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Bovine burglary

A bronze sculpture of a bull’s head worth $25,000 that was stolen from a Georgetown house has been returned, according the Metropolitan Police Department.

By Will Sommer October 2, 2008

Fenty shutters Franklin Shelter

When Mayor Adrian Fenty (D) closed down the Franklin Homeless Center in Shaw last Friday, former Franklin resident Eric Sheptock told local activists of a “sleep-out” protest in the park across the street on his blog. However, he said, he would not be able to attend, because he had to follow his belongings to a new shelter.

By Marie Negrin October 2, 2008

Related break-ins on O Street

On Sunday at about 5:30 p.m., an unidentified male broke into the first and second stories of a townhouse apartment on 36th and O Streets.

By Lillian Kaiser October 2, 2008

City on a Hill: Is D.C. down for the count?

D.C.’s September 9 primary elections should have been simple. Many of the races for the D.C. City Council were uncontested, and less than 14 percent of D.C.’s registered voters cast ballots. But the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics still managed to bungle the job, and the ineptitude they demonstrated raises serious questions about whether they will be able to handle the far greater challenge of overseeing the November 4 general election.

By Juliana Brint October 2, 2008

New Ocean Hall is a whale of a good time

The Sant Ocean Hall marks the largest addition to the Museum of Natural History since it was constructed in the early 1900s, so it is only appropriate that it takes up an extremely large space and contains vast quantities of information. The Sant Ocean Hall is the kind of exhibit that will still be interesting on the third or fourth visit, and its aesthetics make you want to return just for the visual effect. The main hall contains glass display cases that curve around the space, leading visitors around the room in an orderly pattern. Oceanic hues of blue and green emanate from every display, and the entire room’s wavy and luminous quality gives the faint impression of being surrounded by water. A film of undersea scenes playing on panels surrounding the room makes the entire museum feel submerged.

By Sara Carothers October 2, 2008

With St. Anna, Spike Lee creates a miracle

Directed by the legendary Spike Lee and based on the book by novelist James McBride (The Color of Water, Song Yet Sung), Miracle at St. Anna uses the true story of an African-American soldier during World War II to create a masterpiece that is equal parts mystery, war story, ghost tale and history.

By Caroline Klibanoff October 2, 2008

Choke the Movie

“All I had to do was answer one simple question: what would Jesus not do?” Choke aims to answer this peculiar question of morality with a 90-minute cinematic rampage through sex addiction, self-discovery, and the realization that the embodiment of a holy foreskin’s DNA may be walking the earth. Chuck Palahniuk’s latest big screen adaptation is a dark comedy, in tune with a foul representation of human motive.

By James McGrory October 2, 2008

Critical Voices: Of Montreal, “Skeletal Lamping”

An open letter to Of Montreal front man Kevin Barnes:

By Matthew Collins October 2, 2008

Critical Voices: T.I., “Paper Trail”

Over the past year, T.I. has been in the news more for his legal problems than for his music. But apparently, despite being locked up under house arrest for weapons charges, T.I. has been paying attention. Paper Trail is a much better effort than 2007’s T.I. vs. T.I.P. and it re-establishes T.I. as one of today’s most important mainstream rap artists.

By Justin Hunter Scott October 2, 2008

Hate the hoofs

Shoes have really been irking me lately. In my last column, I directed my grievances at the frumpy footwear of D.C.’s young women, but this week, I’m moving on to the nation at large. While my quibble is with the manufacturers of runaway shoe trends, the real issue is with our nation’s tendency to eat up horrible spin-offs of brand-name shoes that were not so great to begin with.

By Katherine Norton October 2, 2008

Photographing transitions

Julia Fullerton-Batten may have survived puberty, but she certainly didn’t make it out unscathed. Her photographic repertoire has thus far captured the fragility and instability of adolescence with an eerie, disquieting surrealism.

Her new works, part of the collective “In Between” exhibit at the Randall Scott Gallery, mark a transition, both in those awkward years she remains enthralled with, and in her photography, one which is quieter yet still profoundly disturbing.

