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Beanpot Hockey 2014

For the first two Mondays of every February, college hockey takes over the city of Boston. Northeastern, Harvard, Boston College and Boston University play against each other for the Beanpot,... Read more

By Chris Castano February 11, 2014

Halftime Leisure

TV Recap: Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon Say Goodbye, Olympics Begin

Hey! New day, new column! Welcome to our weekly TV recap! Where we talk about what happened this week in TV. (Duh.) Anyways, enjoy! There were many endings and beginnings... Read more

By Zakiya Jamal February 7, 2014

Halftime Leisure

Brick by brick: The Lego Movie is a breathtaking creation

Chris Pratt. Will Ferrell. Elizabeth Banks. Will Arnett. Morgan Freeman. Sounds like the recipe for a well narrated Television crossover Parks and Recreation, Arrested Development special, doesn’t it? But unfortunately... Read more

By Daniel Varghese February 7, 2014

A Lakers Eulogy

Being a Lakers fan used to be a lot of fun. Following the team into the playoffs year after year; watching Kobe light up the stage by making shots that... Read more

By Steven Criss February 6, 2014

All The Way: MLB lowers transfer fees

This is a column from the February 6, 2014 edition of The Georgetown Voice. It can be found here Major League Baseball did its part to help reduce the United States’... Read more

By Steven Criss February 6, 2014

Halftime Leisure

Deadbeats: She didn’t ring the alarm

This column originally appeared in the Georgetown Voice. The online version can be found here. There are few things I enjoy more than counting down the days until one of... Read more

By Rhiannon Greene February 6, 2014

Safety in Sochi: Snowboard Slopestyle

When one of the best snowboarder of all time drops out of an Olympic event because he is worried about making it through the course without injuring himself, it may... Read more

By Steven Criss February 6, 2014

Features

Laying the foundations: The story of Georgetown’s architecture

In 1894, Rev. J. Harvey Richards sat at his desk and took pen to paper. He was editing a fundraising speech he was set to give to a group of Georgetown alumni. “Professors from other institutions, seeing our immense buildings and grounds, our numerous”—here he scratched out “professors” and put “instructors” above it in spidery handwriting—“and students, do enquire, ‘What is your endowment? It must be very great!

By Julia Tanaka February 6, 2014

Page 13 Cartoons

What happens to the koi fish in the winter?

By Dylan Cutler and Colleen Wood February 6, 2014

News Hit: Recruiting numbers down

Georgetown has seen a dip in the number of employers recruiting on campus since the 2012-2013 academic year. According to a report provided by the Cawley Career Education Center, 42... Read more

By Steven Criss February 6, 2014

News Hit: New SFS Asia journal

The Asian Studies department of the School of Foreign Service launched the Georgetown Asian Affairs Journal, a new quarterly scholarly journal, on Jan. 22. According to Director of Asian Studies... Read more

By Claire Zeng February 6, 2014

Humanity and genius square off in delightful rendition of Proof

Editor’s Note: This article has been reedited by the Voice‘s staff. The article that follows is different from the article that appeared in the Feb. 6, 2014 print edition of the Voice.... Read more

By Elizabeth Baker February 6, 2014

Social innovation center to launch Feb. 11

The Beeck Center for Social Innovation & Impact, which aims to promote innovation in addressing social issues, will launch with a kick-off event featuring some guest lecturers in the field... Read more

By Jared Kimler February 6, 2014

The Vagina Monologues hit the spot

In 2000, after Georgetown’s yearly production of The Vagina Monologues, Robert Swope (COL ’01) became angry. He wasn’t the first, but his article—never published by The Hoya, who subsequently fired... Read more

By Emilia Brahm February 6, 2014

New chapel organ to be completed by March

The new, custom-made pipe organ in Dahlgren Chapel, donated by the Georgetown alumni Lewnowski family, is expected to be ready for use by the beginning of March as a final... Read more

By Daniel Paradis February 6, 2014

Club tuition funding reorganized

The Division of Student Affairs approved a new student tuition funding distribution on Jan. 24. The plan, which goes into effect fiscal year 2015, cuts Student Activities Commission and raises... Read more

By Lara Fishbane February 6, 2014

New Clooney film a monumental letdown

The Monuments Men—a good ol’ American story of saving masterpieces of art from the Nazis, for the sake of life, liberty, and the American Way. It tells the story of... Read more

By Andrew Gutman February 6, 2014

GUSA petitions Provost about grade inflation

GUSA released a petition on Monday calling for Provost Robert Groves to address an alleged lack of student input in the administration’s response to grade inflation at Georgetown. The press... Read more

By James Constant February 6, 2014

Georgetown BID releases 15-year plan

The Georgetown Business Improvement District announced its 15-Year Action Plan on Jan. 30, which proposes 75 action items that seek to improve transportation, use of public spaces, business, and accessibility... Read more

By Ana Smith February 6, 2014

BMDT goes to work: Exploring women’s role in society through dance

Women contribute to every culture, every belief-system and every era, but is there one universal trait that binds them all together? Georgetown University’s Black Movements Dance Theatre seeks to answer... Read more

By Ana Smith February 6, 2014