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Rub Some Dirt On It: You may not go blind, but…

College kids tend to do a lot of dumb things—some of them pretty unsafe. But when we’re not partying hard or gorging ourselves on Leo’s food, most of us spend a good chunk of our time studying. Doesn’t that count for something?

By Sadaf Qureshi December 2, 2010

Dream run ends for Hoyas

“Every team but one loses their last game,” Georgetown women’s soccer coach Dave Nolan said. Unfortunately, this year, the Hoyas couldn’t be that one team. Last Friday the Georgetown women’s soccer team’s dream season came to an end when the squad fell to No. 12 Ohio State 2-0 in Columbus, Ohio.

By Abby Sherburne December 2, 2010

Fast Break: Hoyas take down Tigers in battle of ranked teams

It’s never been a secret that the strength of this season’s Hoya squad lies with the backcourt, but after Tuesday night’s thrilling overtime victory against No. 8 Missouri, Georgetown’s guards may just be the best in the country. The No. 14 Hoyas (7-0) defeated the Tigers (5-1) 111-102 in front of a hostile crowd.

By Tim Shine December 2, 2010

What Rocks: Age matters in the clutch

New is always exciting. But sometimes seeing someone new perform can be a burden. We set lofty expectations, even elevate their performances, to mythical proportions that he or she can’t match on a consistent basis. It happens all the time in college basketball. College basketball has been and will continue to be a veteran’s game.

By Tom Bosco December 2, 2010

Editorials

Crimes of opportunity knocking on our doors

In the last month alone, a string of six robberies in Georgetown’s Village A apartments, an attempted abduction, and at least 12 reports of laptop theft have left students questioning their safety and security. The actions taken by Associate Director of Public Safety Joseph Smith and DPS in response to these crimes are steps in the right direction, but Georgetown students and administrators still have a great deal of work to do to get campus security up to par.

By the Editorial Board December 2, 2010

Editorials

A surplus of city services in D.C.’s budget cuts

Even before he takes office in January, D.C. Council Chair and Mayor-elect Vincent Gray (D) will be a part of the strenuous process of dealing with D.C’s budget problems. Over the next two years, his administration will have to slash 583 million dollars from the District’s ballooning deficit by either raising taxes or cutting popular programs and services. While neither option is likely to win him friends, Gray must take a hard look at next year’s budget to bring services in line with the economic realities of a city still struggling to exit the recession.

By the Editorial Board December 2, 2010

Editorials

The national drinking age is too damn high!

According to the FDA, the mixture of caffeine and alcohol in drinks like Four Loko, Joose, and Moonshot leads to more dangerous drinking behaviors, especially in teens and college students. After many states had already banned alcoholic energy drinks, the FDA ruled on Nov. 17 that the added caffeine is an “unsafe food additive,” effectively forcing drink makers to remove the caffeine from their products. This decision is both shortsighted and impractical.

By the Editorial Board December 2, 2010

Department of Public Safety, why do I feel so unsafe?

“I’m off duty in 15 minutes. You can fuck up your lives all you want after that.” That is not exactly what you would expect to hear from a Department of Public Safety officer on a Saturday night—yet I have. Underage partying and subsequent DPS party-busting are regular weekend activities at Georgetown.

By Julie Patterson December 1, 2010

Kanye West remains a fan’s beautiful dark twisted fantasy

It’s been just over a week since Kanye West released his latest album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy , and the verdict is already in: it’s a classic. MBDTF debuted as the number-one album in the country. It has received perfect ratings from Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and countless other publications.

By Sean Quigley December 1, 2010

Warming Glow: Giving them the hook

Every pilot season, we media-consuming Americans find ourselves assailed by an endless blast of magazine ads, billboards, and outright shameless publicity stunts that beg us to watch “the next Mad Men/Friday Night Lights/Modern Family!”

By Leigh Finnegan December 1, 2010

Features

Dancing in the Dark

It’s a little after 12:30 on a Tuesday night, and the palpable energy in the U Street Music Hall shows no sign of dissipating. DJs Tensnake and Brian Billion have already hyped up the crowd, and when Jesse Rose, an internationally acclaimed DJ from London, gets into the booth and begins his set, the sweaty mass of dancers grooves on, barely noticing the change.

