Vox’s post about where to relieve yourself on St. Patrick’s Day stirred up old memories for Asuka:

“I’ll never forget the night I was walking my dog on Reservoir and came upon a member of America’s future relieving himself on the bushes in my neighbor’s front yard. I asked him what the hell he was doing, and he sheepishly slurred out the request that I not sic my 120 lbs German shepherd on him. Stay classy, Hoyas!”

Eric was bothered by the Catholic Church’s response to legalized same-sex marriage in the District:

“What’s next, are they going to require video cameras in employees’ bedrooms to ensure they are not using protection? That’s a “tenet” of Catholocism too, no?

I’m not a Catholic, but I wish the church would focus on real problems, like sexual abuse within the church.”

jacob did not have kind words to say about Plan A Hoyas’s Wednesday guerrilla theater performance, ft. leprechaun Jack O’Gioia:

“A ham handed performance that has as much subtlety as driving a train through a library? Hardly creative.
Whining about how mean the administration is in red square annoying dozens, nay, several people on their way to class? Hardly daring.”

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A student living in an apartment on the 1400 block of 36th Street awoke at bout 7:40 a.m. on Friday morning to find that over $5000 worth of items had been stolen from his house, the Department of Public Safety said in a Public Safety Alert.

DPS said that the suspect entered through an unlocked back door near an unlocked back date. The stolen items included a 42″ flat screen TV. The Metropolitan Police Department responded to the scene and is investigating the crime.

Following a burglary and attempted burglary that took place early Monday morning and a burglary reported by MPD on a community listserv that took place on Wednesday at 37th & O Streets at about 11:45 a.m., this is the fourth area burglary this week. More than one person was also robbed at knifepoint at the 3100 block of O Street on Thursday night.

On Thursday night at about 11, a suspect robbed victims by approaching them from behind and brandishing a knife. Victor Braschnewitz of the Metropolitan Police Department reported on a community listserv that the suspect ran east on O Street after the robbery, and is still at large.

It is unclear how many victims the suspect robbed, but from Braschnewitz’s report, it seems that at least two victims were robbed in this incident. They subsequently reported the crime to MPD.

According to the e-mail, the suspect is described as a black male between the ages of 30 and 35 with a thin build, medium complexion, short black hair, and between 5’4’’ – 5’6’’ tall. He was wearing blue pants and an orange shirt with Reebok symbols on the shirt.

Last night’s stunning loss to the 14-seed Ohio Bobcats brought the Hoyas’ basketball season—and thus, Basketball Tweetacular—to an abrupt and crushing end. Until next season, here’s a last peek at the men’s basketball team’s Twitter feeds:

Greg Monroe checked out his mammalian nickname-sake.

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From time to time, the Washington Post attempts to provide good hyper-local coverage of D.C.—and they almost always fail stupendously. Recently, the Post found a new, similarly out-of-their-purview beat to epically fail at: college campuses.

Their college news blog, Campus Overload, features either tame rehashes of mildly interesting stories from campuses all over the country, or completely inane original stories. Par exemple, within the past week, Campus Overload offered readers such gems as this “hilarious video,” “Spring Breaking It Down,” and a totally vapid interview with Georgetown University Student Association President Calen Angert (MSB ‘11).

Vox has no idea what the point of this interview—and its thought-provoking questions, like, “What’s allowed and not allowed on your Facebook profile?” and “When’s the last time you pulled an all-nighter?”—was supposed to be. To show readers how the sleepless, social-networking other side lives?

To edify student government leaders on other campuses?:

[Post]: What advice do you have for students on other campuses who are launching student government campaigns?

[Angert]: Make sure your heart and head are in the right place, and tell the truth.

[Post]: What’s the best way to get to know your fellow student government members?

[Angert]: E-mail them or call them. Anyone I know who is involved with student government would love to meet and talk about current issues and future initiatives.

To show off the Post’s incredibly high editing standards, where “haha” is a word?:

[Post]: How much sleep do you usually get?

[Angert]: Too little, haha. I’m fully operable on 4 hours — anything less and my productivity suffers.

Beats us. Even the interview’s more substantive questions, about funding reform, mystify us. Who cares to read about that who isn’t a Georgetown student? And if some reform-minded soul was interested, why would they turn to the Post for their nuance-free, after-the-jump coverage of it?

Oh well. At least now we know what Angert’s favorite Georgetown bar is (Saloun), what his favorite admissions essay was, and what he wants to do when he grows up.

Two developments in Georgetown business news recently:

First off, the United Colors of Benetton store at the corner of M Street and Wisconsin Avenue is slated to reopen in April, the Georgetown Dish is reporting.

The store, which had been undergoing renovations, was originally slated to reopen yesterday, March 18, but for unknown reasons, the reopen date has been pushed back.

