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Sanchez: Free trade for Bolivia

Free trade between the United States and Bolivia is necessary in order to increase Bolivia’s stability, said the President of Bolivia Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada in a speech in Gaston Hall on Monday.

Sanchez spoke of the multitude of problems facing Bolivia, its relationship with the United States and the need to halt threats to globalization, free market economies and democratic principles.

By the Voice Staff November 14, 2002

Director of Residence Life Robinson resigns

After being at Georgetown for less than five months, Director of Residence Life Frank Robinson resigned last Wednesday effective immediately. Robinson’s resignation creates another vacancy in Residence Life, which already lacks one of two associate directors.

By the Voice Staff November 14, 2002

Club Union protests lockdown policy Wednesday

Holding posters with slogans such as “Down with the lockdown” and ”$36,000 a year and we can’t visit our friends,” Georgetown students protested the continuing 24-hour lockdown on Wednesday afternoon in Red Square.

The protesters, organized by the Georgetown University Student Association’s Club Union, distributed the office phone numbers of administrators involved in the lockdown policy, so that students could call and explain the shortcomings of the policy to them,

“There is no real avenue for people who are locked out of the dorms to do anything,” GUSA Historian Adam Doverspike (SFS ‘03) said.

By the Voice Staff November 14, 2002

FIRE group gives GU ‘red light’

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which rates colleges and universities on their tolerance of free speech, ranked Georgetown as a “red light” school, signaling what it perceives to be a dangerously high suppression of provocative speech.

“The Georgetown administration has a checkered history of selectively protecting student speech,” FIRE Chief Executive Officer Thor L.

By the Voice Staff November 14, 2002

One of three student candidates elected to ANC

Only one of the three student candidates from Georgetown was elected to the Advisory Neighborhood Commission on Tuesday. Mike Glick (CAS ‘05), who ran unopposed in the all student District 4, received all 77 votes cast for the ANC in that district.

In District 2, Eric Lashner (CAS ‘05) received 150 votes, 34.

By the Voice Staff November 7, 2002

Missing copies of The Academy returned

Hundreds of copies of The Georgetown Academy that were missing as of Sunday were found Wednesday afternoon in the Student Activities Commission office.

The Academy distributed extra copies of last May’s issue to first-year dorms on Sunday and subsequently reported hundreds missing from Village C West.

By the Voice Staff November 7, 2002

Disabled students seek changes

by Chris Jarosch

Due to concerns about campus accessibility, five physically disabled students met with administrators last Friday. Coordinator of Disabled Student Services Jane Holahan documented the discussion between the students and Richard P. Payant, director of University Facilities.

By the Voice Staff November 7, 2002

Honor Council changes poli

The Georgetown Honor Council has announced a new policy designed to expedite the adjudication process for students accused of an Honor System violation. Students who admit responsibility for their actions will now be able to bypass the normal hearing process and receive a recommended sanction directly.

By the Voice Staff November 7, 2002

Do they want a change?

They’re coming back again. Of the seven D.C. Mayoral and City Council offices up for grabs this past Tuesday, incumbents reclaimed all of them with overwhelming majorities. Voter turnout, however, was barely 35 percent, according to the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics.

By the Voice Staff November 7, 2002

Nasr speaks on Islam, Christianity

George Washington University professor Seyyed Hussein Nasr spoke to an ICC Auditorium packed with both students and faculty to mark the commencement of Ramadan on Tuesday night. With an emphasis on spirituality, Nasr’s speech aimed to bridge the Muslim and Christian communities by showing the many similarities between the two religions.

By the Voice Staff November 7, 2002

24-hour guard proposals finalized

In a Security Committee meeting on Tuesday, students and administrators discussed a proposal to post 24-hour guards in campus dorms. Under the proposal, students would continue to work as guards during the day while professional guards would work between 12 a.

By the Voice Staff November 7, 2002

Students ‘Take Back the Night’

This year’s Take Back the Night, a week-long event protesting gender violence, is expected to be a success due to a revised mission and University-wide support, according to Co-Chair of Take Back the Night Olive Goh. Support from 28 clubs and organizations as well as funding from 20 University departments reflect the widespread concern for gender-based violence on campus, she said.

By the Voice Staff November 7, 2002

Metro police presence increases

Due to security concerns and complaints from neighbors, police presence has increased permanently in Georgetown and will be especially high tonight for Halloween.

The number of police officers will be greater than a normal Thursday night because of the various Halloween activities in the neighborhood.

By the Voice Staff October 31, 2002

MPD and DPS may coordinate

Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Justin Wagner (CAS ‘03) petitioned the D.C. City Council last Thursday to implement the Omnibus Public Safety Agency Reform Amendment, which is intended to strengthen relationships between the Metropolitan Police Department and area campus public safety agencies.

By the Voice Staff October 31, 2002

Housing crisis averted?

This morning, Georgetown students received an e-mail announcing that, regardless of what the Office of Housing Services office told them last year, they now have four years of guaranteed on-campus housing. With the completion of the much-awaited Southwest Quadrangle in the fall of 2003, the University will be able to accommodate 780 more students than it has in the past.

By the Voice Staff October 31, 2002

Dulles discusses Vatican II

In the 40 years since the opening of Vatican II, a conference attended by Roman Catholic leaders, some of the writings produced by the participants have been wrongly interpreted, said Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. on Wednesday night. During his speech in ICC Auditorium, Dulles gave his own opinions about the myths and realities of the Vatican II documents.

By the Voice Staff October 31, 2002

O’Connor speaks on Bill of Rights

Cases related to terrorism will reach the U.S. Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor said in a speech in Gaston Hall Monday night. O’Connor briefly addressed terrorism but focused her speech on the Bill of Rights and her career as the first female justice on the Supreme Court.

By the Voice Staff October 31, 2002

All students guaranteed housing next year

All students who want to live on-campus are guaranteed housing next year regardless of their previously allotted years of eligibility, based on the findings of the Housing Advisory Committee, composed of both students and administrators. As of press time, e-mails announcing the change were scheduled to be sent to sophomores and juniors this morning from Director of Housing Services Shirley Menendez.

By the Voice Staff October 31, 2002

Arts expansion includes new facility, major

The Advisory Neighborhood Commission voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve plans for the Georgetown Performing Arts Center. Final approval awaits a hearing before the Board of Zoning Adjustment scheduled for Dec. 5.

The Performing Arts Center, a part of the Georgetown University Campus 2000 Plan, will be the first building in University history dedicated entirely to the performing arts.

By the Voice Staff October 31, 2002

ANC reviews student-neighbor relations

As elections approach, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners reflected at the ANC meeting Tuesday night on the progress made in the relationship between students and non-student residents of Georgetown. Several Commissioners, including Chairman Peter Pulsifer and both student Commissioners Justin Wagner (CAS ‘03) and Justin Kopa (CAS ‘03) will not be running for re-election.

By the Voice Staff October 31, 2002

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