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Post Pitch: Behind the scenes of the Mr. Georgetown pageant

Welcome back to Post Pitch! This week, the Voice’s podcast producer Romy Abu-Fadel interviews our writers, Aaron Pollock and Phoebe Nash, about their feature on the Mr. Georgetown candidates. Tune... Read more

News

Georgetown’s iconic Dixie Liquor to potentially close in favor of medical cannabis store

Dixie Liquor, D.C.’s oldest liquor store which has sold alcohol to Georgetown students for more than 90 years, may soon be closing.

Voices

Dear Dirndl: Unraveling the thread of tradition

It is Oktoberfest, and all around college campuses, Amazon packages are arriving with beer-maid dresses that students will wear once or twice to an Oktoberfest darty. They will feel sexy... Read more

News

With the end of the Circulator, Georgetown has even fewer public transit options

This fall, the D.C. Circulator is making its final trips, leaving Georgetown students with fewer affordable transit options to get around the city. The Circulator, buses between major neighborhoods and... Read more

Voices

Dead or alive: Does Instagram determine our existence?

I no longer exist…on Instagram. My friends have texted me messages along the lines of “Did you delete Instagram? So-and-so was asking if you were dead!” With our end-of-semester photo... Read more

Leisure

MJ Lenderman can’t escape his North Carolina angst on Manning Fireworks

In the face of forces that crush his soul, you’ll probably find Lenderman on his knees. But while he’s down there, he’s gonna rock out.

Features

“One Georgetown, two campuses”: Georgetown’s new public policy major

Georgetown may already be in the nation’s capital, but for students who want more hands-on experience at the center of political action, the university’s new undergraduate public policy degree brings... Read more

Editorials

Georgetown should rethink how the Capitol Campus will impact students and D.C.

Georgetown’s new Capitol Campus—a component of its $3 billion Called to Be fundraising campaign—aims to increase the university’s downtown presence and expand opportunities for students to engage with D.C. While... Read more

Features

“Vote for your beliefs”: Students gear up to vote despite confusing policies and lost ballots

In March, Evan Cornell (CAS ’27) was excited to vote for the first time, but his ballot never arrived. Cornell, a Florida resident, wanted to vote in the presidential primaries,... Read more

News

Marchers shut down traffic in Georgetown to protest Israeli attacks on Lebanon

Over 60 protesters, among them Georgetown students, marched along M Street disrupting traffic for over an hour, as part of an “All Out For Lebanon” rally on Saturday evening. The... Read more

Sports

Georgetown football gets its revenge against Columbia

Georgetown football (3-2, Patriot League) defeated Columbia (1-1, Ivy League) 20-17 on Saturday Sept. 28 to get their first win over the Lions since 2019 and bring the Lou Little... Read more

Sports

The football student section is bad. How can we fix it?

I didn’t come to Georgetown for the football team. But, as an Ohioan, football is in my blood. I bleed scarlet and gray. From the brutal rivalry between Ohio State... Read more

News

How to vote from college, explained

For college students, especially those who attend school out of state, voting in the Nov. 5 elections is not as straightforward as going to a polling center or ballot drop... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Trailer Takes: A Minecraft Movie needs to return to the crafting table

Rather than remaining faithful to the source material, A Minecraft Movie attempts to retrofit nostalgic video game graphics into a modern live-action story, and the result is a greater tragedy than Jason Momoa’s character outfit.

Halftime Leisure

“Neva Play” with Megan Thee Stallion—she will rock you

Clearly, she intends to take her industry icon status to the next level in 2024 with the recent release of two singles: “We Will Rock You - Megan Thee Stallion Version” and “Neva Play (feat. RM of BTS).”

Halftime Sports

Is the Guardian Cap really the solution to football’s safety woes?

There’s a reason we did not play football growing up. Despite our deep love for the sport—the late nights spent watching games, the emptiness we feel from February to July... Read more

News

Compass Coffee employees attempt to unionize amidst alleged unfair labor practices

While Georgetown students flock to Compass Coffee on Wisconsin Avenue for lattes and a dependably serene study spot, for Compass baristas, work has been anything but dependable or serene.  Compass... Read more

Sports

Women’s soccer stomps Seton Hall 5-0

Georgetown women’s soccer (6-1-3, 2-0 BIG EAST) dominated the Seton Hall Pirates (3-6-2, 0-1-1 BIG EAST) 5-0 on Thursday Sept. 26 at Shaw Field in their second game of conference... Read more

Photography

Photo Essay: Students react to the 2024 presidential debate

On Sept. 10, Georgetown students joined together to watch this year’s presidential debate, featuring Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. This political season was one of national shock and firsts, among... Read more

Photography

Photo Essay: 17 seniors compete to be named Mr. Georgetown, and win nothing but acclaim

17 of Georgetown’s best and brightest competed the night of Sept. 21 in Gaston Hall for a highly coveted title (and a pretty crown): Mr. Georgetown. Hosted by the Georgetown... Read more

Halftime Leisure

Victoria Monet’s “SOS (Sex on Sight)” is a slow jam with faulty vision

Its lack of resonance with audiences is accounted for by its awkward position as neither a good bedroom jam nor playful pop anthem.

Podcasts

Post Pitch: Georgetown’s women chaplaincy directors

Welcome to the fourth season of Post Pitch! This week, the Voice‘s podcasts producer Romy Abu-Fadel interviews our writer, Sydney Carroll, about her feature on Georgetown’s new women chaplaincy directors.... Read more

Photography

Photo Essay: Hoyas harvest

The Earth Commons Institute celebrated its first planting party of the season on Sunday, Sep. 8 at the Hoya Harvest Garden, located on the fourth floor Regents patio. Established in... Read more

News

John Carroll and Hoya Saxa installation spray-painted in protest of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza

On the morning of Sept. 20, an unknown individual spray-painted the John Carroll statue outside Healy Hall with a red triangle and the homecoming “Hoya Saxa” installation with “200K DEAD,”... Read more

News

Grief and urgency at a panel with families of the hostages held by Hamas

Jonathan Dekel-Chen hopes that his son, Sagui, will meet his youngest daughter someday. She was born two months after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people and taking... Read more