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Does Netflix’s The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann Mark a Turning Point in the True Crime Genre?

This March, Netflix released The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann, an 8-part documentary chronicling McCann’s disappearance from a Portuguese resort and the subsequent investigation. This is merely the latest entry in... Read more

By April 8, 2019

Sports

Georgetown Defeats Villanova With Thrilling Comeback

On Sunday, the Georgetown Hoyas men’s tennis team (5-10, 2-2 Big East) earned an exciting 4-3 comeback victory, taking down the Villanova Wildcats (9-10, 1-4 Big East) in Philadelphia. Sophomores... Read more

By April 7, 2019

Sports

Georgetown Struggles to Open Big East Play At Xavier

This past weekend, the Georgetown Hoyas baseball team (8-24, 0-3 Big East) was swept at Xavier (12-19, 3-0 Big East), snapping a two-game winning streak. The weekend series brought an... Read more

By April 7, 2019

Sports

No. 18 Denver Outlasts Women’s Lacrosse at Cooper Field

The Georgetown women’s lacrosse team (7-5, 1-1 Big East) fell on Saturday afternoon to No. 18 Denver (10-2, 2-0 Big East) 12-9 at Cooper Field. Senior attacker Morgan Ryan finished... Read more

By April 6, 2019

Halftime Leisure

Halftime’s Game of Thrones Recap: Season 3

Halftime continues with our Game of Thrones recaps in preparation for the release of season eight on Sunday, April 14. Here is our recap of season three. Warning: This post... Read more

By April 6, 2019

News

Students Ask Questions, Debate 272 Referendum at Town Hall

The GU272 Advocacy Team held a public town hall on the GU 272 Referendum on April 3, providing a space for students to discuss and ask questions about the referendum.... Read more

By April 5, 2019

Opinion

A New Strategy for Fossil Fuels Divestment

What will sway Georgetown’s administration to divest our endowment from fossil fuels? Despite employing a combination of student advocacy, financial prudency, and appeals to Jesuit values, GU Fossil Free (GUFF)... Read more

By April 5, 2019

Podcasts

Fresh Voices: Rebecca Zaritsky on Autism and Acceptance

In this episode of Fresh Voices, Julia talks with Rebecca Zaritsky about autism and the neurodiversity movement.

By April 5, 2019

Halftime Leisure

Halftime’s Favorite Halftimes: Wild Ones

It is The Georgetown Voice’s 50th anniversary week. To celebrate, the Halftime Leisure team got together to review our favorite Halftime posts. Halftime Leisure covers just about anything, and it... Read more

By , , and April 5, 2019

Features

Finding His Voice: Rick Newcombe Discusses his Media Career and the ‘Electric’ Early Days of the Voice

Richard Newcombe (COL ’72) was dedicated to get into Georgetown, but he struggled to get the right grades to get accepted. “My family took a trip to Washington D.C. when... Read more

By April 5, 2019

Opinion

What Does the Voice Mean to You?

I turned this in late. Actually, I wasn’t given a firm deadline, so I might have turned it in at the deadline or, and this is borderline delusional, early. No,... Read more

By April 5, 2019

Opinion

What Does the Voice Mean to You?

Signing up for the Voice freshman year was among the best decisions I made in college. I joined the leisure section, which was great because it allowed me to use... Read more

By April 5, 2019

Opinion

Reflections and Memories From a Former Voice Editor

The phone call came out of the blue. A voice I hadn’t heard in 45 years, Cynthia Paulis (MSB ’ 74) called to tell me about the 50th reunion of... Read more

By April 5, 2019

Opinion

Life Lessons from the Voice

The Georgetown Voice helped prepare me for a career in media, and my experiences at the paper taught me great lessons in teamwork, friendship, humility, and gratitude. But more importantly,... Read more

By April 5, 2019

News

Stock the Pantry Food Drive benefits Hoya Hub, Fr. McKenna Center

The Stock the Pantry food drive, an effort lead by the Staff and Academic and Administrative Professional Advisory Council, will be collecting non-perishable items from April 1 to April 5.... Read more

By April 5, 2019

News

Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network hosts conference at Georgetown

Georgetown hosted the Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network (REPAM) conference from March 19 to March 21 to discuss the preservation of the Amazon basin from extractive industries like oil drilling and logging.... Read more

By and April 5, 2019

Opinion

What Does the Voice Mean to You?

My memories of the Voice are too numerous to capture in a couple hundred words, unless I default to a Larry King-like, ellipses-riddled regurgitation. Driving all night to Storrs, CT... Read more

By April 4, 2019

Opinion

What Does the Voice Mean to You?

One of these other Carrying On’s will say that this magazine is a family. That it has no application. That it welcomes everyone, regardless of experience. These statements are wonderful... Read more

By April 4, 2019

Opinion

What Does the Voice Mean to You?

As a 17-year-old from a just-okay public high school in rural California, in fall 1990 I found Georgetown deeply intimidating. I felt like an impostor among polished classmates from prep... Read more

By April 4, 2019

Opinion

What Does the Voice Mean to You?

I wasn’t present for the Voice’s birth in 1969, but I was there for a couple of those early pre-K years. I arrived at Georgetown a few months after the... Read more

By April 4, 2019

Halftime Leisure

Halftime’s Favorite Halftimes: Food

It is The Georgetown Voice’s 50th anniversary week. To celebrate, the Halftime Leisure team got together to review our favorite Halftime posts. For Thursday, we’ve decided to pick from one... Read more

By , , and April 4, 2019

Halftime Leisure

Halftime’s Game of Thrones Recap: Season 2

Halftime continues with our daily Game of Thrones recaps in preparation for the release of season eight on Sunday, April 14. Here is our recap of season two. Warning: This... Read more

By , and April 4, 2019

Halftime

MLB First Week Overreactions

Do you smell that? *sniff sniff* Yeah, that’s the smell of fresh-cut grass, Cracker Jacks, and ballpark dogs. Baseball is back, and that means it’s time for some first week... Read more

By April 4, 2019

Leisure

A Leisurely Stroll Down Memory Lane

For our 50th anniversary issue, we’ve selected a series of quotes from our leisure section in the last decade, some showing the significance of certain cultural moments, others displaying the... Read more

By April 4, 2019

Sports

Baseball Picks Up Home Win Over George Mason

On Wednesday, the Georgetown Hoyas baseball team (8-21, Big East) earned a much needed 4-1 home victory over George Mason (11-16, 0-6 Atlantic 10), avenging their 7-4 defeat to the... Read more

By April 3, 2019