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Georgetown contributes funds for aerial gondola feasibility study

The university contributed $25,000 to the fund for a survey on the feasibility of an aerial gondola system connecting Georgetown with Rosslyn.

By February 28, 2016

Sports

Women’s Hoops Pre-Game Primer: Hoyas to host Xavier in regular season finale

On Sunday afternoon, the Georgetown women’s basketball team (15-12, 8-9 Big East) will host the  Xavier Wildcats (17-11, 8-9 Big East) in the regular season finale. Tip-off is scheduled for... Read more

By February 27, 2016

Sports

Overtime Dogfight: Hoyas drop fourth in a row in OT loss to Butler

This year’s Georgetown men’s basketball team opened their home schedule with an overtime loss. So it was only appropriate that they would close it in similar fashion, as the Hoyas... Read more

By February 27, 2016

Halftime Sports

The Best and Worst in MLB Uniforms

On Tuesday, the New York Mets announced that, for every Sunday home game this season, they will wear 1986 throwback uniforms. Likewise, the Pittsburgh Pirates have announced that they will... Read more

By February 27, 2016

Features

On the Record with John DeGioia on activism, college affordability and science at Georgetown

On Feb. 18, Editor-in-Chief Daniel Varghese 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 February 27, 2016

Columns

Lessons from Literature: Ye of Little Faith

“True religion? All the religions are true insofar as they make those people who profess them live spiritually, insofar as they console them for having been born to die, and... Read more

By February 26, 2016

Leisure

Not Your Average Underdog: Egerton Delivers in Charming Eddie the Eagle

The Winter Olympics probably don’t receive the credit they deserve. Sure, it’s fun to get fired up about Shaun White, but how often do our nation’s children huddle around the... Read more

By February 26, 2016

Sports

We Are Georgetown and You’re Not: Hoyas to host Butler Saturday afternoon for Senior Day

The Georgetown men’s basketball team (14-14, 7-8 Big East) is set to host the Butler Bulldogs (18-9, 7-8 Big East) Saturday afternoon for Senior Day. The meeting between the two... Read more

By February 26, 2016

Sports

In Their Defense: Grit powers women’s hoops by Butler, snaps two-game skid

The Georgetown women’s basketball team (15-12, 8-9 Big East) defeated Butler (9-19, 4-13 Big East) 49-35 in a sloppy matinee affair at McDonough Arena Friday afternoon. Senior forward Dominique Vitalis... Read more

By February 26, 2016

Halftime Leisure

Girls Season Five Begins with a Question Mark

The finale of season four of HBO’s Girls left a series of massive, mostly optimistic cliffhangers. Marnie’s engagement, Shoshanna’s decision to move to Japan, and Hannah’s new relationship all seem... Read more

By February 26, 2016

Halftime

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