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Loss to Notre Dame leaves Hoyas feeling sick

Austin Freeman came into the Verizon Center sick, and after the game his teammates felt the same. Freeman was limited to 23 minutes with a stomach virus, and Georgetown (19-8, 9-7 Big East) suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Notre Dame (19-10, 8-8 Big East), 78-64.

By Tim Shine February 27, 2010

Angert wins GUSA reelection

Incumbent Georgetown University Student Association President Calen Angert (MSB ’11) and Vice President Jason Kluger (MSB ’11) won this year’s GUSA executive election with 50.1 percent of the vote, the GUSA Election Commission announced on Wednesday evening. A record-breaking 3,152 students—44 percent of the undergraduate student body—voted in the election, 543 more than last year.

By Galen Weber February 25, 2010

Philly P’s remains open

Philly Pizza & Grill is continuing to operate despite a notice to vacate the premises issued by the District’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs on February 19. In the notice, the DCRA said that if the restaurant did not immediately cease operations, it would request that the D.C. Attorney General’s office seek emergency injunction relief on or after February 22.

By Cole Stangler February 25, 2010

Georgetown is still not LGBTQ friendly enough, critics charge

A prominent national figure in a lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender advocacy group is pressuring Georgetown’s administration to better ensure the safety of Georgetown students following what he characterizes is a feeble response from the University to the homophobic hate crimes that occurred on campus in the past few years.

By Molly Redden February 25, 2010

Sex Positive Week returns without controversy

Wednesday at 1 p.m., two girls took turns reading aloud descriptive passages about the clitoris in Red Square, attracting the attention of students on their way to class. One of the passers-by included a bewildered Chris Wright (MSB ’11), who stopped to watch for a brief moment then asked his friend and teammate on the Georgetown basketball team, Jason Clark (COL ’12), “Am I hearing right?”

By Cole Stangler February 25, 2010

Saxa Politica: Talking racism at GU

Recent Georgetown University Student Association presidential elections have been rife with controversy, but usually the problem is voting irregularities or last-minute disqualifications. This year, however, the main issue was accusations of racism.

By Galen Weber February 25, 2010

Features

Guilty until proven innocent: Overturning the District’s wrongful convictions

A plastic mail bin sits on Daniel Satin’s desk, nearly overflowing with a mix of thin white envelopes and manila envelopes so thick that a single stamp won’t suffice. Every month, he receives between 40 and 70 of these envelopes, their contents all asking for the same thing: a second chance.

By Dan Newman February 25, 2010

Page 13 Cartoons

In Between

They were blocks of homes and hardware stores, each a different shade of the same rust and brick. Sidewalks glistened with the morning’s rain and shallow gutters were aspiring to mirrors. The road ended at 36th Street three miles down, far past the attention and eyes of anybody worth a walking damn.

By Stephano Medina February 25, 2010

Crosswords

Crossword 2.25.2010 – “Midterms”

By the Voice Staff February 25, 2010

Ranch not included: life after Philly’s pizza

This past week, the dark cloud of mortality descended upon Georgetown. Left in a state of shock and mourning, the community pondered the cruelty and fleeting nature of life. Yes, Hoyas, it’s true. Philly Pizza has been shut down.

By Leigh Finnegan February 25, 2010

Scorsese’s noir Island

I thought Martin Scorsese lost his edge in old age. His last film, The Departed, was great the first time around, but lost its luster after multiple viewings. (I blame Jack Nicholson’s terrible Baahsten accent and that incredibly weird cocaine and prostitute scene.) Where was the suspense? At age 67, could it be that Scorsese lost his flair for well-crafted, shocking films?

By Chris Heller February 25, 2010

One Act Festival celebrates campus theater

Georgetown’s theater scene can be a little insular. Even the theater kids admit it—the different performance groups tend be exclusive, all the plays feature the same actors, and a lot of the theater kids hang out with each other. And so the average Hoya could be forgiven for not realizing that Georgetown theater is blowing up.

By Shira Hecht February 25, 2010

BDMT shows a soul-ful spring

Black Movements Dance Theatre transitions to the spring season with leaps and turns, as the company welcomes the new season on February 26 and 27 with Mind, Body, and Soul in the Davis Performing Arts Center’s Gonda Theatre.

By Elizabeth Johnston February 25, 2010

Hoyas defeat Irish in front of huge home crowd

As the final buzzer sounded last Saturday, the Georgetown women’s basketball team had just beaten the No. 4 team in the country and recorded the biggest win in program history. The No. 11 Lady Hoyas (23-4, 12-2 Big East) beat the Irish (24-3, 11-3 Big East) 76-66 in front of a record 2,417 people at McDonough Arena. It was their most difficult test in a season where they have slowly climbed up the national rankings and reached third place in the ultra-competitive Big East Conference.

By Nick Berti February 25, 2010

Critical Voices: DJ Mathematics, Return of the Wu and Friends

Don’t get too excited—although the cover features guys in kung-fu robes kicking each other and a steely W logo, DJ Mathematics’s Return of the Wu and Friends isn’t a new Wu-Tang album.

By Sean Quigley February 25, 2010

Baseball off to good start

After enduring weeks of practices amid record-breaking snowfall in D.C., the Georgetown baseball team finally got a chance to play on green grass under clear skies last weekend when they traveled to North Carolina for their season opening series against Davidson.

By Tim Wagner February 25, 2010

Critical Voices: Shout Out Louds, Work

While mixing easy-going pop rock with heartfelt lyrics Sweden’s own Shout Out Louds have been attracting buzz since their last release, 2007’s Our Ill Wills, broke into the Billboard Heatseekers chart.

By Nico Dodd February 25, 2010

Freeman dominates Cards

Less than a week after nearly clawing back from a 23-point deficit against No. 5 Syracuse, No. 11 Georgetown (19-7, 9-6 Big East) successfully overcame a halftime deficit against Louisville on the strength of Austin Freeman’s 24 second-half points.

By Tim Shine February 25, 2010

Backdoor Cuts: Dry season

“Football Season is Over” was the title of the note that one-time sportswriter and Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson wrote a few days before his suicide in February 2005. While for most of us “shotgun” refers to a passing formation and not a method of coping, the period between the end of the Super Bowl and the first pitch of the baseball season is a sort of dry seasons for sports fans across the country.

By Jeff Bakkensen February 25, 2010

Suffer for Fashion: Costume chaos in Canada

I’ll admit it’s been a glorious two weeks of Olympic activities.

By Keenan Timko February 25, 2010

Yr Blues: Help wanted for GU’s music scene

ven now, over four years later, it’s hard to say exactly what I expected of the so-called “Georgetown Music Scene” when I first arrived on campus in 2006.

By Daniel Cook February 25, 2010