J. Mitchell Scholarship. The scholarship, named for former Senator Mitchell (D-ME) (LAW ‘61), will fund a year of study at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland next year, where Cote will pursue a master’s degree in Peace and Conflict Studies.

By the Voice Staff January 20, 2005