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Bottoms Up: Bud Light’s slogan In-ability

“Drinkability” is dead. All I can say is, it’s about time. You know what I’m talking about—at least you do if you’ve watched TV or opened a magazine in the past three years.

By Sam Sweeney April 15, 2010

Rub Some Dirt on It: Rethinking the “T” out of G.T.L.

With the weather in D.C. finally beginning to warm up, many of us will be bringing our books and our bikinis to the front lawn to sunbathe and study.

By Sadaf Qureshi April 15, 2010

Backdoor Cuts: America’s favorite pastime

It’s spring again and the cherry trees have blossomed. Like underclassmen picking the most skip-worthy of lectures or seniors looking forward to their parents’ couch after a long career of academic mediocrity, America has slowly turned its head from the blunders of winter and refocused its energy on the national pastime: baseball—or, more properly, going to baseball games. There’s really nothing better.

By Jeff Bakkensen April 15, 2010

Crosswords

Crossword 4.8.2010 Solution – “All in the Family”

By the Voice Staff April 15, 2010

Editorials

Administration should spring for diversity

At this week’s Georgetown University Student Association meeting, Senator Nick Troiano (COL ’11) objected to the Academic Diversity Working Group’s proposal requiring all students to take two courses on the grounds that “diversity can be fostered, [but] it can’t be mandated.”

By the Editorial Board April 14, 2010

Editorials

Misguided idealism of Georgetown, Divest!

While many of the concerns and grievances articulated by the new campus group Georgetown, Divest! are valid, its demand that the University divest its money from companies profiting from human rights violations in Israel is logistically impractical and ultimately unreasonable.

By the Editorial Board April 14, 2010

Editorials

Don’t derail historic DCPS teacher raises

It’s no secret that Marion Berry has seen some scandalous activity in his day. So when the embattled councilmember describes anything as “the worst mess involving the city government that I’ve seen in my 31 years in city government,” it’s time to take notice.

By the Editorial Board April 14, 2010

Voices

The nanny diaries: From Mexico, with love

In a speech to his constituents in Las Vegas this past weekend Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev) promised that “we’re going to come back, we’re going to have immigration reform now.” This proposition was most likely politically motivated—as the 2010 census will confirm, over a fifth of the Nevada electorate is Hispanic. In San Diego, my hometown, nearly a third of the population is Hispanic. Needless to say, their vote and their issues are too great for any successful politician to ignore. While it can be easy to think about immigration as a purely political issue, the personal impact of immigration policy deserves attention, too.

By Keaton Hoffman April 14, 2010

Page 13 Cartoons

Street Flash

Does anyone in here get hit with inside fever? So bad sometimes it’s hard to move around. The couch fibers keep you inside, and you whine you shouldn’t waste your mornings. You take a walk.

By Joseph Romano April 8, 2010

Plan A protests spark meetings with administrators

After a March 27 protest during the first Georgetown Admissions Ambassador Program weekend, in which three members from Plan A Hoyas for Reproductive Justice chained themselves to the John Carroll statue in Healy Lawn, university administrators agreed to meet with representatives from the group.

By Cole Stangler April 8, 2010

Robberies continue despite increased patrols

Despite DPS and MPD’s increased security initiatives, a series of robberies have recently taken place in public places around Georgetown. Around 1 a.m. on March 29, a man was robbed and assaulted while walking in the 3700 block of R Street NW. Yesterday, a Georgetown student was mugged on the same block at about the same time. MPD is investigating both incidents.

By Matt Kerwin April 8, 2010

Neighbors create database of student disruptions

Burleith Citizens Association President Lenore Rubino recently sent out an e-mail to the Burleith listserv with a two-pronged solution for noise violations and general student misconduct: submitting complaints about student residents to a new BCA-run database and calling 911 to report loud parties.

By Holly Tao April 8, 2010

Saxa Politica: GU takes up veterans’ issues

This past Veterans Day, I participated in a panel discussion at Georgetown that examined the relationship between civilians and members of the military. Despite the fact that Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas Ricks hosted the discussion, the event was under attended.

By Galen Weber April 8, 2010

Crosswords

Crossword 4.8.2010 – “All in the Family”

By the Voice Staff April 8, 2010

Features

What makes a Provost? The notorious JO’D

When President John J. DeGioia is out of town, Provost James O’Donnell is responsible for greeting dignitaries that visit Georgetown. While an honor, it occasionally leads to a bit of confusion, like when a certain Governator spoke on campus.

By Brendan Baumgardner April 8, 2010

Mmm Mmm: Mediterranean meat on M Street

Ed Witt is not an ordinary chef. He is a tattooed, bald force of nature that just so happens to wear a chef’s apron. Yet he does not inspire images of fire and brimstone—his soft, drawling voice and laid-back attitude exist at odds with his shaved head and body ink.

By Chris Heller April 8, 2010

Traverse-ing 18th Century lust and innuendo

The Georgetown University Theater and Performance Studies Program’s latest production, the D.C. premiere of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s The Grace of Mary Traverse, is not for the faint of heart.

By Sean Quigley April 8, 2010

Hey girl, I like your Tattoo

If you want to understand the title of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, don’t blink. Lisbeth Salander, the movie’s inked-up heroine, does have a massive, detailed tattoo of a dragon encompassing her entire back and a good chunk of her leg, but during the film’s two and a half hours, it gets no mention and only passing screen time.

By Leigh Finnegan April 8, 2010

Through thick and thin, Hoyas keep coming back

On Tuesday afternoon, the Georgetown baseball team found themselves trailing 3-0 in the eighth inning against a woeful UMBC squad that had won just four games this season. In past years, the Hoyas, never a Big East powerhouse, may not have had the resolve to fight back. But not this season.

By Tim Shine April 8, 2010

Critical Voices: Das Racist, Shut Up, Dude

When “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” blew up on the music blogosphere last summer, it provoked a firestorm of controversy—depending on who you asked, it was either insipid, repetitive drivel or witty, inventive joke rap.

By Sean Quigley April 8, 2010

The Sports Sermon

As NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue paused before announcing Philadelphia’s second overall pick in the 1999 NFL draft, Eagles fans in attendance waited in anxious anticipation, hoping their team selected the highly touted Heisman Trophy-winner Ricky Williams, a running back from the University of Texas. Instead, the Eagles’ front office opted for Donovan McNabb. As the quarterback from Syracuse walked across the stage to be congratulated by the commissioner, he did not receive a warm reception from the Philly faithful, as their boos filled Radio City Music Hall.

By Adam Rosenfeld April 8, 2010

Voices

Internships: Opportunities or virtual slavery?

Yesterday, I spent about half an hour interviewing over the phone. If I’m lucky and the interview turns out to be a success, I will have the opportunity to spend the summer away from my family and friends, in “accommodations” provided by my employer, working 40-hour weeks, and earning exactly zero dollars. This might sound terrifying to some people. Modern-day indentured servitude, others might call it. And yet I’m kind of hoping I get the job.

By Cyrus Bordbar April 8, 2010

Critical Voices: Jónsi, Go

Sigur Ros’s Jónsi Þór Birgisson, a fairy-like, grandeur-loving vocalist with a keen sense of drama, teamed up with his boyfriend Alex last year to release an ambient album called Riceboy Sleeps.

By Justin Hunter Scott April 8, 2010