Archive

Critical Voices: Dark Was The Night

4AD’s decision to greenlight Dark Was the Night, curated by the National’s Aaron and Bryce Dessner, must have been all too easy: great lineup, 32 exclusive tracks, and a great... Read more

By Justin Hunter Scott February 12, 2009

Critical Voices: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

It’s no secret that I’m predisposed to the dreamy synth-pop pining of loves lost and romantic weekend getaways. The mellowed indie-pop of Hefner and Jets to Brazil raised me to... Read more

By Scott Munro February 12, 2009

What’s a girl to do?

In “What’s a Girl to Do When It’s Time to Put Down the Drink?,” which opened Wednesday night at the H Street Playhouse, sole actress Tara Handron openly explores the... Read more

By Sarah Crum February 12, 2009

Crosswords

Crossword Solutions 02.12.2009

By Cal Lee February 12, 2009

This Georgetown Life: Awkward Luvin’: The Valentine’s Day Edition

Voice staffers share their most awkward encounters with love, in a Valentine Day's Edition of This Georgetown Life.

By the Voice Staff February 12, 2009

The ANC: G-town’s own bastion of hyper-democracy

Washington, D.C. touts its 37 ANCs as advisory boards whose opinions on traffic, parking, zoning, liquor licenses, and police presence must be given “great weight” by District agencies. But this doesn’t even begin to explain the phenomenon of the ANC.

By Molly Redden February 12, 2009

Just because it’s real doesn’t mean it’s not terrifying

When I get bored, I slip into a sort of steady state of mind, my own personal state of nature. Oddly, that condition has come to involve watching a lot of horror movies. It isn’t that I particularly prefer slashers or monster romps to romantic comedy or drama. It’s more force of habit than conscious choice.

By John Lawless February 12, 2009

A message for President Obama: go green, baby, go green

Newly appointed Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele won’t push his party in a new direction. This is the man who coined the phrase “Drill, baby, drill,” so often attributed to Sarah Palin, and whose acceptance speech lacked any real substance.

By Justin Hunter Scott February 12, 2009

Editorials

Georgetown students earn their Day

For many Georgetown students, happily wandering around Copley lawn on Georgetown Day is one of the highlights of their college experience. This year, however, the University is threatening to strip... Read more

By the Editorial Board February 12, 2009

Editorials

Metro service cuts are just not fare

As a rule of thumb, you’re not supposed to spend what you don’t have—one need only look at our current financial crisis to see the disastrous results. Yet the Washington... Read more

By the Editorial Board February 12, 2009

Editorials

Georgetown should lose the chaperones

Last week, the Old Georgetown Board—a board of architects charged with monitoring the Georgetown neighborhood’s aesthetic integrity—sent Apple back to the drawing board for the fourth time, taking issue with... Read more

By the Editorial Board February 12, 2009

Features

Saturday Night Fever: six hours on the beat with DPS

This past weekend, I shadowed several DPS officers on patrol, to see the typical Georgetown weekend from the perspective of the officers paid to keep students safe. What follows is an account of my night on the force.

By Jeff Reger February 5, 2009

GUSA passes 6 of 8 SCU proposals

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate approved six out of the Student Commission for Unity’s eight proposals designed to address what the commission sees as the University’s diversity problem.

By Lillian Kaiser February 5, 2009

GU to drop Russell for labor violations

After months of investigation into the labor practices of Russell Athletic, a major producer of athletic gear for universities that has been accused of violating workers’ rights in Honduras, and under pressure from the Georgetown Solidarity Committee, Georgetown’s Licensing Oversight Committee decided on Tuesday that it will not renew the University’s contract with the company when it expires June 30.

By Juliana Brint February 5, 2009

Seniors daunted by Wall St. woes

This year’s senior class will be entering the job market in what many are calling the worst economic climate since the Great Depression. With job opportunities few and far between—especially in the finance industry, a field that has traditionally attracted a large number of Georgetown students—seniors are facing uncertainty and stiff competition in their search for employment.

By Katie Boran February 5, 2009

Dowd pushes for Hindi program

Georgetown University Student Association President Pat Dowd (SFS `09) has formed a fundraising committee to solicit funds to revive the University’s Hindi language program.

By Molly Redden February 5, 2009

Professor Chuck Hagel

Former Senator Chuck Hagel (R—Neb.) will be joining the Georgetown faculty next year as a Distinguished Professor in the Practice of National Governance. Hagel will teach classes on U.S. Foreign Policy to both undergraduate and graduate students.

By Eric Pilch February 5, 2009

GPB Spring Concert

Jason Mraz was the first choice for the Spring Kickoff Concert in a survey e-mailed to students by the Georgetown Programming Board. Lupe Fiasco and Third Eye Blind followed closely behind.

By Eric Pilch February 5, 2009

ANC scolds WASA over broken hydrants

Fifty-nine of Georgetown’s 200 fire hydrants need maintenance, according to Louis Jarvis, the Water Services Director for the District of Columbia Water and Sewage Authority, who was called to testify before the Advisory Neighborhood Commission at their meeting on Monday.

By Lillian Kaiser February 5, 2009

City on a Hill: Mall madness

It sinks, it stinks, and it floods. It’s the National Mall, and it’s a national embarrassment. Last week, the House Rules Committee cut $200 million from President Obama’s stimulus bill that would have been dedicated to its restoration.

By Molly Redden February 5, 2009

The heart and fist of a revolutionary

The two-part film Che, an epic biography of Cuban Revolutionary leader Che Guevara, falls short of its expected epic proportions—though it is arguably better for it. In a decisive rebellion... Read more

By Madeline Reidy February 5, 2009

So you want to catch an Albanian sex trafficker?

At one point in Taken, when told by an old-friend-turned-cynical-police-chief that he’ll never find his daughter, Brian Mills (Liam Neeson) threatens that he will stop at nothing to save her,... Read more

By Cyrus Bordbar February 5, 2009

A gallery of Vices

The National Portrait Gallery is an odd museum among D.C.’s many Smithsonian gems. For a hall full of paintings, it isn’t particularly concerned with any particular Art Historical ideas, and... Read more

By Matthew Collins February 5, 2009