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A Texan Tragedy

When late December rolled around in 2013, the Texas Rangers completed a seven-year, 130 million dollar deal with Shin-Soo Choo that had some commentators calling for high expectations from the... Read more

By September 8, 2014

Halftime Leisure

De-Mock-Cracy:Veep Takes on Politics and Family

The following contains spoilers for season three of Veep. Hyperlinked material may contain objectionable language. While I sincerely meant my reflections last week on how Netflix’s House of Cards has... Read more

By September 8, 2014

Halftime Leisure

Service with Rakes and Gumballs

On Saturday morning, about 800 freshmen and transfer students gathered in Red Square to participate in service projects in Ward 7. My group of fifty-three traveled by bus across the... Read more

By September 5, 2014

Halftime Sports

The Confused World Of Soccer’s Transfer Market

This summer, Luis Suarez transferred from Liverpool to Barcelona for €95 million.  After a brilliant World Cup, James Rodriguez moved to Real Madrid for €80 million.  Last year, Tottenham sold... Read more

By September 5, 2014

Halftime Leisure

Indelible: Permanence and Photography

We use photography to make a moment concrete, perfectly capture a scene, or preserve the fleeting burnt oranges and deep royal purples of a setting sunset. We are on the... Read more

By September 5, 2014

News

Sneak peek of the Healey Family Student Center

The Healey Family Student Center will open Friday at noon—and the Voice got a sneak peak of the long-awaited space. Director of the Center for Student Engagement Erika Cohen-Derr and... Read more

By September 4, 2014

News

Complying with White House standards, GU reforms sexual assault policy

Vice President of Student Affairs Todd Olson announced “an enhancement of the Office of Student Conduct’s efforts to broaden its response to sexual misconduct” in an email sent to the... Read more

By September 4, 2014

Halftime Sports

Champions League Preview: Groups A-D

On August 28th in Monaco, the representatives of 32 teams from across Europe joined to witness the 2014-15 UEFA Champions League Draw.  For those who don’t know, the Champions League... Read more

By September 4, 2014

Halftime Sports

The Fantasy Fanatic: Predictions for Your Team

They told me he was the one. A slam dunk. He would take me to the promised land. They say you never forget the first person to break your heart,... Read more

By September 4, 2014

Halftime Leisure

Critical Voices: Maroon 5, V

Most every person walking around this campus has at least heard of the band Maroon 5, but only avid fans know that this wildly successful pop band actually found its... Read more

By September 4, 2014

News

UIS introduces LiveSafe, Usher, and Campus Quad mobile apps to campus

In order to keep up with students’ increasing use of smartphones, the University partnered with three new mobile developers this school year, adding the applications LiveSafe, Usher, and Campus Quad... Read more

By September 4, 2014

News

GU Fossil Free delivers divestment proposal to DeGioia

GU Fossil Free delivered the final draft of its 35-page proposal to the office of President DeGioia on Tuesday, initiating what they hope will be a fruitful year of engaging with... Read more

By September 4, 2014

News

City on a Hill: The Geography of Hunger

From the convenience of high quality, organic produce at Safeway to fresh sushi plates at Dean & Deluca, Georgetown students are surrounded by a cornucopia of food choices. What many... Read more

By September 4, 2014

Sports

Full Court Press: The comfort of your own home

While Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer with its barbecues and games of golf, it also signals the beginning of another significant period in the American calendar: NFL... Read more

By September 4, 2014

Sports

Volleyball serves up two wins

The Georgetown volleyball team (2-1, 0-0 Big East) won back-to-back matches against George Mason (0-4, 0-0 Atlantic 10) and Howard (2-2, 0-0 Mid Eastern Athletic Conference) to finish this past... Read more

By September 4, 2014

Sports

Women’s soccer wallops Wolfpack, tames Tigers

The Georgetown women’s soccer team (3-0-1, 0-0 Big East) defeated North Carolina State (1-2-0, 0-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) this past weekend in dominating fashion by thrashing the Wolfpack 6-0.  While... Read more

By September 4, 2014

Sports

Poultry fueling Nats to postseason

If Washington, D.C. is a sports town on the turnaround, the Washington Nationals deserve much of the credit for the change in fortune. Though the Nationals’ 2013 campaign proved disappointing,... Read more

By September 4, 2014

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Sporting stereotypes fading away

My brother Joe and I were sitting outside at a cafe next to the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence during the summer of 2012. The other guest at the table was... Read more

By September 4, 2014

Editorials

Freshmen first-offense amnesty is improvement to code of conduct

The Office of Student Conduct announced last week that first-time violations of the Student Code of Conduct that occur during freshman year will no longer be accessible by prospective employers or... Read more

By the September 4, 2014

Editorials

Denial of visas to Syrian refugee actresses disappoints GU, D.C.

In an abrupt turn of events, 12 Syrian women slated to star in an adaption of a Euripides tragedy produced by journalist Charlotte Eagar, filmmaker William Stirling, and Syrian director Omar... Read more

By the September 4, 2014

Features

The Few. The Proud. The NHS.

Within the classrooms of St. Mary’s Hall, there is a community of undergraduates intently studying pathophysiology, microbiology, and numerous other complicated fields that the majority of Georgetown students will never... Read more

By September 4, 2014

Editorials

MD whooping cough cases prove danger of not vaccinating

Doctors diagnosed whooping cough in three children enrolled in Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland last week, though the true number of cases may be as high as nine according to... Read more

By the September 4, 2014

Voices

Leaving Domestic Spheres of Thought

  “Personally, I think the Cuban revolution did a lot of good. I really like Castro,” my host mom says in Spanish on one of my first nights studying abroad... Read more

By September 4, 2014

Leisure

Voltaggio’s boxed lunches infuse suburbia with hipster pretense

Walk in, and a metal bucket might fall on your head. Walk out, and you are engulfed by the hypnotic hum of the American shopping experience. This is Lunchbox, restaurateur... Read more

By September 4, 2014

Leisure

‘Bountiful Waters’ coy, fluid exhibition

The traditional Japanese landscape evokes both strength and elegance, the resolute and the graceful. These dueling feelings were omnipresent throughout my time at the Smithsonian’s new exhibition “Bountiful Waters,” exploring... Read more

By September 4, 2014