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Guiding Forces: Changing Tours on Campus

Before arriving at Georgetown in September 2014, David Patou (COL ‘18) and Alex Mitchell (COL ‘18) noticed something missing from the college touring process. As a result, they created Campus... Read more

News

GU Fossil Free unites student groups for rally

Georgetown University Fossil Free held a rally on April 13 in Red Square with members from allied student groups groups to demand transparency and social responsibility in University investments. GU... Read more

Halftime Leisure

The 250: Fargo

Welcome to another edition of The 250! A weekly podcast where Voice staffers watch a movie from IMDb’s Top 250 and discuss their thoughts on the work. This week Halftime... Read more

News

Doctoral students confront increased work hours, no proportional rise in pay

The Doctoral Students Coalition (DSC) has been circulating a petition since March 29 asking that Dean Norberto Grzywacz, Dean of the the Georgetown University Graduate School, postpone and reconsider changes... Read more

News

Possible hack delays Snowden talk

Technical difficulties delayed Edward Snowden’s speaking event in the Lohrfink Auditorium on April 14, which took place via web call. The event, sponsored by the Lecture Fund and moderated by Professor... Read more

Columns

Talking Tech: Uberhaul

“On a snowy Paris evening in 2008, Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp had trouble hailing a cab,” reads the “Our Story” section of a popular ride-sharing service’s website. It continues,... Read more

News

Georgetown establishes new website for undocumented students

Georgetown University launched a new website last Thursday, April 7 to help undocumented students navigate the specific challenges presented by their citizenship status. The website serves to consolidate existing campus... Read more

News

GUSA Passes FY 2016-17 Budget: GPB, CSJ see funding cuts

The GUSA Senate voted unanimously to approve the Student Activities Budget Fiscal Year 2017 on Sunday April 7. The total budget, as allocated by GUSA’s Finance Appropriations Committee (Fin/App), came... Read more

Halftime Leisure

The 250: Raiders of the Lost Ark

The 250 is back! A weekly podcast in which Voice staffers watch a film from the Internet Movie Database Top 250 list and discuss. This week, Halftime Leisure editor Danielle... Read more

Halftime Sports

The Trevor Story Story

Trevor Story was never expected to become a household name. But after having the best start that a rookie has ever had in the Big Leagues, with record-breaking seven home runs... Read more

News

Sec. of Energy Ernest Moriz discusses diplomacy, Iran deal

Dr. Ernest Moniz, the current United States Secretary of Energy, was honored at a ceremony in the ICC auditorium on Monday, April 11. Georgetown’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy... Read more

Halftime Leisure

The Weekly List: NJ is Cool Too

Recent years of pop culture have not been kind to New Jersey. I personally blame The Jersey Shore, for shining a grotesque spotlight on an unfortunate subculture prevalent in my... Read more

Leisure

Missiles and Morality: Eye in the Sky is an Intriguing Nail-Biter

Eye in the Sky stars Academy Award winner Helen Mirren as a pragmatic, no-nonsense Colonel of the British armed forces as she coordinates a surveillance and strike operation with U.S... Read more

Halftime Leisure

The Halftime Report: Week of 4/11

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt premieres on Friday. Here’s what you can do while you wait to binge watch in this week’s Halftime Report. Album Releases: PersonA – Edward Sharpe and the... Read more

Voices

An Environment Unlearnt: A New Perspective on Gun Culture

I was in my room in Edinburgh, Scotland when I got a text from a friend telling me there had been a shooting two blocks from my high school in... Read more

Columns

Burning Issues: Living Civilly

As housing season kicks into gear once more and new waves of Hoyas find out, to their dismay, that they’ll be living in VCW next year, the last few people... Read more

Voices

In a Shameful State: HB2 and Discrimination against Transsexuals

As I returned to North Carolina for Easter Break, I had no idea that I would soon be beyond ashamed of the state I call home. On the very same... Read more

News

Journalism Program hosts panel on Austin Tice, missing reporter

Georgetown University’s undergraduate Journalism Program presented an event Wednesday night on the plight of Austin Tice (SFS ‘02), who disappeared while freelance reporting on the conflict in Syria in 2012,... Read more

Voices

Evaluating Epigenetics: Avoiding Eugenic Thought

In the last decade, findings within epigenetics have been generating big waves far beyond scientific circles. It’s fairly easy to understand why. But, the moral discussions that have evolved from... Read more

Features

Soul Searching: Navigating Georgetown’s Catholic Identity

“Everyday and every generation of students and faculty here, we carry that inherent tension between being a university in all its fullness, and being Catholic and Jesuit."

News

Language options expand on campus

Georgetown students will have access to new language programs with the opening of foreign language minors to SFS students and the creation of a Johns Hopkins-Georgetown partnership.

Leisure

Weezer’s White Album Fails to Innovate, but Lyrics Stand Out

Eight years and four albums later, Weezer has returned to their tradition of color-themed self-titled records with Weezer (White Album). Producer Jake Sinclair told Rolling Stone he wanted to return... Read more

Leisure

Melissa McCarthy Deserves Better than The Boss

Melissa McCarthy is funny—this may as well be taken as fact. She made everyone fall in love with her on Gilmore Girls and surprised everyone when she scored an unexpected... Read more

Leisure

Punk Stars Cry, Too: Parquet Courts Shows Depth and Diversity

It’s easy to write off punk-rock as grimy, distorted music dependent on high-energy and fast, palm-muted guitar. The songs are often short, the lyrics unintelligible. But some musicians manage to... Read more

Leisure

Nomadic Tells A Tale of Self-Discovery With Happy

Are any of us truly happy? It seems like most of the time, we smile when we are sad, and try to have a positive attitude even when we are... Read more