Voice Staff

The staff of The Georgetown Voice.

News

Georgetown student leads opposition to new housing rules

Changes to the point selection system for the housing process at Georgetown have led one student to protest.

By the September 30, 2004

Leisure

A fond farewell

The suicide of beloved singer-songwriter Elliott Smith last fall shocked and saddened fans everywhere.

By the September 30, 2004

News

MSB ready to build

The McDonough School of Business is one step closer to beginning construction on a new building after the Georgetown Board of Directors approved further funding for the project last Thursday.

By the September 30, 2004

Features

National Museum of the American Indian enriches America’s view of the past

Two Voice writers take on the new National Museum of the American Indian

By the September 30, 2004

Leisure

Better Than Marriage

A friend of mine recently told me about a literary journal started at the University of Virginia in which a column entitled “War on Words” takes issue with a certain detestable, overused or elementary word in the English language each week. “An interesting concept,” I thought, spacing out in my economics class one day, with odd visions of becoming the next William Safire (at least in one respect) dancing through my head.

By the September 23, 2004

Voices

Georgetown reacts to the Beslan massacre

The crowd of students and parents, shocked and dehydrated, huddled in the gymnasium as the terrorists draped wires around the room, connecting a series of bombs. This horrible image was only one of many to come out of Beslan, Russia this month.

By the September 23, 2004

Leisure

RJD2 lets the good times roll

It’s pretty hard to understand how R.J. Krohn, a white boy from Ohio, became one of today’s most renowned instrumental hip-hop artists. In 1996, Josh Davis, a.k.a. DJ Shadow, laid down his debut record, a revolutionary hip-hop/turntable album called Endtroducing.

By the September 23, 2004

Sports

Hoyas get trounced, look ahead to Colgate rematch

Before the Hoyas take the football field in upstate New York against Colgate this Saturday, the question will be: Who deserves to start at quarterback?

By the September 23, 2004

News

District city council decriminalizes underage drinking

Underage drinkers at Georgetown caught by the Metropolitan Police Department have not faced criminal prosecution since last May. Now the District of Columbia City Council is trying to make that rule permanent.

The council passed a bill Tuesday decriminalizing the possession and drinking of alcohol by minors in an attempt to clarify existing city regulations.

By the September 23, 2004

Sports

Women’s soccer sunk by crosstown rival AU

The Georgetown women’s soccer team dropped to below .500 for the first time this season with a tough 3-1 loss at American University Tuesday afternoon.

By the September 23, 2004