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September 2013

Editorials

SNAP budget cuts deprive low-income Americans

On Thursday Sept. 19, 2013, the House passed the Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013, also known as H.R. 3102. The act would cut nearly  $40 billion from... Read more

By the September 26, 2013

Sports

Sporty Spice: Sports make us exceptional

Despite Vladmir Putin’s admonitions, encouraging American children to excel is neither dangerous, nor will it be the ruin of future generations, as Amanda Ripley argues in her “Case Against High-School... Read more

By September 25, 2013

Sports

Sailing continues to dazzle against top competition

As Hoya fans await basketball season patiently, one team on campus is preparing to make a different kind of buzz. Perennially below the radar, the Hoya sailing team numbers among... Read more

By September 25, 2013

Sports

Men’s soccer impresses

It is now officially safe to say that the Georgetown men’s soccer team is on the rise. After a shaky preseason and an unconvincing start to the fall of 2013... Read more

By September 25, 2013

Sports

Football helpless against Brown

Following a frustrating loss to Marist (1-2, 0-0 Pioneer) a week ago, the Georgetown football team (1-3, 0-0 Patriot League) endured another torrid day against Brown (1-0, 0-0 Ivy League)... Read more

By September 25, 2013

Voices

The case against a satellite campus

A friend recently referred me to a column published in the Voice on Sept. 19, entitled “The case for a satellite campus.” While the author may have merely been playing... Read more

By September 25, 2013

Page 13 Cartoons

Where in the world will the class of 2014 be in 10 years?

By and September 19, 2013

Leisure

The Bard brilliantly enters the stage and exits the closet

Tattered paint peels off the walls. A smoky haze fills the room. A luxurious yet torn red velvet curtain takes center stage. This decadent late-1930s Austria, teetering on the verge of fascist annexation, sets the backdrop for the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s production of Measure for Measure, expertly directed by Jonathan Munby.

By September 19, 2013

Leisure

Pho-king deliciousness

Nestling itself into the cozy neighborhood on Wisconsin Ave, Pho Viet & Grille brings the Georgetown area a relatively inexpensive yet satisfying new eatery. This little café just north of Q St. aims to attract the pho-loving crowd that wants to avoid the trek to Rosslyn for their Vietnamese gastro-fix.

By September 19, 2013

Leisure

Warhol brings whirlwind to Rosslyn

Andy Warhol’s Silver Clouds takes you to a dreamland where your cares are lifted into the stratosphere amid the gentle roar of distant fireworks. Lost in the euphoria of unanticipated joy, visitors to the Rossyln Artisphere’s exhibit have a chance to experience a literal cloud nine in the center of a balloon whirlwind.

By September 19, 2013