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Critical Voices: Titus Andronicus, The Monitor

Sounding like Bright Eyes after an eight ball of speed, New Jersey’s own Titus Andronicus return on March 9 with its sophomore effort, The Monitor.

By Dan Newman March 4, 2010

Through rain and snow, Hoyas tredge on

As MLB teams start spring training games this week in Florida and Arizona, Georgetown’s own baseball team heads down to Florida for eight games in the nine-day Rollins College Baseball Classic. The Hoyas enter the tournament coming off of a loss at Norfolk State after taking two of three games from George Mason.

By Rob Sapunor March 4, 2010

Critical Voices: Joanna Newsom, Have One on Me

Joanna Newsom’s 2006 album, Ys, is one of my favorite releases of all-time.

By Justin Hunter Scott March 4, 2010

Voices

“I am the Lord of the Dance,” said he, nervously

I sat in the auditorium waiting for my turn. Each camper stood, said his or her name and something he or she enjoyed doing, and sat back down. It was simple, and by the end of the exercise we knew at least a little bit about every other kid. As the girl next to me sat down, I stood up and told every other nine-year-old at Camp Rae my name. Next I told them the only thing I enjoyed doing, the only thing I was actually good at, and frankly the only thing I didn’t quit within a week of starting: Irish dance.

By the Voice Staff March 4, 2010

Sports Sermon

As a Detroit Lions fan, one of my favorite times of the year is the NFL Draft. This is when my Lions get their pick of the college litter year after year, without ever improving as a franchise. However, before the excitement of draft day, there is the NFL Scouting Combine. After years of enjoying the Combine—and seeing the Lions front office drool over any wide receiver that can catch a ball—my views toward the combine have started to shift.

By Adam Rosenfeld March 4, 2010

What Rocks: Craig Dowd

This summer Craig Dowd found himself in an unfamiliar place: the sidelines. Instead of training, he was recovering from off-season surgery to correct a sports hernia. Luckily for the Hoyas men’s lacrosse team, the senior attacker’s surgery didn’t cause him to miss a step, scoring one goal and recording two assists in yesterday’s game against 11th ranked Harvard University. With three solid years under his belt, Dowd continues to make his presence felt on the field in his final season.

By Adam Rosenfeld March 4, 2010

Voices

Post-irony is real, and so what?

What we’re left with today is often called “post-irony,” although the term does a poor job of describing the state of things. We now have a smarter form of irony, irony used as a scalpel as opposed to a mallet. And it makes sense—even if irony can no longer serve its original purpose, it’s become such an integral part of American culture that it has become subtly embedded in everyday use.

By Matthew Collins March 4, 2010

Rub Some Dirt On It: Bag the jet lag

Spring break will find many of us waiting in crowded airports, toting luggage around and eagerly boarding planes bound for destinations a world away from the Hilltop.

By Sadaf Qureshi March 4, 2010

Bottoms Up: Tropical drunk

Spring break is not typically a time for learning about other cultures. At least, it shouldn’t be.

By Sam Sweeney March 4, 2010

Backdoor Cuts: Olympic Pride

The Vancouver Olympics marked the 30th anniversary of the “Miracle on Ice” when the United States hockey team upset the Soviet Union juggernaut at the Lake Placid Olympics. 1980 was the last time the U.S. won gold in hockey at the Winter Games. The game is one of the defining moments of 20th century American sports.

By Nick Berti March 4, 2010

Voices

Facebook: Trying to resist the universal influence

Facebook is a big part of my life—I can’t deny that. I, like many of my friends, check it obsessively, especially when procrastinating or waiting for someone to post pictures from last weekend. But since I haven’t yet found myself online chatting on a Friday night instead of going out to dinner with friends, it hasn’t seemed like a problem.

By Ella Mitchell March 4, 2010

Crosswords

Crossword 2.25.2010 Solution – “Midterms”

By the Voice Staff March 4, 2010

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