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Europe’s Second Best Continental Competition

If it’s late February, that means it’s time for European soccer’s greatest competition most average teams to face-off against each other in this year’s edition of the “tournament no one... Read more

By February 26, 2016

Leisure

Blue Roses: Ford Theatre’s The Glass Menagerie is Rare, Delicate

“So is this gonna be an upper?” My friend — unfamiliar with The Glass Menagerie — leaned in and asked me about its happy-ending status as we waited for Ford’s... Read more

By February 26, 2016

Sports

Women’s Hoops Pre-Game Primer: Hoyas to host Butler with postseason nearing

Friday morning, the Georgetown women’s basketball team (14-12, 7-9 Big East) will begin the final push heading into the postseason with a matchup against the lowly Butler Bulldogs (9-18, 4-12... Read more

By February 25, 2016

Columns

Talking Tech: Cryptocurren$y

By now, you have probably heard it mentioned at least a dozen times. You pretended like you understood what was being said. Or even if you were not pretending, your... Read more

By February 25, 2016

Voices

After the Umbrella Movement: What Became of Hong Kong

The Lunar New Year is a time of fun and celebration in Hong Kong. Everyone suddenly becomes rich and fabulous; families gather around food, friends go to the massive, open-air... Read more

By February 25, 2016

Voices

The Accidental Hoya: A Joke Gone Too Far

My Georgetown application was intended as a joke. After wrangling with the Common App for weeks and submitting more essays, SAT scores, and portfolios than I can count, I grew... Read more

By February 25, 2016

Columns

Burning Issues: Unpaid and Unethical

Every Hoya has heard of the Hillternship. The opportunity to work at Capitol Hill itself, serving under the legislators who make the running of this country possible. It looks great... Read more

By February 25, 2016

Halftime Leisure

The 250: Whiplash

Welcome to another edition of the 250! A weekly podcast in which Voice Staffers view a film selected from the IMDb Top 250 and discuss their thoughts on the work. This week, Assistant... Read more

By and February 25, 2016

Halftime Leisure

Harper Lee’s Legacy: How We Can Still Learn from To Kill a Mockingbird

When Harper Lee passed away last Friday, the world lost the author of one of the most beloved novels of the 20th century. Lee’s masterpiece, To Kill A Mockingbird, is... Read more

By February 25, 2016

Halftime Sports

The Presidential Election is NOT FIFA’s Most Important Vote

On February 26th, FIFA will convene a special Congress to elect the next President of the world’s most prominent soccer organization. Its previous president, Sepp Blatter was reelected for another... Read more

By February 25, 2016

News

Ted Koppel discusses new book, cyberattacks

Ted Koppel, former anchor of ABC’s “Nightline,” participated in a question and answer session with University President John DeGioia on Feb. 23.

By February 24, 2016

News

Refugees International President address global refugee crisis

Michel Gabaudan, former member of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR), came to Georgetown to speak on the global refugee crisis.

By February 24, 2016

Editorials

Just Do It: Holding the Swoosh Accountable

Nike has long enjoyed a special type of relationship with Georgetown’s athletics programs. As noted in this week’s feature, titled “In Foul Trouble: Unlacing Georgetown’s Relationship with Nike,” this partnership... Read more

By the February 24, 2016

Halftime Leisure

Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘N’ Roll: HBO’s Vinyl off to an Exciting Start

“So this is my story. Clouded by lost brain cells, self-aggrandizement, and maybe a little bit of bullshit,” Richie Fenestra gruffly narrates in one of the opening scenes of Vinyl,... Read more

By February 24, 2016

Halftime Leisure

A Case for the Classics: Reservoir Dogs

The year is 1992, Quentin Tarantino’s directorial debut, Reservoir Dogs, is released, beginning more than twenty years of Tarantino’s iconic movie formula. The violent movie follows a botched diamond heist,... Read more

By February 24, 2016

Editorials

Free Speech Tabled: A Need for New Rules at the Georgetown University Law Center

The law is blind, but it need not be mute. At the Georgetown University Law Center, however, students have found their expression of political speech blocked by the administration. This... Read more

By the February 23, 2016

Leisure

Critical Voices: Dr. Dog, The Psychedelic Swamp

There are a plethora of factors that can go into naming an album. Maybe the name comes from a hit single, or some particularly clever lyrics on a song, or... Read more

By February 23, 2016

Halftime Leisure

Serenity, Charm, and Cover Songs: Alessia Cara at the Lincoln Theater

Alessia Cara finished the US leg of her Know-It-All tour on Saturday in DC. Delayed because of Snowzilla 2016, the show took place in U Street’s Lincoln Theater, a much... Read more

By February 23, 2016

Halftime Leisure

Cherry on Top: Wavves and Best Coast at 9:30 Club

It was fitting that last Tuesday, February 15, was the warmest day in weeks as California-based bands Wavves and Best Coast came to the 9:30 Club on their Summer Is... Read more

By February 23, 2016

News

High lead content in water affects Prospect Street housing

Student residents of at least two university-owned properties on Prospect Street were informed that their water has been moving through lead pipes on Friday, Feb. 19.

By February 23, 2016

Leisure

Critical Voices: Lake Street Dive, Side Pony

If there’s one word to describe Side Pony, it’s different. On the cusp of mainstream success, Lake Street Dive has refused to repeat themselves and this record takes their sound... Read more

By February 23, 2016

Halftime Leisure

The Weekly List: I Dream of Dream Pop

Dream Pop is in its own little subcategory of music. Loosely stemming from the 1980s New Wave movement, somewhere between The Cocteau Twins and Depeche Mode, it is, simply put,... Read more

By February 22, 2016

Halftime Leisure

The Halftime Report: Week of 2/22

With the weather finally starting to warm up, this is the week to go out. Go to a concert, see a play, do something else. We don’t care what it... Read more

By February 22, 2016

Leisure

Right on Track: Race Fails to Wow but Tells an Important Story

Some stories should have no expiration date. Such stories, often true, are important because they compel us to reconsider societal truths. These stories serve as reminders, as affirmations of justice,... Read more

By February 21, 2016

Sports

And-Ones: Additional news and notes from Georgetown-Xavier

Welcome to “And-Ones,” the Voice’s post-game notebook for all news, stats, and notes following each Georgetown men’s basketball game. The Hoyas are now 9-7 at home, tying the program record... Read more

By February 20, 2016