Archive

Islam and the West: a dogmatic divide

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the Voice Staff February 16, 2006

I got the power

Here’s my dirty little secret – I am a political blogger.

By the Voice Staff February 16, 2006

Art for my sake

I have artistic pretensions. These highbrow-sounding things are actually not all that hard to acquire.

By the Voice Staff February 16, 2006

V is for vaginas

This is the sixth year that The Vagina Monologues have been performed on campus and they should continue until the violence stops, no matter how many polemics against it are circulated through the dorms by The Georgetown Academy.

By the Voice Staff February 16, 2006

What distinguishes GUSA candidates?

While GUSA candidates addressed common themes in Monday night’s debate, each campaign proved unique. This year’s elections take place today from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

By the Voice Staff February 16, 2006

Analyzing terrorist organizations

Speaker outlines Hamas’ inner workings

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

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

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

Education Bain

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

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

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

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

Hot on a budget

Eat my skort – a biweekly column about dressing leisurely

By the Voice Staff February 16, 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

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 Voice Staff 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 Voice Staff 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 Voice Staff 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 Voice Staff February 9, 2006

It’s not all about the Benjamins

Why the MSB has a place at Georgetown

By the Voice Staff February 9, 2006

The third roommate

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

By the Voice Staff February 9, 2006