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Hoyas oust number one Blue Devils

As Georgetown went into halftime with a 42-28 lead over the Duke Blue Devils, anyone in the sold-out crowd of 20,035 could tell that something special was unfolding.

By the Voice Staff January 26, 2006

Duke _doesn’t_ suck… and we still won

Many people-on this very campus-seem to be of the opinion that “DUKE SUCKS.” Well, Hoyas, Duke doesn’t suck. Duke is actually very good. And we still beat them.

By the Voice Staff January 26, 2006

Ignoring Iran could be a deadly decision

President George W. Bush has always claimed he can recognize and defeat threats more effectively than his political rivals. Unfortunately, he has yet to succeed on the latter and tends to bungle the former.

By the Voice Staff January 26, 2006

Election totals aren’t a private affair

After suffering considerable criticism, the Election Commission should be applauded for withdrawing its suggestion that it might withhold all numerical results in the upcoming GUSA executive election. However, it should continue to release full numerical results—not just percentages.

By the Voice Staff January 26, 2006

Concert Calendar

Saturday, Jan.28 – Wednesday, Feb.8

By the Voice Staff January 26, 2006

Try your potluck

Steak Out – a biweekly column about eating leisurely

By the Voice Staff January 26, 2006

Pocahontas plus pedophilia

The film retells the colonial legend of Pocahontas, but provides more historical accuracy and, consequently, more edge than the standard tale that audiences are familiar with.

By the Voice Staff January 26, 2006

Another play about a dysfunctional family

Nothing really happens in The Subject Was Roses, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth your time.

By the Voice Staff January 26, 2006

Just a taste of visual art at Georgetown

The new art exhibition in Walsh may not be Georgetown’s biggest art show, but for what it lacks in size, it more than makes up for in diversity.

By the Voice Staff January 26, 2006

Features

Why aren’t we mixing?

Take a look at Georgetown’s cafeteria.

By the Voice Staff January 26, 2006

Features

The Color of Hip-Hop?

Examining race in the District’s campus hip-hop dance troupes

A hard hip-hop beat rattles the old speakers in two corners of the black-rubber-floored room. The windows, clouded with steam, drip with condensation as the members of Groove Theory, a primarily black hip-hop dance team at Georgetown University, swagger through heavy columns of hot air. The leader of the group runs back to the stereo to turn up the music as the dancers pop, lock, grind, wop and slide to Missy Elliot’s “Lose Control.”

By the Voice Staff January 26, 2006

Capital access

Union Jack – bi-weekly column on national politics

By the Voice Staff January 19, 2006

The Sports Sermon

Georgetown is not a football school, and with John Thompson III signing top high school recruits, it may stay that way.

By Phil Perry January 19, 2006

Life outside the lines

Putting from the Rough – A weekly take on sports

By the Voice Staff January 19, 2006

Sailor Honored

For the second time in his four years at Georgetown, senior Andrew Campbell was named U.S. Olympic Committee Male Sailing Athlete of the Year for 2005.

By the Voice Staff January 19, 2006

Friars go cold, Hoyas take advantage

Women’s basketball coach Terri Williams-Flourney and the Hoyas earned their first conference win of the season last Wednesday, defeating visiting Providence.

By the Voice Staff January 19, 2006

Hoyas elude Bulls’ angry charge

In the midst of the toughest part of their schedule, the Georgetown men’s basketball team eked out their third conference win against Big East newcomer South Florida in front of 5,071 fans at the MCI Center Tuesday night.

By the Voice Staff January 19, 2006

Diplomacy for democracy

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice discussed the Bush administration’s transformational diplomacy initiative, the U.S. effort to help countries govern themselves democratically, yesterday in Georgetown’s O’Donovan Hall.

By the Voice Staff January 19, 2006

D.C. bans smoking

Georgetown restaurant managers remain unfazed after Mayor Anthony Williams signed the District of Columbia smoking ban earlier this month.

By the Voice Staff January 19, 2006

Prison for student protestor

A Georgetown student faces up to six months in federal prison for trespassing on a military base during a November protest in Georgia.

By the Voice Staff January 19, 2006

Student wins Dream scholarship

Georgetown student keeps Dr. King’s legacy alive

By the Voice Staff January 19, 2006

Burleith bristles at SafeRides

Local residents express concern over additional shuttles

By the Voice Staff January 19, 2006

Always low prices, never responsibility

Last Thursday, the Maryland legislature overrode Governor Robert Ehlrich’s veto and passed a bill requiring Wal-Mart stores to offer affordable insurance to its estimated 17,000 employees, setting a precedent for other states.

By the Voice Staff January 19, 2006