Archive

No Student Left Alone

The Department of Education has proposed creating a new system to gather more data on students at colleges and universities. Unfortunately, the threat to student privacy makes this otherwise reasonable proposal untenable.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Five dollars too much

The City Museum closed its doors permanently last Monday, but in spite of the museum’s failure to attract attention, its goal was a worthy one in a city that documents the history of our nation but often forgets its own.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Gimme Shelter

What would you rather have in downtown Washington, a homeless shelter or a $6.2 million art museum?

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

By the Numbers and Direct Quote

$10 Cost of “JFK Reloaded,” the JFK assassination computer game released last week. $32 million Budget of the Warren Commission’s investigation into JFK’s assassination, in today’s dollars. $100,000 Prize offered... Read more

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Features

Third Annual Voice Short Story Competition

Grand Prize Winner – “His Angels Close To Hand”

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Voices

Carrying On: Pondering mortality over sweet potatoes

The food grew cold as my family stared quietly at one another around the dinner table.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Voices

A traditional Swedish-Japanese Thanksgiving

Being a Japanese-Swedish combo family means American traditions such as Thanksgiving should be meaningless.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Voices

Everything’s better in Japanese

I can’t read that sentence because I do not read, speak or understand Japanese.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Georgetown Ukrainians contemplate election

Over 4,800 miles away from a homeland mired in political crisis, Ukrainian students at Georgetown are awaiting the outcome of a struggle over their country’s leadership that may leave them without a unified nation to go home to.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Georgetown AIDS Coalition commemorates World AIDS Day

There are 40 million people worldwide who suffer from HIV/AIDS, and the numbers are on the rise, with five million new infections each year.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Angel Tree project promotes local literacy

This year the Christmases of children living in low income areas of D.C. might be a little brighter thanks to Georgetown’s Angel Tree book drive.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

One more and that’s a streak, Hoyas win two straight

After losing the season opener to Temple at the MCI Center last Monday, the Georgetown men’s basketball team rebounded to win its last two games.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Living culturally

The American Culture and Politics Living and Learning Community that will debut in fall 2005 bears the mark of Stanford University’s integration of student and faculty life.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

GUSA bylaws approved

The Georgetown University Student Assembly passed a series of much-anticipated changes to campaign bylaws Tuesday night, bringing to a close a process that has lasted three Assembly meetings.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Women’s hoops has mixed results to open season

The Georgetown women’s basketball team yielded mixed results in their last three outings.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

The ballots are counted, and the winners are . . .

Cross-Country All-Americans Rod Koborsi, ‘05 – Koborsi’s tenth place finish at the NCAA Championships earned him All-American honors. Nicole Lee, ‘05 – Lee’s 19th place finish at the NCAA Championships... Read more

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

On the Record with George Packer

Two months after President Bush declared the end of major combat operations in Iraq, New Yorker staff writer George Packer walked the dusty streets of Baghdad. Two trips and three articles later, Packer has witnessed the evolution of the postwar climate.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Just hit mute

It has become a sad, yet common occurrence for the NFL that players’ shenanigans between games dominate the news more than their play on the field.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

The Sports Sermon

Welcome to a special Bowl Championship Series edition of Blind Date.

By Brandon Sloane December 2, 2004

Sacrifice fly

Baseball’s imminent arrival in D.C. is practically preordained-the mayor and majority of the D.C. Council support it.

By the Voice Staff December 2, 2004

Home improvement

For sophomores and juniors who plan to live on-campus next year, the wait to choose their housing is over.

By the Voice Staff November 18, 2004

Red light special

A bill to extend the expiration date of cameras on red lights in several Northern Virginia communities was rejected on Monday by the Virginia House of Delegates.

By the Voice Staff November 18, 2004