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

Committee questions postponement of career fair

The Speech and Expression Committee has questioned the decision of Vice President for Student Affairs Juan Gonzalez to cancel the Progressive Career Fair last Wednesday. Gonzalez told career fair organizers that he wanted to delay the career fair until further notice, due to concerns that certain organizations being represented might advocate issues contrary to Catholic teaching.

By the Voice Staff February 28, 2002

Albright criticizes Bush’s use of ‘axis of evil’

The Bush administration’s use of the phrase “axis of evil” to describe Iraq, Iran and North Korea was a mistake, said former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on Tuesday in Gaston Hall. Albright’s remarks followed her inauguration as the first Michael and Virginia Mortara Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy.

By the Voice Staff February 28, 2002

Pickard shares insights on FBI

Thomas Pickard, the acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from June 25, 2001 to Sept. 4, 2001, encouraged students on Monday to pursue a life of government service to help eliminate the global problems which led to the terrorist events of Sept.

By the Voice Staff February 28, 2002

The politics of The West Wing

The appearance of The West Wing cast members Bradley Whitford, John Spencer, Janel Moloney, producer Lou Wells and former Clinton press secretary Joe Lockhart in ICC Auditorium on Sunday was reminiscent of a walk down the red carpet. In a casual setting, the actors and producer of the NBC series shared their ideas and experiences from the show with Georgetown students in a discussion moderated by Lockhart.

By the Voice Staff February 28, 2002

Panel discusses racial profiling

“Sept. 11 has fleshed out where people sit on the fence of racial profiling,” according to Keenan Keller, minority counselor to the House Judiciary Committee. Keller addressed approximately 50 people last Thursday as part of a panel discussing racial profiling.

By the Voice Staff February 28, 2002

Fed Up

A few billion here, a few billion there, Hill-topers say, and pretty soon we’re talking about real money. That’s a weight off my back?I certainly don’t want them fretting about responsible spending. No doubt this year’s $4 million earmarked in the transportation bill for bike paths is a non-negotiable.

By the Voice Staff February 28, 2002

Gonzalez examines Corp’s finances

Vice President of Student Affairs Juan Gonzalez has held a series of meetings with executives of The Students of Georgetown Incorporated to discuss his concerns over the corporation’s expenditures. Specifically, Gonzalez raised questions about the amount of money that The Corp spends each year on alcohol for social events.

By the Voice Staff February 21, 2002

Execs see need for better GUSA-student relations

At their final meeting as the Georgetown University Student Association’s president and vice president, Ryan DuBose (CAS ‘02) and Brian Walsh (CAS ‘02) said that increased communication between GUSA and the student body as a whole should be a goal of the new GUSA executives in the coming year.

By the Voice Staff February 21, 2002

City council members support LGBTQ proposal

D.C. City Council members have expressed “deep concern over how Georgetown is handling the resource center,” according to advocates of the establishment of a resource center for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students on campus.

Resource center supporter and Voice staff member Joe McFadden (CAS ‘02) and two other center organizers met with D.

By the Voice Staff February 21, 2002

Improvements to libraries expected

Director of Campus Libraries Artemis Kirk, who took office in August, hopes “to bring the library to the level of excellence of the University.” Kirk spoke in a discussion session Tuesday evening, adding that in her first sixth months, she has developed a vision to expand the libraries’ collections and to improve facilities.

By the Voice Staff February 21, 2002

Williams addresses UN peacekeeping

Member states of the United Nations often employ peacekeeping missions as a default for actually implementing the right policies or lacking the will to do the right thing, said Abiodun Williams, Director of Strategic Planning in the Executive Office of the United Nations.

By the Voice Staff February 21, 2002

Progressive career fair postponed

The Progressive Career Fair organized by GU Pride and H*yas for Choice was suspended by the administration Wednesday night. Groups contacted by students, including Amnesty International, Catholics for Free Choice and the ACLU, will not attend Thursday’s fair as planned.

By the Voice Staff February 21, 2002

OSP administrator to leave

Director of Student Programs Mary Kay Schneider will leave the University to become the associate dean of students at the University of Florida on April 15. She will be in charge of disability, new student programs, and multicultural and diversity affairs.

By the Voice Staff February 21, 2002

Catholic leanings

Georgetown is undergoing a tough transition?a transition away from the status quo. At the end of this year, Georgetown will lose its provost, Dorothy Brown, its Director of Student Programs Mary Kay Schneider and its Associate Dean of Students Bethany Marlowe.

By the Voice Staff February 21, 2002

Bridges/Ayer win easily; Yard soundly defeated

Kaydee Bridges (SFS ‘03) and Mason Ayer (SFS ‘03) won a convincing victory in Monday’s Georgetown University Student Association presidential elections. Over 45 percent of students participated in this year’s online election, a nine percent increase from last year.

By the Voice Staff February 14, 2002

MPD combats wave of crimes in Georgetown

The Metropolitan Police Department has been successful in apprehending several suspects involved in the string of crimes which have recently plagued the Georgetown area.

“There have been only a few cases in the last four months where a suspect hasn’t been apprehended,” Bray said.

By the Voice Staff February 14, 2002

Politics matters, says Carville

James Carville, former political consultant and spin doctor for President Bill Clinton, amused the Georgetown community Wednesday with his opinions of the Bush administration’s first year and American politics in general.

Carville began his speech emphasizing his stance on the war in Afghanistan and the Bush presidency.

By the Voice Staff February 14, 2002

Gonzalez: Center impossible for GU

The establishment of a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender resource center at Georgetown would unavoidably lead to advocacy of LGBTQ issues, said Vice President of Student Affairs Juan Gonzalez in his official written response to students’ proposal for a center.

By the Voice Staff February 14, 2002

Early exit

His is a department whose officers have coerced confessions from innocent people, let their attack dogs loose on homeless immigrants and shot dozens of unarmed men, among them a Howard University student trailed into Maryland from the District. As of March 1, he’ll be in early retirement.

By the Voice Staff February 14, 2002

Scalia: GU Catholic identity strong

Georgetown’s moral Catholic environment is as present and as strong as ever, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (CAS ‘57) said Monday in his speech as Jesuit Heritage Week’s Georgetown Alumnus Spotlight speaker.

After describing the degradation of morality in the United States over the past two centuries, Scalia said that Georgetown is “not losing its moral soul.

By the Voice Staff February 7, 2002

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