Archive

It takes a city

City on a Hilltop – bi-weekly column on D. C. news and politics

By the Voice Staff February 9, 2006

Student victim of armed assault

A Georgetown student was shot in the arm in West Georgetown during an armed robbery this past Saturday.

By the Voice Staff February 6, 2006

Is the theater really dead?

Assessing the impact of the Program in Performing Arts

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

Over the years, the family has seen Tom go through an array of women, each of whom has some hidden flaw. Recently, however, Tom announced that he had found a solution to this severe problem – a mail-order bride.

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

Learning from lingerie

The most privileged buttocks and breasts from the Upper East Side to Battery Park shopped at La Petite Coquette. There, in that most expensive and luxurious lingerie boutique, I found my first employment in the City.

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

Matchbreaker, matchbreaker

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

Brilliant sensations of color

If you’ve ever read “Ode to a Grecian Urn” by John Keats and wondered what the phrase “Beauty is truth, truth beauty” would look like in oil on canvas, look no further than Cézanne in Provence.

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

Stop-animation, Charles Manson style

Before the opening credits even begin to roll, the words “YOU HAVE BAD TASTE” flash on screen. You have to respect a movie this honest.

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

Super chile bowl

Throwing a successful Super Bowl party is lots of fun and nearly effortless. Most people will simply be looking forward to drinking a ridiculous amount of beer and yelling obscenities at the television screen.

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

Prefuse 73, _Security Screenings_

Critical Voices

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

Belle and Sebastian, _The Life Pursuit_

Critical Voices

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

The sole truth

Eat My Skort – a biweekly column about fashion

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

Features

A new mold?

Considering the motivation behind Take Back Georgetown Day

It began last fall, when flyers started appearing around campus, the letters TBGD emblazoned across them. Take Back Georgetown Day was coming to Georgetown: speakers were announced, registration began and, in the weeks just before the conference, a resolution calling for “Academic Freedom” was introduced in the GUSA. Then, last Saturday, ready to take it back, the conservatives came to campus. In the process, they began a controversy over just what free speech means on campus – and then exacerbated it.

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

Hibbert, Hoyas dominate Blue Demons

After winning a pair of nail-biters, beating Duke by three points in regulation and surviving a double-overtime thriller to Notre Dame, the No. 17 Hoyas have reversed course and started to act like a nationally ranked team, burying opponents early and giving them no chance at victory.

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

Women conquered by Pondexter, Scarlet Knights

The nationally ranked Rutgers women’s basketball team came to McDonough Arena this past Saturday and gave the Hoyas a taste of the talent that has earned them the second-place ranking in the Big East.

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

Editorials

Academic freedom for all, not some

At last Saturday’s Take Back Georgetown Day event, conservative students presented an Academic Freedom Resolution – proposed and passed in modified form this week by GUSA – nominally designed to protect the classroom rights of students from politically biased professors.

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

Editorials

The deteriorating state of our union

President George W. Bush continued his assault on progress last night in a strong and forceful tone as he delivered his fifth State of the Union address.

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

Editorials

Prisons aren’t the only place to get booked

The District of Columbia government is currently considering a 10-year, $500 million plan to overhaul the city’s public library system.

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

Dragons slain

The Georgetown women’s swimming and diving team continued its impressive winning season, defeating Drexel University handily last Saturday to improve to 7-4. The team has won five straight meets, most recently dominating the Dragons.

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

The Sports Sermon

The Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk contest is just around the corner. But who cares? LeBron James sure doesn’t.

By Phil Perry February 2, 2006

Last stop for the Bus

Putting from the Rough – A weekly take on sports

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

Campaign for living wage rages

Campus workers and students were unable to voice their demands after being denied entry to a closed meeting of the Advisory Committee on Business Practices yesterday afternoon.

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

More than just garments

Working conditions have changed dramatically for workers in one El Salvadoran factory with the help of Georgetown students.

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006