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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

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

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

Halftime Reviews: Not to Disappear by Daughter

Daughter’s second full-length album, Not To Disappear, takes a sharp turn from lead singer Elena Tonra’s somber musings about broken relationships heard in the band’s first album, If You Leave.... Read more

By Caitlin Mannering January 21, 2016

“Before They Are Gone” by Leslie Johnston, Touchstone Gallery

As someone who is not a frequent advocate of abstract art, I, surprisingly, thoroughly enjoyed Leslie Johnston’s work. She is first and foremost an environmental scientist by profession, so it comes... Read more

By Leila Lebreton January 21, 2016

HOYAlert mistakenly announces tornado warning

Georgetown’s emergency notification system, HOYAlert, mistakenly announced that a tornado warning was in place “for [an] area that includes Georgetown University,” according to GUPD Chief Jay Gruber. The texts and emails, which... Read more

By Elizabeth Teitz January 20, 2016

Smoke and Mirrors: Bay’s 13 Hours Celebrates Benghazi Heroes, Derides U.S. Intelligence

You can’t tell the good guys from the bad guys. Jack Silva (John Krasinski) hears this line early in 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, and the rest of... Read more

By Brian McMahon January 20, 2016

The 250: Fight Club

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 and Chris Castano January 20, 2016

No Effing Tre: Campbell-led Hoyas down No. 5 Xavier

A seemingly hopeless season just changed its tune. The Georgetown men’s basketball team (12-7, 5-2 Big East) finally notched a signature victory, knocking off No. 5 Xavier (16-2, 4-2 Big... Read more

By Santul Nerkar January 20, 2016

The Voice’s Big East Weekly Power Rankings: Volume 3

Every Monday during conference play, the Voice Sports Staff will provide its take on each team’s performance to date. Villanova (16-2, 6-0 Big East) Last week’s ranking: 1, unchanged Last... Read more

By The Voice Sports Staff January 19, 2016

Library student employees protest policy changes

Student workers at Lauinger and Blommer Library are protesting changes in policy regarding payment for student library employees that resulted from the rise in the Washington, D.C. minimum wage. The... Read more

By Brendan Saunders January 19, 2016

Halftime Reviews: Awake Remixes by Tycho

Composer and producer of Tycho, Scott Hansen, has once again impressed listeners with his 2016 release Awake Remixes. Tycho’s sound in the original Awake is organic, ambient, electronic. The San... Read more

By Megan Howell January 19, 2016

Critical Voices: Anderson .Paak, Malibu

Anderson .Paak’s most recent release has been receiving a lot of hype, and with good reason. The southern California singer-rapper’s sophomore project, entitled Malibu, released simultaneously by Steel Wool, OBE, Art Club,... Read more

By Daniel Sheehan January 19, 2016

Cloudy in Philadelphia: Always Sunny Premiere Fails to Shine

After the mildly entertaining, somewhat waning 10th season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, fans like me were left questioning if the show’s dark comedy formula had finally reached its... Read more

By Michael Bergin January 19, 2016