Archive

Vice and virtue in art

The power of contradiction in Erik Sandberg’s latest exhibition, Contrary, is not to be underestimated despite the show’s small size and intimate setting.

By Anastasia Stepanova September 28, 2006

core evangelical Christianity. Ewing and Grady manage the controversial subject with delicacy and keen observational skill, and while the film may fall short of its lofty ambitions, it nonetheless raises important questions about home-grown fundamentalism.

By P.S. Hepburn September 28, 2006

Weekend preview: cultural festivals

Do you frequently find your Saturday and Sunday afternoons sorely lacking in excitement?

By Chelsea Paige September 28, 2006

All organic cows are equal, but some less equal than others

All I wanted to do was buy some milk, but even at the supermarket, “politics, politics, politics” was all I heard.

By Michael Keller September 28, 2006

Critical Voices

Built on a complex series of metaphors and semi-autobiographical characters, the album is anything but background music.

By P.S. Hepburn September 28, 2006

Cartoons

In Poor Taste

A Weekly Comic

By Alexandra Hart September 28, 2006

Crosswords

Crossword Answers

Here they are.

By the Voice Staff September 28, 2006

Features

Fall Fashion ’06: no frills fall

Another fall arrives, the season when girls shed their “hips don’t lie” attitudes and wardrobes, to don the more tailored designs of crisper weather. This season, we recommend pinning up the likes of Katherine Hepburn on your wall. Or for a more feminine approach, order Rosemary’s Baby on Netflix. We’ve got both looks on display in this issue, and some in between, all inspired by fashions of the past.

By Mary Katherine Stump September 28, 2006

GPBs budget woes

In the wake of Saturday’s financially disastrous Fountains of Wayne concert, the Georgetown Programming Board is struggling to swallow its losses and work within a newly tightened budge

By Will Sommer September 28, 2006

Gtown shy on sex, survey says

Georgetown ranked 80 in a pool of 100 universities across the country in a “Sexual Health Report Card” compiled by Trojan Brand Condoms and released on Sept. 19.

By Molly Gelsey September 28, 2006

Have a heart

It’s hard to feel compassion for those we hate. We cannot possibly conceive of a way to feel the faintest touch of guilt for despising a seemingly selfish and egotistical human being. But sometimes our preconceived notions of a person and our perceptions of their character are purely superficial and keep us from really understanding the person “underneath the pads.”

By John Cantalupi September 28, 2006

The Sports Sermon

This week’s Monday Night Football game featured the Atlanta Falcons playing at the New Orleans Saints. For the first time since the 2004/05 NFL season, “playing at the New Orleans Saints” really meant playing at the New Orleans Saints.

By Mike Kuebler September 28, 2006

Hoyas host Georgetown Classic

Under the leadership of rookie coach Gordie Ernst, the Hoyas marched into a new era of Georgetown tennis.

By Ryan Lupton September 28, 2006

Comeback, almost

Last Saturday when Georgetown’s football team squared off against Columbia for their second straight Ivy League bout, they were greeted with a decidedly snobby 20-0 run that proved to be too much for the fighting Hoyas to overcome.

By Phil Perry September 28, 2006

An Arthur Avenue evening with my father

My dad called the bartender “maestro” as he led me through the crowd at Dominic’s, a crowded, family-style Italian restaurant in the Bronx.

By Keenan Steiner September 28, 2006

Women shutout for fourth straight game

Soccer, like many other sports, can be a game of streaks. You win some, you lose some and sometimes these wins and losses come in bunches. The Lady Hoyas soccer team is currently riding a losing streak of four games after a 1-0 loss at Seton Hall this past Sunday.

By Anthony Francavilla September 28, 2006

Props to the Pope, please

Carrying On: A rotating column by Voice senior staffers

By Tim Fernholz September 28, 2006

Pirates steal win from Hoyas

In what is becoming a theme for the season, the Georgetown men’s soccer team (3-7-0, 2-4-0 BE) dropped their third game in a row, 2-1 in another overtime heartbreaker after failing to put away a number of chances against the visiting No. 21 Seton Hall Pirates (7-3-0, 5-1-0 BE).

By John Cantalupi September 28, 2006

Confronting our creeping racism

America. The great melting pot. Or salad bowl, or whatever metaphor is being tossed around nowadays.

By Marco Cerna September 28, 2006

Suck it in, zip it up and work it

One pair of jeans in my closet stands out from the rest of my denim collection—my skinny jeans.

By Nicole Bush September 28, 2006

Administration weighs keg ban

The Student Association will release a position paper on their web site today arguing against the on-campus keg ban proposed by the Disciplinary Review Committee.

By Anna Bank September 28, 2006

NEWS HITS: Students feel safer, survey finds; Victoria’s little labor secret

Students feel safer-Victoria’s little labor secret

By Michael Bruns September 28, 2006