Archive

Breastfeeding runners can win marathons. Now, races are finally setting them up for success.

When Aliphine Tuliamuk crossed the 2022 TCS New York City Marathon finish line as the top American, the moment was made even sweeter by her two-year-old daughter Zoe running into... Read more

By Mia Murillo April 18, 2023

Halftime Leisure

The enduring magic of Sex and the City, 25 years later

I started watching Sex and the City when my childhood best friend, Emily, came to visit. She arrived in the last breath of September, the end of the beginning of... Read more

By Amanda Yen April 18, 2023

Halftime Leisure

Reflections from Shadow and Bone, and a love letter to the fantasy genre

A privateer, a Sun Summoner, and a gang leader walk onto a battlefield—it almost sounds like the beginning of a “walks into a bar” joke. Shadow and Bone returned to... Read more

By Eileen Chen April 18, 2023

Voices

Reimagining Taiwan’s defense through joy

The weapon of authoritarianism is fear, deriving its power from coercion rather than public will. Thus, to a tyrant, there are no bigger obstacles than joy and hope. Joy is a direct affront to ambitions for a regime of terror and control. To them, joy is an act of rebellion, and to us, it is resilience against the steepest odds because it reminds us we are human. It makes our humanity undeniable to people who wish to deny it.

By Yen-Han Chen April 17, 2023

Halftime Leisure

If you go down, I’m goin’ down too

Solidarity—standing up for a group you do not belong to and putting your own comfort aside in the process—is the linchpin to social justice. Historically, however, celebrities have dropped the... Read more

By Francesca Theofilou April 17, 2023

Editorials

Supporting creativity at Georgetown starts with Arts Week

The last Arts Week was in 2019, and the event has been lost almost entirely to a vanishing institutional memory. A concerted effort between the administration, creative student organizations, and the Georgetown Program Board (GPB), however, could bring it back.

By the Editorial Board April 17, 2023

BRAVE: Black women in the arts are in “A Never Ending Renaissance”

This year’s theme, “In the Black Fantastic: A Never Ending Renaissance” celebrated Black women and femmes in the arts.

By Adora Adeyemi April 17, 2023

AIR is the perfect sneakerhead movie

The film, shot with the precision and smoothness of Michael Jordan’s own jumper, masterfully honors both the shoe line and the player.

By Graham Krewinghaus April 16, 2023

Overnight protest pushes back against Supreme Court case to block Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan

On the evening of Feb. 27, around 100 protesters gathered in the rain to advocate for student debt relief outside the Supreme Court.

By Elizabeth Short April 15, 2023

2023 NBA Playoff Preview

It would be an understatement to say the NBA has been mired in chaos of late. The Grizzlies’ Ja Morant served an eight-game suspension for an Instagram Live where he... Read more

By Maanasi Chintamani April 15, 2023

“Living our ancestors’ dreams”: Descendants gather to view a newly discovered GU272 photograph

Descendants met on Feb. 7 to view a newly-discovered photograph of a woman enslaved by Georgetown and celebrate her life and family.

By Franziska Wild April 14, 2023

Filmmaker Ien Chi wants to “make empathy sexy”

By creating a space for the expression of anger and honoring it, people can find the value in exploring emotions that might not be perceived as “good.”

By Eileen Chen April 14, 2023

National Gallery gives Philip Guston’s work a new sense of urgency

Aptly entitled Philip Guston Now, his work aims to process trauma in a world wracked by war, polarization, and racial hatred, which feels as eerily relevant today as it did decades ago.

By Elyza Bruce April 14, 2023

Concert preview: Theo Kandel is bringing folk sincerity to DC’s Songbyrd on April 19

Despite claiming numerous influences from the 1970s, Kandel isn’t just writing your grandparents’ folk music.

By Jacob Livesay April 14, 2023

Podcasts

Post Pitch: Joy as a Part of Hardship

Welcome back to Post Pitch. In this episode, Podcast Producer Jillian Seitz interviews writer Aminah Malik about her piece for the Joy Issue. Aminah dives deep into her writing process,... Read more

By Jillian Seitz and Aminah Malik April 14, 2023

Is Caitlin Clark “the Stephen Curry of women’s basketball,” or the first of her own kind?

One player comes to mind as the gold standard for high-volume, parking-lot-range shooting: Stephen Curry. For any young prospect who plays a similar style of basketball, comparisons to Curry are... Read more

By Ethan Johanson April 12, 2023

Sports

“We’ve got to do it together:” Tasha Butts arrives on the Hilltop with big plans

On Tuesday, Georgetown women’s basketball announced Tasha Butts as its new head coach. The Voice had a chance to sit down with her one-on-one to discuss her plans for the... Read more

By Lucie Peyrebrune April 12, 2023

Podcasts

Turf & Burn: Episode 4

This week, Turf & Burn co-hosts Caroline and Dylan dive into the NHL playoff picture, including the Seattle Kraken clinching a playoff position for the first time in franchise history... Read more

By Dylan Campione and Caroline Huang April 12, 2023

Dr. Fauci talks pandemic lessons and future preparedness in lecture

During Georgetown’s annual Maloy Distinguished Lecture on March 27, Dr. Anthony Fauci outlined 10 lessons he thinks should be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Eddy Binford-Ross April 11, 2023

Washington Spirit 2023 season preview

The Washington Spirit, D.C.’s National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team, won their opening game 1-0 against OL Reign on Mar. 27. Trinity Rodman’s superb goal gave the Spirit the win... Read more

By Andrew Swank April 11, 2023

Sports

Georgetown men’s lacrosse take down Providence in second BIG EAST win

The No. 10 Georgetown men’s lacrosse team (6-3, 2-0, BIG EAST) continued their win streak at Cooper Field on Saturday with a thrilling win against the Providence Friars (5-6, 1-1,... Read more

By Eliza Turner April 11, 2023