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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hoya sharp shooters hit Orange bull’s-eye

Coach John Thompson III’s Princeton offense is renowned for its ability to pick apart man-to-man coverage with impressive back-door cuts. Jim Boeheim’s Syracuse teams have always been devoted to zone defense, an approach which has stifled the Hoya’s inside attack in recent years.

By Tim Shine January 15, 2009

Students for Justice in Palestine protest War in Gaza

By admin January 15, 2009

Saxa Politica: Fines are fine, records aren’t

Vice President for University Safety Rocco DelMonaco and Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Jeanne Lord welcomed students back to Georgetown last Wednesday with an intimidating e-mail highlighting the Metropolitan... Read more

By John Lawless January 15, 2009

On The Record: John DeGioia

University President John DeGioia talked with reporters last week about the Inauguration, expansion plans, the business school, and the LGBTQ center.

By Katie Boran January 15, 2009

New Philly Ps sparks neighbors’ anger

Since its grand opening this past October, the new location of Philly Pizza & Grill at 1211 Potomac Street has provoked the ire of neighboring businesses and residents, who are complaining about the smells, noises, and traffic problems the take-out restaurant has created.

By Katie Boran January 15, 2009

Georgetown braces for Inauguration

Huge crowds are expected around Washington, D.C., for the upcoming Inauguration of Barack Obama, and the Georgetown neighborhood is no exception.

By Eric Pilch January 15, 2009

Page 13 Cartoons

To Believe in Fairies

Turn your eyes away from the swooning, feral brushstrokes of a horizon daubed like a mimesis on canvas resembling a painted desert slipping into sundown just beyond the balustrade, where... Read more

By Derek Reilly Lessard January 15, 2009

Crosswords

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By Alexander Pon January 15, 2009

Yates’ infestation

It’s the spring semester at Georgetown, and Yates is full. And by full, I mean packed. And by packed, I mean two to a treadmill, muscle-bound bruisers sharing dumbbells, and ballers playing ten-on-ten basketball. Half court. Go up for a rebound, and you might come down on stretching yogini.

By Jeff Bakkensen January 15, 2009

Editorials

MPD disorients with CrimeMap

Tasked with protecting the nation’s capitol, one would think that the Metropolitan Police Department would do anything it could to make its job a little easier. But in the first... Read more

By the Editorial Board January 15, 2009

Editorials

Help keep gunstores off our streets

The gun show is coming to D.C. A few weeks ago, the D.C. Zoning Commission ruled that gun stores will be allowed along major commercial corridors throughout the city, a... Read more

By the Editorial Board January 15, 2009

Editorials

Achieving peace at Georgetown

As the violence in Gaza stretches into its fourth week, signs of the conflict are seeping into campus life. On Monday, Students for Justice in Palestine gathered in a pro-Palestinian... Read more

By the Editorial Board January 15, 2009

The Sports Sermon: Monroe’s flaw

The next time you have a chance to watch a Georgetown basketball game on television, sit back, relax, and listen to every broadcaster announce to the world that Greg “The Doctrine” Monroe is the best freshmen in the country. Monroe-mania has taken hold of announcers like Dick Vitale and Jay Bilas, among others, who yak on and on about Monroe’s superb court vision and ability to facilitate Georgetown’s Princeton style offense.

By Tom Bosco January 15, 2009

What Rocks: Hollis Thompson

The best college football recruits in the country usually graduate from high school a semester early and enroll at their college of choice for the spring semester. This year, Georgetown’s number one basketball recruit is taking a page out of the pigskin playbook. Hollis Thompson, a 6’7” small forward, has enrolled for the spring semester. In a press release announcing the move, Coach John Thompson III stressed that Hollis will only be acclimating to college life and will not suit up for the Hoyas this season.

By Tom Bosco January 15, 2009