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Dude … where’s my cop?

The DC Police Department plans to merge the 2nd district, including Georgetown, with more crime-heavy Dupont Circle and parts of U Street and downtown. The plan won’t strain Georgetown’s police or reduce safety, but just because it’s reasonable doesn’t mean everyone agrees with it.

By August 24, 2007

News

Leo’s Redux

Aramark, a Fortune 500 food services company, will take over operations in Leo O’Donovan Dining Hall at the start of September.

By August 24, 2007

News

New Safety VP starts learning the ropes

Rocco DelMonaco, Jr replaced Dave Morrell as Vice President for University Safety in June. DelMonaco will be responsible for the strategy, planning and execution of all safety and security functions at all Georgetown campuses and overseas locations. The Voice sat down with DelMonaco for an exclusive interview.

By August 24, 2007

News

District bridge safety gets mixed reviews

Most District of Columbia bridges are either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, according to recent data provided by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics concerning the state of the nation’s bridges. One hundred and fifty-two of its 245 bridges, or 62 percent, rated in one of these two categories, the highest percentage in the nation.

By August 24, 2007

News

Little reason given for new party rules

In an interview Thursday, Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson offered no concrete reasons for the University�s changes in its party policies.

By August 24, 2007

News

Loan investigation reaches Georgetown

Georgetown University received a subpoena on August 1 from the New York Attorney General as part of an investigation into the relationship between university athletic departments and student loan lenders.

By August 24, 2007

News

Voice takes summer off

The Georgetown Voice is taking the summer off, but will resume publication on August 23 2007.

By May 3, 2007

Leisure

Deadbeats: a bi-weekly column about music

Music can be a promiscuous art form, and a good musician will exploit all of its whorish tendencies. As genres evolve, they sleep around with different musical styles, take what they want and leave without calling the next morning.

By May 3, 2007

Leisure

Snap crêpes and tea

Snap is the French equivalent of your average pizzeria. The setting inside is casual, with a few tables crammed inside a small hole on Jefferson Street.

By May 3, 2007

Leisure

Summer Concert Calendar

Konono No. 1 – Black Cat; May 4; $15; 9:00 Konono No. 1, hailing from the Democratic Republic of Congo, brew their own brand of Afrobeat, complete with dancers, percussion, and three electric likembe to provide the melodies. Any number of “found” instruments salvaged from junkyards adds the finishing touches to the performance.

By May 3, 2007

Leisure

Your guide to getting busy on the lawn

The weather is warm and finals season is ripe for slacking off. Even if you’re sick of getting hit in the face with a passing Frisbee, or not pretentious enough to know the difference between a stick of wood and a croquet mallet, there’s still room on the lawn for some creative tomfoolery. So sit back, unlace your Converse and behold the wonders of freshly mowed grass.

By May 3, 2007

News

Saxa Politica: Roaches, mice and rats, oh my!

Insects and pesky rodents are a nuisance in a majority of the world (the exception of course being frozen Antarctica). Their strength in numbers is greatest in warm, humid climates, a climate such as our lovely District’s.

By May 3, 2007

News

Charred D.C. icon gets help

After a three-alarm fire badly damaged the South Hall building at Eastern Market on April 30, members of the District community have joined together to support its merchants until the building is ready to reopen.

By May 3, 2007

News

News Hits

Muriel Bowser (D) won Tuesday’s special election for the open D.C. Council seat in Ward 4, while Yvette Alexander (D) won her election for councilmember of Ward 7. Each defeated a huge group of candidates—19 in Bowser’s race and 17 in Alexander’s—both with ease.

By May 3, 2007

Leisure

The Wind That Shakes stirs audience

The Wind That Shakes The Barley is the quietest war movie I’ve ever seen. A story of the Irish War of Independence, a small war on a small island, it manages to convey the horrors of wartime without explosions or flashing tanks.

By May 3, 2007

News

Jews: a history of reaction

Generalizing Jewish history as a “consistent reaction to Christians,” Chief Rabbi David Rosen composed a sketch of the history of Jewish-Christian relations in a lecture on campus yesterday.

By May 3, 2007

News

Former Fed. chair to speak for MSB

Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve Chairman who purposely plunged the United States into a recession in order to drastically reduce the inflation rate, will speak at the McDonough School of Business’s commencement. Volcker served under Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan as Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987.

By May 3, 2007

Cartoons

In Poor Taste

By May 3, 2007

News

Eyewitness Report: Fire races through GU public library

Throngs of bystanders took a few minutes out of their afternoons last Monday to watch as the roof of the Georgetown Branch of the D.C. Public Library collapsed in on itself amidst tongues of flames and jets of water. The three-alarm fire, the second of the day after the blaze that destroyed Eastern Market, required 200 firefighters to subdue it.

By May 3, 2007

Editorials

Time for the Smithsonian to rebound

Things over at the Smithsonian are about to get a little bit pricier. The Institute has just announced that it will charge visitors five dollars to enter a section of a special butterfly exhibit. This is only the most recent misstep by a prestigious institute recently marred by scandal, most significantly the resignation of its former Secretary, Lawrence Smalls. Instead of changing its commendable and longstanding policy of free admission, the Smithsonian should use this moment to start anew and regain its past reputation as one of D.C.’s most amazing resources, open to all.

By the May 3, 2007

Editorials

Good night, Martha, and good luck

The richness of life on Georgetown’s campus is drawn from its civil society—the clubs and organizations who hold events and speeches, throw parties, raise money and awareness and, yes, publish newspapers. These organizations are our passions, and no one is more passionate about them than Martha Swanson, the outgoing Director of Student Programs.

By the May 3, 2007

Editorials

The greening of the District

Most Georgetown students—and for that matter, many District residents—recognized Earth Day two weeks ago as little more than a chance to snag a free cone at Ben and Jerry’s. But a few hundred miles north of us, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has taken a major step towards making New York environmentally friendly by unveiling a set of new policies that could cut the city’s greenhouse gas emissions by up to 30 percent. Mayor Adrian Fenty should follow his example and develop a concrete long-term plan for reducing D.C.’s negative impact on the environment.

By the May 3, 2007

Voices

Struggling to truly forgive Cho

I hated everything about Seung-Hui Cho, and I finally realized that hatred is what got us here in the first place.

By May 3, 2007

Voices

Marking the miles along the road

If I have noticed anything in people, it is that they tend to use relationships and love interests as milestones and reference points when they speak about their pasts.

By May 3, 2007

Voices

A life seen through the lens

Photographs are the standard against which we can measure our eroding memories.

By May 3, 2007