Archive

Bands You Should Know: Pinegrove

For Evan Stephens Hall, the ampersand is more than semi-alphabetic—it’s prophetic. Hall, lead singer of indie rock band Pinegrove, has been deeply moved by the symbolism behind the character “&.”... Read more

By Anne Paglia February 5, 2017

Sports

Fall to Hall: Hoyas drop overtime contest to Pirates

Another close game led to another heartbreaking loss as the Georgetown men’s basketball team (13-11, 4-7 Big East) fell to Seton Hall (14-8, 4-6 Big East) in overtime, 68-66, Saturday... Read more

By Santul Nerkar February 4, 2017

News

GU Politics hosts sitcom creators

Georgetown alumni Scott Conroy (COL ’05) and Peter Hamby (COL ’03), co-creators of the sitcom Embeds, discussed their experiences covering the 2008 presidential campaigns as embedded reporters during the Institute... Read more

By Anne Paglia February 4, 2017

Halftime Sports

Matt Ryan, Do it for me

There have been twenty Super Bowls in my life, and I have almost certainly watched all of them. I have no recollection of the first one, Super Bowl XXXI, but... Read more

By Chris Dunn February 4, 2017

Sports

Women’s basketball earns fifth consecutive Big East win in an overtime thriller

The Georgetown women’s basketball team (14-7, 6-5 Big East) won a thrilling conference contest against the Providence Friars (10-13, 2-10 Big East), 72-70, in overtime on Friday afternoon. Georgetown was... Read more

By Tyler Pearre February 3, 2017

Stripped: Faux Feminism & The Ivanka Fallacy

In this episode of Stripped, Isabel Lord, Emma Francois, and guest star Claire Goldberg grapple with the ethics of wearing Ivanka Trump’s clothing line, and the problematic ways in which... Read more

By Claire Goldberg, Emma Francois and Isabel Lord February 3, 2017

Editorials

Trump Administration Requires Active Resistance

Last weekend, demonstrators filled airports across the U.S. to protest President Donald Trump’s Jan. 27 executive order banning refugees, immigrants, and non-citizens from select Middle Eastern countries from entering the... Read more

By the Editorial Board February 3, 2017

Editorials

University Must Address Inequality

On Jan. 18, 2017, The New York Times reported on a study by The Equality of Opportunity Project which ranked colleges by how many of their students come from families... Read more

By the Editorial Board February 3, 2017

Carrying On

Carrying On: Feminism in the Age of Trump

Women and men of all ages and ethnic backgrounds wearing pink hats with pointed, ear-like appendages on either side carried signs emblazoned with clever slogans: “There is no Planet B,”... Read more

By Sienna Brancato February 3, 2017

Opinion

Doing Our Part in Trying Times: Cutting Down Consumption

This year, my New Year’s resolution was to not buy a single bottle of water all year. I’ve broken it already (isn’t that what New Year’s resolutions are for anyways?),... Read more

By Susana Gil Del Real February 3, 2017

Opinion

My Mother, a Trump Supporter

The 2016 election cycle forced me to come to terms with a dimension of my mom’s character that I did not know existed before, and that I did not want... Read more

By Anonymous February 3, 2017

CV: Migos, Culture

For a group that both invented the dab and subsequently declared it dead, it took Migos quite a while to get their big break. Migos’ revival of Memphis legend Lord... Read more

By Parker Houston February 3, 2017

CV: Ty Segall, Ty Segall

Ty Segall has been one of the most prolific musicians in the rock scene for the last decade, but he isn’t the best at coming up with original album titles.... Read more

By Daniel Sheehan February 3, 2017

A Wonderful Reimagining: The Phantom Tollbooth Captures the Magic of a Childhood Classic

When people think of the books they loved as a child, they often imagine far away, make-believe lands with a wide array of magical characters and subtle, yet often profound,... Read more

By Ryan Mazalatis February 3, 2017

Opinion

Civil Religion on Campus: A Potential Danger

Civil religion, as defined by sociologist Robert Bellah, is a set of common values and sacred symbols derived from national history that form a cohesive, quasi-religious faith within the United... Read more

By Devon Schmidt February 3, 2017

Despite Its Compelling Scandal, Gold Falls Flat

Any scandal should be the perfect recipe for a compelling drama, and Gold is based on one of the greatest frauds in history, the 1993 Bre-X mining scandal. This is... Read more

By Brice Russo February 3, 2017

Halftime Sports

The Sports Sermon: NBA All-Star Game

Welcome back to the Sports Sermon, the Georgetown Voice’s global sports podcast. In this episode of the Sermon, host Nick Gavio discusses the NBA All-Star voting process with Tyler Pearre,... Read more

By Alex Lewontin, Jonny Amon, Nick Gavio, Parker Houston and Tyler Pearre February 3, 2017

Taste Test: Veggie Burgers

Welcome to Taste Test! This week, host Erika Bullock sits down with Danielle Hewitt and Ryan Miller to discuss the history of veggie burgers.

By Danielle Hewitt, Erika Bullock and Ryan Miller February 3, 2017

News

Students gather for Solidarity Vigil in Red Square

More than one hundred students gathered in Red Square on Feb. 1 for the Hoyas for Justice: Solidarity Vigil, an event to show support for those affected by the recent... Read more

By Claire Goldberg February 2, 2017

Sofar, So Good: Uncovering D.C.’s Pop-Up Concert Scene

A crowd of people file into WeWork, a trendy office coworking space in DuPont Circle, on a Wednesday evening. Chattering amongst themselves and opening up their wine and beer bottles,... Read more

By Devon O'Dwyer February 2, 2017

The DMV Dilemma: Documenting Georgetown’s hometown recruiting woes

On a quiet, unassuming Tuesday evening in Northwest Washington, D.C., Gonzaga College High School defeated Dematha Catholic High School in a monumental men’s basketball Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) matchup.... Read more

By Nick Gavio February 2, 2017

Trailer Takes: Imperial Dreams, Brimstone, and I Am Michael

Imperial Dreams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofYNrO77clY Amy: I want John Boyega to have everything in this world. His disarming humor completely charmed me in Star Wars: The Force Awakens—the 2015 megahit the catapulted... Read more

By Halftime Staff February 2, 2017

Graduate Students Continue Push to Unionize

Georgetown graduate students are seeking stronger and more formalized representation through unionization, a growing trend nationally at private universities since an Aug. 23, 2016 ruling by the National Labor Relations... Read more

By Jake Maher February 2, 2017