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April 2007

Editorials

Having ‘the talk’ with Georgetown

Georgetown, why don’t you come sit down for a minute.

By the April 26, 2007

Editorials

Helping hemp-growers get jobs

It’s the time of the year when seniors are oft-greeted with the dreaded question: So, what are your plans after graduation?

By the April 26, 2007

Leisure

Fashion Props

By April 26, 2007

Features

Suggestive figures, Grading on curves, Georgetown gets down

Everybody’s doin’ it! Or are they? Last Monday, the Voice wrapped up an anonymous web-based survey of more than 300 students, designed with the advice of the Mathematics Department’s Statistics Consulting Clinic, and the results show that more often than not, they are. 62.8 percent of the 269 undergrads who fully completed the survey described themselves as sexually active, and 91.7 percent of those sexually active have had intercourse in the past year.

By April 26, 2007

Page 13 Cartoons

The Burial

One day her grandmother, too, will be as much as part of the landscape as the pine trees.

By April 26, 2007

Cartoons

In Poor Taste

By April 26, 2007

Features

Oyster School

When you walk inside the Oyster school, you see a big banner from the Department of Education hanging from the ceiling in commemoration of the school’s No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon award, which the school received in 2006 for its outstanding test scores. Bulletin boards display student projects, featuring work half in English, half in Spanish. On the loudspeaker, a woman makes an announcement in Spanish. There is no translation. A few minutes later, another voice makes a different announcement in English.

By April 19, 2007

Sports

Ultimate: a good huckin’ time

“This wind is extreeeeeeme!” a men’s club Ultimate Frisbee player shouted as he jogged onto Kehoe a few minutes late for practice. It was a remarkably windy day, but his teammates had decided to continue their workout in preparation for upcoming tournament play.

By April 19, 2007

Sports

Stick Around

We’re excited to hear that, even after declaring for the NBA Draft, Jeff and Roy are considering a hero’s homecoming for their senior season. Die-hard basketball fans have to admit: our hearts are aflutter. Until they make their final decision, we’ll be going to sleep with dreams of back-door cuts, put-back slams and buzzer beaters dancing in our heads. Wouldn’t a championship banner be a nice little memento for the big men to leave behind? The thing is, we’re emotionally involved here. We’ve seen them grow from dread-locked and awkward to awe-inspiring and intimidating.

By April 19, 2007

Sports

Hoyas’ losing streak continues

The Georgetown women’s softball team continued their losing ways Wednesday night, dropping both games of a double-header against George Mason.

By April 19, 2007