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Greek life at Georgetown

As a 225-year old Jesuit institution, Georgetown has had a lukewarm relationship with Greek life. The university has long maintained its stance that Greek organizations are incompatible with the University’s... Read more

Living at Georgetown

Georgetown’s Year in Review 2014-15

As your summer comes to a close and your freshman year begins, you’re about to be thrown onto this big campus we call “the Hilltop” to begin the college adventure.... Read more

Living at Georgetown

The four freshman dorms

After you’ve chosen, or left up to fate, your roommate, the University assigns you to live in one of four freshmen dorms in early August. It doesn’t really matter whether you made... Read more

Prefrosh Preview

Every conversation you’ll have at NSO

Six years ago, the Voice made a flowchart predicting every conversation you’ll have at New Student Orientation. Six years later, everything still rings true. (click to embiggen) The moral of the story... Read more

Academics

Buying your textbooks

As a college student, you’ll easily find yourself cash-strapped in pretty much every living moment. One way to try and preserve the dwindling balance in your checking account is to... Read more

Living at Georgetown

Traditions at Georgetown

In a couple of weeks when you and the rest of the Prefrosh move onto campus, you’ll find that becoming a Hoya is much more than just receiving your Convocation... Read more

Hilltop Activities

Getting fit at Georgetown

At Georgetown, students both work hard and play hard. While the more popular meaning of play hard will be covered later on in another preview, the more literal meaning refers... Read more

Hilltop Activities

Getting drunk at Georgetown

Editor’s note: This post is intended to provide a realistic and helpful picture of the undergraduate drinking culture at Georgetown. The information in this post is generally common knowledge and... Read more

D.C. Living

D.C.’s internship scene

To enroll in Georgetown is to live in what is becoming one of the most dynamic and attractive metropolitan areas for young professionals in the country. There’s a reason why you’ll... Read more

Hilltop Activities

The Arts at Georgetown

For a school known for its preppy atmosphere, the performing arts are certainly not the centerpiece of Georgetown. But if you look hard enough, you’ll find a tight-knit community of... Read more

D.C. Living

Breaking the Georgetown Bubble

Georgetown students have certainly earned their reputation as the most prestigiousand preppy students in the city. Unfortunately, we are also known for being the least city-savvy. (Vox has even overheard Georgetown seniors... Read more

D.C. Living

Transportation and getting around in D.C.

For reasons ranging from Georgetown’s small campus footprint to our prickly relationship with our rich and influential neighborhood residents, you can’t bring a car onto campus. So don’t go asking... Read more

D.C. Living

Off-campus restaurants you could use

As the semester goes on, pretty much every Hoya gets tired of Leo’s or Epicurean. However, every Hoya should be grateful by the fact that they live in one of... Read more

Living at Georgetown

The world of Leo’s and on-campus dining

If you’ve ever toured Georgetown with Blue and Gray, you might have heard student tour guides wax lyrical about Leo O’Donovan Hall, the only dining hall on campus. Whether you... Read more

Living at Georgetown

CHARMS and choosing your roommate

Sure, college applications were hard. Maybe you didn’t dream about being a Hoya, but now you find yourself painting the town gray and blue. And now you have your first... Read more

Living at Georgetown

Mental health at Georgetown

We like to look like we’re the perfect candidates for everything—a job, an internship, a marriage … Admitting that you struggle with mental health issues means admitting that you’re not... Read more

Hilltop Activities

Sex at Georgetown

Editors note: This post is intended to provide a realistic and informative picture of sex at Georgetown. The information in this post is generally common knowledge and does not come from... Read more

Voices

Transcending Battle Lines: Taking Stock of Israel’s Narrative

Children kidnapped from their homes; rockets fired across arbitrary lines on a map; 2,200 people killed during a bloody summer. A speech that divided a congress; an election that divided... Read more

Features

Spring 2015 Photo Contest

The Voice is pleased to announce the winners of our 2015 Photo Contest: Jenna Chen (COL ’18), Mollie Coyle (COL ’17), and Trishla Jain (SFS ’15). Check out their work below!

Halftime Leisure

Mustaches, Masculinity, and the Terrifying Future: What’s Up Mad Men?

With only four more episodes until the end of the world of Mad Men, Don Draper and those around him find themselves in precarious situations. The future is a scary,... Read more

Halftime Sports

FC Porto’s Smart Business Plan

Not many soccer fanatics expected the seemingly undefeatable Bayern Munich to be on the losing side of club competition anytime soon, especially to exit as early as the quarterfinals of... Read more

Halftime Sports

The Revenge of Fellaini and Co.

For a team that struggled so much at the start of the season and then struggled to play decent football for the middle of the season, Manchester United have solved... Read more

Features

Passing Judgment: The effects of anonymous evaluations

“I WANT YOU,” reads a long-forgotten sign that still remains affixed to the wall of a Car Barn classroom. This sign, and many others like it, are the last remnants... Read more

Voices

An Open Letter to Incoming Hoyas

My piece is a cry to decolonize; to blatantly deface and dismantle the structures on this campus that alienate by telling us that we cannot be proud of our working... Read more