Archive

Sibling love from the backyard to the battlefield

“You’re the look-out. So you can’t fall asleep, otherwise we will fail our mission,” Stuart said. “If you complete your mission, you will be promoted to a lieutenant sneak. You... Read more

By Kate Imel September 3, 2009

Editorials

This fall, take advantage of RAD

The Department of Public Safety, in conjunction with the Women’s Center, the University’s Human Resources Department, and several other on-campus groups, has finally succeeded in securing funding for the program, first announced by DPS last fall and scheduled to begin the middle of next month. RAD, the country’s preeminent self-defense program, teaches women physical defensive methods and instructs them about risk reduction, awareness, avoidance, and recognition, and should be especially advantageous for Georgetown students in light of the recent assaults

By the Editorial Board September 3, 2009

NSO overload leaves former freshman feeling cold

Only one short year ago I was an incoming freshman—soon to be alone and already scared. This is where New Student Orientation is supposed to help you. On the whole,... Read more

By George D'Angelo September 3, 2009

Slim health facts can’t hide expanding waistlines

Of the various health care bills currently floating around the House and Senate, the late Senator Ted Kennedy’s committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) wrote the one with... Read more

By Sara Carothers September 3, 2009

Editorials

AlcoholEdu: a lesson in futility

At times, AlcoholEdu’s stories and graphics are so outdated and out of touch that they make the cheesy Academic Integrity tutorial seem like gripping edutainment. Another solution is needed to get across the important message of how to drink alcohol safely.

By the Editorial Board September 3, 2009

Waxman-Markey overlooks outsourced emissions

With the passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (also known as the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill), the House of Representatives took a bold step to address the long-neglected... Read more

By Eric Pilch September 3, 2009

Features

From dry to debaucherous: Georgetown through the ages

It was late August, and students returning to Georgetown from their summer vacations were shocked to find that the campus party scene had become the polar opposite of what it had been only the previous spring. The administration had introduced a new drinking policy, eliminating the tacit approval that students had long felt they had received from the school to work hard and party harder. Suddenly, Georgetown students faced keg limits, party registration deadlines, and ominous sanctions against anyone who facilitated underage drinking. Student resentment grew as campus security gained notoriety for party-busting, and the party scene languished, culminating in student protests. The administration, students felt, hadn’t just made it harder for underage drinking to take place—the administrators had violated Georgetown’s very culture.

By Molly Redden September 3, 2009

Crosswords

Crossword Solutions 09.02.09 “Zzz”

By Cal Lee September 3, 2009

Hoya independence delayed, again

Sanctions prompted by The Hoya’s 2009 April Fools issue have halted the paper’s two decade-long independence movement for at least another year, e-mails obtained from a former Hoya staffer confirm.... Read more

By Eric Pilch August 28, 2009

Studying abroad

When David Beckham joined the L.A. Galaxy in January 2007, soccer enthusiasts believed his arrival would be the catalyst for a renewed American interest in the sport. They also expected... Read more

By Walker Loetscher August 28, 2009

What Rocks: Victoria Sekely

Most freshmen spend their summer before college preparing for school, but few must prepare like Victoria Sekely. The incoming tennis player spent her vacation playing on the Intercollegiate Tennis... Read more

By Tim Shine August 28, 2009

Men’s soccer looks to reload

Despite losing six seniors from last year’s squad (11-5-3)—including leading scorer Peter Grasso—men’s soccer head coach Brien Wiese is optimistic. “Last year, we were a bubble team, we didn’t take... Read more

By Victor Ho August 28, 2009

GU cashes in on stimulus

The lives of the mice used for scientific research at Georgetown may be short and often painful, but, thanks to the federal government, they’re about to get a little nicer. ... Read more

By Sam Sweeney August 28, 2009

The Sports Sermon: Georgetown’s Prodigal Son

This July, the Worldwide Leader in Sports descended on Georgetown to fete Alonzo Mourning, the Hoya basketball legend and recently retired NBA star. Mourning’s laudatory interview with ESPN’s Rick Reilly... Read more

By Tim Shine August 28, 2009

Women’s soccer relies on experience against tough schedule

The Georgetown women’s soccer team finished last season with its most conference wins in one season and an invitation to the Big East tournament for the fourth time in five... Read more

By Liz Kuebler August 28, 2009

This summer’s six biggest stories

2010 Campus Plan Every ten years, Georgetown must draw up a new campus plan and present it to the District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment. The plan dictates how... Read more

By Juliana Brint August 28, 2009

Davis Center to see cafe

Students should expect a departure from Corp coffee shops’ standard fare of coffee and bagels with the opening of a new cafe in the Davis Center for the Performing Arts. ... Read more

By Lillian Kaiser August 28, 2009

City on a Hill: Fenty: Modern day Marion?

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is in trouble. An Examiner poll in early August found that only 30 percent of Washingtonians would definitely vote for him, and his attorney general and... Read more

By Will Sommer August 28, 2009

Features

Be Cool.

If you’re the kind of freshman that we once were, then by the time you read this, you’ll already have committed at least one faux pas that you’re desperately trying... Read more

By the Voice Staff August 28, 2009

Steel Butterflies and the Back to School Blues

I briefly considered retiring from my formal education a few days ago. It seemed to me that I had had enough—for real this time. The thought of going back to... Read more

By Sadaf Qureshi August 28, 2009