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2013 Voice Photo Contest WinnersDPS Bans Laptop Use for Student GuardsPros and Cons of the new Big EastGU Hispanic Theater students Take the Quixotic Route

Feature: 2013 Voice Photo Contest Winners

Check out the winners to our annual photo contest!

News

DPS to ban laptop, tablet use while student guarding

A slew of residence hall burglaries over the past year has prompted the Department of Public Safety to evaluate some of its security policies. DPS reconsidered the way its student guards should conduct themselves and, starting this summer term, will prohibit student guards from using laptops and tablets while they are on duty. DPS Chief [...]

Federal budget cuts to harm research funding and financial aid
D.C. votes for budget autonomy and Anita Bonds
Saxa Politica: Kegging it back to campus

Leisure

Art majors make a promising Pit Stop in Spagnuolo Gallery

In a department whose graduating seniors are few enough to count on two hands, there’s bound to be a level of camaraderie and collaboration that’s difficult to find in more popular disciplines.

GU Hispanic Theater students take the quixotic route
Critical Voices: Snoop Lion, Reincarnated
Critical Voices: Phoenix, Bankrupt!

Sports

Pros and cons for varsity teams in new Big East

When the seven Catholic schools that split from the former Big East, now the American Athletic Conference, and added Creighton, Butler, and Xavier to form the new Big East, all attention flooded to the conference’s new basketball matchups. After the push toward football caused the exit of several members of the former Big East, college [...]

The Sports Sermon: Enough with the Lakers already
D.C. United struggles in early season play
All The Way: Hamilton lagging in lineup

Voices

GenderFunk a crass caricature of a complex trans identity

Last weekend, students and community members gathered in New South’s Riverside Lounge for GU Pride’s annual GenderFunk. It’s a night of fun, dancing, friendship, and yes, drag. This year’s line-up was particularly impressive, headlined by a star from RuPaul’s Drag Race (and a local celebrity for those of us from Western New York). Even so, [...]

Even gun lovers can support sensible, moderate regulation
Medical discrimination: Handicapped left for dead
Carrying On: Adversity’s afterglow

Editorials

University should fully embrace Gtown Day

Last Thursday,Todd Olson agreed to student demands to repeal the one-keg restriction at campus parties, calling the measure a reasonable and promising approach to bringing student social life back onto campus. Though the keg ban was a misguided policy from the beginning, we applaud Olson’s decision to recognize the on-campus social scene.

Congressional spending cuts threaten Hoyas
Media, politicians miss mark on Boston tragedy

Prefrosh Preview: Sex, hookups, and contraception

From what Vox has gathered about college hookup culture in general, Georgetown is pretty average when it comes to sex. According to the Voice‘s super-scientific survey, 72 percent of Georgetown students are sexually active. 52 percent of students said that Georgetown’s student culture encourages sex, but a large portion, 33 ...Read the rest of this entry »

GUSA executive set to present intercollegiate petition to Congress for student loans

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On July 1, federal Stafford loan interest rates will double from 3.4 to 6.8 percent, unless Congress acts before then to change the deadline. GUSA President Nate Tisa (SFS ’14) and Vice President Adam Ramadan (SFS ’14) have worked on urging Congress to extend this deadline. After attending President Obama’s speech (pictured at left) ...Read the rest of this entry »

Tuesday Tweetacular: You have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide

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Georgetown Hot Mess, this is true. Except that balloons can fly and bounce and be shiny.Bisi O, I once thanked a group of Navy sailors for defending our country.  They were actually hot seamen headed to a bachelor party.What about large animals, Joe? I heard a horse once hid like ...Read the rest of this entry »

Unpaid interns given a voice in landmark court ruling

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On June 11, 2013, Federal District judge in Manhattan, Judge William H. Pauley III, ruled  that Fox Searchlight Pictures had broken the New York Labor Law (NYLL) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by not compensating two unpaid interns, Eric Glatt (L’15) and Alexander Footman, for time spent working ...Read the rest of this entry »

Bioethics pioneer and Georgetown professor Dr. Edmund Pellegrino dies at 92

Last Thursday, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Medical Ethics at Georgetown’s Kennedy Institute of Ethics Dr. Edmund Pellegrino passed away at the age of 92. Pellegrino is revered for his founding work in the field of medical ethics and taught at Georgetown from 1982 all the way until his death. After receiving his ...Read the rest of this entry »