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September 2012

Leisure

You’ve got issues: ‘I’ve just got a lot of feelings.’

Dear Emlyn, I have a freshman who is in love with me. Is it ethical for me to make him take my laundry to the dry cleaner’s? Kisses, Jackie “Launderin’” DeGioia

By September 27, 2012

Voices

Carrying On: A Rose by any other name

Charlie Rose is the man. In my hierarchy of pleasures, there’s food at the bottom, movies and music in the middle, then masturbation, and at the top—by quite the margin—Charlie... Read more

By September 27, 2012

Voices

Forbidding no foreskin, anti-Semitism rears its ugly head

As Jews across the globe gather ed yesterday to celebrate Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, the Jewish faith still faced enormous prejudice and persecution. Iranian President... Read more

By September 27, 2012

Voices

Supreme Court faces life-or-death human rights decision

On Monday, U.S. Supreme Court judges return to work, and the very first case they will debate promises to cause some bustle. At risk are the fate of human rights, ... Read more

By September 26, 2012

Voices

Venezuela goes to the polls with its future at stake

This October, Venezuela will face an election that has potential to be a watershed in national history. For the first time in the 13 years that he has been in... Read more

By September 26, 2012

Editorials

“Clear and convincing” deserves support

Next week, GUSA will hold a referendum in support of raising the Student Code of Conduct’s evidentiary standard from “more likely than not” to “clear and convincing.” This reform will... Read more

By the September 20, 2012

The Back Page

50 Shades of Blue and Grey: Week 2

“VB 11” I shouted back, the words catching in my throat. I couldn’t believe how things were going. The girl of my dreams was actually in my arms moments ago;... Read more

By September 20, 2012

Opinion

Does an Un-American act warrant Anti-Americanism?

As a 19-year-old, Hindu Indian-American from the Bible Belt of the U.S. studying at a Jesuit university in an Islamic country, I’ve often taken it as my responsibility to answer... Read more

By September 20, 2012

Features

Investing in transparency: The ethics of Georgetown’s portfolio

“Something that should have happened, had to happen, has happened. Georgetown will divest,” read the opening line of the cover editorial in the Sept. 23, 1986 issue of the Voice. That week, the University announced its plans to pull its money out of American companies that profited from business in apartheid-era South Africa. The decision came as the much-awaited result of a three-year long student struggle for divestment. Georgetown’s holdings, then valued at $28.6 million, represented 16 percent of the endowment of the time, according to the 1986 “Honor Roll of Donors” issue of Georgetown Magazine.

By September 20, 2012

Leisure

Blimey, mate, these fish and chips are bloody brilliant

Given the predominance of exotic, ethnic style eateries opening by the dozen in the District, The Brixton, an upscale British pub on U St., may seem out of place. However, by paying tribute to the diversity of modern London and offering an extensive selection of British beers and spirits, The Brixton manages to bring a taste of authentic London to D.C., if not offering us the tastiest or most well-balanced bite.

By September 20, 2012