Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.

Voices

Another pint for the expatriate

It was beautiful, really. Craning my neck to see past the crowd, I spotted my friend take hold of the two pints of Guinness from the bar and begin to weave his way through the throngs of the tipsy back to our table. He bumped into people, sure-it was impossible not to-but not even a drop of foam, let alone beer, skated down the sides of the glasses.

By the April 22, 2004

Voices

Read into this writing

I’m reading a book, and it’s a good book, but that’s just the problem. In the thick of the text, when plots and characters and language merge, and when scenes connect and stories layer, it all makes just too much sense. The details fit too well. The book crested into its crescendo, and I felt pressed to escape back into reality, back into my own head where questions are more common than manicured realities.

By the April 15, 2004

Voices

GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!

Athletic traditionalists in America have decried the on-the-field antics of modern professional athletes, which they warn have trickled down to youth playing fields. They are nostalgic for the days when a player would just hand the ball back to the referee instead of working on his dance moves in the end zone.

By the April 15, 2004

Voices

Education is costly, sleep is priceless

Once again, the time has come to register for classes. Most people pretend that they choose their classes for their academic value, challenging topics, famous professors or utility. Others, like me, will admit that although these concepts linger in the back of their minds, in truth, their registration choices are largely driven by an innate laziness.

By the April 15, 2004

Editorials

Williams hits a foul deal

In the most recent ploy to lure the Montreal Expos to the District, Mayor Anthony Williams has promised Major League Baseball a stadium with a nearly $400 million price tag. However, it remains unclear where this money would come from. Williams has said that the city can fully finance the construction of the stadium, yet he has not shared the details with the D.

By the April 15, 2004

Editorials

A little respect please

The University of Maryland has recently taken disciplinary measures against three students with disruptive conduct for shouting during a February 29 speech at the Stamp Student Union by Lynne Cheney, the vice president’s wife. Two of the students, Chuck DeVoe and Ryan Grim, each shouted a question at Cheney-one about gay marriage, the other about reparations payments for slaves’ descendants-while the third student, Michael Cawdery, shouted an obscenity.

By the April 15, 2004

Voices

Here, child, finish your nothing!

It’s dark inside the room where I sit with the blinds drawn and the door locked, the only source of light a faint glow emanating from the tip of my cigarette. I’m naked, slumped in a chair with my shoulders hunched forward and squinting into the shadows around me, a half pot of cold coffee sitting next to me on the desk.

By the April 1, 2004

Voices

Born to run

It’s late February in Yates Field House. All of the treadmills and stair climbers are in use and students eagerly wait in line for their turn to exercise. The runners trot along while watching ESPN, witnessing a thrilling intramural basketball game head into six overtimes, or staring at the cracks in the wall.

By the April 1, 2004

Voices

Letter to the Editor

Unfair portrayal of British media

By the April 1, 2004

Voices

Correction

The Georgetown Voice takes mistakes seriously. We correct all errors of substance in our stories and publish appropriate clarifications as soon as possible.

By the April 1, 2004

Editorials

In Freddy we trust

When was the last time a 14-year-old saved a professional sports franchise? While it’s an unprecedented shift, that’s exactly what Potomac, Md. phenom Freddy Adu may do for DC United, and Georgetown students should get in on the act.

With the miserable state of professional sports in Washington D.

By the April 1, 2004

Editorials

Morgenstern/de Man review

Although outgoing GUSA executives Brian Morgenstern (CAS ‘05) and Steve de Man (CAS ‘04) ran into significant difficulties in implementing their agenda, they nonetheless led a fairly successful administration. Coming on the heels of former GUSA execs Kaydee Bridges (SFS ‘03) and Mason Ayer (SFS ‘03), Morgenstern and de Man faced high standards as they tried to build on their predecessors’ record.

By the April 1, 2004

Editorials

Giblin/Lashner Clip and Save

Frustrated with GUSA’s unresolve election controversy, the Voice will run two “clip and saves.” After the dust settles, you can cut out the winner.

By the April 1, 2004

Editorials

Hampton/Torres Clip and Save

Frustrated with GUSA’s unresolve election controversy, the Voice will run two “clip and saves.” After the dust settles, you can cut out the winner.

By the April 1, 2004

Voices

Georgetown’s colorful past

VOICES BY DONALD SHERMAN In the spring of 2000, students rallied in Red Square demanding that Georgetown University’s administration respond to racial discrimination and threats of violence on campus. The local news media interviewed student leaders and published stories highlighting these pockets of ignorance within our community and their effect on student life.

By the April 1, 2004

Editorials

A taxing decision for DC

Earlier this month, U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle dismissed a lawsuit filed by Mayor Anthony Williams and the D.C. Council that sought to overturn the the 1974 ban on commuter taxes, which prevent the District from imposing a commuter tax on Maryland and Virginia residents who work in D.

By the March 25, 2004

Editorials

A positive shift for MD prisons

The state of Maryland has increased the budget for criminal rehabilitation for the next fiscal year, while decreasing expenditures on prisons. Governor Robert Ehrlich, Jr. announced the plan as a way to reaffirm his administration’s commitment to rehabilitate nonviolent offenders, who consist mostly of drug users.

By the March 25, 2004

Editorials

Limiting working groups

Three weeks after a coalition of students presented the administration with proposals to increase tolerance within the Georgetown community, the administration responded in a meeting with student leaders. Their response was swift, genuine and, for the most part, positive.

By the March 25, 2004

Editorials

Men’s lacrosse be-devils Duke again

Georgetown Senior midfielder Walid Hajj is a 2004 pre-season All-American. With 3:14 remaining in Sunday’s game against no. 7 Duke, he showed why he deserved the honors.

Hajj scored his only goal of Sunday’s game on a rocket of a shot deep in the fourth quarter.

By the March 25, 2004

Voices

Communist ball games

VOICES BY JULIA COOKE The first time my friends and I tried to go to a baseball game here in Cuba, we rode the bus for 45 minutes, got off at the wrong stop, and walked to the stadium, which turned out to be deserted. “No hay,” a guard at the stadium told us, “no more.” Instead of happily watching a baseball game we were stranded in the outskirts of the city.

By the March 25, 2004