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Todd Phillips Doesn’t Understand His Own Movie

Since its award-winning debut at the Venice Film Festival, Joker (2019) has been generating heated discussion online. Many critics praised it as a compelling film that stands out from the... Read more

Sports

Football Hopes to Return to Winning Ways

The Georgetown football team (4-2, 0-1 Patriot League) will host Lafayette (0-6, 0-0 Patriot League) at Cooper Field this Saturday in another conference matchup. The Hoyas are looking to recover... Read more

Performance

J.B. is a Biblical Retelling with Modern Sensibilities

Serving as a mostly faithful retelling that is still able to feel like a unique story, J.B. is a riveting adaptation of the Book of Job, one of the more... Read more

News

Colbert to become vice dean of faculty

Soyica Colbert (COL ’01) was named Georgetown’s vice dean of faculty on Oct. 11. Colbert has spent over six years as a faculty member, most recently serving as the Director... Read more

News

Georgetown alumni die in a flash flood

Georgetown alumni, Mark Keffer (COL ’19) and Maya Robinson (COL ’19) died in Puerto Rico due to injuries resulting from a flash flood on Oct. 11. The two had been... Read more

Sports

Men’s Soccer to Square Off with Xavier at Home

The No. 12 Georgetown’s men’s soccer team (10-1-1, 3-0-1 Big East) will face the Xavier Musketeers (5-5-1, 1-3-0 Big East) in their fifth conference game this Saturday, Oct. 19 at... Read more

Halftime Sports

Ranking the Worst Dodgers Playoff Exits Since 2008, By a Member of the Most Tortured Fan Base in American Professional Sports in the 21st Century

Yet another Dodgers season has come and gone. Like clockwork, they’ve been eliminated from the postseason in embarrassing fashion after an amazing regular season. Playoff Clayton Kershaw. Bullpen collapses. Vanishing... Read more

Sports

Volleyball Falls To St. John’s In Midweek Clash

On Wednesday, the Georgetown volleyball team (11-9, 1-5 Big East) fell in a Big East matchup against St. John’s  (13-8, 5-3 Big East). The Hoyas’ loss in four sets (23-25,... Read more

Sports

Field Hockey Takes On No. 17 Liberty In Final Home Game Of The Season

This Friday, the Georgetown field hockey team (5-10, 1-3 Big East) will take on No. 17 Liberty (8-3, 3-1 Big East). The Hoyas are in need of a victory after... Read more

Movies

Inane and Insane, Lucy in the Sky Isn’t as Empathetic as It Thinks It Is

The year is 2007: between Lindsey Lohan’s 84-minute stint in a California jail and Britney Spears’ yearlong breakdown of shaved heads and smashed umbrellas, media sympathies for female celebrities and... Read more

Movies

The Lighthouse Masters Madness

Max and Robert Eggers’ film The Lighthouse (2019), although described as a horror movie, is more disturbing than frightful. Set in the nineteenth century, the film features Robert Pattinson as... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Trailer Takes: Charlie’s Angels, Truth Be Told, and Jungle Cruise

Charlie’s Angels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voYLots_ZOg Roman: I hope to all things holy that this movie is set in the same universe as Pitch Perfect (2012), and Elizabeth Banks is playing the same... Read more

News

A million dollar lesson: Business leaders teach MSB class

Since graduating Georgetown, Anne Dias (SFS ’92) has risen to the top of her field of finance and has made her name as one of the few prominent women to... Read more

Sports

Field Hockey Downed By Saint Francis In Third Straight Overtime Loss

On Tuesday afternoon, the Georgetown field hockey team (5-10, 1-3 Big East) traveled to Saint Francis (4-10, 1-3 Atlantic-10) for their third game in five days. The Hoyas dominated for... Read more

Sports

No. 12 Men’s Soccer Defeats Reigning National Champions Maryland

Monday night, No.12 Georgetown men’s soccer (10-1-1, 3-0-1 Big East) took a short trip north to take on the reigning national champions No. 25 Maryland (6-4-2, 1-1-2 Big 10) on... Read more

Sports

Field Hockey Looks To Snap Six Game Losing Streak

Tuesday afternoon, the Georgetown field hockey team (5-9, 1-3 Big East) will travel to Loretto, Pennsylvania to take on Saint Francis (3-10, 1-3 Atlantic-10). The Hoyas are looking to bounce... Read more

News

GUSA Senate Passes Resolutions to Improve Club Culture, Recognize Indigenous People’s Day

The GUSA Senate passed resolutions to promote a healthier club culture in light of recent allegations of sexual harassment, and to encourage Georgetown to recognize Indigenous People’s Day at their... Read more

Halftime Leisure

The Weekly List: A Love Letter to The Hoya

The history between the Voice and The Hoya is contentious to say the least. In 1969, a group of Hoya editors staged a coup because the newspaper refused to cover... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Mario Kart Tour Races Into the App Store

Mario Kart has been a staple of gaming since its 1992 debut, but I remember it best for its 2003 Gamecube Double Dash experience. Yes, I was the character in... Read more

Podcasts

First Time Long Time: Big Baseball Guys

First time caller and long time listener Tristan calls into the show and the guys discuss the MLB playoffs and give their predictions on who they think will advance to... Read more

Sports

Field Hockey Falls In Overtime To Temple and Towson

Georgetown field hockey (5-9, 1-3 Big East) fell 2-1 to Temple (5-6, 1-3 Big East) in golden-goal overtime on Friday and 3-2 against Towson (2-11, 0-1 CAA). The Hoyas’ comeback... Read more

Sports

Women’s Soccer Comes Back from Two Goal Deficit to Draw with Creighton

On Sunday afternoon, the No. 10 Georgetown women’s soccer (10-2-2, 4-0-1 Big East) came back from a 2-0 deficit to earn a 2-2 draw against the Creighton Bluejays (7-5-2, 1-2-2... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Killing Eve’s Shining Star

Two weeks ago, Jodie Comer of Killing Eve won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series to everyone’s surprise—including herself. During her speech, she joked that she... Read more

Sports

Men’s Soccer Grabs Another Big East Victory Against Seton Hall

The No. 12 Georgetown men’s soccer team (9-1-1, 3-0-1 Big East ) defeated the Seton Hall Pirates (5-5-0, 2-2-0 Big East) Friday afternoon in a 2-0 bout on Shaw Field.... Read more

Sports

Football Suffers Crushing Loss to Fordham in Patriot League Opener

On Saturday, the Georgetown football team (4-2, 0-1 Patriot League) dropped their homecoming matchup and Patriot League opener, 30-27, to Fordham (3-4, 1-0 Patriot League). The loss was a disappointment... Read more