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Backdoor Cuts: The tourney before the tourney

When I discovered that Georgetown’s spring break—a vacation I’d be spending at home with my parents as my main social contacts—would coincide with this year’s NCAA conference tournament week, I knew it was inevitable: I would be spending serious time in front of the TV.

By Cole Stangler March 17, 2010

Mountaineers, Butler serve Hoyas crushing Big East Championship loss

This had been Chris Wright’s tournament. And against West Virginia, when he drove down the lane with 17 seconds to go, spun around and bounced off his defender, it was no surprise when the shot banked off the glass and through the rim to tie the game. But unfortunately for the Hoyas, this wasn’t Wright’s tournament. It belonged to Da’Sean Butler. And like he had done two days earlier, he got the ball in the closing seconds and hit the game-winner.

By Tim Shine March 14, 2010

Monroe stands tall as Georgetown advances to tournament finals over Marquette

At 6-foot-11, it would be an understatement to say Greg Monroe stands tall. But in the semifinals of the Big East tournament against an undersized Marquette, Monroe wasn’t just bigger; he looked like a man amongst boys. The sophomore center from New Orleans towered over the Golden Eagles literally and figuratively. He grabbed more rebounds than their center, passed out more assists than their point guard, and scored more points than anyone on the floor.

By Tim Shine March 13, 2010

Consistent Hoyas exact revenge on top-seeded Orange

With under a minute to go, Chris Wright dribbled the ball up the court, looking to seal a victory over Syracuse. The junior guard bounced the ball off his foot and into the Orange’s hands; Kris Joseph nailed a three and suddenly Syracuse was within four.

By Tim Shine March 11, 2010

Crosswords

Crossword 3.4.2010 Solution – “Spring Break”

By the Voice Staff March 11, 2010

Hoyas roll past Bulls to earn rematch with Orange

Georgetown righted the wrongs of last month’s upset as Chris Wright led his squad to their first Big East tournament victory in two years over South Florida. The Hoyas (21-9, 11-8 Big East) handled the Bulls (20-12, 10-10 Big East) easily, advancing to the tournament quarterfinals with a 69-49 victory. Georgetown avenged a 72-64 defeat suffered at home at the hands of USF.

By Tim Shine March 10, 2010

Freeman returns to lead Georgetown in rout of Cincinnati

Austin Freeman made a triumphant return Saturday afternoon, but he played as if he had never left. The junior guard didn’t miss a beat after sitting out the last game and being diagnosed with diabetes earlier in the week, leading Georgetown (20-9, 10-8 Big East) to a 74-47 victory over Cincinnati (16-14, 7-11 Big East).

By Tim Shine March 6, 2010

GUSA cuts SAC budget, pushes for change

The Georgetown University Student Association’s Finance and Appropriations Committee, which now has exclusive control over allocating the Student Activity Fee, is considering cutting funding to the Student Activity Commission unless the organization agrees to the reforms outlined in the Comprehensive Funding Reform bill GUSA passed in November.

By Galen Weber March 4, 2010

After a year’s break, class helps to rekindle The Fire This Time

The Fire This Time, the University’s self-described “students of color news magazine,” hit the newsstands Tuesday after a year-long hiatus. Since the paper’s last issue in spring 2009, its editors have worked to revamp the paper in a University class entitled “The Fire This Time Workshop,” taught by Professor Athelia Knight. The Fire was founded in the spring of 2000 following two ethnicity-centered attacks on Georgetown student. The new publication looked to provide another outlet for voices on minority issues.

By Holly Tao March 4, 2010

Hoya plans for independence

Georgetown’s Media Board expects the Hoya to become financially indepedent from the University within the year, though heads of the publication and University officials said a final decision has not yet been made. “We believe the Hoya will be going independent this coming year,” Alexander Pon (COL ’12) said in his presentation of Media Board’s request at GUSA’s Finance and Appropriations Comittee budget summit last Sunday

By Galen Weber March 4, 2010

United Feminists keeps its funding

Amid controversy over whether United Feminists should lose its access to University benefits for partnering with H*yas for Choice in the Plan A: Hoyas for Reproductive Justice campaign, Center for Student Programs Director Erika Cohen-Derr said that the University will not stop funding the group. Plan A’s demands, which include access to material resources such as condoms and rape kits at GU Hospital, comprehensive sex education, and free speech and open dialogue, were outlined in an open letter to President John DeGioia.

By Cole Stangler March 4, 2010

City on a Hill: Capitol-izing on commuters

After two snow storms crippled the District, MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews had a question to pose on Hardball: “Why can’t the people who run this city deal with February?” Matthews went on to say D.C. “looked like Siberia without the Siberian discipline” and complained about—horrors!—needing an SUV to reach his studio. Matthews’s commute was especially long because he lives in Montgomery County, Md. That means that, whatever you think of his argument that the District should always be prepared for once-in-a-century snow, the tax burden of that preparation wouldn’t fall on Matthews.

By Will Sommer March 4, 2010

Features

The R Word: Recession or Revival?

One day it was there, the next—gone. An empty storefront on Wisconsin Avenue is all that remains of Sugar, a Georgetown boutique that once sold women’s clothes and jewelry.

By Shira Hecht March 4, 2010

Crosswords

Crossword 3.4.2010 – “Spring Break”

By the Voice Staff March 4, 2010

Editorials

GUSA makes the right move on SAC

Members of the Georgetown University Student Association Finance and Appropriations Committee sat down on Tuesday night to draft a budget for the allocation of $315,000 from the Student Activities Fee paid by undergraduates.

By the Editorial Board March 4, 2010

Editorials

Address Plan A for reproductive justice

Debates concerning sexual and reproductive rights are always contentious, particularly at a Catholic university like Georgetown. Rather than shy away from argument, however, the unofficial student coalition Plan A: Hoyas for Reproductive Justice

By the Editorial Board March 4, 2010

Editorials

Right kind of federal control for WMATA

The year was 1995. Pierce Brosnan revealed the dangers of bathroom assassins in Goldeneye, and Shaggy delighted the country with his sexual exploits in “Boombastic.” For most of America, it was a good year.

By the Editorial Board March 4, 2010

Crêpe balls of fire

Whether or not Georgetown needs a new crêpe place is debatable. When a lust for thin pancakes and gooey filling strikes, we already have two strong choices: Snap for quick and affordable fixes and Café Bonaparte for classier meals.

By Katherine Norton March 4, 2010

TAB The Band proves Hoyas can rock too

Amerie, Rites of Spring lead singer Guy Picciotto, and those two dudes from Vertical Horizon: the number of notable music artists that have recently come out of Georgetown can be counted on one hand.

By Nico Dodd March 4, 2010

Credit where credit’s due

The theater went dark and the credits began to roll. A tight, intense close-up of a hand-stitched notebook bulging with margin-to-margin scrawl appeared on the screen.

By Brendan Baumgardner March 4, 2010

Basketball continues to fall as post-season approaches

“We’re as good as we want to be.” That was Greg Monroe’s assessment of the Georgetown Hoyas after their emphatic 103-90 victory over Villanova last month. Georgetown had just run down the country’s second ranked team, and their potential seemed limitless.

By Tim Shine March 4, 2010