News

Pipes burst in Darnall, Harbin; Students warned to keep heat on

Water pipes burst in Harbin and Darnall Halls over the weekend, during what was widely reported to be the coldest weather Washington has seen in five years.

By Lillian Kaiser January 22, 2009

News

Kennedy Center awed by Aretha

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin and the Georgetown “Let Freedom Ring” choir celebrated the life of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Kennedy Center on Monday. The next day Franklin sang at President Barack Obama’s Inauguration.

By admin January 22, 2009

News

Corp drops Book Co-op

Plagued by technical difficulties and facing a challenging business climate, the Corp discontinued services of the Book Co-op at the end of last semester.

By Eric Pilch January 22, 2009

News

All we’re saying is give Peace (Corps) a chance

New statistics released by the Peace Corps about the top volunteer-producing colleges and universities show that the number of Georgetown graduates participating in the program has steadily decreased since 2005.

By Juliana Brint January 22, 2009

News

UDC opening community college

The University of the District of Columbia, the only public institution of higher education in Washington, plans to open a two-year community college next year.

By Juliana Brint January 22, 2009

News

City on a Hill: D.C. intact

Despite predictions that D.C. was poised for an “Inaugurapocolypse” or an “Obamatastrophe,” on Wednesday morning, local pundits and worrywarts awoke to find their city in one piece, though not unscathed. Trash had overwhelmed the Mall and its surrounding streets by noon on Tuesday, and an elderly woman fell on the Metro tracks. The last of the trash, however, should be swept away before the week is out and the woman survived. Police officers made no arrests at the Mall and the city suffered minimal damage. The day, it seemed, had thumbed its nose at those who prophesied catastrophe.

By Molly Redden January 22, 2009

Sports

Run, Hoyas, run

After a dominant romp over then second-ranked Connecticut in their Big East opener, the young 2008-09 Georgetown Hoyas demonstrated that they had the talent to run with the best teams in the country. Their offense was clicking, their defense was solid, and freshman wunderkind Greg Monroe manhandled the 7’3” Hasheem Thabeet on both sides of the floor. In the very next game, though, the burly frontcourt of the Pittsburgh Panthers exposed and exploited the precocious Hoyas’ main weakness—a lack of toughness and determination in rebounding.

By Sean Quigley January 22, 2009

Sports

Hoyas need improved guard play against WVU

Coming into this season, Jessie Sapp was expected to be a major contributor on a young Hoyas squad. The senior guard, fresh off a season in which he averaged 9.7 points per game and shot 43.8 percent from the field, looked to be the team’s leader by virtue of both his veteran experience and his shooting prowess.

By Tim Shine January 22, 2009

Features

Party Politics

By the Voice Staff January 22, 2009

Editorials

University must side with students

Two sides are bitterly divided over an historic claim to a homeland. Both allege the other is infringing upon their basic rights, and while there has been scattered dialogue between... Read more

By the Editorial Board January 22, 2009

Editorials

Let’s talk about sex(ual orientation)

Earlier this month, leaders of campus religious groups found a peculiar invitation waiting in their inboxes. In the email, University President John DeGioia encouraged chaplains from each Campus Ministry to... Read more

By the Editorial Board January 22, 2009

Editorials

Hoping for a healthy dose of reality

President Barack Obama injected a healthy dose of realism into American political discourse with his Inaugural address on Tuesday. After eight years marked by hubris, deception, and a lack of... Read more

By the Editorial Board January 22, 2009

Page 13 Cartoons

The greatest campus publications you aren’t reading

When was the last time you read a campus journal, or even considered reading one? Probably not recently.

By Eric Wind January 22, 2009

Voices

America: the sum of her ideals, not her leaders

In preparation for the new administration, read the Constitution and Declaration of Independence again carefully, and keep those documents in mind as you follow the events of the next four years.

By Chelsea Paige January 22, 2009

Voices

Jazz on the road less traveled

The northern New England jazz scene is eerily, icily quiet, but Adric Rosen has spent the past two and a half years trying to liven it up.

By John Lawless January 22, 2009

Voices

I don’t want to grind, so let’s party like it’s 1929

How do you initiate dancing with another individual? If you’re a guy, you most likely place yourself strategically behind a girl and pull her posterior region into your crotch.

By George D'Angelo January 22, 2009

Leisure

Inaugural art

As the season for high-end Inauguration balls arrives, the District’s art scene reminds us of both its contribution to the presidential race and the harsh economic reality that leaves most... Read more

By James McGrory January 15, 2009

Leisure

Liquid hope

With the Inauguration less than a week away, a plethora of issues press on everybody’s minds—where to go to the bathroom, how to get around the city, whether or not... Read more

By Kate Mays January 15, 2009

Leisure

Critical Voices: Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion

Given the incredible anticipation surrounding Merriweather Post Pavilion—the ninth proper LP from the new-primitivist outfit Animal Collective—the album could well represent the second most memorable album release of the digital... Read more

By Daniel Cook January 15, 2009

Leisure

Critical Voices: Glasvegas – Glasvegas

The British music press hype-cycle has gotten behind a number of bands in recent memory, from well-known successes like the Arctic Monkeys and Klaxons to a few, well, stinkers (The... Read more

By Matthew Collins January 15, 2009

Leisure

The Ritz Carlton proves money does grow on trees

While GU students furtively auction off sleeping spaces in their Village A apartments to eager Inauguration-goers (much to the University’s chagrin) or pile friends from around the country into their... Read more

By Scott Munro January 15, 2009

Leisure

Mirth and murder in Pillowman

Georgetown’s Nomadic Theater has been described as the most socially conscious of the University’s co-curricular theater troupes. Admirable as such sentiments may be, when overbearingly conveyed, they can easily obstruct... Read more

By Stephano Medina January 15, 2009

Leisure

Frost thaws Nixon’s hubristic silence

In the pop culture psyche of many Americans, Richard Nixon’s life and career ends at the moment when his most notorious picture was taken: arms raised in the air waving... Read more

By Sara Carothers January 15, 2009

Leisure

The man with no other name but Clint

For a man who’s been acting in films for over 50 years and directing them for over 30, Gran Torino might seem like a victory lap—a final, self-indulgent opportunity for... Read more

By Traviss Cassidy January 15, 2009

Features

Inaugurations: D.C’s Past, Our Nation’s Future

The Constitution’s only requirement for the Inauguration of a president is that he recite a 35-word oath promising to uphold the ideals and values of that document upon which our laws... Read more

By the Voice Staff January 15, 2009