Voice Staff

The staff of The Georgetown Voice.

Editorials

Should they stay or should they go now

What Novak forgets is that every day Bush dithers over his policy, people are dying.

By the September 23, 2004

Leisure

Latin-American film festival is a coup

The 2004 Latin American Film Festival kicked off last night, finishing off Hispanic Heritage Month in style. Fifty new films from 15 participating countries will be presented at two different D.C.-area locations until Oct. 3. The American Film Institute in Silver Spring, Md.

By the September 23, 2004

News

Saxa Politica

Perhaps the most shocking thing about hate crimes is that the capacity to commit them lies within all of us, as evidenced by the sheer number occurring on-campus each year. The constant presence of discrimination is evidence that being an intelligent and motivated student does not preclude hate.

By the September 23, 2004

Features

Getting it online

It’s a tangled web we weave.

By the September 23, 2004

Leisure

Critical Voices: The Black Keys

In the popular press’ rush to drool all over The White Stripes two years ago, The Black Keys, a far superior alternative in the white-boy, blues-rock genre, was significantly overlooked. Lead guitarist Dan Auerbach eclipses Jack White’s guitar chops and can sing circles around him, while Patrick Carney’s manic drum lines put Meg White’s painfully basic technique to shame.

By the September 23, 2004

Voices

When I was a hostage

I could see exactly what the hired guns planned to do with me when they opened the rear hatch of the Jeep.

By the September 23, 2004

Editorials

By the Numbers and Direct Quote

Blogs, blogs and more blogs.

By the September 23, 2004

Leisure

Critical Voices: Interpol

Following their critically-acclaimed 2002 debut Turn on the Bright Lights, the New York quartet Interpol has emerged as one of today’s premier indie-rock acts. A few vocal critics, however, have harshly labeled the band as unimaginative because its particular mix of brooding guitar rock and dark lyrics bore more than a passing resemblance to 1970’s post-punk acts like Joy Division and Television.

By the September 23, 2004

Voices

The show goes on

One of the first opportunities my relocation afforded me was a chance to open for a magician-friend of mine for six shows in Bermuda.

By the September 23, 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