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Soundoff: Obamacare ruinous, will help elect GOP

Obamacare went into full effect on Tuesday. Nothing short of a miracle has the power to reverse it—not a “filibuster,” not the House of Representatives, and not even a government... Read more

By October 3, 2013

Voices

Soundoff: ACA first step toward progressive healthcare

Republicans are holding the economy hostage as a bargaining chip to delay or defund Obamacare, despite it being a monumental step forwad in healthcare reform. They oppose the reform because... Read more

By October 3, 2013

Leisure

Latin American Film Fest redefines ‘Nuestra América’

A special screening of Matías Piñeiro’s Viola opened the 24th AFI Latin American Film Festival last week. At sixty-five minutes long, Viola is on the shorter side. Yet, like many of the films showcased at the festival, it requires a substantial emotional investment from its audience by accumulating small moments and glimpses into an intimate narrative of the characters’ lives.

By October 3, 2013

Leisure

Farbiarz illustrates the art of war

Georgetown is a maze of shops and stores that cover every street like a well-worn sweater. Students flock to Safeway for their groceries and to Sweetgreen, Georgetown Cupcakes, and Baked & Wired for their meals and snacks. But there are also thrift shops, used book stores, and art galleries that represent the small, local businesses that reside in the D.C. area. These shops each have their own flare, and Heiner Contemporary—with its newest exhibit “Take Me With You”—is no exception.

By October 3, 2013

Editorials

Government shutdown shows need for reform

Throughout the past two weeks, House Republicans repeatedly passed legislation pairing the extension of governmental funding with delayed implementation of the Affordable Care Act. After the Senate rejected each of... Read more

By the October 3, 2013

Editorials

Undocumented immigrants seek licensing rights

On Oct. 1, the District City Council postponed voting on a bill to allow undocumented immigrants to apply for D.C. drivers licenses. According to Councilwoman Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3),... Read more

By the October 3, 2013

Leisure

Inequality for All: Cash rules everything around me

Inequality for All is kind of like An Inconvenient Truth if Al Gore were approximately four-fifths his height and the environment were the economy. Both documentaries aim first to distill highly complex societal maladies into digestible graphics and memorable stories. In this respect, the film’s creator Robert Reich finds success. Unfortunately, like Gore’s Truth, Inequality for All ends up being as much a victory lap for its star as it is a case for a more just economy.

By October 3, 2013

Leisure

Under the Covers: Cyber goes post-modern

It’s 3:00 a.m. You’re in desperate need of some Chunky Monkey to finish your essay and a latte while you’re at it, but you can’t bring yourself to get up. (Plus, nothing is open at this hour but CVS.) Suddenly, there’s a knock at the door, and an angel wearing a “Kozmo” logo hands you the aforementioned treats. Is this heaven, the far future, the cutting edge of technology, perhaps?

By October 3, 2013

Leisure

Idiot Box: My star, my perfect silence

There’s something paradoxically satisfying about watching a great hero’s tragic downfall. Every tumble down a slippery slope confirms our expectations, even as that character manages to draw our sympathies on the road to perdition. Over the narrative arc of its consistently glorious five seasons, Breaking Bad has accomplished that difficult task of getting the audience to root for the bad guy throughout his descent into monstrosity. The problem is deciding whether or not to play to those sympathies when the end is nigh.

By October 3, 2013

Leisure

Critical Voices: Blitzen Trapper, VII

It seems impossible for a band to be together for over a decade, release seven records, and still be considered “off the radar.” Nevertheless, Blitzen Trapper makes the impossible possible. The Portland-based quintet has been around since the turn of the century, showing off their offbeat style to a small but loyal following.

By October 3, 2013

Leisure

Critical Voices: Lorde, Pure Heroine

Lorde isn’t old enough to drive. This detail is relevant not as incontrovertible proof that the New Zealand songstress is an astonishing prodigy, but because her songs are so concerned with movement: The shrinking distance between her and the world of fame and fortune, as she travels through her own unknown town on the back of a story she’s telling for the people unaccustomed to being the protagonists.

