Archive

From digits to dehumanization: Minor League Baseball

Before the summer of 2012, I couldn’t have told you jack-crap about the sport of baseball. I had played in rec leagues back in middle school, but never really caught... Read more

By Chris Castano April 10, 2014

Carrying On: The walls are closing in

Imagine a massive intergalactic trash compactor, Star Wars Episode IV-style. You and me, and the rest of the world’s population, are caught inside. The wealthiest of the bunch have managed... Read more

By Patricia Cipollitti April 10, 2014

Empowering student tenants through support and advocacy

On October 17, 2004, nearly 100 firefighters were called to the 3300 block of Prospect Street after an anonymous 911 call alerted authorities of a blaze burning through the townhouse... Read more

By Nick Suttle and Mary Hanley April 10, 2014

Editorials

GSP vital for first-generation college students

Twelve percent of admitted students to the Georgetown Class of 2018 are first-generation students, a similar rate to last year’s accepted class and that of most Ivy League schools. Though... Read more

By the Editorial Board April 10, 2014

Editorials

Shooting shows veteran mental health neglected

The rhetoric is tired—and so are we at the Voice. Gun control has dropped off the map of firebrand issues in political dialogue. When it is discussed, it is separated... Read more

By the Editorial Board April 10, 2014

Structural violence in Panama: Native tribes’ legacy of starvation

¿Hay más pantalones? For the indigenous people of Latin America, resources are sparse. Four years ago, I started the first of several travels to Santiago, an inland Panamanian town, to... Read more

By Brittany Neihardt April 10, 2014

Jodorowsky’s Dune brings epic back from the recycling bin

“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.” Frank Herbert’s seminal science... Read more

By Emilia Brahm April 10, 2014

Saxa Poetica: A Spotlight on Student Poetry

Lullaby Cars appear as white light, sliding then fading along their paths, buckling darkly and blue. In the day the road is all curve, tar-black and heatwave sliding down to... Read more

By Katie Mitchell April 10, 2014

Touch Me exhibit not very pleasurable

Enter space…interact. The words are printed on an unassuming white wall at the entrance of of Touch Me, the current exhibit in The Flashpoint Gallery. This new creation from the... Read more

By Daniel Varghese April 9, 2014

GUSA, Corp launch off-campus housing review site

The Corp, in conjunction with the Georgetown University Student Association and Georgetown Student Tenant Association, launched Roomr, the first Georgetown student-run, centralized platform for evaluating landlords and off-campus properties, on... Read more

By Deborah Sparks April 9, 2014

Glazer’s Under the Skin out of this world

A black screen. Odd sounds, slowly becoming louder. Suddenly, a spot of light appears and gradually moves a little closer… This scene is how Under the Skin begins. A creepy,... Read more

By Andrew Gutman April 9, 2014

Under the Covers: Putin’s complaint

Oscar Wilde said that artists are useless. Of all the useless artists out there, some have to be more self-obsessed than others. In literature, Philip Roth comes to mind as... Read more

By Emilia Brahm April 9, 2014

GUSA hosts first campus-wide week of arts events

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate Subcommittee on Creative Expression organized the first Georgetown Arts Week this week to generate visibility for different arts groups on campus. “There’s a small... Read more

By Grace Brennan April 9, 2014

Day Tripper: Hitchhiker’s guide to the summer

I’ll never cease to be amazed by Georgetown students’ globetrotting habits. I love hearing friends describe the details of their summer travel plans—itineraries range from cross-country road trips to exploring... Read more

By Colleen Wood April 9, 2014

Critical Voices: RAC, Strangers, Pt. II

The second installment of RAC’s two-part debut album, Strangers II, is a stark departure from the band’s previous work of creating peppy, electronic remixes for other popular artists. Then again,... Read more

By Riley Mellen April 9, 2014

Critical Voices: Cloud Nothings, Here and Nowhere Else

Cloud Nothings has really produced something special with Here and Nowhere Else. Promenading along the line between rage and beauty, Cloud Nothings’s latest release is an effective juxtaposition of pop... Read more

By Connor Rohan April 9, 2014

ResLife to end $25 floor fund collection next year

Resident assistants will no longer be required to collect the $25 in floor funds from students living in on-campus housing starting next academic year. The Office of Residential Living will... Read more

By Kenneth Lee April 9, 2014

News Hit: D.C. Council passes landmark sexual assault survivor rights bill

The D.C. Council unanimously passed the Sexual Assault Victim’s Rights Amendment Act of 2013 on Tuesday in the first of two rounds of voting required for the act to be... Read more

By James Constant April 9, 2014

News Hit: GCP releases complaint data from neighborhood

The Georgetown Community Partnership released data on the Student Neighborhood Assistance Program and Student Conduct outcomes for fall 2013. This is the first public data released by GCP on neighborhood... Read more

By Claire Zeng April 9, 2014

Kennedy Institute to begin new MOOC next Tuesday

Georgetown’s Kennedy Institute of Ethics will launch its first massive open online course on April 15. The course, “Introduction to Bioethics,” is a six week MOOC with more than 25,000... Read more

By Shalina Chatlani April 9, 2014

GUSA Senate passes bill in support of accessibility

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate unanimously passed a resolution concerning student accessibility that asks the University to provide funding for sign interpreters at student events, which previously had to... Read more

By Jared Kimler April 9, 2014