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Leisure

Crêpes With A Snap

Steak-Out – a biweekly column about eating leisurely

By the February 9, 2006

Leisure

Not so super commercials

The Super Bowl has seduced viewers with advertisements greater than those of everyday primetime television.

By the February 9, 2006

Leisure

Making friends at Good Guys

It’s Thursday night, and I am preparing to go where no Voice writer has gone before. With whiskey in my belly and a male friend in tow, I am off to Good Guys strip club.

By the February 9, 2006

Leisure

Imagine, me, you and a non-traditional love

Although the love story between the two women is questionable, the film boldly addresses the possibilities of homosexual relationships with comfortable humor to cushion the controversial subject.

By the February 9, 2006

Leisure

This raisin won’t wither in the sun

Between the often perfunctory educational experience of Black History Month and the scores of elected officials scrambling to score points eulogizing the death of Corretta Scott King, it is refreshing to witness a work as trenchant and genuine as Raisin in the Sun.

By the February 9, 2006

Voices

The third roommate

As I sit here writing, there’s someone singing Broadway musicals into my ear.

By the February 9, 2006

Voices

It’s not all about the Benjamins

Why the MSB has a place at Georgetown

By the February 9, 2006

Editorials

No time to wait on the lobby anymore

Early last week it seemed like Congress wanted bipartisan lobby reform.

By the February 9, 2006

Editorials

Not just living (wage) for the moment

Last week, members of Georgetown Living Wage Coalition unsuccessfully attempted to force their way into a closed meeting of the University’s Advisory Committee on Business Practices.

By the February 9, 2006

Editorials

LGBTQ needs resources for a center

Georgetown University is currently one of only two Catholic universities with LGBTQ resource offices, and recently provided a new “center” for LGBTQ operations.

By the February 9, 2006

Features

What Brings Them to Georgetown?

For Sarah Nelson and several of the other students in Richard Russell’s Theory and Practice of Security class, war – on terrorism or otherwise – is more than just a strategy or a theory. It is a reality.

By the February 9, 2006

News

Student victim of armed assault

A Georgetown student was shot in the arm in West Georgetown during an armed robbery this past Saturday.

By the February 6, 2006

News

District Sale

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

By the February 2, 2006

News

Hamas: students react

The controversy emanating from Hamas’ stunning victory over the long dominant Fatah party in Palestine’s parliamentary election has stirred the charged campus discussion on the Middle East conflict.

By the February 2, 2006

News

Still Catholic?

Georgetown is assessed by Patrick Reilly, president of The Cardinal Newman Society.

By the February 2, 2006

News

Student to be jailed

The Georgetown student arrested last semester during an anti-military protest has been sentenced to three months in federal prison.

By the February 2, 2006

News

More than just garments

Working conditions have changed dramatically for workers in one El Salvadoran factory with the help of Georgetown students.

By the February 2, 2006

News

Campaign for living wage rages

Campus workers and students were unable to voice their demands after being denied entry to a closed meeting of the Advisory Committee on Business Practices yesterday afternoon.

By the February 2, 2006

Sports

Last stop for the Bus

Putting from the Rough – A weekly take on sports

By the February 2, 2006

Sports

The Sports Sermon

The Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk contest is just around the corner. But who cares? LeBron James sure doesn’t.

By February 2, 2006

Sports

Dragons slain

The Georgetown women’s swimming and diving team continued its impressive winning season, defeating Drexel University handily last Saturday to improve to 7-4. The team has won five straight meets, most recently dominating the Dragons.

By the February 2, 2006

Editorials

Prisons aren’t the only place to get booked

The District of Columbia government is currently considering a 10-year, $500 million plan to overhaul the city’s public library system.

By the February 2, 2006

Editorials

The deteriorating state of our union

President George W. Bush continued his assault on progress last night in a strong and forceful tone as he delivered his fifth State of the Union address.

By the February 2, 2006

Editorials

Academic freedom for all, not some

At last Saturday’s Take Back Georgetown Day event, conservative students presented an Academic Freedom Resolution – proposed and passed in modified form this week by GUSA – nominally designed to protect the classroom rights of students from politically biased professors.

By the February 2, 2006

Sports

Women conquered by Pondexter, Scarlet Knights

The nationally ranked Rutgers women’s basketball team came to McDonough Arena this past Saturday and gave the Hoyas a taste of the talent that has earned them the second-place ranking in the Big East.

By the February 2, 2006