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Hoyas feed off crowd at McDonough, beat West Virginia

After their heart-wrenching 60-56 loss to last-place DePaul (12-21, 3-15 Big East) in the Big East Tournament, the Georgetown men’s basketball team (18-14, 8-10 Big East) returned to Washington as... Read more

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Baseball fights weather, injuries

The only members of the Georgetown campus more worried about the number of snow days piling up this semester than Assistant Provost John Q. Pierce would be the baseball team,... Read more

Sports

Finish line for indoor track

The Georgetown Hoyas Track and Field team’s indoor season came to a close this past weekend at the NCAA Indoor National Championship in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The men’s team struggled,... Read more

Halftime Leisure

A Case for the Classics

Your “Intro to Philosophy” paper is due in 24 hours—so, you open a new Word document, grab an M&M cookie from Wiseys, plug your headphones into your ears and click... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Musée des Beaux-Arts presents Montreal’s past

When most people think about a college spring break, they imagine sun-soaked beaches, palm trees, and friends clinking Coronas. They don’t usually picture embarking on a road trip to Montreal,... Read more

Halftime Sports

Brazil 2014 Team Preview: Spain

As Brazil 2014 fast approaches, Halftime thought it might be prudent to take a look at each of the 32 teams participating in the World Cup and assess possible lineups... Read more

Opinion

“Philip Seymour Hoffman is Dead”

He was fat. As though his stomach contained a disorderly boiler, that would blast out hot air and whimper and shrill.   He was addicted to those things we are... Read more

Halftime Leisure

‘She-Hulk #1’ is a perfect balance

I got to admit, I love She-Hulk. There’s something ridiculously charming about a female hero that not only is comfortable with herself enough to have a sense of humor, but... Read more

Halftime Leisure

The Weekly List(en): Chill Out, Dude

Welcome to The Weekly List, a curation of the latest and greatest tracks to hit the interwebs in the past two weeks. Didn’t get a chance to peruse the blogosphere... Read more

Leisure

On the Record: “Passing Out Pieces” with Mac DeMarco

Mac DeMarco, down-to-earth Canadian rocker dude (with a tendency to get a little weird), agreed to discuss his upcoming album Salad Days and his thoughts on the music industry with... Read more

Leisure

A sad, honest look at the promised land

You wouldn’t be wrong to immediately associate the film Bethlehem with the birthplace of Jesus Christ. But Bethlehem’s namesake is instead the site of violence—cold, calculated and endemic violence that... Read more

Leisure

Lupo Verde howls into the District with authentic flare

At first glance, because of the cheesy Italian music and the complimentary warm homemade bread with cheese, Lupo Verde appears to be just another mediocre American take on the Italian... Read more

Leisure

Under the Covers: A conversation with Ben Marcus

Ben Marcus was a philosophy major at NYU grappling with Wittgenstein and Hegel, planning on continuing his studies at the graduate level. Somewhere in between, he found his calling in... Read more

Features

A Republic of Letters: Promoting social change through poetry

WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD is true. I was in his house. His wife carried a tray of coffee and sugar. His daughter filed her nails, his son went out for... Read more

Leisure

Day Tripper: Do you want some candy?

People often ask me how I ever feel safe as a young woman traveling to such “interesting” places. They remind me to always keep my guard up, to be careful... Read more

Leisure

Critical Voices: ScHoolboy Q, Oxymoron

Oxymoron is not an album that goes down easily. From the hook of the first track, where Quincy Hanley, known as ScHoolboy Q, repeatedly screams “Gangsta, Gangsta, Gangsta,” to the... Read more

Leisure

Critical Voices: Real Estate, Atlas

Real Estate has finally waded out of the shallowness of beer-drenched suburbia. While their previous efforts laid the foundations for the dissonant genre of suburban surf rock with flawless instrumentals... Read more

News

Administrators hesitant on Capitol Hill GUTS route

Although top University administrators have examined adding bus stops at the National Mall and Capitol Hill to the Law Center route of the Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle, they cautioned it... Read more

News

Tisa, administration near agreement on free speech

The Georgetown Speech and Expression Committee is establishing the final details of a memorandum of understanding on free speech policies that was submitted to the committee by outgoing GUSA President... Read more

News

On the Record with President DeGioia

The Voice sat down with University President John DeGioia on Tuesday to discuss the accessibility of a Georgetown education. What follows is an abridged transcript of the interview. Paragraph breaks... Read more

News

GU launches video service to showcase student life

The University launched Georgetown Everywhere, a new video service featuring Georgetown content for web browsers, smartphones, and Roku TV, on Friday. The service will host student programming, which currently only... Read more

News

GU holds first student forum on Ryan-Mulledy renovations

Discourse on the potential for Ryan and Mulledy Halls to foster religious dialogue dominated the discourse at the inaugural student forum held by the Office of Residential Living, the Georgetown... Read more

News

Union Jack: A steep cost to presidential debates

In 2011, Hofstra University in New York had around 19,000 applicants. In 2013, these numbers grew to almost 27,000 applicants. A 50 percent jump in almost two years is phenomenal,... Read more

Editorials

Provost’s snow provisions limit learning

Provost Robert Groves announced a new initiative this winter aimed at curbing the amount of lost class time due to inclement weather. Called Academic Continuity Planning, the program seeks to... Read more