On a humid June night, my friends and I danced on the discount-ticket lawn to Panic! At The Disco’s throbbing melodies and Brendon Urie’s sonorous voice. Our long shadows stretched up the indigo hillside, our sweaty bodies bleached in the stadium lighting. Before us, the stage glimmered like a Las Vegas dancefloor; Urie’s thin frame…
The United Kingdom is not ready to exit the European Union by the Mar. 29 deadline, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said in a speech at Georgetown University Feb. 4. The United Kingdom needs to request an extension of the deadline, Sturgeon said, to make time for a new Brexit referendum to override the Parliamentary…
In this episode, Claire Goldberg and Emily Jaster sit down with professor Jamil Scott to discuss her academic journey and minorities in politics.
The District is about to devour Kleptocracy. Arena Stage’s latest production, which runs through Feb. 24, is the world premiere of a play set in 1990s Russia that depicts the rise of Vladimir Putin (Christopher Geary) and his struggle for power against crude oil oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky (Max Woertendyke). Kleptocracy feeds the Trump-age hunger for…
Jazz is genius. I’m currently reading a 254 page book called The Jazz of Physics (by Stephon Alexander), and the only reason I can begin to understand the complexities of John Coltrane’s improvisation is because of its comparison to quantum physics (which probably tells you a lot about me). Nerdiness aside, the one thing almost…
Singer-songwriter Alyse Vellturo, also known by her stage name, pronoun, doesn’t know what “indie-guitar-bedroom-pop” means, even though she coined the term to describe the style of her 2016 EP, There’s no one new around you. And whatever “indie-guitar-bedroom-pop” is, it has led to success: in the three years since her release, Vellturo has performed SXSW,…
Prof. C. Christine Fair discusses civility in public discourse as she responds to the backlash against her controversial tweet.
Welcome to the second season of She Runs The World! On this episode, Georgetown professors Marcia Chatelain and Katherine Benton-Cohen talk about their experiences in academia, current events in the context of teaching, and more. This season’s co-hosts are Emily Jaster (COL ’20), the Voice’s features editor, and Claire Goldberg (COL ’19), the Voice’s content…
In the era of “participatory” art galleries, the title No Spectators is bold, yet unsurprising. The Renwick Gallery’s current display, running until Sept. 16, takes this name from a slogan of Burning Man, based on two of its tenets: “radical participation” and “radical inclusivity.” The exhibit in and around the Renwick is an attempt to…
On this episode of She Runs The World, Kaei Li, Emily Jaster, and Sienna Brancato sit down with Jenn Wiggins of Health Education Services to talk about how to open up campus spaces, especially clubs, to discussions on predatory behavior and how to engage minority students in those conversations.
