Its been so long

. . . since last we posted. The frenzy of the summer/schoolyear transition is upon us, and OAs are EVERYWHERE shouting the fight song. Not that we don't enjoy a little Holy Cross/Princeton- bashing every now and again, if you need a musical break as much as we do, check out a (brief) musical tour of DC, complete with mp3s, here.

Completely Useless Vocab:

Slip some of these words into conversation to impress your friends or get the girl of your dreams:*

Camouflush: (n.) The unnecessary flushing of a public restroom toilet to mask embarrassing bodily sounds.

Deltiologist: (n.) One who collects postcards

Elecelleration: (n.) The mistaken notion that the more you press an elevator button the faster it will arrive

Lopelooker: (n.) One who pauses to watch their envelope fall into the mailbox before leaving

Passhole: (n.) The person who has been driving slowly for miles but speeds up the minute one tries to get ahead of him.

*The G Spot takes no responsibility for the loss of friends and/or prospective significant-others due to the use of the above vocab words.

The New Alcohol Policy

We're not sure that the University has announced the new alcohol policy yet, but The G Spot discovered a copy and thinks the entire student body should know their new limits prior to the year starting.

There have been several major changes to the alcohol policy which could catch festive Hoyas unawares.

1. No Alcohol Paraphernalia - This includes everything from beer pong (beirut, whatever...) tables to empty handles on display. But note that if the occupants of an apartment are over 21, they are allowed two (2) empty handles on display. Any more would be excessive. This also leads to the debate, what constitutes a beer pong/beirut table? As we know well, many beer pong tables are simply wiped off to become breakfast or dinner tables. What was agreed upon is that any tables caught mid-game are write-up-able. Also, there are certain tables where their purpose is just not in doubt (in the table to the right the cup spaces are marked by Georgetown 'G's - G spots, if you will).


2. Party Registration - will actually be enforced this year. Any person wanting to host a party will be required to attend Party Training. Though a good thought by the University to help students regulate their own parties, the training will hardly ever pay off. The size and composition of a party is rarely decided by the hosts. Also, RAs (which will now be present for Henle, Village A, Village B) will have to patrol registered parties throughout the night. This is supposed to be a friendly encounter, the RA just stopping by to check up on things. Yay. Don't worry, though; when this was announced to the new RAs, many cringed, not wanting to interrupt the festivities.
3. Beer Funnels - Ah, this last vestige of primitive alcoholic fun will too be disseminated by the new regulations. Beer funnels are not allowed for anyone in University housing. The rules are unclear as to if funnels and plastic tubing, as separate entities, are treated differently...

Being written up three times due to the aforementioned sanctions is grounds for housing probation or suspension. Aw...shit. Be aware, be vigilant. And separate the funnel from the tubing.

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Killing Time Online 101

If a half hour per week of Entourage is not a fix for the Hollywood insider that lives inside of you, try ew.com. Sure ew.com is available to the masses, but it's fairly detailed write-up of deals in the works as well as entertainment that's already been produced. The TV Watch writers (who review each week's episode of TV's best shows) are obsessive about reading comments. Write something insightful and they'll probably cite you in their next post.
Without the site's help you might miss out on shows like "Fat March": a group of obese people trek from Boston to DC, and each win $100,000 if they all cross the finish line. Best to stay in tune with these developments.

Calm like a bomb

The only thing worse than yesterday's 102 degree weather was being stuck in long Metro lines on the Red Line due to suspicious packages. Thankfully, your correspondent was not. Dupont Circle, Woodley Park and Cleveland Park stations were all closed during the hottest commute of the year. While it is becoming routine to have bomb scares and threats in this quintessential terrorist target, there are steps the Metro Area Transit Authority can take to assure a quicker and safer commute, no matter how many cardboard boxes are forgotten on the train.

A cost-effective solution is to buy a robotic bomb-exploder for each station. Automatic External Defibrillators have become standard for medical emergencies; WMATA should take the next step and put safety in the hands of the people as well. Locked inside a glass box, the bomb-exploders would be available for use whenever a suspicious package is found. And of course, commuters would use them for good, never for evil. There are positive externalities of incorporating bomb-exploders as a standard. Current Metro employees are notorious for not caring about the Metro. I sympathize, because such a job cannot be exciting and holds little satisfaction. Now add "blowing up shit" to the job description and watch productivity, and bad-assedness, improve.