Archive

UPDATED Concert Preview: Stay Amped, The Anthem, March 23

In the wake of the the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida which ended the lives of 17 people, the student-led March For Our Lives... Read more

By Kayla Hewitt March 22, 2018

What Makes The Good Place So Damn Good

Everyone’s a sucker for a good character transition, and this show has four (well, five, actually). The Good Place is NBC’s hit comedy about four people who end up in... Read more

By Claire Goldberg March 22, 2018

Halftime Leisure

By Order of the Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders (2013) is a show that isn’t underrated at all, but rather is talked about only by people who have seen it—you either know it and love it or... Read more

By Inès de Miranda March 22, 2018

Halftime Sports

Champions League Reactions: Round of 16, Leg 2

After the second legs of soccer’s premier club competition, the quarterfinal ties have been drawn. Once again, we’ll take a look at what stood out and what to expect from... Read more

By Jorge DeNeve March 22, 2018

Waka Flocka Flame to Headline GPB Spring Concert

The Georgetown Program Board (GPB) has announced that Waka Flocka Flame will be headlining their annual Spring Concert this year. The rap and hip hop artist, who is famous for... Read more

By Claire Goldberg March 21, 2018

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

By Halftime Staff March 21, 2018

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

By Alex Boyd March 20, 2018

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

By Tristan Lee March 20, 2018

Halftime Leisure

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

By Kayla Hewitt March 20, 2018

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

By Brynne Long March 20, 2018

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

By Graham Piro March 20, 2018

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

By Amy Guay March 20, 2018

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

By Joy Kim March 20, 2018

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

By Santul Nerkar March 20, 2018

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

By Gustav Honl-Stuenkel March 20, 2018

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

By Santul Nerkar March 20, 2018

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

By Zach Pulsifer March 20, 2018

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

By Haya Alwaleed Al-Thani March 19, 2018

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

By Paul Sze Keat Keh March 17, 2018

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

By Michael Coyne March 17, 2018

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

By Aaron Wolf March 17, 2018

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

By Kyle Parisi March 16, 2018

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

By Danielle Hewitt and Kayla Hewitt March 16, 2018