It’s been so long, dare I say, since last we met? It’s NCAA season, so I’m allowed to throw down some school spirit on the remix post. But I digress.

It has been some time since I posted, and a combination of my hard drive crashing from hard rockage and spring break has kept me from doing what I love to do most: posting some tracks to make us dance. This week I’ve got a load of tracks that have caught my attention over the past three weeks, and they’re all going down in one post. So plug in those ear buds and get ready for a ride.

Most recently, I stumbled on what will no doubt be my “Track of Spring 2010″ by Berkeley’s own The Cataracs. Their new track, “Sippin’ Champaigne,” is utterly perfect for this whether: OE, blunts, hoes, and champagne. I don’t think I could ask for more from this white boy electro-duo. You can also download their new mix tape “I Thought They Were Black” here.

Next we have a nice little mash of the Office themesong with Lil’ Wayne, by Ohio’s Clockwork. This track may not be a sure-fire party banger, but I still love it. The sheer ingenuity it took to mash the two tracks together alone makes it worth a download. I also have another funny mash from which takes “Stuntin’ Like My Daddy” and mixes it right up onto the Lion King song. It’s equally as quirky as Clockwork’s mash, but almost funnier because of this video that goes with it.

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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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1) Erika (previously #2)

The majority of the episode was devoted to Erika’s long, overdramatic, and incredibly irritating struggle over whether or not to stay in the house, but I wouldn’t have given her the top spot if it weren’t for her actual decision: in the end, she left! The housemates were openly happy about it (they claimed it was best for her, but they were pretty obviously getting sick of her), and the viewers were thrilled. I just feel bad for her poor boyfriend.

Choice Quotation: “D.C. is not the place to start a music career!” She uses this as reason for her to go back to Cleveland?

Moment of High Comedy: Her never-ending chain of complaints and drama is seemingly instigated by a night out at a bar, when she complains about how she has to pee and doesn’t want to wait in lines.

2) Andrew (previously #1)

Given all the horniness, the panda hats, and the completely ridiculous entertainment that Andrew has provided over the past twelve episodes, it’s no wonder we forgot about his offhanded comment in the first episode about wanting to be a cartoonist. He pursues that goal this week, and despite some initial rejection winds up with a published cartoon in the Washington Times. Plus, he gets a trip to the White House out of it, for which he unfortunately leaves the panda hat at home.

Choice Quotation: “Pressure doesn’t really motivate me. Sex motivates me. Candy, treats, these are motivational things. But yelling and mean words just make Andrew sad.”

Moment of High Comedy: When he gets a call from his boss at the Post, reminding him that his deadline was yesterday, he makes up a lie about the scanner not working and whips together a (surprisingly good) cartoon in record time.

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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.