By Madeline Reidy October 2, 2008

Dark, delicious Dexter

These days, basic cable television is as depressing as the state of our nation’s economy. Luckily, the fall season of premium cable arrives as a refreshing bailout from the endless slew of reality TV and mindless sitcoms.

This fall, Showtime’s Dexter has the opportunity to become one of the hottest shows on television, The thrilling drama about a sympathetic serial killer kicked off its third season this past Sunday at 9 p.m. on Showtime.

By Eliott Grover October 2, 2008

Mr. Sohielinia’s neighborhood

At the corner of 34th Street and Dent Place, one block south of Reservoir, Le Petit Corner Store is a half-house, half-storefront whose interior is a homey, welcoming, albeit assorted mixture of a deli, café, and community rendez-vous spot.

By Michael Keller October 2, 2008

Features

No Money, Mo’ Problems

The Leavey Center buzzed last Friday as juniors, seniors, and graduate students chatted their way through a maze of corporate logo-laden tables at Georgetown’s Career Fair. Students looked for welcoming signs from recruiters representing over 100 employers, but amidst the din and the flurry of strong handshakes, a sense of uncertainty loomed.

By John Lawless October 2, 2008

GET YOUR NOROVIRUS UPDATES AT BLOG.GEORGETOWNVOICE.COM

For up-to-the-minute coverage of how many victims the outbreak has claimed, how to get your missed classes excused, and which brands of hand sanitizer can kill the norovirus, check out Vox Populi at blog.georgetownvoice.com.

By admin October 2, 2008

Photography

Is City Paper Dying or Just Growing Up slideshow

This slideshow accompanies “Is the City Paper Dying or Just Growing Up,” a cover story about changes at Washington’s City Paper.

By Will Sommer September 25, 2008

Former Hoyas shine under Friday Night Lights

Teen pregnancy, tragic paraplegics, “spirited” cheerleaders ,and football—who doesn’t yearn for the halcyon years of high school? Springsteen may have written many a nostalgic song about those glory days of skinny-dipping down by the river after school, but unlike Georgetown grads Matt Bassuener (SFS ’08) and Brent Craft (MSB ’08), he never got to return to the place where the magic all began. As two of the newest additions to the cast of NBC’s award-winning television series, Friday Night Lights, the former Hoya football players are reliving the dream of secondary school, except this time around, there’s no homework, they get paid for showing up, and the school’s head cheerleader is dating Derek Jeter.

By admin September 25, 2008

The NFC: No Fluke Conference

J.V. B-side. Rec league. Semi-pro. The No Fun Conference. These are just a few of the names that football pundits have called the NFC in recent years, and, until now, they’ve had good reason.

By Walker Loetscher September 25, 2008

Georgetown women’s soccer finds its go-to girl

Ranked first in the Big East for goals (8) and points (19), eleventh in the nation for points per game (2.38), ninth in goals per game (1.0)—the list goes on. It’s not terribly surprising for a member of a top 25 caliber women’s soccer team like Georgetown to enjoy that much success, but for junior forward Toni Marie Hudson, it’s a start unlike anything she could have imagined.

By Liz Kuebler September 25, 2008

Sports Sermon: The death of the ticket stub

Resting on the corner of my father’s dresser in our old house was a tall glass pitcher full of ticket stubs. Having long ago lost its identity as a generic container, the pitcher transformed with each new addition into something more. By the time I was old enough to care, it was overflowing and looked more like a Cézanne still life than a simple glass. That’s just how I treated it—as a masterpiece. One of my favorite things to do was to empty it and rifle through the stubs, exploring every event my dad had been to, from Rush concerts to Penguins games. Every single ticket in that pitcher was the ultimate souvenir—a paper rectangle that made the same simple but important statement: he’d been there.

By Anthony Francavilla September 25, 2008

Fast Break: Men’s Soccer

For the second weekend in a row, the 24th-ranked Georgetown men’s soccer team will have to face two conference foes in three days. This time, the Hoyas (6-2-0, 1-2 BE) have the added challenge of doing it on the road, as they travel north to take on Rutgers (3-2-2, 0-1-1 BE) and Villanova (4-2-1, 1-0-1 BE).

By Tim Shine September 25, 2008