Archive

A Kenyan in the district

I was born, brought up and still live in Kenya. Kenya, if you don’t know, is a country just below the Horn of East Africa, as opposed to a small... Read more

By the Voice Staff October 4, 2001

Voices

Happy Thanksgiving, eh?

This Monday, when students and faculty all over campus awake and honor Columbus, who sailed across the ocean blue to discover the New World and infest it with smallpox, their... Read more

By the Voice Staff October 4, 2001

Voices

Touching Turkey

I always wondered why I never had very many close male friends. I think I found the answer in Turkey. Culture is a funny thing. Sometimes you never notice an... Read more

By the Voice Staff October 4, 2001

Voices

A life. Requiem.

On Wednesday, Sept. 26, Ohio State University first-year soccer player Connor Senn collapsed during a game. He never got back up. Connor was my cousin. Connor is my cousin. Connor... Read more

By the Voice Staff October 4, 2001

Leisure

Amos’ StrangeNew Album

Sept. 18 was an important day for Tori Amos fans everywhere, as it marked the release of her new album, Strange Little Girls.Debuting as the No. 1 album in the... Read more

By the Voice Staff October 4, 2001

Leisure

Zoolanderdisposable

Movies can soothe the anguished minds of a people in trouble. After the ‘20s roared by, Americans could pay a quarter to ride on the tails of Fred Astaire or... Read more

By the Voice Staff October 4, 2001

Leisure

Recent tragic events have resuscitated debate regarding civil liberties in America. Accordingly, many have expressed worry that law enforcement agencies will gain further power to tap phone lines, detain suspects... Read more

By the Voice Staff October 4, 2001

Leisure

Roots rock. Blackalicious, not so much.

I dunno. Maybe it was just the acoustics … As an admitted suburban white boy born to liberal parents (admitting you have a problem is the first step towards recovery),... Read more

By the Voice Staff October 4, 2001

Leisure

Cheap Dates

A question: Who goes to the movies anymore? Hollywood hasn’t been turning out much in the way of compelling product as of late. Not only that, but as far as... Read more

By the Voice Staff October 4, 2001

Sports

Jessie Arbogast has nothing on these Sharks

The Voice was going to write another edition in the spotty but oh-so-glorious history of “Da Scoop” this week, but something far more pressing came up. The NHL season began.... Read more

By the Voice Staff October 4, 2001

Sports

Ah Yates, how do I love thee?

“He fakes, he drives, he slips?” Oh yeah, my bad. I forgot that there was a towel and cone there. I should have avoided the huge puddle in the middle... Read more

By the Voice Staff October 4, 2001

Sports

NFL Talks

I dunno how many of you read the ever-glorious Sermon last week. I did and now, simply to prove that I’m funnier than my esteemed editor, I’m going to do... Read more

By the Voice Staff October 4, 2001

Sports

Hoyas fail to contain scorers, fall to ODU

The Hoyas used a sound defensive strategy to try to contain high-scoring Old Dominion in Tuesday’s men’s soccer match at Harbin Field, but the Monarchs’ firepower was too much to... Read more

By the Voice Staff October 4, 2001

Sports

The Sports Sermon

Ladies and gentlemen, I have seen the state of D.C. sports and it is good. For your athletic enjoyment and perpetual glee, this city has it all: There’s Michael Jordan,... Read more

By the Voice Staff October 4, 2001

Features

Demonstrating Dissent:

To Jennifer Smith of Philadelphia, things did not seem all that different at first standing on 16th Street in Columbia Heights on Friday night. “It seems like all the same... Read more

By the Voice Staff October 4, 2001

News

Younger wisdom

What does the average Georgetown student have in common with a fifth grader from a coastal French town? Not very much, most would say at first glance. But the dozens... Read more