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Critical Voices: Kanye West Cruel Summer

The goal of Kanye West Presents GOOD Music: Cruel Summer, was to show that Kanye West can transcend his larger-than-life ego and make room for members of his label, GOOD Music Records, to pen the quippy rap hooks ready for pop radio. Unsurprisingly, Kanye couldn’t handle being in the background—his hands are all over this album, dominating every track either lyrically or in production. As a result, when taken as an effort to promote GOOD Music as a roster of legends, this album is mediocre at best.

By Will Collins and Keaton Hoffman September 20, 2012

Critical Voices: The Killers, Battle Born

Four years is a long time to keep fans waiting, especially with the crazed fan base that the Killers enjoy. The band’s last album, Day & Age (2008), turned out one major smash hit, “Human,” with a chorus that unfailingly inspires sing-alongs while creating confusion about how “dancer” is somehow the opposite of “human.” However, on that electronia- and disco-inspired album, the band otherwise failed to produce the kind of sweeping, energetic anthems of 2004’s Hot Fuss and 2006’s Sam’s Town which made them such a deservedly successful group.

By Julia Lloyd-George September 20, 2012

Idiot Box: Only American Idol’s got talent

To members of our generation, there were a few common debates that raged among middle-schoolers: Backstreet Boys or N*SYNC? Pokémon or Digimon? And, perhaps the most divisive, Britney or Christina?

By Leigh Finnegan September 20, 2012

Haute Mess: Fashion your seatbelts D.C.

As New York Fashion Week comes to a close, the 16th annual Spring/Summer D.C. Fashion Week is just kicking into high gear. At the ceremony’s opening this past Monday, Mayor Vincent Gray expressed his hopes for a more sartorial District. “When you think of Washington, D.C. the first thing that comes to mind is a government town,” said Gray.

By Julian de la Paz and Neha Ghanshamdas September 20, 2012

Occupy marks its anniversary with continued protest

A year ago in Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street launched its mission to address economic inequality in the U.S. The activism quickly spread, inspiring sister occupations throughout the country and around the world.

By Soo Chae and Juliana De Souza September 20, 2012

Students struggle with campus business policy

The Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative has the broad mission to encourage undergraduate students to start their own businesses. However, such businesses are prohibited by Student Affairs policies, which student entrepreneurs say has led to a system of selective enforcement.

By Connor Jones September 20, 2012

Campus groups voice concerns about New South student space

As plans move ahead for the New South Student Center, plans for addressing concerns about student groups’ storage and practice space are just being formed.

By Matthew Weinmann September 20, 2012

Union Jack: Who do the police protect?

With the passing of the one year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street inevitably come pronouncements on the significance and relevance of the movement. Conservatives have forcefully condemned it to what one famous Bolshevik once termed the “dustbin of history,” while sympathetic liberals have celebrated it for reintroducing economic inequality back into American political discourse.

By Cole Stangler September 20, 2012

Sports Sermon: Cricket gaining foothold on Hilltop, U.S.

Cricket, with its origins in 16th-century England, has yet to gain a foothold in America, perhaps because of its similarities to baseball.

By Kevin Joseph September 20, 2012

Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Schiano makes Giant mistake

It’s easy to see that Schiano made a mistake.

By Alex Lau September 20, 2012

Princeton looms for Georgetown football

The Hoyas will look to rebound in a very important match-up at Princeton (0-1), a game that will be televised on ESPNU.

By Keith Levinsky September 20, 2012

Liberty takes Hoyas down for another loss

Liberty cleaned up in the final set to hand Georgetown its sixth straight loss.

By Keaton Hoffman September 20, 2012

Field hockey off to rocky start

The Hoyas' losses are a disappointing step, as the team was riding the high from their road win in St. Louis.

By Steven Criss September 20, 2012

Editorials

Chicago teachers win beneficial contract

On Tuesday, the Chicago Teachers’ Union House of Delegates voted to end its two-week strike and accept the contract negotiated between union leaders and Mayor Rahm Emanuel. By reclaiming control... Read more

By the Editorial Board September 20, 2012

Editorials

Transgender awareness a worthy campaign

Last Thursday, Mayor Vincent Gray and the D.C Office of Human Rights announced the launch of a citywide campaign aimed at promoting respect for the transgender community. Advocates of the... Read more

By the Editorial Board September 20, 2012

“Clear and convincing” deserves support

Next week, GUSA will hold a referendum in support of raising the Student Code of Conduct’s evidentiary standard from “more likely than not” to “clear and convincing.” This reform will... Read more

By the Editorial Board September 20, 2012

Does an un-American act warrant anti-Americanism?

As a 19-year-old Hindu Indian-American from the Bible Belt of the U.S. studying at a Jesuit university in an Islamic country, I’ve often taken it as my responsibility to answer... Read more

By Nikhil Lakhanpal September 19, 2012

Struggling for sovereignty, Hong Kong marches on

When people ask me if I’m from China, I happily say yes. China is my country; it is where I am from. Based on that alone, most of my friends... Read more

By Frances Wong September 19, 2012

Honey Boo Boo: More than just roadkill and Mountain Dew

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is a lot of things: child exploitation, caffeine science experiment, and the funniest thing on television. But, if you can crack through the exterior of... Read more

By Sara Ainsworth September 19, 2012

Art for art history’s sake

Toward the end of my sophomore year, I realized that I could not delay declaring a major anymore. Unable to choose between Government and Art History, I opted for both.... Read more

By Kim Tay September 19, 2012

The Back Page

50 Shades of Blue and Gray, Part I

Here at the Voice, we’re all about following trends, so in this moment of crowdsourced news and steamy literature we’ve decided to combine the two. Behold the ﬁrst installment of... Read more

By the Voice Staff September 13, 2012

Caravan for Peace culminates with march and vigil in D.C.

The Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity, a protest movement against the ongoing Mexican drug war, culminated a multi-state tour in a vigil and rally in Malcolm X Park on Sep.12.

By Natasha Khan September 13, 2012

Features

Start me up: The struggles of Georgetown’s tech entrepreneurs

“Our community is not that creative,” Carlos Cheung (MSB ‘13) said of Georgetown’s student body. “if you think about it, how many art majors do you meet here? Let’s be real. We’re kind of like a mill. We build a lot of good people who go into middle-management positions at law firms and banks and consulting. That’s the three major things that a lot of kids end up doing, right?” Cheung became an anomaly among this group, when he left the business track to work for three D.C.-based tech startup companies.

By Connor Jones September 13, 2012