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Letter from the Editor: Committing to journalism for our community

Dear readers, We here at the Voice have spent much of the last year saying, “We cannot return to campus the same as we left.” This statement is fundamentally true.... Read more

By Annemarie Cuccia August 29, 2021

Features

These students are striving to make Georgetown more accessible

Despite the challenges of a pandemic and virtual learning environment, student activists continue to push Georgetown toward improved accessibility.

By Nora Scully August 28, 2021

Reform Title IX now

Title IX reform cannot wait; it is vital that improvements to current Title IX guidance occur now at both the university and federal levels.

By the Editorial Board August 28, 2021

College, Interrupted: A reflection on my pandemic gap year

The pre-pandemic normal encouraged students to work through burnout and prioritize arbitrary academic and professional pressures over our wellbeing. While it seems that many students are still enamored by this lifestyle, I’m not sure that I can handle a desperate cling to the old normal when it was harmful in the first place.

By Sarah Craig August 28, 2021

Sports

It’s been so long since last we met

Hoya fans return to on-campus sporting events for the first time since campus shut down due to COVID-19 and everyone is excited.

By Roman Peregrino August 28, 2021

Georgetown Explained

Georgetown Explained: Mutual Aid

COVID-19 placed unprecedented burdens on college students and their families, many of whom struggled to cover costs for basic necessities not included in financial aid packages even before the pandemic. ... Read more

By Maya Kominsky and Megan O'Malley August 27, 2021

Leisure

The Voice’s guide to D.C.: Where to eat

Affordable Eats The Well Dressed Burrito Address: 1220 19th St. NW How to get there: Take the GUTS bus to Dupont Circle, walk three blocks down 19th, and peer dubiously... Read more

By Lucy Cook, Annemarie Cuccia, Abby Smith, Sarah Watson and Olivia Martin August 27, 2021

Dear Hoyas

The Voice's letter to Georgetown students, new and old, as they start the fall 2021 semester back on campus.

By the Editorial Board August 27, 2021

A Third Start: Reflections from pandemic transfer students

The 2020 transfer class has already experienced Georgetown for a year but is just now finding their permanent place on the Hilltop.

By Kulsum Gulamhusein, Melanie Cruz-Morales and Kathryn Yang August 27, 2021

Features

The March on Washington for Voting Rights confronts D.C.’s shadow of democracy

Fifty-eight years after the first March on Washington, demonstrators are gathering to demand the protection of voting rights across the country.

By Sarah Watson August 27, 2021

Sports

Men’s soccer poised for return to the biggest stage

The 2020 Georgetown Hoyas men’s soccer season was different from any other, starting with the fact that it was played in the spring of 2021. Just 3 months later, the... Read more

By Carlos Rueda August 26, 2021

GU Politics announces Fall 2021 Fellows

The Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service announced their first in-person class of Fellows in over a year and a half, a group featuring strategists, activists, and correspondents from... Read more

By Annabella Hoge August 23, 2021

Ninth Georgetown parent pleads guilty in Varsity Blues admissions scandal

Elisabeth Kimmel joined the ranks of Georgetown parents indicted and admitting guilt in the college admissions scandal last week, heading off a September trial. Kimmel, a former media executive, is... Read more

By Annemarie Cuccia August 20, 2021

Sports

On the defensive: Women’s soccer brings experience, joy to the pitch

Only three months after the conclusion of last season, the Georgetown women’s soccer team is back on the field. They return as defending Big East Conference champions and Sweet 16... Read more

By Natalia Porras August 19, 2021

Georgetown Scholars Program moved out of Healy; in temporary space for the fall

Georgetown Scholars Program (GSP) moved out of its long-time space on the ground floor of Healy Hall in January and will spend the first part of the semester in a... Read more

By Annemarie Cuccia and Sarah Watson August 15, 2021

Halftime Leisure

Coffee Chat: La Jolie Bleue

Let’s set the scene. For 1.33 years of my young adult life, my afternoon intake of iced nitro cold brews on the brick sidewalk of an overpriced yet picturesque neighborhood... Read more

By Katie Woodhouse August 15, 2021

Georgetown Explained

Georgetown Explained: Everything we know about COVID-19 and Fall 2021 policies

In just a few weeks, Georgetown students will be returning en masse to campus for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020.... Read more

By Annemarie Cuccia August 14, 2021

Resources

How to contribute to the Voice!

How to join, write for and contribute to the Georgetown Voice, the university's premier news magazine.

By Annemarie Cuccia August 12, 2021

Why grief is more than a five-step process

The five stages of grief do not explain that every holiday and special occasion will be bittersweet because the feeling of loss simply does not end. They do not explain that talking is not the only way to process your emotions of grief, or that your love for the person who died cannot be changed by resuming your life. We need a new perception of grief; one that does not exclude what makes grief idiosyncratic

By Elise Chapman August 12, 2021

Alumna Tiffany Yu looks to cement legacy of disability justice as students push for Disability Cultural Center

More than half a year after releasing a petition calling for the establishment of a Disability Cultural Center (DCC), the students leading the push—and Georgetown’s disabled community at large—have the... Read more

By Annabella Hoge August 9, 2021

Georgetown’s extractive new meal plan requirement must be rolled back

Georgetown’s new meal plan requirement for all on-campus students is a clear, extractive cash grab that, due to deep flaws in the school’s dining system, will not bring about the... Read more

By the Editorial Board August 9, 2021

In the Future, Jobs Will Make Fun of You for Applying

What us young professionals need is a sense of unity; after all, we are quite literally the future, without us these businesses will wither. So keep applying, put your best foot forward and give it your all everytime.

By Hawkins Nessler August 9, 2021