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Loss for law schools

On March 6, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government can deny funds to law schools that prohibit military recruiters on their campuses.

News

Can’t touch this

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

Sports

Hoyas pluck Blue Hens, earn third straight win

The Georgetown men’s lacrosse team defeated ninth-ranked Delaware, the team’s third consecutive victory and second straight win versus a top-ten opponent.

Sports

Women’s stifling defense topples Tribe to celebrate fourth victory

Georgetown’s women’s lacrosse team, ranked sixth in the country, steamrolled the highly regarded William and Mary Tribe by a score of 13-3 yesterday afternoon.

Sports

Northern Iowa: a preview

It’s been five years since the Hoyas have come back to the Hilltop with even one NCAA Tournament victory under their collar.

Sports

The Sports Sermon

Here at the sports section of the Voice we try and stay as far away from politics as possible. And most of the time, it’s with good reason. Sports serve as distractions from the seriousness life usually has to offer.

Sports

Bracket Racket

Putting from the Rough – A weekly take on sports

Leisure

An ethical reflection of the Holocaust

The collaboration of Georgetown’s theater department and Nomadic Theater, Dr. Korczak and the Children, explores the reality of the Holocaust without resorting to bland melodrama through the use of innovative storytelling techniques and strong acting.

Leisure

_The Voice_ gets past the outer cuteness

Lyricist and vocalist Jof Owens sat down with The Voice before opening for James Blunt at the 9:30 Club on March 13 to discuss Calvin and Hobbes, the darker themes of his music and the importance of remaining a kid at heart.

Leisure

Lez’hur Ledger: Learning from Flava

The sheer ridiculousness of the concept that someone would find Flava attractive initially turned me off from the show, but somehow I found myself watching.

Leisure

Mad fresh, yo!

Steak Out – a biweekly column about food

Features

Getting the message across

Being deaf won’t stop her

MJ Muller-Chillier was diagnosed as hard-of-hearing at the age of three, and her hearing capacity has since decreased almost totally. Nevertheless, she is now an independent and worldly 23-year-old in her junior year at Gallaudet University, in the District of Columbia. She is also the first Gallaudet student in at least 10 years to take a foreign language class through the D.C. Consortium, and she has opted to do it at Georgetown.

Voices

The cornfields of Sinaloa

Running far in a far away land

Voices

The road more travelled

I wanted to be nine again. I wanted to be at Beth’s house in New Jersey, before she moved to Florida, talking about how her older sister burnt her hair with a curling iron.

Voices

Suitcase schlep

Don’t believe a word of it. Studying abroad is not about cultural experience, learning a new language or seeing the world. Studying abroad is about two suitcases.

Voices

Olympian levels of bad behavior

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

News

GUSA election set to repeat

Assembly pushes constitutional limits in certification vote

News

Wages and unions: Living Wage revival

Georgetown officials met with the Living Wage Coalition Wednesday and announced they are not blocking subcontracted workers’ rights to unionize. The decision lifts a perceived hurdle to the organization of labor at Georgetown.

News

Legal challenges in the Big Easy

A group of Georgetown Law Center students will travel to the Big Easy next week to provide legal support and clean-up aid for victims of Hurricane Katrina.

News

Georgetown’s black heritage

Tuesday evening, Carroll Gibbs, lecturer and author of Black Georgetown Remembered, took a retrospective look at the Georgetown community’s black heritage.

News

News Hit

Hip-hop is about to invade one of America’s most traditional institutions: the Smithsonian.

News

The negotiator

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

Editorials

GUSA hits reset button on election

On Tuesday night, the GUSA Assembly voted not to certify the results of last month’s presidential election. Instead, the assembly agreed to move towards a new election for the organization’s executives.

Editorials

Tuition hike info needs to be public

The recent decision to increase undergraduate tuition by six percent has sparked student indignation and anger.

Editorials

Minutemen launch an attack on reason

A controversial group opposed to illegal immigration, originally founded in Northern Virginia, crossed over the border this past week to protest government-funded day-laborer centers in Montgomery County, Md.