Sports

The Sports Sermon

It’s time for me to make some predictions for this year’s MLB playoffs. We’re going to have some fun with it, too.

By Mike Kuebler October 5, 2006

Sports

Curse Madden

It’s hard to believe that stupid superstitions ever come true. And then they do. I’m at work when I get the call. It’s my little cousin and rival fantasy football team owner Gregory.

“Two words man,” he says. “Madden. Curse.”

By Errol Pierre-Louis October 5, 2006

Leisure

Scorsese’s cinematic genius has Departed

It appears that in his old age Martin Scorsese, one of the great American directors of the 20th century, has gone soft.

By P.S. Hepburn October 5, 2006

Leisure

The RETROspective: The Voice’s guide to D.C. thrift shops

Whether you’re looking to add an eclectic flair to your style or simply searching for the perfect Halloween costume, you’ll want to check out this shop.

By Madeline Reidy October 5, 2006

Leisure

Power to the people

In The U.S. vs. John Lennon, the Beatle and his fellow radical, anti-war activists such as Abbie Hoffman and Bobby Seale represent life. Richard Nixon and conservative, pro-war politicians such as G. Gordon Liddy and J. Edgar Hoover represent death.

By Chelsea Paige October 5, 2006

Leisure

“Real” hip-hop: a group effort

Nearly everybody has that one annoying friend who clings to dusty copies of what he considers “real” hip-hop while shunning much anything else that enters the rap market.

By Traviss Cassidy October 5, 2006

Voices

Nov. 7th: The new independence day

My mother has been a candidate in several hotly contested elections, though she has yet to schmooze or kiss a baby to get there (Christmas parties aside).

By admin October 5, 2006

Voices

STANDing for what’s right

Since Feb. 2003, the genocide sponsored by the Sudanese government and perpetrated by its “Janjaweed” militia allies has claimed at least 400,000 lives

By Anushka Kalyanpur October 5, 2006

Voices

Remembering Brandon

Carrying On: A rotating column by Voice senior stafffers

By Mike Stewart October 5, 2006

Features

Forgotten Science: What Georgetown is doing to improve its waning science program

The facilities date back to the 1960s. The microscopes have outlived some of the teachers. Chronically under-funded and crammed into buildings too small to hold them, Georgetown University’s science programs can hardly measure up to the nationally renowned security studies major, the Jesuit standbys of philosophy and theology or the guaranteed-to-make-money business degree that have traditionally distinguished Georgetown as an institution.

By Anna Ziajka October 5, 2006

Crosswords

Crossword Answers

By the Voice Staff October 5, 2006

Cartoons

In Poor Taste: A Weekly Cartoon

By Alexandra Hart October 5, 2006

News

Students speak out about kegs

At last night’s Town Hall meeting on the University’s proposed changes to the alcohol policy, students resoundingly spoke out against a possible keg ban.

By Anna Bank October 5, 2006

News

University developing new fuel cell bus

A first glance and it looks like any other bus. The interiors, aside from a slight seat rearrangement, are identical, and its outward appearance would blend in with any D.C. street. Turn on the fuel cell bus, however, and all is quiet, with no smell of exhaust.

By Kate Mays October 5, 2006

News

Region sees air-quality improvements

The number of bad air days caused by ground-level ozone in the Washington area declined by more than 40 percent since 2003, according to a recent estimate.

By Keenan Steiner October 5, 2006

News

Reforms come to Leavey

A whirlwind of reforms are set to stir up the Student Association when students vote next Thursday on a proposed amendment to the organization’s constitution.

By Will Sommer October 5, 2006

News

NEWS HITS: STAND Die-in; Campus safer

STAND Die-in; Campus safer

By Anna Bank October 5, 2006

News

City on a Hill: Freeway forever

bi-weekly column on D.C. politics and events

By Marco Cerna October 5, 2006

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Over the past couple weeks, some have raised objection to the ticketing policy employed for high-profile Gaston Hall events. Unfortunately, some seats sat empty during the visits by Afghanistan’s president... Read more

By Letter to the Editor October 5, 2006

Editorials

Keep holidays exam-free

If you were a Jew who had a test scheduled last Friday, what could you do? What if you are a Muslim with a midterm on the first night of Ramadan?

By the Editorial Board September 28, 2006

Editorials

University must let kegs stand

All things considered, it appears the Disciplinary Review Committee may have been drinking heavily when it recommended that the University place a campus-wide ban on kegs.

By the Editorial Board September 28, 2006

Editorials

Trojan breaks (news about sexual health)

Sex happens—even at Georgetown, contrary to what the University’s glaring lack of sexual health services might lead you to to believe.

By the Editorial Board September 28, 2006

News

Karzai cheered in Gaston

With his measured speech and good humor, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan received a very warm welcome of two standing ovations from the Georgetown community on Monday.

By Kate Mays September 28, 2006

News

Faux names

City on a Hill: bi-weekly column on campus news and politics

By Anna Bank September 28, 2006

News

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