On the waterfront, Washington Harbour, the enormous office and retail complex that’s home to restaurants like Nick’s Riverside Grille, Tony & Joe’s, and Sequoia, is up for sale by its owner, Prudential Real Estate Investors.

The Washington Business Journal reports that Prudential originally bought the complex, shown left, for $220 million, but there is no listed asking price yet.

In January, Project Hilltop and the Campus Sustainability Advisory Board conducted a ’sustainability survey’ among students that looked to quantify what Georgetown students think and do about conservation on campus. Vox has the report, which compiled the results of 645 student responses, and we’ve summarized it below.

What do we want to see Georgetown doing?

Transparency was a big issue for students who responded to this survey. “Overwhelmingly, students want to know, ‘What is Georgetown doing?’” the report on the survey results said students asked in the free-response section.

Students also consistently brought up Leo’s, asking that the University reduce food waste, offer a more varied menu, more information on preservatives used in food, and the elimination of non-biodegradable disposables. “Students also ask[ed] about workers’ conditions and ask that lights be turned off when Leo’s is not in use,” the report said.

Some called for more recycling bins and education, and asked that the University focus more on waste reduction than recycling. Students complained of leaking sinks, faucets, and showers in residence halls, and extreme temperatures in dorms and classrooms. Some wanted to see easier and better transportation efforts, such as buses to basketball games.

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Not many of our celebrity bracketeers are confident that Georgetown will make it to the NCAA championship game. But change the rules of the game, and the Hoyas can take on almost anyone in the tournament—at least as far as alumni salaries go.

In its annual celebration of March Madness, PayScale.com ranks the teams in the NCAA tournament by the median annual salary of alumni who are five to 15 years out of college. This year, with alumni making $95,100 a year, Georgetown breaks the “Fat Wallet Four” and beats out Vanderbilt—$85,800—to take on Duke, with $104,000, in the ‘championship game.’

That’s better than we did in 2008, when we lost to Notre Dame $99,100 to $92,500 in the Fat Wallet Four. Let’s not talk about 2009.

Georgetown probably does consistently well in the battle of the bucks because PayScale counts the salaries of alumni from graduate, medical, law, and other schools incorporate with a University besides its undergraduate students. The data don’t reflect the self-employed or unemployed, either—but this still made us feel pretty good about the degree we’re getting.

Via Casual Hoya.

The neighbors are mobilizing against it—they’ve even organized a monetary campaign to defeat it—but where is the 2010 Campus Plan, exactly?

Well, although administrators said throughout the November draft presentation process that they were aiming to submit a final plan to the D.C. Zoning Commission by early February at the latest, the plan is still before the University steering committee.

University Spokesperson Andy Pino, without saying when the final plan will be done or what has caused the delay—”the process of developing the 10-year campus plan takes some time,” he said—wrote in an e-mail that the Campus Plan said that the Campus Plan was still being worked on, and it will go before the neighbors one more time when it’s done:

“The 2010 Campus Plan steering committee is in the process of finalizing our campus plan, and they expect to hold another community-wide meeting prior to filing the plan with the Zoning Commission.”

Stay tuned!

For this year’s March Madness, Vox has assembled the most eclectic group of tournament brackets Georgetown’s ever seen. Famous and “famous” Hoyas alike opted to fill out a bracket for our pool—and while characters like President John DeGioia, Provost Jim O’Donnell, and Professor Madeleine Albright declined to participate, don’t follow basketball very closely, and didn’t respond, respectively, we’re pumped to share the responses we did get.

Our pool pits alums like First Lady of South Carolina Jenny Sanford (MSB ‘84), comedian Mike Birbiglia (COL ‘00), and Washington City Paper’s Mike DeBonis (COL ‘04), against professor Sen. Chuck Hagel, Dean of the College Chester Gillis, and Director of Student Programs Erika Cohen-Derr.

Students Nick Troiano (COL ‘11) of GUSA, Corp CEO Brad Glasser (COL ‘11), and ANC Commissioner Aaron Golds (COL ‘11) are playing, as are CAG President Jennifer Altemus (COL ‘88), Casual Hoya, and nodak89 (Chris Tiongson (COL ‘89)), of musical fame.

There’s no prize for winning—just bragging rights. The entries are below, and you can click each image to make it bigger.

Jenny Sanford

Sanford has Kentucky winning it all. In her bracket, Georgetown loses to Ohio State in the Sweet Sixteen.

Chuck Hagel

Hagel has Kansas beating Georgetown in the Elite Eight. But there’s no shame in being beaten by the best, right?

Mike Birbiglia

Birbiglia’s true blue. He’s got Georgetown going all the way, beating Kentucky in the championship game.

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