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Peace in the Middle East?

Israel’s recent war with Hezbollah left the Middle East and the world less safe and derailed a Middle East peace process that had been, for once, looking more hopeful than not.

By August 24, 2006

Voices

Yo’ momma (and yo’ daddy too)

After dropping my oldest brother off at college, my mother proceeded to cry the entire ride home, silently sniffling as she navigated her way through Ohio cornfields in her red Suburban. Ten years later, after emptying the same, slightly beleaguered car, I stood facing my parents on Healy Lawn.

By August 24, 2006

Voices

After hours: some things should stay at the office

My office at the Democratic Party of Georgia is smaller than a Village A bedroom and I share it with three other researchers. I drew the short straw and was stuck with the desk that blocked the doorway into the room. Everyday coworkers have to decide whether to give me the crotch or the ass as they brush the back of my head on their way in and out of the room.

By August 24, 2006

Voices

Carrying On: 23 is the loneliest number

For me, The Moment came in Leo’s. A few weeks after starting at Georgetown, a handful of hallmates and I were at lunch, still getting to know each other. The conversation turned to high schools. The stories of my suburban public school were uninteresting at best, but one guy, the product of an elite northern prep school, said something that stuck with me.

By August 24, 2006

Editorials

Playing hardball with the cable bill

Peter Angelos and Comcast have teamed up to combine two great American pastimes—baseball and screwing the little guy.

By the August 24, 2006

Editorials

Chartered flight to nowhere

This month, D.C. School Superintendent Clifford B. Janey called on the City Council to place a moratorium on the creation of new charter schools. This proactive effort is a major change in the most extensive charter market in the country, and one that could save the faltering D.C. public school system.

By the August 24, 2006

Editorials

Taking a nibble out of crime

The most recent Georgetown shooting was simply a high-profile example of what the latest statistics bear out: the “crime emergency” measures have been but a flashy Day-Glo band-aid pasted over a gushing wound that requires major surgery.

By the August 24, 2006

Corrections

Corrections: Groove Theory vs. SAC

The article Groove Theory vs. SAC, originally published on April 27, 2006, incorrectly gave the impression that Groove Theory is moving to PPA for certain. In actuality, the group is... Read more

By April 27, 2006

Crosswords

Crossword Answer Key

Crossword Puzzle answer key for 4-27-06

By April 27, 2006

Features

Third Annual Voice Photo Contest

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Georgetown isn’t known for its arts. After three years of Voice photo contests however, we remain consistently impressed with the capabilities of the campus’s amateur artists. After careful consideration of an overwhelming 140 entries, we narrowed the candidates down to eight, and are pleased to present some fantastic photos.

By the April 27, 2006

Voices

Building the case against tact

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By April 27, 2006

Voices

Living on Zapatista time

Sitting in the Che Guevara Cooperative Store with my language-school teacher I ask him how long he plans to stay at the school and what he hopes to do afterward.

By April 27, 2006

Voices

Chuting the breeze

A man, a plane, a very bad idea

By April 27, 2006

Voices

Yes, it’s duty-free

My accidental dip into sex tourism

By April 27, 2006

Leisure

Fashion in the buff

With the summer rolling in, nudity in fashion seems to be making a comeback and is stirring up controversy in the process.

By April 27, 2006

Leisure

Soulive scorches the 9:30 Club

Woodstock, NY-based Soulive tore up the 9:30 Club Sunday evening at a show so hot it could’ve set fire to a wet brick wall.

By April 27, 2006

Leisure

Seeing is a vision of an election gone awry

What if political apathy reached such great heights that no one cared enough to actually vote for a candidate? Seeing, Nobel Prize Laureate Jose Saramago’s ambitious follow-up to his 1995 novel Blindness, attempts to answer this question.

By April 27, 2006

Leisure

Filmfest DC is 4 reel

Lovers of international cinema can expect a bold statement from the District’s twentieth annual Filmfest.

By April 27, 2006

Leisure

Bettie, Bondage and the Bible

Wearing nothing but her underwear, eight-inch heels and a ball gag around her neck, Bettie Page stands by a wall, her arms and legs tightly restrained with ropes.

By April 27, 2006

News

The H-ya?

Saxa Politica – bi-weekly column on campus news and politics

By April 27, 2006

News

History curriculum a thing of the past?

Leaders in Education about Diversity and Georgetown’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People are circulating a petition to try to change the College’s core history requirements to include a more diverse array of options.

By April 27, 2006

News

Groove Theory vs. SAC

Award-winning Georgetown dance group Groove Theory is weighing the possibility of leaving the Student Activities Commission and switching to the Program for Performing Arts due to conflicts over space and money.

By April 27, 2006

Sports

Feeling the Draft

Putting from the Rough – A weekly take on sports

By April 27, 2006

Sports

The Sports Sermon

The NBA playoffs are here, and there’s more than basketball to watch. You can marvel at the NBA’s best while learning valuable lessons that you can apply to your finals. Just take a minute and listen.

By April 27, 2006

Sports

Tigers, Navy cruise by Hoyas

In the midst of a successful 2006 season, the Georgetown University women’s crew team came up short against Navy and Princeton this past weekend.

By April 27, 2006