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The Migrant Experience: Reflections from El Paso, Texas

Last week, I went to El Paso, Texas with twelve other Georgetown students on an Alternative Breaks trip. I left without any real expectations, except that it was something vaguely... Read more

By March 19, 2015

Voices

Recovering the Long-Lost Art of Killing Time: A Primer for Hoyas

My spring break plans consisted of going to my house, catching up on sleep, and playing FIFA 15. It was a casual, ordinary spring break, except that my house happens... Read more

By March 19, 2015

Voices

Carrying On: Gearing up for Graduation

Four years seemed eons away when I first stumbled onto the Hilltop as a confused freshman. Even now, with two months left before graduation, it is still hard to wrap... Read more

By March 19, 2015

Voices

The Happiness Paradox

Why it’s hard to be happy at Georgetown, and how you can make it easier Being happy is hard. One would think that, after millenia on this planet, humanity would... Read more

By March 19, 2015

Features

The Final Push: An ongoing struggle for an academic diversity requirement

On Feb. 7, 2000, 300 students stood crowded together in Red Square. They gathered together in the cold, listening to the voices of their fellow students echoing through the square.... Read more

By March 19, 2015

Editorials

Student Action for 2018 Campus Plan starts now

The Georgetown University Student Association released an extensive campus plan report yesterday along with a call to action for students to voice their concerns on the 2018-38 Campus Plan before... Read more

By the March 19, 2015

Editorials

A toast to Cups for Campus and party hygiene

Beginning tomorrow at 11 a.m., Cups for Campus will distribute disposable cups for students to promote health and prevent the spread of disease, especially at parties. The Editorial Board welcomes... Read more

By the March 19, 2015

Editorials

Rethinking student needs in the Student Center

Six months since the Healey Family Student Center’s grand opening, the space has become one of the campus’ most frequented gathering places. On Thursday nights, the Georgetown Program Board hosts... Read more

By the March 19, 2015

Leisure

The ugly truth: Civilized drags society’s dark side into the light

Tucked away on G Street stands Flashpoint Gallery, an art exhibition space that exemplifies the essence of bare-bones minimalism. Uneven concrete floors, metallic bars and wires and bright, powerful lights... Read more

By March 19, 2015

Leisure

New Divergent fizzles out

The second installment of the best-selling Divergent series continues in a thrilling—okay… well, let’s just say it continues. Insurgent picks up where the last film left off, with the protagonist,... Read more

By March 19, 2015

Leisure

de Kooning daringly distorts portraiture

The average portrait aims for perfection. The artist attempts to flawlessly represent the face, physique, and expression of his or her subject. Yet Elaine de Kooning’s portrait series challenges viewers... Read more

By March 19, 2015

Leisure

Plan B’s food not worth the morning after

Every Plan A needs a Plan B. Unfortunately, Plan B Burger Bar was, at best, a Plan C. As a transfer from a college outside of Boston, I can attest... Read more

By March 19, 2015

Leisure

Under the Covers: Time to rewrite the high school syllabi

After getting back from a week-long hiking trip in the Smoky Mountains last Friday, I sat around with some friends and discussed our respective spring breaks. The topic of reading... Read more

By March 19, 2015

News

No Labels establishes Georgetown chapter, aims to foster bi-partisan dialogue

The nonpartisan political organization No Labels, a “national movement of Democrats, Republicans and independents dedicated to a new politics of problem solving” according to its website, established a chapter at... Read more

By March 19, 2015

Leisure

Deadbeats: You can’t really collect audio files

In the past decade, music has almost reached a zenith of accessibility. The internet has all but unshackled the industry from the grubby hands of executives and allowed for a... Read more

By March 19, 2015

Leisure

Critical Voices: Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly

That it turned out to be a garden-variety clerical error that To Pimp a Butterfly got released early is irrelevant—only Kendrick Lamar could make us wait three years for an... Read more

By March 19, 2015

Leisure

Critical Voices: Modest Mouse, Strangers to Ourselves

After seven years of silence, Modest Mouse has finally released its latest offering, Strangers to Ourselves, but considering the disappointment that the release brought with it, perhaps continued silence would... Read more

By March 19, 2015

News

New GUSA petition and report seek student input on 2018 Campus Plan

GUSA released a report on Wednesday highlighting the impacts of the 2010 Campus Plan and what it expects from the 2018 Campus Plan, currently in its early stages. Additionally, it... Read more

By March 19, 2015

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Writing new history

The NCAA Tournament, the most thrilling three-week rollercoaster ride in sports, has begun. Cue the bracket pools, upset wins, and two of the year’s most unproductive work days for college... Read more

By March 19, 2015

Sports

Baseball has success at Snowbird Classic

After a difficult start to the season, the Georgetown baseball team (6-8, 0-0 Big East) posted a 5-2 record at the Snowbird Baseball Classic in Port Charlotte, Fla. The Hoyas’... Read more

By March 19, 2015

Sports

Buck Wild: The luck of the Irish

The recent celebration of St. Patrick’s Day and the onslaught of midterms has everyone searching Healy Lawn for four leaf clovers. Students have started to knock on wood, sleep facing... Read more

By March 19, 2015

Sports

On the record with Megan Hyson

The Voice traveled out to the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy to catch up with Georgetown softball (10-14, 0-0 Big East) and their senior ace and captain Megan Hyson as the... Read more

By March 19, 2015

Sports

Men’s basketball opens tourney vs. Eastern Washington

It’s that time of year again. Selection Sunday saw the Georgetown men’s basketball team (21-10, 12-6 Big East) slotted into the four seed in the South Region, with their opening... Read more

By March 19, 2015

News

Office of Residential Life announces new initiative to hold spaces for students studying abroad

The Office of Residential Life announced a new initiative to hold spaces for students studying abroad as a part of housing reforms to be enacted in Spring 2015 in an... Read more

By March 19, 2015

News

Cups for Campus distributes cups to prevent spread of communicable diseases

Cups for Campus, a new initiative that promotes healthy campus lifestyles by preventing the spread of communicable diseases through disposable cups, will launch on March 20 in Red Square. “In... Read more

By March 19, 2015