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February 2007

Sports

Sports Sermon

A messy room, a pounding headache and SportsCenter: this past Sunday morning began in much the same way it always begins. Yet, as my hand passed over the buzzing alarm, crumpled pants and ringing phone en route to the all-important remote control, I became conscious of something special when I turned on the television for the sports fan’s morning coffee.

By February 15, 2007

Editorials

Student loans, sleaze and subsidies

Hitting all of the usual sweet spots—defense, Medicare, Social Security—President Bush’s latest budget also takes a small but important step towards fixing a problem inhibiting fair student lending: private lending companies.

By the February 15, 2007

Editorials

A green, clean, energy-saving campus

Going green is a grassroots movement. Just as our nation’s leaders have been reluctant to change, universities have other priorities, like raising money and attracting top professors.

By the February 15, 2007

News

Petition for friendly energy

Students on campus have shown support for a petition to increase the use of renewable energy on campus, even if the new environmentally-sound policy would necessitate a modest increase in tuition.

By February 15, 2007

News

The future of NATO

Former Presidents José Maria Aznar of Spain and Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland set forth their vision of a successful North Atlantic Treaty Organization united by Western ideology on Monday in the ICC Auditorium. Both men are Distinguished Scholars in the Practice of Global Leadership at Georgetown.

By February 15, 2007

Leisure

Going down on the Hilltop

Winter finally paid off, and in a big way. Such wonderful whiteness can mean only one thing: sled day! Considering only one of the surveyed hills had fresh tracks, it seems that far too few Hoyas partake in this traditional leisure activity. Because they don’t call it the Hilltop for nothin’, here’s the skinny on the best campus sledding.

By February 15, 2007

Cartoons

In Poor Taste

By February 8, 2007

Features

The Jesuits’ Slaves

“Can a man serve God faithfully and posess slaves?” Brother Joseph Mobberly, S.J. asked in his diary in 1818. “Yes,” he answered. “Is it then lawful to keep men in servitude? Yes.”

By February 8, 2007

Editorials

Free advice for Ben and Matt

During their campaign, Ben Shaw (COL ’08) and Matt Appenfeller (COL ’08) made many promises. Of course, student government is limited in what it can accomplish, and can only be relevant if it listens to students and represents their interests. The Voice urges our new leaders to focus on a few very important, relatively accomplishable issues.

By the February 8, 2007

Editorials

Somebody buy this girl a drink

Although it took her long enough to get her act together, Jenna Lowenstein (COL ’09), who represents Georgetown students on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission, deserves recognition for finally listening to student demands and reversing her position on an ANC petition to the University to limit student parties off-campus to one keg.

By the February 8, 2007