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Sports Sermon: D’Antoni’s chance for redemption

This time, for someone like me who doesn’t think D’Antoni is a bad defensive coach, there’s no excuse to fail.

By Kevin Joseph November 15, 2012

Whittington scores career-high to pace Hoya victory

The final score isn’t quite indicative of a game that was decided early, even though the Hoyas struggled to close out the Liberty Flames from behind the arc.

By Keith Levinsky November 15, 2012

Bono goes where the streets have letters for names

Bono wants you to trample him.

By Tim Barnicle November 15, 2012

Farmers Fishers Bakers hooks diners at the waterfront

“I’m sorry, but it might be a few minutes—our filtering system is backed up,” my inhumanly smiley waitress at Farmers Fishers Bakers informed me when I asked for some water. An in-house water filtering system is one of the many ways the new Washington Harbor eatery, which opened last week, is endeavoring to keep up a program of sustainability in line with its mission to honor the sources of everything in the restaurant.

By Julia Lloyd-George November 15, 2012

A move that is all Silver Linings

“Is that crazy enough for ya? Want me to take a shit on the floor?” With this inquiry, Jack Nicholson’s legendary character in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest aptly summed up countless false impressions about mental illness. And while Hollywood has tackled some of the most contentious issues in our society, mental illness remains a subject that is rarely broached.

By Gabrielle Gold November 15, 2012

A Blue and Gray X-mas

While Daniel Day Lewis’s eerily precise embodiment of the 16th president in Steven Spielberg’s highly anticipated Lincoln will go down as one of the Great Emancipator’s finest portrayals, another layer of Lincoln his yet to be discovered in Georgetown’s A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration.

By Mary Borowiec November 15, 2012

Critical Voices: Crystal Castles, (III)

Crystal Castles producer Ethan Kath said that for its new album, (III), the band recorded each song in just one take, because “the first take is the rawest expression of an idea.” And he was right; in this aptly-titled third release, Crystal Castles creates a dark, synth dystopia that is both riveting and disquieting, volatile and visceral. Though the new release builds on Crystal Castles’ distinctly haunting electronic sound, with (III) the band takes a decidedly more somber turn.

By Marjorie Fuchs November 15, 2012

Critical Voices: One Direction, Take Me Home

“We’ll keep doing what we do / Just pretending that we’re cool,” begins the chorus of lead single “Live While We’re Young,” the apparent motto of English-Irish boy band One Direction. The group’s sophomore effort fits this mold rather perfectly; Take Me Home continues in just one direction, and that is a path towards more one-syllable words and less substance than an episode of Maury.

By Kirill Makarenko November 15, 2012

Idiot Box: The return of the that 90’s show

Back in my Catholic school days, I learned the story of Lazarus, the man whom Jesus raises from the dead in one of his most renowned miracles.

By Leigh Finnegan November 15, 2012

Haute Mess: Gotta get down on Black Friday

In just a few days, the most anticipated day of the shopper’s calendar year is about to arrive: Black Friday! With this most sacred shopping day approaching, we, as your columnists, want to make sure you are well equipped to make the best of those few hours of unparalleled opportunity.

By Neha Ghanshamdas and Julian de la Paz November 15, 2012

Oh, zombies! Disease prevention lurches to the forefront

Through different stages of my life, I’ve always been haunted by certain temporal terrors. From death by fire after a particularly gruesome PSA when I was in the fifth grade... Read more

By Claire McDaniel November 14, 2012

Teach for what? Troubling questions surround the TFA model

For most students, landing a highly competitive and coveted job is a momentous occasion, complete with the obligatory call home to Mom, a boozy celebration with friends, and the immense... Read more

By Gavin Bade November 14, 2012

Testing teachers’ tolerance

It’s Education Week, a week of lectures and panels put on by the D.C. Schools Project and D.C. Reads, and Georgetown students have been exploring issues like racial diversity, income... Read more

By Tori Jovanovski November 14, 2012

Life lessons from Georgetown’s own lifelong learner

Every so often, and more frequently now that I’m a senior, I find myself in a bit of an academic rut. Whenever it happens, I tend to take a step... Read more

By Kevin Joseph November 14, 2012

Sports Sermon: Georgetown needs to extend JTIII’s contract

John Thompson III deserves an extension, and a lengthy one at that. I want to see what other coach could come in and recruit incredible talents like Greg Monroe and Otto Porter to a school with facilities lacking as much as Georgetown’s.

By Kevin Joseph November 8, 2012

Otto-matic presence reassuring for Hoyas

“Otto is as grounded as they come. He understands that it’s not about him. It’s about us,” said Coach John Thompson III of Porter, his star player.

By Steven Criss November 8, 2012

Juniors Starks and Lubick step up to lead Georgetown

Though Coach John Thompson III thinks leadership could come from a number of different places, the players already look to Markel Starks and Nate Lubick as the most seasoned to lead the Hoyas through their daunting schedule.

By Chris Almeida November 8, 2012

Rounding out the rotation: Hopkins, Trawick, and Whittington

Sophomores Jabril Trawick, Greg Whittington, and Mikael Hopkins are crucial to the Hoyas' success.

By Keith Levinsky November 8, 2012

Big East Rundown

The Voice runs through the teams in the Big East, ranking them from best to worst.

By Chris Castano November 8, 2012

Meet the Hoya freshmen

A short profile on each of the freshmen on the Hoyas and their expected impact this season.

By Brendan Crowley November 8, 2012

Sugar, Sugar how you get so fly?

Sugar Rodgers, the third-leading scorer in the Big East last year and second leading scorer in Georgetown women’s basketball history, is hungry for more, working a lot on her game this offseason to cement her legendary legacy at Georgetown.

By Joe Pollicino November 8, 2012