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Higher Edge: Letting our professors fail us

“The most important thing when picking classes is choosing the right professor.” This is the platitude every incoming freshman is bombarded with when they pick their classes for the first... Read more

By Lara Fishbane February 5, 2015

Students question the Multicultural Council’s efficacy after Multicultural Week

Lask week, GUSA’s Multicultural Council presented its inaugural Multicultural Week, giving students the opportunity to participate in various cultural events. Despite the council’s overarching goal of promoting diversity, leaders of... Read more

By Dinah Farell February 5, 2015

Committee for Diversity to address issues faced by students of color

The Office of the Provost announced the creation of a Committee for Diversity on Jan. 28 to address issues faced by students of color at Georgetown. The committee will consist... Read more

By Mia Lopez-Zubiri February 5, 2015

Voices

H*pocrites for Choice: The Quandary of Pro-Choice Advocacy at a Catholic School

Before I begin what is sure to be an incendiary argument, I would like to make a disclaimer: I am a liberal, feminist Catholic. I believe that women should be... Read more

By Ellen Yaeger February 5, 2015

Voices

What Happened to Creativity? Taking Aim at Movie Remakes

Insomnia, The Departed, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: most of us know these works, but not that they were all great foreign films before being remade in the U.S.... Read more

By Charles Evain February 5, 2015

Voices

Death without Dignity: The Dangers of Assisted Suicide

Two weeks ago, the Voice published an editorial supporting a D.C. proposal to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Better known as “dying with dignity,” physician-assisted suicide has been popularized by the media... Read more

By Lydia Brown February 5, 2015

Petition seeks more transparaency regarding Ph.D. instructors’ training

An email newsletter sent out by GUSA on Jan. 30 publicized a petition that calls for greater transparency in the Foreign Language and Linguistics Department in regards to the use... Read more

By Lilah Burke February 4, 2015

Students and faculty push for improvements to the Academic Resource Center

The Academic Resource Center has begun to explore the possibility of expanding its office to a larger space in the coming months. Currently located in Leavey 335 with some testing... Read more

By Thomas Stubna February 4, 2015

Fu’s Land of Deities leaps off the page, redefines the pop-up book

Remember your first pop-up book? The three-dimensional, brightly-colored images have the incredible power to keep young children occupied and amused for hours. Yet interestingly enough, pop-up images in books were... Read more

By Elizabeth Baker February 4, 2015

DC’s El Camino not a walk to remember

El Camino has a long road to travel until it can live up to the vibrancy and flavor of great Mexican cuisine. Although it offers an imaginative and appealing array... Read more

By Caitriona Pagni February 4, 2015

Sponge out of Water serves up the secret formula for success

Since the summer of 1999, the world has watched SpongeBob SquarePants faithfully protect the coveted Krabby Patty secret formula from the ever persistent Plankton. The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of... Read more

By Steven Criss and Ben Ringwood February 4, 2015

Unite at Unity Live!

This Friday, the School of Nursing and Health Studies Academic Council and the GU AIDS Coalition are collaborating for the 3rd year in a row to host the 6th annual... Read more

By Sabrina Kayser February 4, 2015

Out of Control: New Pokémon games aren’t very effective…

Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver version are the greatest installments of the series to date. There. I said it. Pokémon is the undisputed champion of handheld role-playing games. It is... Read more

By Chris Castano February 4, 2015

Reel Talk: The director Hollywood deserves

In the case of Wes Anderson, perhaps we should alter the truism “It’s an honor just to be nominated,” to something like “It’s a relief to see him nominated.” After... Read more

By Brian McMahon February 4, 2015

CV: Murder by Death, Big Dark Love

Murder By Death is known for musical experiments, and their latest LP, Big Dark Love, is no exception. All in all, the band gives their seventh studio album a decent... Read more

By Riley Mellen February 4, 2015

CV: Bob Dylan, Shadows in the Night

There’s no doubt that Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan are two defining voices of the 20th century. Yet putting them together produces a rather peculiar animal. In his most recent... Read more

By Michael Bergin February 4, 2015

Serie A Transfer Window Roundup

The winter transfer season has now officially come and gone, and the focus of this piece is on Serie A, Italy’s top flight, where many intriguing transfers are likely to... Read more

By Pietro Bartoli February 4, 2015

Halftime Leisure

Scandal Enjoys A Solid Start

If you can’t be royalty, drop everything and become Olivia Pope. My addiction for the show Scandal goes all the way back to the first season when Olivia Pope, the... Read more

By Jason Cardinali February 3, 2015

Halftime Leisure

Love On The Hilltop: An Unrivaled Camaraderie

Not many Georgetown freshmen room with their best friends from high school, and many that do regret their decision. After all, living in such close quarters with someone can test the... Read more

By Elizabeth Cahan February 3, 2015

The Art of the Foul in College Basketball

How many times have you seen a close college basketball game come down to the wire with one team up only a few points on another? It happens a lot,... Read more

By Andrew Granville February 3, 2015

How the Budweiser Clydesdales are the NFL’s Workhorses

This Sunday over 110 million people tuned in to watch Super Bowl XLIX between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, as well as the commercials. There were many standard... Read more

By Matt Jasko February 3, 2015

Halftime Leisure

Looking Past the Green Light

When you hear the name F. Scott Fitzgerald, what’s the first thing you think of? For many in our generation, it’s Gatsby, of course. But when Fitzgerald died in 1940,... Read more

By Elizabeth Baker February 2, 2015

End of an Era for South Korean Football

“Time for Change.” That was the South Korean national football team’s motto before heading into the 2015 Asian Cup. Every major football tournament indirectly represents a new generation of footballers,... Read more

By Dasoo Milton Yoon February 2, 2015