By Leigh Finnegan December 1, 2010

SAFEguarding student life: Vote yes on fee reforms

“As students concerned with building a campus community … we believe that a current systematic neglect of student life issues means a neglect of the whole person. The Main Campus manifests this neglect primarily in areas of the funding of student organizations and activities.” These words are not recent.

By Sam Ungar and Adam Talbot December 1, 2010

Carrying On: Porterfield reconsidered

Anyone who has used CHARMS, Georgetown’s online roommate matching service, knows that first impressions are sometimes incredibly wrong. One of my current roommates and I unknowingly talked for the first time through CHARMS, but we did not decide to live together freshman year. We were in the same New Student Orientation group.

By Jackson Perry December 1, 2010

Post-dramatic stress disorder in the Gonda

Educational video games suck. Even if the kid with the controller doesn’t realize that the “game” he’s playing is actually edutainment and demands higher mental functioning, it’s a pretty safe bet that he’d still rather be blowing up heads in Gears of War than hopping to the next lily pad with a prime number on it. But what happens when the violent, war-driven video games are the educational ones?

By Leigh Finnegan November 18, 2010

Lez’hur Ledger: The missing link between porn and monkeys

As a dozen other people and I watched a woman have sex with an ape-man, I thought to myself, “This is not your grandmother’s Washington D.C.” It was a rainy November night, and I had slipped into The Passenger—a lonely 7th Street bar a few blocks north of Chinatown—and edged past the Tuesday night crowd of 20-somethings.

By Jackson Perry November 18, 2010

Hoyas gray-out Terrapins with backcourt barrage

While many students know of only one basketball team with dominating guard play, this Tuesday night the Georgetown women’s basketball team showed that there is a plethora of backcourt talent on their squad. Fans were treated to a show on a rainy evening as the No. 13 Hoyas defeated their local rival, the No. 21 Maryland Terrapins.

By Adam Rosenfeld November 18, 2010

The Sports Sermon: November Madness

November Madness does not have the same ring to it as March Madness, and no one has ever really thought about the concept. But this month, soccer rules the Hilltop.

By Nick Berti November 18, 2010

Gtown shows off its GAMS

Mentioning on-campus concerts often churns up memories of the “The Coolio Incident,” when in 2007, the crazy-haired rapper gave an acoustically disastrous performance in Georgetown’s gangster’s paradise, or Leo J. O’Donovan Hall. But now, Georgetown students have a reason to thank the University for its mediocre concerts of yesteryear, because they inspired Daniel Alexander to give Georgetown a better show.

By Nico Dodd November 18, 2010

Hoyas reload for Classic weekend

Playing three games in four days, as the Hoyas are about to do in the Charleston Classic would tax any team’s depth. So when the team boarded a bus to South Carolina without two of their starters, it was definitely cause for concern.

By Tim Shine November 18, 2010

What Rocks: Charlie Buckingham

For senior Charlie Buckingham, the fourth time’s a charm. Having spent four years sailing on the Hilltop, the senior won the elusive ICSA Men’s Singlehanded National Championship in his final attempt, during the weekend of Nov. 5-7. “His first three years he did [qualify], he was close: He was one of the favored.

By Melissa Sullivan November 18, 2010

Reviews, Haiku’d

Faster Smell what he’s cooking? Faster, Billybob! Kill! Kill! The Rock’s gon’ getcha. Love and Other Drugs Given the choice of Love and Other Drugs…and drugs I’d rather OD.

By the Voice Staff November 18, 2010

Critical Voices: Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Back in high school, my precocious self had an idea. I was going to write—for Rolling Stone, no less!—an article on Kanye West and his role as “This Generation’s Beatles.” Although most aspects of the story make 2010 me cringe, I’ve got to hand it to myself: 14-year-old me sure had foresight.

By Matthew Collins November 18, 2010

Backdoor Cuts: Play to win the game

As a football fan, few things are more dispiriting than watching your team lose to the Cleveland Browns. Tying them may be one of them. I thought I was about to find out what that would feel like this past Sunday afternoon, as I watched the Jets squander a lead late in regulation and then struggle through nearly all of overtime.

By Tim Shine November 18, 2010