By October 3, 2013

Features

The Fashion Issue: Fall 2013

This season is a melding of hard and soft, meeting at a blurred edge. Pastel colors come together with leather panels, studded sweaters meet tartan skirts. Men’s prints meet womenswear in a houndstooth dress—the bold pattern is almost a neutral. Mixed-media coats paired with delicate, single-soled heels. Mild decadence is in the details, with rich textiles and prints coming together in moody hues. Welcome to fall.

By October 2, 2013

Sports

All The Way: A special kind of passion

When my Chinese classmates ask me what it’s like to live America, I usually default to a variation of canned responses that include topics with vocabulary I have learned and... Read more

By October 2, 2013

Sports

Tennis gets the ball rolling

The Georgetown Classic took place this last weekend, with men’s and women’s teams attending from George Washington, Norfolk State, Johns Hopkins, UMBC, ASA, and Christopher Newport. The tournament had mixed... Read more

By October 2, 2013

Sports

Men’s soccer holds Creighton to tie

The Georgetown men’s soccer team had a solid performance against No. 3 ranked Creighton (5-1-2, 1-0-1 Big East), with the match between two Big East powers ending in a 0-0... Read more

By October 2, 2013

Sports

Georgetown football badly beaten on Homecoming

the Georgetown football team (1-4, 0-0 Patriot League), a bye week could not have come at a better time. The Hoyas continued their dismal play this past Saturday with an... Read more

By October 2, 2013

Leisure

Critical Voices: Remix your weekend

Whether you're in need of new study tunes or something fresh to play at your Saturday rager, the Voice has reviewed a slew of LPs for you.

By the September 28, 2013

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What the NSA found on Hoyas’ computers

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Leisure

Masturbatory masterpiece hits dark theater near you

It’s not difficult to imagine how the pitch meeting for Don Jon went: “So, there’s this porn addict…” I know I would be skeptical, but, then again, I’m not part of Hollywood’s key adolescent boy demographic. It’s certainly not an easy story idea to pull off, and the main character is about as likable and multi-layered as a cardboard cutout of Todd Akin. Still, there’s a lot more to this film than first impressions allow.

By September 26, 2013

Leisure

Intimate new bar snuggles up to U St.

As a general rule, it’s a good idea to avoid dark, isolated basements. But despite its location underneath the pan-Asian restaurant Doi Moi in an alley just off U St., 2 Birds 1 Stone is not exactly dark and full of terrors.

By September 26, 2013

Leisure

D.C. Fashion Week struts its stuff down the National Mall

Perhaps not quite up to the standards of the holy quartet of cities who host what is informally known as fashion month (New York, London, Milan, and Paris), D.C. is doing everything in its efforts to establish a noteworthy fashion week of its own.

By September 26, 2013

Leisure

Plate of the Union: A caffeinated Turkish delight

I will never forget the first time I drank Turkish coffee. It was my eighteenth birthday, and that very morning I arrived in southern Turkey, where I was handed off to a Turkish family who would be my family for the next 10 months. They spoke no English, I spoke no Turkish, and, as we zoomed away from the airport in a tiny blue car, dust flying, sun pounding, my heart raced as I thought, “What the hell am I doing here?”

By and September 26, 2013

Leisure

Reel Talk: Reel guns aren’t real guns

Following the Sandy Hook massacre, the NRA blamed the frequency of mass shootings in the United States on a culture of violence incubated by games like Grand Theft Auto and Mortal Kombat and movies like American Psycho and Natural Born Killers. Guns don’t kill people, the combination of violent media and a flawed mental health system do.

By September 26, 2013

Leisure

Critical Voices: Chrvches, The Bones of What You Believe

A tumultuous lovers’ quarrel is not often told in such beautiful, cheerful tones. On their first full-length release, The Bones of What You Believe, Chvrches delivers the enthralling narrative of a failing relationship, dragging the listener through pain and loathing with a charming, electro-pop sound.

By September 26, 2013

Leisure

Critical Voices: Touché Amoré, Is Survived By

Touché Amoré’s Is Survived By is less an exercise in creating music than it is an emotional outpouring that happened to take place in a studio. The L.A. five-piece’s third full-length LP scours the depths of human experience and returns with a chilling tale of personal reflection in the face of total uncertainty. Is Survived By takes post-hardcore’s emotional potency to its extreme.

By September 26, 2013