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Critical Voices: Ode to Joy, Wilco

With Wilco’s new album Ode to Joy, the alt-rock band explores the relationship between love and pain with hazy vocals, wandering lyrics, and eclectic instrumentals. Although never explicitly political, Ode... Read more

By Lily Kissinger October 8, 2019

The Weekly List: The Middle

Hello, all! It’s (unfortunately) midterm season, so here’s a playlist of bangers to get you through your study sessions. We’re also in the fall season, which means 2019 is almost... Read more

By Emma Chuck October 8, 2019

Sticks and Stones: Will Jokes Ever Hurt Us?

In perhaps one of the most controversial comedy specials in the last 10 years, Dave Chappelle opens with a joke about Anthony Bourdain’s suicide. Bourdain, the victims of Michael Jackson,... Read more

By Nancy Garrett October 8, 2019

Georgetown Art gallery features trash turned art

Georgetown’s Maria and Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery unveiled a new exhibition, Design Transfigured/Waste Reimagined, on Oct. 2. The exhibition, curated by the firm CuratorSquared, explores the ways in... Read more

By Peter Guthrie October 7, 2019

Volleyball Hits The Road For Big East Clash

On Wednesday, the Georgetown volleyball team (11-7, 1-3 Big East) will travel to New Jersey to take on Seton Hall (6-12, 1-3 Big East). The Hoyas are on a three-game... Read more

By Steven Kingkiner October 7, 2019

No. 5 Men’s Soccer Takes A Break From Conference Play

Tuesday afternoon, the No. 5 Georgetown men’s soccer team (7-1-1, 2-0-1 Big East) returns home to take on Lehigh (7-2-1, 3-0-1 Patriot League). Last Friday, the Hoyas played to a... Read more

By Steven Kingkiner October 7, 2019

Coffee Chat: Compass Coffee

Arguably the most important hallmark in an average undergrad’s life is a new, if not enhanced passion for coffee. Around October of freshman year, what was priorly bitter becomes heavenly.... Read more

By Katie Woodhouse October 7, 2019

Trail Project to Potentially Impact Georgetown

The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is considering developing a multi-use walking and biking trail that would connect the Georgetown and Palisades neighborhoods. The DDOT should reach a decision on... Read more

By Annemarie Cuccia October 6, 2019

GUSA Senate elects FinApp, supports survey petition

The GUSA Senate elected the 12 members of the Finance and Appropriations Committee (FinApp), which allocates the student activities fee to student organizations, at their Oct. 6 meeting. They also... Read more

By Annemarie Cuccia October 6, 2019

Women’s Soccer Can’t Stop Scoring, Beats Providence 4-0

The No. 11 Georgetown women’s soccer team (9-2-1, 3-0-0 Big East) continued its brilliant recent play with a 4-0 win at Providence (7-4-1, 2-1-0 Big East) on Sunday afternoon. After... Read more

By Aaron Wolf October 6, 2019

Field Hockey’s Losing Skid Continues

Georgetown field hockey (5-7, 1-2 Big East) lost both its games to No. 22 Old Dominion (6-4, 2-1 Big East) and William and Mary (5-5, 1-0 CAA) this weekend. The... Read more

By Steven Kingkiner October 6, 2019

Students Call For Action on GU272 Referendum

When the university’s board of directors met on Oct. 3 at the Georgetown hotel and conference center, chants from dozens of student protestors echoed through the ballroom walls. “Respect our... Read more

By Katya Schwenk October 6, 2019

Women’s Soccer Faces Providence in Pivotal Big East Matchup

The Georgetown women’s soccer team (8-2-1, 2-0-0 Big East) continues play on the road at Providence (7-3-1, 2-0-0 Big East) on Sunday at 1 p.m. Both sides are currently on... Read more

By John Picker October 6, 2019

After 15 Seasons, Grey’s Anatomy Only Grows Stronger

This article contains spoilers for the first 15 seasons of Grey’s Anatomy Last Thursday, the 16th season of ABC’s hit medical drama Grey’s Anatomy premiered. I’ve been watching this show,... Read more

By Chetan Dokku October 6, 2019

Football Continues Hot Streak with Clutch Victory Over Cornell

On Saturday, the Georgetown Hoyas football team (4-1, Patriot League) extended their winning streak to four games with a 14-8 victory over Cornell (1-2, 0-1 Ivy League) in Ithaca, NY.... Read more

By Tristan Lee October 5, 2019

Trailer Takes: Raising Dion, Frozen II, The King’s Man

Raising Dion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6koPaImHzY Anna: Sci-Fi and Michael B. Jordan! Now that’s a combination I never thought I would experience. Does it work? Maybe, possibly, probably not. Although the dramatic music... Read more

By Anna Pogrebivsky, Sienna Brancato and Nathan Barber October 5, 2019

Georgetown Student Jabari Butler’s Concert Dirty Skin Draws Large Crowd

On Sunday, September 22nd, Jabari Butler (MSB ‘22) debuted his first album, Dirty Skin, at Mystery Inc, an underground music venue right by campus. The sweaty, intimate atmosphere of the... Read more

By Panna Gattyan October 5, 2019

Critical Voices: NINE, blink-182

Fart jokes have long been a part of blink-182’s persona, a juvenile yet iconic mechanism for assuring that even when they convey heartfelt emotion, the band can’t quite take themselves... Read more

By Brynn Furey October 5, 2019

Men’s Soccer Held to Scoreless Draw by DePaul

The #5 Georgetown men’s soccer team (7-1-1, 2-0-1 Big East) could not breach DePaul (4-5-2, 0-1-2 Big East) on Friday afternoon, as the two sides grinded to a 0-0 draw.... Read more

By Will Shanahan October 5, 2019

Football To Take On Cornell in Road Clash

The Georgetown Hoyas football team (3-1, Patriot League) aims for a fourth straight win on Saturday, as they head to Ithaca, NY for a matchup with Cornell (1-1, 0-1 Ivy... Read more

By Aaron Wolf and Tristan Lee October 4, 2019

The Death of Dick Long Glimpses Into the Irrevocability and Stupidity of Crime

Watching The Death of Dick Long (2019) is like looking both ways before crossing the street and then getting run over by a Lime scooter. To an outsider, it’s hilarious.... Read more

By Maya Cassady October 4, 2019

Field Hockey Looks To Bounce Back With A Trip To Virginia

This weekend, Georgetown field hockey (5-5, 1-1 Big East) will travel to Virginia for a doubleheader against Old Dominion (5-3, 1-1 Big East) on Friday and William and Mary (3-5,... Read more

By Steven Kingkiner October 4, 2019

Critical Voices: III, The Lumineers

Meditative at times and raw at others, the Lumineers’ minimalistically-titled third studio album III is perhaps the band’s most cohesive narrative in record form. Told in three chapters, III painstakingly... Read more

By Max Zhang October 4, 2019