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Trailer Takes: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Christopher Robin, and The Book Club

The Crimes of Grindelwald – https://youtu.be/5sEaYB4rLFQ Juliana:  Ah, it’s good to be back in Hogwarts. The first trailer for The Crimes of Grindelwald had me sold in the first ten... Read more

News

On the Record with President DeGioia on Activism, Affordability, and the 272

On March 20, Editor-in-Chief Alex Boyd sat down with President John DeGioia to discuss the issues of graduate student unionization, affordability, reconciliation with descendents of the 272, activism, gender equity,... Read more

Sports

Baseball splits weekend series with Princeton

On Friday, March 16, the Georgetown Hoyas baseball team (5-14, Big East) kicked off a four-game series against Princeton (2-10, Ivy League). The Hoyas hosted the series at Shirley Povich... Read more

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Queer Eye: The Fab Five Give Masculinity a Makeover

If I’m being honest, I went into this show with a feeling of skepticism. While the show’s central premise—five gay man helping predominantly straight men become more fashionable—sounds enticing, I... Read more

Leisure

Jim Norton’s Desperation: Hard Work, Rejection, and Reward

Jim Norton has come a long way from his early start in stand-up comedy. To date, he is the best-selling author of two books, Happy Endings: The Tales of a... Read more

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The Death of Stalin Is a Darkly Funny Portrait of Political Chaos

Armando Iannucci is no stranger to biting political satire. The two works he’s best known for, BBC’s “The Thick of It” and HBO’s “Veep,” both possess a take-no-prisoners approach to... Read more

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Precise and Vivid, Foxtrot is a Striking Love Letter

Foxtrot begins with a faint. Men in uniform have come to the home of affluent Tel Aviv couple Michael and Dafna (Lior Ashkenazi and and Sarah Adler, respectively), their arrival... Read more

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The Weekly List: Soundtracks to Take You Away

It’s midterm season, again. Some may be super on top of their work while others (me) may be procrastinating until unbearable pressure forces them to study. Sometimes, a healthy dose... Read more

Sports

Bounced out: Women’s basketball falls in WNIT second round to Duquesne

An encouraging season has come to close. The Georgetown women’s basketball team (16-16, 9-9 Big East) fell to Duquesne (25-7, 13-3 A-10) 69-66 on Monday night in McDonough Arena. Junior... Read more

News

University officials express continued support for DACA and undocumented students during info session

University officials addressed Georgetown’s continued commitment to and support for undocumented students and their families on March 13. The information session, “DACA: Current State of Play and How Georgetown Community... Read more

Sports

No. 18 men’s lacrosse loses first matchup of the year at Drexel

The Georgetown men’s lacrosse team (6-1, Big East) fell Saturday to the Drexel Dragons (3-4, CAA) 15-10 in Philadelphia. The loss marks the first of the season for the Hoyas,... Read more

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Men’s tennis ends skid with win over Temple

The Georgetown men’s Tennis team (3-4, 1-0 Big East) scraped out a victory over the Temple Owls (8-5, 0-1 AAC) on Saint Patrick’s Day, winning their match 4-3. This victory... Read more

Editorials

Letter to the Editor: Stay Engaged in Qatar

On the Feb. 9, the Editorial Board of The Georgetown Voice published an article, titled “Time to Quit Qatar,” calling on the university’s leadership to close its Qatar campus. However,... Read more

Columns

Gaudium et spes: When Anchors Make Worthy Vessels

As someone who grew up in the island city-state of Singapore, from a society and community very different than Georgetown, I can attest to the claim that the Hilltop is... Read more

News

University begins partnership with dockless LimeBike program

On Mar. 13, Robin Morey, the university vice president of planning and facilities management, announced a new partnership between Georgetown University and LimeBike, a dockless bike sharing company headquartered in... Read more

Sports

Cynthia Petke’s big performance propels women’s basketball to WNIT second round

The Georgetown women’s basketball team (16-15, 9-9 Big East) knocked off Delaware (19-13, 11-7 CAA) in the opening round of the WNIT on Friday, winning by a score of 67-57.... Read more

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Concert Preview: Dan Auerbach and the Easy Eye Sound Revue, March 23, 9:30 Club

With the release of Waiting on a Song, his first solo release in eight years, Dan Auerbach has transitioned from the blues-centric roots that dominated his time in the Black... Read more

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The 250: The Coen Brothers’ No Country For Old Men

In this episode of The 250, Danielle and Kayla Hewitt discuss—with ample heated argument—No Country for Old Men, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin. The film won the Academy... Read more

Leisure

7 Days in Entebbe Proves to be Unfocused and Hard to Follow

A film that depicts a high-stress hijacking, followed by one of the most daring rescue missions in history ought to reflect the hardships, emotions and complications that came with those... Read more

Sports

Women’s basketball hosts Delaware and former head coach Natasha Adair in WNIT first round

The Georgetown women’s basketball team (15-15, 9-9 Big East) will host Delaware (19-12, 11-7 CAA) in the first round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) on Friday at 7... Read more

Columns

Solidarity Shouts: How I Became A Prison Abolitionist

Most Georgetown passions begin with a student organization. One of the first clubs I joined upon arriving at Georgetown was Prison Outreach, a service program directed by the Center for... Read more

News

Students join nation-wide school walkout to advocate for gun reform

Over 200 Georgetown students participated in the Walkout to End Gun Violence, a nation-wide event in which students left their classes in protest of the government’s lack of action on... Read more

News

Sen. Durbin receives Healy Award for service to humanitarian causes

Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois (SFS ‘66, L‘69) received the Timothy S. Healy, S.J. Award on Feb. 28 in recognition of his lifelong support of humanitarian causes. University president John... Read more

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The Weekly List: Lana Del Rey’s Hidden Gems

The stereotype of Lana Del Rey’s music is that it best fits emo young girls who are trying to be hipster and artsy. Yet, her discography hides many musically and lyrically... Read more

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A KenPom Method to the Madness

If you’ve read any of my College Basketball articles up to this point, you’ll know that I consistently invoke a man named Kenneth Pomeroy, colloquially known as KenPom, for my... Read more