Archive

CV: Thundercat, Drunk

In his latest solo project, Thundercat wraps his disregard for traditional songwriting conventions in a bubbly, well-polished exterior. Drunk, jazz bassist’s third studio album, is a comprehensive investigation of his... Read more

By Gustav Honl-Stuenkel March 13, 2017

The Weekly List: Out of this World

No matter who you are or what you’re studying, you have some sort of fascination with space. Everyone does. Maybe you’re still excited about the plethora of new Star Wars... Read more

By Emily Jaster March 13, 2017

Top men’s basketball commit requests release from Georgetown

Georgetown men’s basketball’s top 2017 recruit will not play college basketball as a Hoya. Tremont Waters, a 5-foot-10 point guard from West Haven, CT, will decommit from Georgetown pending official... Read more

By Nick Gavio March 12, 2017

Land of Mine: a Poignant Look at Unrecognized Victims of War

When wars end, reparations are made. Wrongs are, on paper, made right. By the end of World War II, Denmark, which had served as one of the war’s battlegrounds, had... Read more

By Brynne Long March 12, 2017

News

LGBT Living Learning Community proposal rejected

The administration denied the proposal for the creation of a Living Learning Community (LLC) for queer and allied students last semester. The GUSA LGBTQ+ Inclusion team submitted the proposal, titled... Read more

By Graham Piro March 10, 2017

Halftime Sports

The makings of a miracle

Well that was something. Barcelona’s 6-1 win at the Camp Nou on Wednesday night overturned a 4-0 deficit from the first leg at the Parc des Princes and completed la... Read more

By Jorge DeNeve March 10, 2017

The Untitled Leisure Project: Samurai Jack Is Back

Welcome to The Untitled Leisure Project, the podcast where Voice staffers discuss all things related to leisure. This week, Mike Bergin and Jon Block discuss the upcoming revival of Samurai Jack coming... Read more

By Michael Bergin and Jon Block March 10, 2017

The 250: Blade Runner

Welcome to the 250! This week, host Danielle Hewitt reaches peak movie snob as she discusses the Ridley Scott cult classic Blade Runner with Editor-in-Chief Graham Piro.

By Danielle Hewitt March 9, 2017

Black and Blue and Gray: Men’s basketball’s season ends in first round of Big East Tournament

NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Georgetown men’s basketball team (14-18, 5-13 Big East) found itself in a familiar situation with 6.5 seconds remaining in Wednesday night’s Big East Tournament first round... Read more

By Tyler Pearre March 8, 2017

The Weekly List: Grimy

Enjoy the sunny days of Spring Break with fuzzy guitars, relentless bass, and banging beats: Nirvana – Come As You Are: From the best album of the best grunge-rock band... Read more

By Gustav Honl-Stuenkel March 6, 2017

Women’s basketball falls to Marquette in quarterfinals of Big East Tournament

The Georgetown women’s basketball team (17-12, 9-10 Big East) fell to host Marquette (23-7, 14-5 Big East) in the quarterfinals of the 2017 Big East Women’s Tournament at the Al... Read more

By Alex Lewontin March 5, 2017

News

Celenza announced as new College dean

Christopher Celenza will become the new dean of Georgetown College on July 1. Celenza will replace Dean Chet Gillis. Gillis, who has held the role since 2009, will take a sabbatical... Read more

By Emma Francois March 4, 2017

Men’s basketball Senior Day dampened by 26-point loss to No. 2 Villanova

The Georgetown men’s basketball team (14-17, 5-13 Big East) was unable to contain the balanced scoring of No. 2 Villanova (28-3, 15-3 Big East) on Senior Day at the Verizon... Read more

By Tyler Pearre March 4, 2017

Earth Explorers Takes D.C.: New NatGeo Exhibit Addresses Environmental Issues

The National Geographic Museum’s newest exhibit, Earth Explorers, opened on a peculiarly balmy February day. The exhibition, running February through September 2017, offers visitors the opportunity to become a NatGeo... Read more

By Caitlin Mannering March 4, 2017

Orchestrating Diplomacy: GU Students Head to Cuba

While most students will be relaxing at home over spring break, twelve members of the Georgetown University Orchestra will be boarding a plane to Havana, Cuba. Only two years ago,... Read more

By Isaiah Seibert March 4, 2017

Alternative Snacks: A Second Student Dining Option

College dining hall food is notoriously subpar, and for many Georgetown students, Leo’s is no exception. But it is an unavoidable part of campus life, as all freshmen and sophomores... Read more

By Devon O'Dwyer March 4, 2017

Spaced Out: Club Sports in Crisis

When Kehoe Field closed, it was a long time coming. The playing space was notorious for its rough conditions, and Georgetown deemed it unsafe for practice conditions. Although many felt... Read more

By Graham Piro March 4, 2017

Editorials

Library Cuts Set Harmful Precedent

Lau saw its 2016 fiscal year budget cut by six percent or $1 million, resulting in a 17.5 percent decrease in the library’s budget for principal collections of books, as... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 4, 2017

Editorials

Georgetown Must Support Refugees

On June 20, 2016, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced that the number of displaced persons in the world reached a record high at 65.3 million people. Of... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 4, 2017

Editorials

Prioritize Club Sports’ Space

When the university closed the increasingly hazardous Kehoe Field last February, this editorial board approved of the move. It was right to end the use of Kehoe’s unsafe playing surface,... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 4, 2017

The Phone Booth: What Postseason?

Welcome to the Phone Booth, the Georgetown Voice‘s podcast dedicated entirely to Georgetown hoops. In this episode, host Tyler Pearre is joined by Nick Gavio to discuss the team’s past few... Read more

By Nick Gavio and Tyler Pearre March 3, 2017

Steve Alderton Captures the Blurred Emotions of Memory

Memoryscapes – Blurry Lines III is the third and final installment of a series of increasingly abstracted landscapes—but at first glance, these paintings don’t look like landscapes at all. Rather... Read more

By Emily Jaster March 3, 2017