Archive

Open forum allows student and administrators to discuss mental health issues on campus

GUSA held its first Mental Health Open Forum on Oct. 5 to provide students with the opportunity to speak directly to student health administrations on the topics of mental health... Read more

By Rachel Eshelman October 7, 2015

Sports

Poison Ivy: Football blown out by Harvard

The Georgetown football team (2-3, 0-0 Patriot League) suffered an Ivy League beatdown at the hands of Harvard University (3-0, 1-0 Ivy League) 45-0 last Friday. Led by freshman running... Read more

By Jonny Amon October 7, 2015

Plea Flicker: Serving Justice to the NFL’s Early Season Culprits

September was an interesting month for our nation and world. The pope visited, the Speaker of the House decided to step down, and heartbreaking stories of the European refugees were... Read more

By Chris Dunn October 6, 2015

Halftime Brunch Bracket: The Tombs

Despite a name that harkens to a large hole in the ground for dead bodies, The Tombs has been a Georgetown institution since it opened in 1962. A popular spot... Read more

By Daniel Varghese October 6, 2015

A Walk Through Crafty Bastards 2015

Washington City Paper and Whole Foods put on DC’s 12th annual Crafty Bastards Arts & Crafts fair last weekend at Union Market. For those who have never been up to... Read more

By Brooke Dudek October 6, 2015

Higher Edge: When the Grading System Misses the Mark

The day the school year starts, reading stops feeling like reading. It starts with looking at the number of pages and hopefully ends with a neat bulleted list of discussion... Read more

By Lara Fishbane October 6, 2015

The Weekly List: Songs My Mom Made Me Listen To

When I was younger, I thought my taste in music was the end all be all. I mean who could be better than A*teens and S Club 7? However, my... Read more

By Danielle Hewitt October 5, 2015

Halftime Reviews: Unbreakable by Janet Jackson

At 49 years young, Janet Jackson has returned on October 2nd to show the music world that she is not done yet. Unfortunately, with her new album Unbreakable, , Ms.... Read more

By Michael Bergin October 5, 2015

Sweetgreen founders kick off Startup Weekend, Startup Hoyas engage with student entrepreneurship

Startup Hoyas, a student club designed to promote entrepreneurship on campus, held Georgetown Entrepreneurship Day on Oct. 2 to launch its Startup Weekend. Startup Weekend is the organization’s first event... Read more

By Isaiah Seibert October 5, 2015

Students and administrators discuss campus renovations at Hoya Roundtable

On Sept. 30, administrators and students gathered for a dialogue on campus planning with regard to student housing as part of the university’s Hoya Roundtables series in the Healey Family... Read more

By Benjamin Barrett October 5, 2015

Greek organizations express discontent at university’s message on fraternities and sororities

On Sept. 18, the Friday before rushing for Greek societies started, the student body received an email titled “Message About Social Fraternities and Sororities” from Vice President for Student Affairs... Read more

By Anna Gloor October 5, 2015

Leisure

Introducing Out of Control, a column on gaming

In video gaming, so much depends on a player’s sightlines. How does a developer’s decision to situate a game in the first-person or the third-person impact the playing experience? Which... Read more

By Noah Buyon and Christopher Castano October 4, 2015

Opinion

The $100 Billion Fallacy

Of all the criticisms of the Iran nuclear deal, the “$100 billion” argument has proven one of the most pernicious. Ted Cruz summed it up at a recent rally near... Read more

By Bardia Rahmani October 4, 2015

Leisure

Critical Voices: GO:OD AM, Mac Miller, Warner Bros. Records

According to his social media comments earlier in 2015, Mac Miller had to scrap a total of nine albums worth of content in order to arrive at his third studio... Read more

By Gabriel Spadaccini October 3, 2015

German leaders of reunification celebrate 25th anniversary of reunited country

Georgetown’s BMW Center for German and European Studies hosted the sixth Herbert Quandt Lecture on Thursday Oct. 1 in Gaston Hall. The lecture, titled “The 25th Anniversary of German Unification:... Read more

By Caitlyn Cobb October 3, 2015

Sports

Storm a Brewin’: Men’s Soccer Looks to Strike at No. 20 Xavier

While Hurricane Joaquin looms on the horizon, the No. 16 Georgetown men’s soccer team (5-2-2, 1-0-0 Big East) will look to create a storm of their own when they travel... Read more

By Tyler Pearre October 2, 2015

Features

On the Record with John DeGioia on the Pope, Divestment, and the future of Georgetown Athletics

On Sept. 24, Editor-in-Chief Chris Almeida sat down with President John DeGioia for a conversation on a variety of campus issues. Here are some of the highlights of their conversation.... Read more

By the Voice Staff October 2, 2015

The Cap: Why Pro Teams Shouldn’t Sell Individual Tickets

Halftime Sports Editor Matt Jasko examines the intersection between finance, economics, and athletics in his segment, “The Cap.” Earlier this year Troy Kirby, president of the National Association of Athletic Tickets and Sales,... Read more

By Matt Jasko October 2, 2015

LeBron’s Potential to be the ‘Best Ever’

Avid sports fans, despite varying athletic interests and hometown loyalties, all share an important commonality: a love for making controversial statements. We derive peculiar satisfaction from offering obscure statistics to... Read more

By Noah Nelson October 2, 2015

Halftime Reviews: Every Open Eye by CHVRCHES

Scottish trio CHVRCHES has dedicated the foreseeable future to a long period of touring (and a pleasant visit to DC for the first ever Landmark Music Festival). This is following... Read more

By Michael Bergin October 2, 2015

The Four Stages of Injured QB Grief

Anyone who has watched a football game or sports network in the past month has seen Verizon Wireless’ commercial featuring New Orleans Saints backup quarterback Luke McCown. The commercial, narrated... Read more

By Amanda Christovich October 2, 2015

Introducing the The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

For the past three years I watched almost every episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. When I found out that Stewart was leaving his beloved news desk I... Read more

By Elizabeth Cahan October 2, 2015