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Georgetown vs. American

According to JTIII, the Hoyas didn’t play their best basketball against American, but they didn’t need to, handily defeating the Eagles 73-49. Georgetown demonstrated that they were the superior team... Read more

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The striped pajama party in Hitler’s Third Reich

Through the innocent eyes of a child, the horrifying injustices of the Holocaust amass a certain  naive surrelity. In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, director Mark Herman uses this... Read more

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Milk, a movie of solid consistency

The standard Hollywood biopic faces a problem of balance. On the one hand, they attempt to tell a true story, to give facts and real information about one (presumably important)... Read more

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Critical Voices: The Killers – Day & Age

I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve always had a secret love for The Killers. As one of the first “indie” bands I listened to in my younger days,... Read more

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Critical Voices: Jake One – White Van Music

After a lengthy career of making beats for rappers on both ends of the hip-hop spectrum, Seattle-based producer Jake One has enlisted an impressive array of MCs to rap over... Read more

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Critical Voices: Guns n’ Roses – Chinese Democracy

In 1991 the Minnesota Twins won the World Series; the Louisiana governor’s race included a former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard; former Soviet states declared their independence; and Nintendo released... Read more

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Of sound mind

Nowadays new music genres pop up as frequently as Sarah Palin changed her clothes ON the campaign trail. (Gotta keep those pants suits crisp for charity, eh?) Out with the... Read more

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Turn me on…

As the end of the year approaches, the internet will be inundated with “best of” lists for everything from books to inventions. Simply look at this week’s feature story in... Read more

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Going beyond bangers and mash

You don’t get much British food over here in the United States. That’s probably because jolly old England’s starchy, overcooked culinary offerings tend to be something less than transcendent. However,... Read more

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Framing humanity in a snapshot culture

America is a snapshot culture. A single still frame is enough for the viewer to get lost in a remembrance of the past, however fleeting. Thus, a professional photographer’s goal is to draw attention to a piece of history with each frame he takes.

Editorials

Bus us from the hilltop to the hill

Georgetown should offer shuttle buses to and from the inauguration to ensure that its students are able to attend the ceremonies, regardless of the state Metro is in.

Editorials

Make our (meager) 3 study days count

Georgetown administrators should recognize the pressures on students’ time during study days and prohibit professors from assigning papers to be due during study days.

Editorials

DPS needs to deliver on RAD pledge

If DPS really wants to reduce sexual assault at Georgetown, it should start offering the RAD program within the first month of next semester.

Sports

Hoyas face familiar foe

The Hoyas might not have thought they spent their Thanksgiving in the happiest place on earth, after emerging from the Old Spice Classic in Disney World, Florida, with a decent 2-1 record.

Sports

Crawford leads women’s basketball past Fordham

The Georgetown women's basketball team walked out of McDonough Arena Wednesday night with their sixth win of the season, a 58-46 triumph over Fordham.

Features

The Best Movies and Albums of 2008

The Voice staff indulges our egos by ranking this year's top ten movies and albums. Best Album - Wolf Parade, At Mount Zoomer Best Movie - Wall-E Read on to discover the rest of the rankings, a few of which may surprise you...

News

Campus grieves for Faenza

Jenny Faenza (COL `11) passed away on Saturday while visiting her family in Nashville, Tenn. She had been released from a Georgetown area hosptial before break so she could visit... Read more

News

Bias may have motivated Harbin assault

Georgetown’s Department of Public Safety and Bias Reporting Committee are investigating last week’s assault outside Harbin Hall to determine whether the crime was racially motivated. A separate investigation by the... Read more

News

Student Metro efforts stall

Progress toward the creation of a Metro discount for D.C. college students has come to a standstill, despite its momentum at beginning of the semester. Though they remain optimistic, local... Read more

Editorials

Before SAC, clubs tread lightly

In the midst of controversial discussions between the Georgetown University Student Association and the Student Activities Commission over the SAC chair selection process student clubs, which receive their funding from... Read more

News

Commissions advance slowly

In October, the Georgetown University Student Association created five commissions to address concerns about technology, class registration, Georgetown identity, student dining concerns, and code of conduct reform. The Commissions have... Read more

Sports

The Sports Sermon: Georgetown and Maryland not as close as one would think

The trip from 37th and O Streets to College Park, Maryland, takes around 30 minutes, depending on traffic. The University of Maryland is Georgetown's virtual neighbor and its best basketball competition in the area, but if you ask either team about a rivalry they would deny its existence.

Sports

In the Big East, Size Matters

The Big East has long been the preferred stomping ground of the nation's best big men. From Derrick Coleman (Syracuse) to Walter Berry (St. John's) to Emeka Okafor (UConn), the conference has been synonymous with power basketball in the last three decades. It is a tradition that began right here on the Hilltop with Big John, Patrick Ewing, and the rough-and-tough style of play they engendered.

Sports

University can’t squash club team’s growing success

Of all the sports named after a gourd, squash is by far the best.

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Mumbai bombs felt 8,000 miles away

Never was I more certain of how powerless the innocent are during acts of terrorism until, from thousands of miles away, I saw my own city under fire.