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Critical Voices: Zion-I

Zion-I has always been one of the more schizophrenic California hip-hop groups, as their albums jump from Cali-hyphy style raps to self-righteous hip-hop ballads. On their newest effort, The Take... Read more

By Scott Munro January 29, 2009

Critical Voices: Telepathe

My first run-in (or rather, almost run-in) with Telepathe was this past fall, when they were part of the oddly assembled Mad Decent Tour (dance DJ Diplo, tropical noise-punksters Abe... Read more

By Matthew Collins January 29, 2009

Faculty clash over Gaza

Given Georgetown’s claim to housing the nation’s premier Arab studies program, the rising prominence of the Program for Jewish Civilization, and the highly politicized atmosphere of Washington, D.C., it’s no surprise that the conflict in Gaza has provoked a great deal of interest on campus.

By Eric Pilch January 29, 2009

GUSA election reform

Two years after it was last reformed, the system for electing the Georgetown University Student Association President is once again changing. The new system, devised by GUSA’s Ways and Means Committee, will no longer use the instant-runoff voting (IRV) system, which some blamed for the confusion in last year’s presidential election. Instead, GUSA will hold a primary election between all the candidates and then a run-off between the two candidates that receive the most votes in the primary.

By Lillian Kaiser January 29, 2009

Reconciling faith, LGBTQ Center

For Georgetown, which became the first Catholic college or university in the nation to have a LGBTQ Resource Center at the beginning of this year, reconciling a strong religious presence on campus with a burgeoning LGBTQ community has been a hot-button issue. Now, as the LGBTQ Resource Center enters its second semester, campus religious groups, with encouragement from University President John DeGioia, have begun to explore the ways they can work with the center.

By Juliana Brint January 29, 2009

Metro proposes service cuts

Facing a $1.3 billion budget shortfall and rising expenses, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has proposed cutting services to avoid raising fares.

By Sadaf Qureshi January 29, 2009

Neighbors want GUTS rerouted

Residents living along the Dupont Circle and Wisconsin Avenue GUTS bus routes are pushing for Georgetown to include a rerouting of buses in the University’s upcoming 10-year plan. Instead of using the Hospital parking lot as the departure point, they want to see the buses go through the Canal Road exit by 2010.

By Molly Redden January 29, 2009

Saxa Politica: Understaffed information services

Remember John Dewey’s groundbreaking decimal system? When it was introduced in 1876, the card catalogue revolutionized library organization and, by extension, research and education. But if you’ve used it in the past 10 years, odds are good it was the same way you might use an abacus—for laughs. The face of information dissemination and utilization is changing rapidly, and with it the way universities need to do business.

By John Lawless January 29, 2009

What Rocks? Victor Lopez-Cantera

The old adage says the harder you work, the luckier you get. If that is true, freshmen swimmer Victor Lopez-Cantera is very, very lucky. Lopez-Cantera swam his way past the competition for victories in the 100 and 200 meter butterfly in this past Saturday’s dual meet against St. Bonaventure Unive

By Tom Bosco January 29, 2009

Nothing but air

Spectators heard an unusual sound late in the second half of Georgetown’s 65-60 loss to Big East foe Seton Hall on Sunday. Clank. The sound of a DaJuan Summers’ three-point attempt thudding off the rim at the Prudential Center in New Jersey.

By Walker Loetscher January 29, 2009

The Sports Sermon: So long regular season

This Sunday, around 200 million people across the globe will sit back on their recliners and watch the Super Bowl, the self-proclaimed greatest sporting event in the world.

By Tom Bosco January 29, 2009

Bearcats maul reeling Hoyas in Big East battle

“We need to re-evaluate everything.”

By Tim Shine January 29, 2009

Judo master teaches Georgetown the gentle way

World class judo is probably not commonly associated with Yates Field House in the minds of most Georgetown students. But every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday night, Georgetown’s aspiring judokas, or judo experts, train under the watchful tutelage of James Takemori.

By Tim Shine January 29, 2009

Features

Community & Disunity: scrutinizing diversity at Georgetown

You might say Brian Kesten (COL ’10) is on a mission from God. He certainly would. One night in early October 2007, Kesten was lying in bed praying before he... Read more

By Kate Mays January 29, 2009

Page 13 Cartoons

Ready to Beg

You woke up with a sore throat, a growling stomach, and a pounding head. Thump, thump, thump. It was Monday. You thought that maybe you were still stoned, but you... Read more

By Justin Hunter Scott January 29, 2009

Crosswords

Crossword Solutions 01.29.2009

By Cal Lee January 29, 2009

Voices

40 years of 11:15 p.m. Mass

In June of 1968 I finished studies in France and arrived at Georgetown to begin teaching theology. Bill Clinton had graduated from the University earlier that month.

By admin January 29, 2009

Voices

Give me liberty, but don’t let me vote on a ballot initiative

The ballot initiative process is just too much unfettered democracy.

By Megan Shudde January 29, 2009

Voices

Marriage is not the bogeyman

My younger brother wishes he could have an arranged marriage.

By Anna Bank January 29, 2009

Editorials

Election reform needed in GUSA

Thought the 2000 Gore-Bush election fiasco was bad? What about the still-undecided bare-knuckles boxing match between Al Franken and Senator Norm Coleman for a Minnesota Senate seat? The United States... Read more

By the Editorial Board January 29, 2009

Editorials

Don’t give up the fight (with the ANC)

The Advisory Neighborhood Commission meets just two blocks away from campus at the nearby Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, but many Georgetown students are unaware of the Commission’s influence on campus... Read more

By the Editorial Board January 29, 2009

Editorials

University must diversify its portfolio

From its description, you might think the over 300 page SCUnity report released Tuesday, covered in the Voice’s feature this week, was the fruit of exhaustive labor by dedicated Georgetown... Read more

By the Editorial Board January 29, 2009

Hi-fi sci-fi

Last week, the sixth season of 24 made its long-awaited debut after being off the air for over 18 months. Much of the talk surrounding the show’s return centered on... Read more

By Dan Newman January 22, 2009