After poring over the latest filings against the plan–one from Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E and one joint filing from the Citizens Association of Georgetown and Burleith Citizens Association—the Voice has assembled the main points of conflict and provided some history of the Campus Plan negotiations.
News
University, neighbors discuss town-gown tensions
Tonight, the D.C. Zoning Commission will begin its final review of Georgetown’s 2010 Campus Plan, the blueprint for the University’s development and growth in the next decade. As neighborhood groups like the Citizens Association of Georgetown and Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E have loudly criticized the plan, the University has stepped up its efforts to assuage residents’ concerns. At the beginning of this school year, the University began several quality of life initiatives such as twice-daily trash collection, a new shuttle to M Street, and an increased partnership with the Metropolitan Police Department.
Sports
Football looking up despite missing out on title
After witnessing just two wins in 2008, the Georgetown football faithful had to be confident that things could not get any worse in 2009. Then the unthinkable happened: the Hoyas lost every game on the schedule, finishing the season at a hopeless 0-11. At the time, few could have foreseen the turn of fortune that lay ahead.
Editorial
Today’s GOP has succumbed to extremism
The 2012 Republican field is a laughable parody of presidential candidates. Perry and Michelle Bachmann are under-informed extremists, and Cain is an unqualified pizza magnate dogged by sexual harassment allegations. All three have become popular because Republicans can’t stomach the idea that a nominal moderate like Mitt Romney might actually be the nominee. Meanwhile, less than half of Republicans even recognize the name of candidate Jon Huntsman, a successful two-term governor and former U.S. Ambassador to Singapore and China.
Leisure
Clooney ascends in The Descendants
Another excellent addition from the master chronicler of middle aged men in crisis, Alexander Payne’s The Descendants sweeps the viewer away with its beautiful Hawaiian vistas and playful ukulele music, all the while breaking our heart with the sad situation of the King family. A grittier—and probably more realistic—version of Hawaii is presented, with frequently cloudy skies, dirty pools, and fake smiles. This is no Mary-Kate and Ashley’s Hawaiian Beach Party.
Voices
We’ve got 99 problems, but income inequality ain’t one
Everyone is painfully aware that the proportionate income of the richest Americans is growing. Like a cancerous tumor, the wealth of America’s elite threatens to envelop us all. As their collective fortunes reach critical mass, the moral fabric of our society will tear apart, fire and brimstone will fall from the sky, machines will rise up against the human race, and Nicki Minaj will be the last cultural legacy of humanity.
Or maybe not.
Unfortunately, the dystopian visions enthusiastically broadcast from Zuccotti Park by the Occupy Wall Street movement present a distorted picture of this economic trend. True, the income of the top one percent has increased steadily from roughly 10 percent of the total national income in 1985 to 17 percent in 2009.