Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.

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The FTAA and state repression in Miami

Last week in Miami, tens of thousands protested the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas agreement. Trade ministers from 34 countries in the Western hemisphere assembled to discuss the proposed extension of NAFTA into the Caribbean and Central and Southern America.

By the December 4, 2003

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Letters to the Editor

“Distorted depiction of Japanese TV programming” I was disappointed that the Voice printed such a poorly written article with no apparent point besides insulting Japanese people and all with an interest in Japanese society (Nov. 20, Japanese basic cable round-up).

By the December 4, 2003

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Correction

The Georgetown Voice takes mistakes seriously. We correct all errors of substance in our stories and publish appropriate clarifications as soon as possible. In”Finding the Perfect Sound” (Cover, Nov. 20), we printed that Professor Robert Fair received a PhD from NYU.

By the December 4, 2003

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Detroit to D.C. and back

VOICES BY ROB ANDERSON Over the course of five days, 43 men and women had been killed, 7,231 people had been arrested, 2,509 buildings had been destroyed, $36 million in insured property had been lost—and Detroit had changed forever.

By the December 4, 2003

Editorials

Broken confidence

In her innermost thoughts, a widowed woman contemplates committing suicide months after her husband’s murder. She confesses these feelings and others to a trusted friend, a priest, and asks whether or not God would forgive her. Later, after her piercing grief has dulled into a constant ache, she thanks him for his support.

By the November 20, 2003

Editorials

Maintaining excellence

Nationally, athlete graduation rates are on the upswing. Earlier this fall, the National Collegiate Athletics Association released its annual report on the graduation rates of scholarship athletes. Student athletes as a group continue to graduate at higher levels than the student body as a whole, and their graduation rate is increasing.

By the November 20, 2003

Editorials

Brits and Bush

This week President George W. Bush kicked off a state visit to the United Kingdom. With him traveled an unprecedented and excessive security force. Critics believe that the president is using security concerns as an excuse to quash protests. Bush’s security extravaganza seems excessive, especially as a response to concerns about protests.

By the November 20, 2003

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Hip-hop, hurray!

VOICES BY SCOTT CONROY I’ve never liked rap that much. I don’t have anything against the genre, it just never resonated with me. Other than buying an MC Hammer tape in 1990, my exposure to hip-hop has been limited to what has been thrown at me on the radio and whatever my roommate is listening to at the time.

By the November 20, 2003

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Correkshuns and apolajeez

Sometimes in the insane rush to meet deadlines (that once-every-three-weeks column has a tendency to sneak up on you), mistakes have been made that should never have made it to press. For this, my editors are entirely to blame. But I will be the bigger man and accept partial responsibility for errors that I had very little to do with.

By the November 20, 2003

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Avoiding another housing fiasco

As a junior class representative in the Georgetown University Student Assembly I would like to express my disappointment with the new residential point system that will possibly create a housing fiasco in the upcoming year. Since the annoucement of the new hosuing selection system, many have complained that student input was not gathered and taken into account when formulating the current housing eligibility process.

By the November 20, 2003

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Letter to the Editor

After reading Dominic Nardi’s piece on six hours spent in a D.C. jail (Nov. 13, “Tale of a Georgetown jailbird,” Voices) I felt thoroughly disgusted at his attempt to draw a parallel between his own life and those of millions of people in Myanmar who suffer under the dicatatorial rule of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) that is in control of the country.

By the November 20, 2003

Editorials

Improvements in Housing

How on-campus housing is distributed is an issue close to students’ hearts. Plenty of students remember the first time they saw the Village A Rooftops, or the first time they realized they absolutely needed to have a Henle single, or their depression upon moving into Darnall.

By the November 13, 2003

Editorials

Impending paranoia

There are many good reasons why Hoyas should breathe a big sigh of relief after receiving the news of the expansion of the Big East conference, which will take effect in the 2004-05 season. While the addition of Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette and South Florida to the league will have a positive impact on the competition level of many sports Georgetown participates in, the effects will be felt most on the hardwood floors of the MCI Center.

By the November 13, 2003

Editorials

Serving abroad

After four or five intense semesters at Georgetown, most students consider their time abroad as a time to relax while perhaps enjoying a few alcoholic beverages. While adapting to a foreign environment and immersing oneself in a foreign language is certainly challenging, the workload abroad tends to be much lighter than a semester spent at Georgetown.

By the November 13, 2003

Editorials

So Much for The City, The Thrills, Virgin

The Thrills are not another one of the garage-revivalist bands with the requisite “The” in the band title. They are a five-piece group from Dublin whose pop-rock songs unabashedly evoke The Monkees, The Beach Boys and other masters of the ‘60s craft that so galvanized the ladies.

By the November 13, 2003

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The residue of that feeling

VOICES BY ROB ANDERSON I never met Daniel, but I am still crying two weeks after the night he died. He graduated from Amherst College that week and he was home on Long Island relaxing and preparing to move into the city. While driving home from the grocery store on a Wednesday afternoon, he was hit by a bus.

By the November 13, 2003

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Tale of a Georgetown jailbird

Languishing in jail for six hours provided me with one of the most educating and enlightening experiences of my time at Georgetown. Several weeks ago, I, along with two other students and a former Burmese political prisoner, Aung Din, was arrested at a protest in front of the Burmese embassy.

By the November 13, 2003

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Continuous reconstruction

On Monday, Georgetown University hosted the “Afghanistan-America Summit on Recovery and Reconstruction,” a half-day affair in Gaston Hall that featured speakers from Afghanistan’s two year-old government, several American officials, and a panel of journalists from American publications.

By the November 13, 2003

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Letter to the Editor

Clarification of Mauney resolution opposition I would like to clarify a citation in the Nov. 6 issue of the Voice that indicated that the Knights of Columbus had pledged their opposition to Matt Mauney’s GUSA resolution (“GUSA rejects affirmative of Arinze address,” News).

By the November 13, 2003

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Correction

The author of the Nov. 6 cover story “Finding that need for speed” was Bill Cleveland.

By the November 13, 2003