Voice Staff

The staff of The Georgetown Voice.


Sports

Men’s soccer struggles on road

Coming off the D.C. College Cup tournament win Labor Day weekend, the Georgetown men’s soccer team posted a disappointing follow-up, tying Indiana University and losing to Boston University in the UC/Adidas classic Friday and Saturday in Storrs, Conn.

News

Our dirty secret

The new Southwest Quadrangle means many different things to many different people. Students see a brand-new dormitory and cafeteria; the Jesuit community sees a new home; and the University’s neighbors see 780 fewer students off campus. Now guess which one of those was the reason the Southwest Quad was built.

Sports

Run for it

Don’t be fooled by the sunny weather. Fall is coming, and it’s coming fast. Come November, you’ll either stop exercising (yeah, you know I’m talking about you) or you’ll be regulated to the likes of a lab rat, helplessly treadmilling within the musky environs of Yates Fieldhouse.

Leisure

‘Gyroscope’ defies convention

No one visits art museums for the permanent collections anymore. Museums employ a simple formula: special exhibitions attract visitors who feel they “must see” shows with compelling themes or “big-name” artists. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, in preparation for its 30th anniversary, rejects this trend with its new exhibit, Gyroscope, a revival of the Museum’s permanent collection.

Leisure

Britney does D.C.

LEISURE BY JULIA COOKE Football is the quintessential American sport. It makes sense, then, that the Capitol would be the backdrop for the NFL-America rally that took place last Thursday evening on the National Mall.

Leisure

Filmsy excuse

In case you didn’t get the memo-post-Soviet cinema is thriving. It’s unsurprising that there are two separate film festivals in D.C. this month that deal with the tragic beauty and realities which linger over much of the former Soviet Union. Recently emerged from the shroud of centuries of empire, the Newly Independent States of Central Asia boast a surprisingly rich cinematic tradition.

Sports

Football loses opening-day nailbiter

SPORTS BY GEORGE TARNOW The Georgetown Hoyas, and most of the 2,406 fans in attendance, were looking for revenge when they met the Colgate Raiders this past Saturday in the season opener on Harbin Field. Revenge was in the cards until the Raider struck with six seconds left in the game, and stole a victory, 20-19.

Leisure

This charming band

I’ve never met a person who isn’t at least a closet fan of the Cure’s great pop music moments. It’s almost impossible not to love songs like “Friday I’m in Love,” or “Boys Don’t Cry,” or, of course, “Just Like Heaven.” Each is a masterful pop achievement that combines the perfect mood of melancholic longing with appropriately sentimental lyrics.

Editorials

DPS should patrol off-campus

Crime has recently hit closer and closer to home for Georgetown students. Just three days ago, a student entered her home on 33rd Street to find two strangers rummaging through her purse. Only two blocks from LXR, in an area that still feels much like a part of the student community, her home was the target of a crime.

Voices

The war on sharing

VOICES BY DAVE STROUP This Tuesday signified a landmark victory for copyright integrity and intellectual property security worldwide. The Recording Industry Association of America settled with Brianna LaHara, a resident of a Manhattan housing project. Like many who fall between the cracks of society and turn to crime, LaHara led a double life. By day, she attended middle school and was on the honor roll. By night, she was one of the nation’s most wanted music pirates.