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Empire State of Mind: Hoyas do the Wright thing in New York

by Tim Shine

As the West Virginia Mountaineers celebrated on the court and the strains of “Take Me Home, Country Roads” echoed through the tunnels of Madison Square Garden, the Georgetown Hoyas sat down for a press conference. They did not have much to say.

News

Health inspections yield violations

Seven popular Georgetown eating establishments received critical health code violations in 2009, according to health inspection reports obtained by the Voice. Of the violators, Epicurean and Company was the most egregious, with a total of 17 critical violations identified.

Local assaulter convicted

Catholic Charities changes benefits after gay marriage legalization

Still feuding with GUSA, SAC warns clubs of cuts

Saxa Politica: Support student loan reform

GUSA cuts SAC budget, pushes for change

Sports

Hoyas earn five seed in first NCAA berth since ‘93

In a season full of excitement, the women’s basketball team experienced another thrilling moment on Monday night. This time, though, it was off the court. At the Monday selection show, the Hoyas learned they had received a bid to play in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 1992-1993 season. The team has known they would get a spot in the tournament for a while now, due to their impressive resume, but when they found out they were given a five seed and would face 12 seed Marist in Berkley, California on Saturday, they could barely contain their joy.

Hoyas named co-champions

The Sports Sermon

Hoyas to face Ohio

Backdoor Cuts: The tourney before the tourney

Editorial

Spring for transparency in the District

Washington’s local government is theoretically supposed to be open to the public, but corruption scandals and everyday laziness often prevent the District from achieving that goal.

No love or benefits from Catholic Charities

Epicurean: Take food safety seriously

Leisure

Director Bong Joon-ho on Mother and incest

South Korean director Bong Joon-ho has been making critically-lauded films for over a decade, striking international box office gold in 2006 with The Host, the highest grossing South Korean film of all time. Through a translator, Bong discussed Western cinema, the role of sex in film, and the importance of actors’ input with the Voice’s Mark Stern.

Lewis’s Big Short takes on Wall St.

Another overpriced café

D.C.’s “other” venues

Critical Voices: Daughters, Daughters

Yr Blues: The age of Aziz

Voices

This Georgetown Life: The Blarney Stone, Voice Staffers’ Legendary St. Patty’s Days

My friends and I began drinking around 10:30 a.m., and after a few beers we were ready to “go to the parade.” By noon I was six beers in and showing no signs of slowing down. The last thing I remember from that day is downing Irish car bombs with my friend and her mom at six in the evening. I woke up the next morning to see the DVD menu for Atonement playing on a loop on my computer screen and a half-eaten hero resting on my chest.

You had me at hello, so why the silence now?

Of mice and men: A boarding school bildungsroman

Checks and balances? Not at GU

Fiction

General Ashcombe

She sat quietly in the winter night, watching as the air turned her breath into a soft, white mist, curling slowly away from her person. She had what they all wanted, that is, a soldier of her own, and not just a soldier, but an officer.

In Between

The Capital of Sadness Part 2

The Capital of Sadness Part 1

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