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“Real” hip-hop: a group effort

Nearly everybody has that one annoying friend who clings to dusty copies of what he considers “real” hip-hop while shunning much anything else that enters the rap market.

Leisure

Power to the people

In The U.S. vs. John Lennon, the Beatle and his fellow radical, anti-war activists such as Abbie Hoffman and Bobby Seale represent life. Richard Nixon and conservative, pro-war politicians such as G. Gordon Liddy and J. Edgar Hoover represent death.

Leisure

The RETROspective: The Voice’s guide to D.C. thrift shops

Whether you’re looking to add an eclectic flair to your style or simply searching for the perfect Halloween costume, you’ll want to check out this shop.

Leisure

Scorsese’s cinematic genius has Departed

It appears that in his old age Martin Scorsese, one of the great American directors of the 20th century, has gone soft.

Sports

Curse Madden

It’s hard to believe that stupid superstitions ever come true. And then they do. I’m at work when I get the call. It’s my little cousin and rival fantasy football team owner Gregory.

“Two words man,” he says. “Madden. Curse.”

Sports

The Sports Sermon

It’s time for me to make some predictions for this year’s MLB playoffs. We’re going to have some fun with it, too.

Sports

Hoyas tame UConn Huskies

The Georgetown women’s soccer team secured its first win in nine attempts against Connecticut this past Sunday.

Sports

Volleyball spiked by Syracuse comeback

The Lady Hoyas (5-10) could not hold on to a dominating 2-0 lead against their rival Syracuse (4-15) at home on Sunday. The ladies endured a crushing 3-2 defeat as they ceded the last three games to Syracuse to fall to 0-3 in the Big East play while Syracuse improved to a 1-3 record.

Sports

Colgate too fresh for Hoyas

If the Hoyas weren’t a little homesick after their 0-2 start to a three-game road trip, their 31-14 loss to Colgate (2-2, 1-0 PL) last Saturday had the boys in Blue and Gray feeling green.

Sports

Schramm’s hat trick leads GU

Sometimes all it takes is a standout performance from your star player. Other times it’s just taking a respite from the rigors of Big East action. And sometimes it’s a little bit of both. Led by senior co-captain Ricky Schramm’s three goals, the Georgetown men’s soccer team snapped a four-game losing streak and trounced on the visiting Howard Bison 5-0 Tuesday afternoon.

Editorials

Stop torturing the American constitution

Last week, the Senate passed a law, commonly known as the “detainee bill,” to give the President broad new capabilities to try “illegal enemy combatants,” including those who are U.S. citizens. In a legal system anchored so strongly in precedent, this sets a dangerous one.

Editorials

What we have here is a failure to communicate

Georgetown’s University Information Services is devoted to providing technological expertise; unfortunately, dealing with UIS and trying to understand its policies are frequently frustrating and often futile endeavors.

Editorials

Run for Rigby keeps giving back

In just two years, the annual Run for Rigby has earned a place of honor in the ranks of Georgetown institutions.

Leisure

The Voice interviews Cursive

The Voice got in touch with guitarist and back-up vocalist Ted Stevens for a phone interview in anticipation of Cursive’s show at the 9:30 Club on Tuesday, Oct. 3rd.

Leisure

Vice and virtue in art

The power of contradiction in Erik Sandberg’s latest exhibition, Contrary, is not to be underestimated despite the show’s small size and intimate setting.

Leisure

Jesus Camp saves

core evangelical Christianity. Ewing and Grady manage the controversial subject with delicacy and keen observational skill, and while the film may fall short of its lofty ambitions, it nonetheless raises important questions about home-grown fundamentalism.

Leisure

Weekend preview: cultural festivals

Do you frequently find your Saturday and Sunday afternoons sorely lacking in excitement?

Leisure

All organic cows are equal, but some less equal than others

All I wanted to do was buy some milk, but even at the supermarket, “politics, politics, politics” was all I heard.

Leisure

Critical Voices

Built on a complex series of metaphors and semi-autobiographical characters, the album is anything but background music.

Cartoons

In Poor Taste

A Weekly Comic

Crosswords

Crossword Answers

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Features

Fall Fashion ’06: no frills fall

Another fall arrives, the season when girls shed their “hips don’t lie” attitudes and wardrobes, to don the more tailored designs of crisper weather. This season, we recommend pinning up the likes of Katherine Hepburn on your wall. Or for a more feminine approach, order Rosemary’s Baby on Netflix. We’ve got both looks on display in this issue, and some in between, all inspired by fashions of the past.

News

GPBs budget woes

In the wake of Saturday’s financially disastrous Fountains of Wayne concert, the Georgetown Programming Board is struggling to swallow its losses and work within a newly tightened budge

News

Gtown shy on sex, survey says


Georgetown ranked 80 in a pool of 100 universities across the country in a “Sexual Health Report Card” compiled by Trojan Brand Condoms and released on Sept. 19.

Sports

Have a heart

It’s hard to feel compassion for those we hate. We cannot possibly conceive of a way to feel the faintest touch of guilt for despising a seemingly selfish and egotistical human being. But sometimes our preconceived notions of a person and our perceptions of their character are purely superficial and keep us from really understanding the person “underneath the pads.”