Archive

Pieces of my New Orleans

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the Voice Staff February 23, 2006

Wising up to the monopoly

Wisemiller’s Deli monopolizes the food market in its neck of the woods.

By the Voice Staff February 23, 2006

An insider’s guide to GUSA

One year ago I took the oath of office as the 22nd GUSA president. One year later, I am in a good position to reflect on the past year with a sense of detachment and provide some analysis, criticism and conclusions.

By the Voice Staff February 23, 2006

Losing the race

Is there diversity in American sports?

By the Voice Staff February 23, 2006

Editorials

Hoyas trashed on Tuesdays and Fridays

Imagine having your backyard filled with a week’s worth of garbage because you lack the appropriate trash can to handle the garbage until pick-up day. What if the only alternative were a fine?

By the Voice Staff February 23, 2006

Editorials

No news is good news for PSM

Both the University and the participants in the Palestine Solidarity Movement Conference should be commended for maintaining a high level of civility and respect at this weekend’s events.

By the Voice Staff February 23, 2006

Editorials

GUSA v. elections: we always lose

Now that a supposed bylaw violation has led to yet another contested GUSA election, it is time to take a critical look at the way these elections are being run.

By the Voice Staff February 23, 2006

Concert Calendar

February 24 – March 5

By the Voice Staff February 23, 2006

Little Ethiopia

Steak Out – a biweekly column about eating leisurely

By the Voice Staff February 23, 2006

Paul Mooney asks, “Ain’t white folks funny?”

Last Friday night, Paul Mooney brought his scathing brand of racial commentary to a packed crowd at the 9:30 Club.

By the Voice Staff February 23, 2006

Beware of the card-carrying vampires

Vampires and sundry supernatural evils populate Moscow in the movie Night Watch, and it is they, not nuclear weapons, that could bring about the apocalypse.

By the Voice Staff February 23, 2006

Da-da-Da-da-Da-da-Da-da-Da-da-Da-da

What is Dada? A nonsensical collection of sounds? A word in German, French or Romanian? Or an avant-garde art movement? The extensive new Dada Exhibition at the National Gallery attempts to provide an answer.

By the Voice Staff February 23, 2006

Features

Reading between the lines

The challenges facing high school students in D.C.

Leaking pipes, broken windows and collapsing ceilings: these are some of the distinguishing features of many of the public middle schools and high schools that can be found within the District of Columbia. Georgetown works to provide a way out for these students, yet every year, only a small percentage find their way out of this system and into the freshman class of Georgetown University.

By the Voice Staff February 16, 2006

Hot on a budget

Eat my skort – a biweekly column about dressing leisurely

By the Voice Staff February 16, 2006

Proletarian art for the bourgeois taste

Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec grace the moving new public display at the Phillips Collection with works that speak to each other in a visual dialogue that is more powerful than words.

By the Voice Staff February 16, 2006

Stereolab chats with _The Voice_: fun ensues

French electronic outfit Stereolab made a name for themselves on college radio in the early ‘90s with a sound too eclectic to pigeonhole.

By the Voice Staff February 16, 2006

Enter sandman: a psychological thriller

“The Velvet Sky is a place where dreams and nightmares live,” muses Bethany, one of the leading characters in Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s new play. The drama, which can be seen at the Wholly Mammoth Theater, is home to a myriad of layered themes and concepts which provide an intensely haunting experience.

By the Voice Staff February 16, 2006

Education Bain

Union Jack – bi-weekly column on national news and politics

By the Voice Staff February 16, 2006

Petition for apology

The Georgetown student group Take Back the Night, which seeks to fight gender violence in all forms, is currently circulating a petition requesting an official apology from Japanese government for its use of “comfort women” during World War II.

By the Voice Staff February 16, 2006

D.C. for Iranian workers

On Wednesday afternoon, the AFL-CIO, the Solidarity Center and the Washington Metro workers union joined like-minded activists around the world in a call to promote workers’ rights in Iran.

By the Voice Staff February 16, 2006

From terror to peace

As the Palestinian Solidarity Movement conference draws near, Georgetown continues to host speakers offering diverse perspectives on the Middle East conflict.

By the Voice Staff February 16, 2006

Analyzing terrorist organizations

Speaker outlines Hamas’ inner workings

By the Voice Staff February 16, 2006