News

Gallucci to head MacArthur Foundation

Robert Gallucci, Dean of the School of Foreign Service, has been chosen as the fourth President of the Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Gallucci’s post at the Foundation will begin this July, when he will begin to oversee one of the largest philanthropic organizations in the world.

By Eric Pilch March 19, 2009

News

Three percent of D.C. HIV positive

15,120 people over the age of 12 in the District of Columbia—3 percent of the city’s total population—are HIV/AIDS positive, according to a study released by the D.C. Department of Health on Monday. D.C.’s HIV rate, which is comparable to that of Uganda and some parts of Kenya, far outpaces the 1 percent infection rate that the Center for Disease Prevention and Control says qualifies as a generalized and severe epidemic.

By Lillian Kaiser March 19, 2009

News

SFS-Qatar holds first ever career fair

Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar hosted its first-ever career fair last Thursday in Doha. Open only to SFS-Q students, the fair included representatives from 24 companies, including ExxonMobil, BP, Al-Jazeera Children’s Channel, the Brookings Institution, and the Qatar News Agency.

By Katie Boran March 19, 2009

News

GW students push for smoking ban

Three George Washington University graduate students have started a campaign to enact a campus-wide smoking ban.

By Maddie Donnelly March 19, 2009

News

Saxa Politica: GUSA’s democratic deficit

The Georgetown University Student Association has long suffered from a democratic deficit: students often feel detached from the organization and see it as uninterested in their needs. To a large extent, this image is unwarranted. Over the past several years, the Student Association has developed into a respectably effective organization, thanks to a string of committed presidents and a number of institutional reforms.

By John Lawless March 19, 2009

Page 13 Cartoons

Investigating the Gap

A train—massive and wheezing—pulls into the sleepy station, uses all of its remaining steam to slow its momentum and click-click-click to a gradual stop. It holds its passengers enchanted under... Read more

By Sadaf Qureshi March 19, 2009

Crosswords

Crossword Solution 03.19.09 “Spelling Bee”

By Cal Lee March 19, 2009

Crosswords

Crossword Solutions 03.05.09 “Fun in the Sun”

By Cal Lee March 19, 2009

Editorials

D.C.’s done little to stop AIDS’ spread

The HIV/AIDS rate in Washington, D.C., has reached epidemic proportions. More than 3 percent of the District’s residents have HIV or AIDS, the highest rate in the nation and one... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 19, 2009

Editorials

Angert has a chance to start fresh

When Calen Angert (MSB `11) and Jason Kluger (MSB `11) are sworn in as Student Association President and Vice President, they’ll have a lot on their plate. They’ve promised to... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 19, 2009

Editorials

Give D.C. schools single-sex classes

In recent years, the small but fast growing movement to implement single-sex public education in the United States has been picking up steam. Some elementary and middle schools in Virginia... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 19, 2009

Page 13 Cartoons

A day in the life of a MidEast border-crossing junkie

In these days of borderless Schengen areas and expressways funneling cars across the U.S.-Canadian border at blazing speeds, the prospect of crossing an international border on foot seems more than a little quaint. Last April, I did so twice in one day.

By Simone Popperl March 19, 2009

Voices

The “Cuddler” as a joking matter

Though I can’t remember the first time I heard about the assailant who later came to be known as the “Cuddler,” I remember exactly when I heard my first Cuddler joke.

By Anna Bank March 19, 2009

Page 13 Cartoons

The U.S. v. nonviolent DNC & RNC protesters

Dear Denver and St. Paul, I can still smell the last whiffs of the tear gas that you sprayed at us, I still see the remnants of it rising mockingly in misty spirals to a backdrop of riot gear, though all that is left of our peaceful protests are the legal battles that began to erupt between you and us protesters in the aftermath of the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention.

By Julia Shindel March 19, 2009

Voices

Liberals for a strong, but intelligent, Republican party

The Republican party is in shambles, and I’m not happy about it—even though I’m an Obama supporter.

By Chelsea Paige March 19, 2009

Sports

St. John’s sends Hoyas home early

Down by three in the waning seconds of a first round Big East tournament matchup against St. John’s, Georgetown passed the ball to redshirt freshman Nikita Mescheriakov. The way the Hoyas’ season has gone, the miss was all but inevitable.

By Tim Shine March 11, 2009

News

MPD suspects “Cuddler” crimes are related

The Metropolitan Police Department has indicated that one person may be responsible for the string of at least eight incidents in which a man has climbed into women’s beds in the Georgetown area.

By Eric Pilch March 5, 2009

News

Tumultuous GUSA race comes to close

After a week and a half of disqualifications, reinstatements, and resignations, students voted in the final run-off between Calen Angert (MSB ’11) and Jeff Lamb (MSB ’10) this Wednesday. The results of the race will not be released until GUSA certifies them on Wednesday, March 18.

By Lillian Kaiser March 5, 2009

News

GW student denounces “don’t ask don’t tell”

Todd Belok, the George Washington University freshman who has been at the center of a campaign against the U.S. Military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy” after he was kicked out of the Reserve Officer Training Corps, spoke at Georgetown on Wednesday.

By Eric Pilch March 5, 2009

News

DeGioia discusses GU’s financial strategy

At a town-hall meeting on Monday in the ICC auditorium, University President John DeGioia discussed how Georgetown is coping with the recession: moderate tuition increases, increased commitment to financial aid, and delayed staff and faculty salary increases and construction projects.

By John Lawless March 5, 2009

News

ANC rebukes Philly P

Although the owners of Philadelphia Pizza Co. came to Monday’s meeting of the Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Committee hoping to get approval for a new fan designed to propel food odors away from their neighbors, they came away with a unanimous resolution of condemnation.

By Eric Pilch March 5, 2009

News

On the record: Crime Prevention Coordinator Joseph Smith

This September, Joseph Smith became Georgetown’s first Crime Prevention Coordinator. Before DPS Director Jeffrey Van Slyke hired him to bring his community policing experience to the University, Smith played a major role in rebuilding Kosovo and Macedonia’s national police forces. The Voice talked to him about his experiences and his plans for Georgetown’s security.

By Molly Redden March 5, 2009

News

City on a Hill: Clean power: a Capitol idea!

Benning Road and Chalk Point are two power plants that provide large sections of the District with power. Predictably, they are some of the most polluting structures in the city. The Capitol Power plant, however, which joins those two plants as one of D.C.’s top pollution producers, doesn’t produce any electricity at all—it’s just your congressperson’s air conditioner.

By Molly Redden March 5, 2009

Leisure

Bros. J bring the vomit

Tickets to The Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience: $15. A six-pack of Busch Light and a bottle of Jim Beam: $25. The vomit induced by mixing the two: priceless.... Read more

By James McGrory March 5, 2009

Leisure

Presidential cuckoldry

Some films make an obvious attempt to fit a certain niche. For example, Dead Poets Society fits the coming-of-age, young intellectual mold. An American Affair, on the other hand, tries... Read more

By Stephano Medina March 5, 2009