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October 2013

Voices

It’s time for industrialized nations to reject neocolonialism

We trekked through the Amazon Rainforest, kicking up the mud with our boots, wielding our machetes, and avoiding the danger in our path. Don Gregario, an Ecuadorean farmer and my... Read more

By October 10, 2013

Voices

U.S. education gets low marks: City Year provides better model

It’s only 8 a.m., but my calves are already on fire. Sun lights the apartments lining the streets of Mattapan, Mass., a suburb of Boston. My backpack jostles on my... Read more

By October 10, 2013

News

Georgetown Management System fails to pay student workers

Georgetown Management System has systematically failed to pay weeks’ worth of overdue wages for some of its student workers. The late wages for Student Housing and Activity Facilities workers was... Read more

By October 10, 2013

News

University hosts Vietnam Veterans Memorial replica

After national monuments closed due to the government shutdown, the Georgetown University Student Veterans Association and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation arranged with the University to bring The Wall That... Read more

By October 10, 2013

News

CULP creates new tenure-line faculty position

The School of Foreign Service’s Field Chair of Culture and Politics, Shiloh Krupar, announced in an email to all CULP majors on Tuesday the creation of a new tenure-line faculty... Read more

By October 10, 2013

News

Leo’s workers discuss labor issues at Georgetown

A group of workers at Leo J. O’Donovan Dining Hall sat down with students to hold a discussion  about labor conditions at Georgetown on Tuesday evening. The event, organized in... Read more

By October 10, 2013

News

City on a Hill: The white man’s football

Usually, I stay away from writing about sports. It’s not a personal aversion. I’m as much of a fan as the next guy. I just like to leave it to... Read more

By October 10, 2013

Leisure

The District’s record stores will spin you right round, baby

If you’re fed up with pseudo indie, overpriced, and pretentiously displayed record collections, despair no more. The Voice has uncovered some gems that are sure to satisfy your craving for... Read more

By and October 10, 2013

Leisure

Newton’s Noodles proves derivative

Newton’s Noodles just added two items to the District’s gastronomic lexicon: the Fuzu and the Chork. No, this isn’t a culinary fable, but the new joint may be able to leave you with a lesson on how to do Asian-infused, fast-casual dining right.

By October 10, 2013

Leisure

Like half of American marriages, A.C.O.D. ends in failure

The day-to-day struggles familiar to children of divorce—like scrolling through a voicemail list only to find alternating angry messages from mom and dad—are fodder for comedy in the cute and sappy new film, A.C.O.D. (Adult Children of Divorce).

By October 10, 2013