Leisure

Critical Voices: Lightning Bolt – Earthly Delights

Lightning Bolt do not live up to the imagery evolved by their moniker. In fact, Lightning Bolt is more like the accompanying thunder than a swift discharge of energy—a bellowing... Read more

By James McGrory October 8, 2009

Leisure

Pandora’s box

If you’ve ever been on a ten-minute car ride, you’ve come to that sad but unavoidable conclusion: the radio sucks. Commercials are obnoxious, the mix is never quite right, and... Read more

By Leigh Finnegan October 8, 2009

Leisure

High Fidelity: A gleeful future

“Foresight” became an operative term this at Georgetown this week, as the Future of Music Coalition (“a national nonprofit organization that works to ensure a diverse musical culture”) held its... Read more

By Daniel Cook October 8, 2009

Voices

Money needed in the Golden State

Living in California, you quickly get accustomed to political mortification. From electing an Austrian action movie hero Governor to passing Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage after the state’s Supreme... Read more

By Juliana Brint October 8, 2009

Voices

Rio Olympics: Brazil goes for the gold in 2016

On October 2, the International Olympic Committee determined that Rio de Janeiro would host the 2016 Olympics. Several videos immediately appeared on YouTube showing the wild celebrations following the announcement,... Read more

By Alice Antunes October 8, 2009

Voices

Same-sex marriage: make it happen in the District

It’s been well over a century since the ratification of the 14th Amendment granted all persons equal protection under the law. In spite of this, millions of gay and lesbian... Read more

By Tyler Bilbo October 8, 2009

Voices

The free market for student loans isn’t really free

The following is a response to a Voices piece by Nick Troiano (COL ‘11) published by the Voice on October 1, which harshly criticized the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility... Read more

By John Murray October 8, 2009

Crosswords

Crossword Solutions 10.01.09 “General Debauchery”

By Mary Cass and Jaki Wright October 8, 2009

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Playoffs? Playoffs?

In October 1978, the Yankees and the Red Sox met to decide the American League East division title in baseball’s most famous one-game playoff: a Yankees victory that capped a 14-game comeback. That fall also marked the beginning of my father’s freshman year at Boston College, which naturally attracts a large portion of its student body from both New England and the New York metropolitan area. Needless to say, tensions ran high on campus, sparking a food fight in the dining hall and, more impressively, inspiring some adventurous student to hang a banner across the bell tower of Gasson Hall, a 200-foot tall Healy-esque building. The banner read, “Sox Yanked Again.”

By Tim Shine October 7, 2009

Sports

Senior DB looks to break up Hoyas’ losing ways

With six games left in his senior season, Georgetown defensive back Travis Mack has all the right answers.

By Tom Bosco October 7, 2009