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Pregame Primer: Butler Bulldogs

The Georgetown men’s basketball team (14-10, 4-9 Big East) travels to Butler (17-9, 7-6 Big East) on Tuesday. The Hoyas are looking to build off of a huge win over... Read more

By February 12, 2018

Sports

Track and Field continues to prepare for Big East championship meet

Over the weekend, the Georgetown men’s and women’s track and field teams participated in two meets, the Iowa State Classic andthe BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational. The Hoyas bolstered their... Read more

By February 12, 2018

Sports

Caught in the storm: Women’s basketball falls short of victory against St. John’s

Although the Georgetown women’s basketball team (11-13, 6-8 Big East) started this weekend strong with a win against Seton Hall (15-10, 7-7 Big East), they were unable to walk away... Read more

By February 12, 2018

Sports

Slow start: Softball struggles on opening weekend

The Georgetown softball team (1-4, Big East) struggled mightily in the season’s opening weekend, but managed to finish their trip strong with a win. Sophomore pitcher Anna Brooks Pacha finished... Read more

By February 12, 2018

Halftime Sports

Cleveland Cavaliers Receive Much Needed Upgrades

The Cleveland Cavaliers have completely exploded. When Kyrie Irving requested a trade last summer, the balancing act that LeBron and the Cavaliers’ front office have been playing for years finally... Read more

By February 11, 2018

Columns

Roses and Chocolate on the Brain

Valentine’s Day festivities remind me of the (fairly accurate) cliché of the typical Georgetown club—desirable and enticing but exclusive, cliquey, and restricted to a select few lucky individuals. The look... Read more

By February 11, 2018

Sports

Women’s basketball looks to reach .500 with a win over St. John’s

The Georgetown women’s basketball team (11-12, 6-7 Big East) will take on St. John’s (14-11, 7-7 Big East) on Sunday at McDonough Arena at 2 p.m. ET. The Hoyas are... Read more

By February 10, 2018

Sports

Derrickson does it again: Late heroics from the junior forward down Seton Hall

The Georgetown men’s basketball (14-10, 4-9 Big East) avoided a fifth straight defeat Saturday at Capital One Arena with a thrilling 83-80 victory over Seton Hall (17-8, 6-6 Big East).... Read more

By February 10, 2018

Sports

When it rains, it pours: Women’s lacrosse wins high scoring season opener

The Georgetown women’s lacrosse team (1-0, Big East) won its season opener against St. Joseph’s (0-1, A-10), 18-15 on a rain-soaked Cooper Field. Junior attacker Taylor Gebhardt led the way... Read more

By February 10, 2018

Sports

Pregame Primer: Seton Hall Pirates

The Georgetown men’s basketball team (13-10, 3-9 Big East) look for a return to winning ways when they take on Seton Hall (17-7, 6-5 Big East) Saturday afternoon at the... Read more

By February 10, 2018

Sports

Smooth Sailing: Fourth quarter pushes women’s basketball past Seton Hall

The Georgetown women’s basketball team (11-12, 6-7 Big East) cruised to victory over Seton Hall (15-10, 7-7 Big East), 71-52 on Friday afternoon. Junior guard Dionna White led the way... Read more

By February 10, 2018

Columns

Open Access: Veganism and Science

For the first two years I was vegan, I didn’t get a flu shot. I also believed that eating too much protein would lower the pH of my blood and... Read more

By February 10, 2018

Halftime Sports

New Lions, Who This?: Three Keys to Success

The Detroit Lions made several moves this off season to improve their coaching staff, hopefully putting them in contention for a title. The Lions recently parted ways with Head Coach... Read more

By February 9, 2018

Editorials

Georgetown Must Make Tuition Affordable

Last month, the office of the provost emailed the Georgetown community to announce that tuition rates for the 2018-2019 academic year would be raised by 3.5 percent. Georgetown is just... Read more

By the February 9, 2018

Editorials

Time to Quit Qatar

2018 marks the 13th  anniversary of the opening of Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q). Georgetown’s satellite campus in Doha is a joint partnership between the university and the Qatar Foundation.... Read more

By the February 9, 2018

Fresh Voices

Fresh Voices: Mica Bernhard on Friendship in the Digital Age

In this episode of the Fresh Voices podcast, Julia Pinney talks with Mica Bernhard about her piece in the Feb. 9 issue, Friendship Send Failure. In it, she talks about her experience... Read more

By and February 9, 2018

Halftime

The 250: Christopher Nolan’s Inception

In this episode of The 250, Kayla Hewitt is joined by special guest Max Fredell to discuss Christopher Nolan’s infamous seventh film, Inception. The film is ranked 14th on IMDb’s top 250,... Read more

By and February 9, 2018

Features

Stressed and Silent: Georgetown’s Culture and Mental Health

Will Emery (COL ’19) has noticed that Georgetown students have the same conversation over and over as midterm season arrives. “They go, ‘How are you?’ ‘Well, I have nine tests,... Read more

By February 9, 2018

Features

An Integrative Education: Georgetown’s Complementary and Alternative Medicine Program Sparks Debate

Dr. David Gorski has quite a bit to say about “quackademic medicine.” “Quackademic,” a portmanteau of quack and academic, means exactly that. “It’s the infiltration of quackery into academic medicine,”... Read more

By February 9, 2018

News

From the top: the unfinished story of graduate student unionization at Georgetown

Last week, graduate student assistants at Georgetown came one step closer to having a recognized union. The Voice decided to take a look back at the last two years of... Read more

By February 9, 2018

Opinion

Friendship Send Failure

There’s something raw about being a freshman in college. I liken my first week at Georgetown to the feeling of getting lost in a supermarket as a child, running down... Read more

By February 9, 2018

Carrying On

Carrying On: Thai Sauté Bananas

I scooped up the honey-glazed bananas soaked in melted ice cream, dripping onto the strawberries left in the bowl. I took a bite, expecting the ice cream to be coconut... Read more

By February 9, 2018

Opinion

What in Tar-nation?: Why Tar Sands Really Suck

Why have the First Nations people of Canada disproportionately developed cancer? Tobacco use? Nuclear waste? While both are good guesses, the answer is actually a nasty form of oil called... Read more

By and February 9, 2018

Leisure

Beauty and Empathy in A Fantastic Woman

From Sebastian Lelio, the director of Gloria (2013), comes a highly anticipated movie nominated for this year’s Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Featuring Daniela Vega, Chile’s first openly... Read more

By February 9, 2018

Leisure

Black Movements Dance Theatre and The Power of Expressive Motion

At the end of her reaching arm, a single outstretched finger points up to the sky, demanding an undelivered promise. The dancer’s ascension is no solitary feat—supported by arms and... Read more

By February 9, 2018