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Quiz: What’s Your Hogwarts House Based On Your Georgetown Opinions?

There are 100,000 iterations of the Hogwarts Sorting Quiz floating around on the internet, analyzing every deepest desire and trivial opinion you could have. Since this is The Georgetown Voice,... Read more

By November 11, 2019

News

D.C. Councilmember Jack Evans violated ethics rules, report says

District Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) violated Council ethics rules by repeatedly taking official action on behalf of clients who paid him hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to a... Read more

By November 10, 2019

Sports

No. 18 Women’s Soccer Falters in Big East Championship, Loses 2-0 to Xavier

Xavier defeated the No. 18 Georgetown women’s soccer team 2-0 in the Big East Championship in Omaha, NE on Sunday afternoon. The Musketeers (16-3-2, 7-2-0 Big East) scored twice in... Read more

By November 10, 2019

Halftime Sports

Canelo Knocks Out Kovalev, Becomes Simultaneous Three Division Champion

On November 2nd, in the boxing mecca of Las Vegas, Nevada, Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez knocked out defending champion Sergey Kovalev to clinch his first WBO Light Heavyweight Title. Canelo... Read more

By November 10, 2019

Sports

Men’s Basketball Beats Central Arkansas 89-78, Shakes Off Season Opener

The Georgetown Hoyas men’s basketball team (2-0, Big East) beat Central Arkansas (1-2, SLC) 89-78 at Capital One Arena on Saturday, November 9. Georgetown shook off Wednesday’s rocky season opener... Read more

By November 9, 2019

Sports

Men’s Basketball Looks for a Stronger Performance Against Central Arkansas

On Saturday at 12:00 p.m. ET, the Georgetown Hoyas men’s basketball team takes the court at Capital One Arena for their second game of the year. Their opponents will be... Read more

By November 8, 2019

Sports

Women’ Soccer Returns to the Big East Championship

The No. 18 Georgetown women’s soccer team defeated the Providence Friars 2-0 on Thursday night, advancing to its fourth consecutive Big East Championship. The Hoyas were sent into the finals... Read more

By November 8, 2019

Halftime Leisure

Lifetime’s The College Admissions Scandal Misses the Mark by a Mile

The answer to why The College Admissions Scandal was made is obvious: a real-world drama that engrossed the nation for months last year with enough recurring plot developments in the... Read more

By November 8, 2019

Features

Georgetown Students Celebrate OUTober

One by one, the students walk through the door frame sitting in the middle of Red Square. Some laugh and smile, posing for pictures and hugging their friends. Others step... Read more

By November 8, 2019

News

GU Politics releases Civility Poll, shows growing divisions

On Oct. 23, Georgetown’s Institute of Politics and Public Service released its Civility Poll, a nationwide survey of 1,000 likely voters as part of GU Politics’ Battleground Poll. The poll... Read more

By November 7, 2019

News

“Hidden Gem” American Studies major celebrates 50 years

This year, the American Studies Program is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The program, founded in 1969, emerged to address students’ questions about race, gender, nationalism, and other issues prevalent in... Read more

By November 7, 2019

Halftime Sports

An Ode to Washington’s Nationals

I’m not even kidding when I say that there are exactly three people who caused the Nationals to win the World Series: Joe Paquette, Nico Bocock, and the girl wearing... Read more

By November 7, 2019

Sports

Men’s Soccer Wins Big East Championship with Tie Against Creighton

The No. 3 Georgetown men’s soccer team tied 1-1 in Wednesday’s game against Creighton after two scoreless sudden-victory overtime periods left the two teams at a stalemate. This was the... Read more

By November 7, 2019

Halftime Leisure

The Weekly List: Seven Unrelated Songs to Throw Together to Meet a Deadline

So there you are. You and your boys, kickin’ back and enjoying a coupla’ sacks of Capri Sun on a crisp Autumn’s eve. And then it hits you like a... Read more

By and November 7, 2019

Halftime

The Laundromat is a Bad Copy of The Big Short

When The Big Short  was released in 2015, it should not have worked nearly as well as it did. It was trying to explain a complex issue within the constraints... Read more

By November 7, 2019

Sports

“They Woke Up” – Men’s Basketball Uses Press to Avoid Disaster in Opener

The Georgetown men’s basketball team (1-0, Big East) kicked into high gear after a disastrous opening against Mount St. Mary’s (0-1, NEC), downing the Mountaineers 81-68 on the back of... Read more

By November 6, 2019

Podcasts

Full Court Press: Season 2, Episode 1

Get ready for the upcoming season with the first episode of Full Court Press! Nathan and Aaron preview both the men’s and the women’s seasons, providing predictions for where they... Read more

By and November 6, 2019

Halftime Sports

A Comprehensive List of All The Things Patrick Ewing is Taller Than

As your Georgetown Hoyas gear up for another season of high hopes and deep disappointment on the hardwood, I’ve been hard at work as well. Investigative journalism is my passion,... Read more

By November 6, 2019

Halftime Leisure

The King: Bore or Brilliance?

Ever since Netflix’s Roma (2018) became the first film released by a streaming service to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, the platform has continued to increase its... Read more

By November 6, 2019

Halftime

Trailer Takes: The Mandalorian, The Photograph, and Little Joe

The Mandalorian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmI7WKrAtqs Matthew: Woah woah woah! The trailer goes from stormtrooper helmets on spikes to talking about bounty hunters, one of which looks very similar to a stormtrooper. I... Read more

By , and November 6, 2019

Halftime Leisure

PERSONALITY QUIZ: Which Basketball Movie Are You?

Basketball season starts today! You care, right? More or less, let’s be honest. It’ll be fun to go to some games, and people around you are always talking about something... Read more

By November 6, 2019

Sports

Women’s Basketball Aims to Compete Despite Key Losses

The Georgetown women’s basketball team is determined to remain resilient. As James Howard enters his third year as head coach, the Hoyas look to overcome their lack of standout veterans.... Read more

By November 6, 2019

Sports

Kovacikova and Kelava Exemplify Women’s Basketball’s Far-and-Wide Recruiting Efforts

The central storyline surrounding the 2019-20 Georgetown women’s basketball team isn’t who’s on campus with the team. Rather, it’s who isn’t: their three now-graduated leaders who scored nearly three-quarters of... Read more

By November 6, 2019

Sports

Men’s Big East Preview

Villanova Since 2013-14, Villanova has finished first in the conference every season but 2017-18, when they won both the Big East and NCAA Tournaments. The team lost its leading scorer... Read more

By and November 6, 2019

Sports

Seeking New Leadership, The Hoyas Turn to Veteran Brianna Jones

When Brianna Jones and Cassandra Gordon begin talking about their futures, Jones falls naturally into her role as captain.  “Say it with confidence. ‘I’m gonna be great,’” Jones said to... Read more

By November 6, 2019