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The 250: The Departed

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,... Read more

By Danielle Hewitt January 26, 2016

Halftime Sports

MLB Offseason Recap

This has been a dynamic offseason so far in Major League Baseball. Several of the game’s best players have been up for grabs—some have changed uniforms, while some have returned to... Read more

By Tyler Walsh January 26, 2016

The Voice’s Big East Weekly Power Rankings: Volume 4

Each week during conference play, the Voice Sports Staff will provide its take on each team’s performance to date. Providence (17-3, 5-2 Big East) Last week’s ranking: 4, ↑ 3... Read more

By The Voice Sports Staff January 26, 2016

We Are Georgetown and You’re Not: Hoyas return home for revenge against Creighton

The Georgetown men’s basketball team (12-8, 5-2 Big East) will take on the Creighton Blue Jays (14-6, 5-2 Big East) Tuesday at Verizon Center. The game is scheduled to tip-off... Read more

By Santul Nerkar January 26, 2016

A New Kind of Old-Fashioned: The Classic Romance of Carol

The thing about most great romances, and romantic films in particular, is how much they rest on what is implied, and how they can fit maximal meaning into minimal gesture.... Read more

By Andrew Gutman January 25, 2016

Halftime

John Scott: All Star, Victim in the League’s Battle Against Fun

I have absolutely no idea what I will be doing the night of Sunday, January 31. Anyone who knows me will tell you that this is because I’ve never been... Read more

By Chris Dunn January 25, 2016

Grin and Bear It: The Revenant is a Tour-De-Force For Its Director and Actors

No one likes a show-off. There are undoubtedly some moments throughout Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant that feel as if the director is simply showing off what he can do... Read more

By Graham Piro January 25, 2016

News

GUSA, Auxiliary Business Services address dining at Town Hall

On Thursday, Jan. 21, the Office of Auxiliary Business Services and GUSA held a Dining and Meal Plan Town Hall. The speakers outlined what they had learned about dining behavior... Read more

By Lilah Burke and Caitlyn Cobb January 25, 2016

Snow, Snow, Snow: Improv Worth Braving a Blizzard

Despite the blizzard of a lifetime raging outside, students crowded into Bulldog Alley for the Georgetown Improv Association’s sold-out show. The audience quieted in anticipation, but once Caitlin Cleary (COL... Read more

By Carlos Miranda January 25, 2016

The Weekly List: Black Ice

At 4:41 PM, you received an email from Georgetown, Monday’s classes were cancelled. You got so excited. You grabbed a few of your friends and ran out of Lau, no need... Read more

By Daniel Varghese January 25, 2016

What Team? Not Wildcats: Hoyas snap conference losing streak against Villanova

The Georgetown women’s basketball team (10-9, 3-6 Big East) beat out Villanova (12-7, 6-3 Big East) 57-51 on Sunday afternoon in Villanova, Pennsylvania. Georgetown freshman guard Dionna White notched her... Read more

By Alex Lewontin January 25, 2016

Halftime

Premier League Coaching Carousel

The Premier League coaching carousel is in full swing now, with five managers already sacked and a few more seemingly days away. Don’t tell them we’re only 60% of the... Read more

By William Treanor January 25, 2016

The Halftime Report: Week of 1/25

We made it to our second edition! Check out this week’s Halftime Report for the best in entertainment over the next seven days. Album Releases: Adore Life – Savages, Release... Read more

By Halftime Staff January 25, 2016

Back to Reality: Hoyas fall to UConn in old Big East reunion

Just when it seemed as though the season was starting to take off, things came to a screeching halt. The Georgetown men’s basketball team (12-8, 5-2 Big East) fell to... Read more

By Tyler Pearre January 23, 2016

Nomadic’s The Metal Children Captivates through Controversy

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Lady Chatterly’s Lover, and Catcher in the Rye — what do these three books have in common? They have, at some point, been banned... Read more

By Elizabeth Baker January 23, 2016

Men’s Basketball Mid-Season Checkup

There have been moments. Moments when we see what is possible for this Georgetown men’s basketball team. You know what they’ve been. Isaac Copeland’s emphatic putback dunk in hostile College... Read more

By Santul Nerkar January 22, 2016

News

Hot water in Henle to be ‘intermittent’ until ‘late next week’

The Office of Residential Living informed Henle Village residents on Friday, Jan. 21 that “due to a malfunctioning heat exchanger that supplies hot water to the complex,” access to hot water... Read more

By Elizabeth Teitz January 22, 2016

We Are Georgetown and You’re Not: Hoyas renew rivalry with UConn

Fresh off its most impressive victory of the roller coaster 2015-16 season, the Georgetown men’s basketball team (12-7, 5-2 Big East) will return to action Saturday afternoon for a rare... Read more

By Joe Pollicino January 22, 2016

Who’s Laughing Now: McKay’s Script, Cast Make The Big Short One of the Best Films of the Year

Leave it to Adam McKay, director of the Anchorman movies and Step Brothers, to find humor in the economic collapse of 2008. That is not to say that he has... Read more

By Brian McMahon January 22, 2016

A Case for The Classics: Planet of the Apes

Many films display the danger and threat of nuclear annihilation, yet few present it with such style as 1968’s Planet of the Apes. With the recent release of Rise of... Read more

By Graham Piro January 22, 2016

Les Revenants Highlights Excellence in Foreign TV

The US is an exporter of pop culture but seldom imports it, a shame because many a marvelous foreign show has passed US dwellers by. The Returned is one such... Read more

By Tatiana Lebreton January 22, 2016

News

Mayors discuss urban economic policies

On Jan. 20, the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service hosted “Building Cities of Opportunity for All: Policy Solutions for Equitable Economic Development,” a discussion between four mayors from... Read more

By Cassidy Jensen January 21, 2016

Lost in the Woods: The Forest Succumbs to Tropes of Terror

Horror movies are hard to get right, often in danger of becoming a string of clichés and cheap scares. Unfortunately, 2016’s first horror flick, The Forest, director Jason Zada’s first... Read more

By Tatiana Lebreton January 21, 2016