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We Are Georgetown and You’re Not: Hoyas and Blue Devils Battle in NY

Following their first win of the season, the Georgetown men’s basketball team (1-2, Big East) will take on the No. 5 Duke Blue Devils (3-1, ACC) in the championship game... Read more

By November 21, 2015

News

GUPD upgrades security for Rangila and future campus events

The Georgetown University Police Department increased security for the 21st annual performance of Rangila on Nov 20 to 21. According to Georgetown University Chief of Police and Director of Public... Read more

By November 21, 2015

Halftime Sports

The Twilight of a Great Sports Era

It’s easy to say they shouldn’t be around anymore. It’s easy to say you saw it coming. It’s easy to say that the should have left when they were on top.... Read more

By November 21, 2015

Sports

Lights, Cameron, Action! Cameron shines in Hoyas’ win over Wisconsin

NEW YORK — A fast start from an unheralded Hoya prevented the start of the Georgetown men’s basketball season from sinking into an unknown abyss. Junior forward Reggie Cameron’s career-high... Read more

By November 20, 2015

Sports

And-Ones: Additional news and notes from Georgetown-Wisconsin

Welcome to “And-Ones,” the Voice’s post-game notebook for all news, stats, and notes following each Georgetown men’s basketball game. Sophomore forward Paul White missed his third consecutive game for the... Read more

By November 20, 2015

Sports

Men’s Soccer Pre-Game Primer: Hoyas host Hofstra in Second Round of College Cup

The Georgetown men’s soccer team (15-2-2, 9-0-0 Big East) will face off against the Hofstra Pride (14-7-0, 6-2-0, CAA) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament this Sunday at... Read more

By November 20, 2015

Features

Nice Work If You Can Get It: Spotlight and the Future of Investigative Journalism

Over and over again, taking responsibility proves to be a challenging task for human beings and their institutions. Individuals go to great lengths to deny and conceal; as a result,... Read more

By November 20, 2015

Leisure

McCarthy Highlights both Clerical and Journalistic Flaws in Spotlight

The procedural genre— one in which a problem is presented, investigated, and solved—encourages precision and economy, allowing for the comparatively unaffected telling of true stories. It’s also a genre that... Read more

By November 20, 2015

Editorials

Fueling the Debate: Proposed GUSA Referendum on GU Fossil Free

At the start of the month, GU Fossil Free (GUFF) announced plans to include a referendum on divestment on the 2016 Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Presidential Ballot. If all... Read more

By the November 20, 2015

Editorials

Overhead Costs: The Neighborhood’s Grievances with the FAA

This year, the D.C. Fair Skies Coalition, an advocacy organization of nine local groups including GUSA, Georgetown University, and the Citizen’s Association of Georgetown, filed a petition for review against... Read more

By the November 20, 2015

Editorials

On Missouri, Yale, and the Memory of 272 Slaves: Activism, Justice, and their Discontents

University protests on race relations across the U.S. have provoked a flurry of media attention and political activism in recent weeks. This Editorial Board fully and adamantly supports efforts to... Read more

By the November 20, 2015

News

Sanders Discusses and Defends Democratic Socialism at Georgetown

2016 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke on the topic of democratic socialism on Nov. 19 at Georgetown in an event sponsored by the Institute of Politics and Public... Read more

By November 20, 2015

Halftime Sports

The Case for Hanging It Up

Upon seeing the boxscore from the Denver Broncos’ matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, casual football fans who have not been paying much attention to this season would... Read more

By November 20, 2015

Halftime Sports

Chaos? Chaos. College Football Playoff Picture

It’s here. The CFP is risen. Well, it has been for a few weeks now, but for the sake of this exercise, let’s imagine we’re just leaving the time capsule... Read more

By November 20, 2015

Halftime Sports

Soccer: The Unlikely Future of American Sports

As much as many Americans hate to admit it, soccer is becoming increasingly popular in the US. Every four years, United States soccer drags in more and more fans to... Read more

By November 20, 2015

Halftime Sports

Is it Time to Panic for U.S. Tennis?

When Jack Sock burst onto the professional tennis scene in 2011, he appeared destined for greatness. Already endowed with two grand slam titles, in the form of a U.S. Open... Read more

By November 20, 2015

News

GUPD responds to international attacks, D.C. threats

On Nov. 16, Jay Gruber, Georgetown University Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety, emailed the student body in response to a series of violent terrorist attacks around the... Read more

By November 19, 2015

Sports

We Are Georgetown and You’re Not: Hoyas head to NY looking for season’s first win against Wisconsin

The Georgetown men’s basketball team (0-2, Big East) will be looking for its first win Friday night, when it faces Wisconsin (2-1, Big Ten) at New York’s Madison Square Garden... Read more

By November 19, 2015

Voices

Seizing the Initiative: An Analysis Of Recent Racial Protests

In the past three weeks, multiple college campuses have faced racial tensions on their campuses. Two of those schools in particular, the University of Missouri and Yale University, have been... Read more

By November 19, 2015

Features

Up in the Air: How the university, GUSA, and D.C. neighborhood associations are taking on the FAA

It’s not often that you hear about Georgetown students and the Georgetown neighborhood agreeing about a noise problem. However, this past summer, the Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA), the university,... Read more

By November 19, 2015

Voices

Out of the Campus Comfort Zone: A Flight from Classical Liberal Thought

Do our feelings really matter? Certainly they matter to each of us. Emotions, in all their varieties and magnitudes, are an inextricable element of humanity. They can also matter to... Read more

By November 19, 2015

Sports

Hokie Pokie: Hoyas dance around Virginia Tech in home opener, improve to 2-0

The Georgetown women’s basketball team (2-0, 0-0 Big East) picked up its second consecutive victory on Wednesday night, as they dominated the Virginia Tech Hokies (2-1, 0-0 ACC) 73-56. Offensively,... Read more

By November 19, 2015

Voices

Viva La Vita: H*yas for Choice and All Its Misconceptions

As a former president and current member of Georgetown Right to Life, also known as RTL or Vita Saxa, I’d like to weigh in on an opinion piece published in... Read more

By November 19, 2015

Halftime Sports

Carolina Panthers: From Underdog to Favorite

The Carolina Panthers have been one of the biggest surprises of this year’s NFL season. They finished 2014 with a record of 7-8-1, yet somehow won the NFC South and... Read more

By November 19, 2015

Leisure

Newts Occupy Gonda Theater in Department’s Adaptation of War with the Newts

All newts are salamanders — but not all salamanders are newts. Celebrating their 10-year anniversary, Georgetown’s Department of Performing Arts launches its season with a world-premiere adaptation of Karel Čapek’s... Read more

By November 18, 2015