Archive

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

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 Voice Staff February 9, 2006

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 Voice Staff February 9, 2006

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 Voice Staff February 9, 2006

Not so super commercials

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

By the Voice Staff February 9, 2006

Crêpes With A Snap

Steak-Out – a biweekly column about eating leisurely

By the Voice Staff February 9, 2006

Good genes, bad luck

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the Voice Staff February 9, 2006

[Letters to the Editor]

Political bias on this campus has little to do with grades; rather, it has to do with a general environment that is receptive to liberal thought and shuns anything else as ‘religious,’ ‘fascist,’ ‘sexist’ or the like.

By the Voice Staff February 9, 2006

Corrections

For February 2, 2006 Issue

The Feb. 2 News article “Campaign for Living Wage Rages” incorrectly stated that there are no staff members on the Advisory Committee on Business Practices. Abigail Cruce works for the... Read more

By Corrections February 9, 2006

Panthers declawed by Hoya comeback

After overcoming a 15-point deficit, the No. 15 Georgetown Hoyas survived a sloppy final minute of play to fend off the then-No. 9 Pitt Panthers 61-58 in front of 13,284 at the MCI Center Sunday afternoon.

By the Voice Staff February 9, 2006

Women win two in Big East

Coming into Saturday’s game against visiting Seton Hall, the Georgetown women’s basketball team faced a must-win situation.

By the Voice Staff February 9, 2006

Hoyas prep for championship

Senior Day ended with mixed results for the Georgetown men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams.

By the Voice Staff February 9, 2006

The Sports Sermon

People like to gamble. It’s an American institution when it comes to sports. Betting on March Madness pools, Super Bowl squares and the number of times David Wells will adjust his crotch in between pitches have all become new reasons to watch a game.

By Phil Perry February 9, 2006