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September 2009

Leisure

After these previews: the fall in film

If, like me, you view the world through the prism of Zac Efron, and if summer is the season for Zefron to be in big budget star vehicles with his... Read more

By September 3, 2009

Leisure

Cowabunga: The Voice satisfies your late night pizza craving

Every Georgetown student faces difficult food choices: Booey’s or Wisey’s? Weekly or block meal plan? Snaxa or Vittles? Each has its own ardent defenders, but generally disagreements will pass politely.... Read more

By September 3, 2009

Leisure

Bottoms Up: Secret drunk

As classes begin, don’t waste the few remaining weeks of warm weather that we have left on books and papers­—midterms aren’t until October. One of the best ways to take... Read more

By September 3, 2009

Leisure

Witness at the Kennedy Center: Georgetown student theater on display

Miranda Rose Hall (COL ’11) identifies herself as an indulgent writer—the kind who wears socks and drinks tea while she works. Those details are telling: her work is as comforting... Read more

By September 3, 2009

Leisure

Dress up your dorm room

Now that you’re in college, you have much more than a sad, small locker with which to act out your fantasy of becoming an interior decorator. Decorating your college room... Read more

By the September 3, 2009

Leisure

Critical Voices: Jay-Z – The Blueprint 3

Jay-Z has an unfortunate habit of releasing half-assed, guest-filled victory laps following great albums. After The Blueprint came its overlong, overreaching sequel. After The Black Album came Kingdom Come, often... Read more

By September 3, 2009

Leisure

Expressionism in the District

The Smithsonian’s Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the Phillips Collection, a private art gallery near Dupont Circle, are partnering for a two-part discussion of the work of Philip Guston... Read more

By September 3, 2009

Leisure

Low Fidelity: The end of another Empire

“What came first, the music or the misery?” John Cusack asked the camera as embittered and lovelorn record storeowner Rob in the ever-endearing 2000 film High Fidelity (not to be... Read more

By September 3, 2009

Leisure

Critical Voices: Polvo – In Prism

When Polvo split in 1998, they had carved their own distinctive niche into the hodgepodge of mid-90s alt-rock. With their noisy and dissonant but oddly melodic riffs, Polvo’s sound owed... Read more

By September 3, 2009

Editorials

GU’s financial foresight paid off

The financial crisis has shaken many aspects of the economy to the point of near-collapse, but Georgetown’s administration should be applauded for recognizing the crisis early in 2008 and making intelligent decisions that have allowed the school to maintain stability and decrease the crisis’ negative impact on major university priorities.

By the September 3, 2009