In a dingy, graffitied high-school bathroom in Booksmart, a student named Annabelle (Molly Gordon), who has been dubbed “Triple A” by her peers because of a rumor that she gave three guys “roadside assistance,” has some truth to drop. “I’m incredible at handjobs, but I also got a 1560 on the SATs,” she proudly proclaims….
Administrators seek to clarify university’s new Georgetown Day policies during GUSA town hall
By: Katherine Randolph04/25/2019
Administrators addressed student concerns about on-campus police presence, Office of Student Conduct sanctions, and the new party registration system for Georgetown Day during an April 15 town hall. The event was hosted by GUSA to answer students’ questions about the university’s rules and enforcement procedures during the annual Georgetown Day celebration, which usually includes a…
Trailer Takes: Star Wars IX, The Last Summer, and The Professor
By: Samantha Tritt, Jake Sanford and Katherine Randolph04/17/2019
Star Wars IX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGAupmtXcMM Jake: Remember when we were supposed to let the past die, kill it if we had to? Yeah, me neither, because apparently nothing’s ever really gone. This whole trilogy has been a mess of half finished plotlines, “subversive” storytelling that subverts only our expectations that a Star Wars movie will be…
The Weekly List: Songs to Listen to While You Stare Into the Void
By: Katherine Randolph04/16/2019
Do you ever just…screech? I can’t quite put this feeling into words, but as we creep closer and closer to Georgetown Day and the pain and suffering of finals season, a sensation of deep-rooted unease has begun to creep over me. I can’t bring you the inner peace that you crave, but I can give…
Acting Out: Students Bring Change to the Hilltop
By: Jake Maher, Jack Townsend and Katherine Randolph04/03/2019
Georgetown’s front gates sit roughly four miles from the United States Capitol. Perhaps it is this proximity to policymakers, or the university’s Jesuit identity, that make Georgetown a haven for student activists. For our 50th anniversary, the Voice is looking back at some students’ more recent attempts to bring change to campus. Student activism at…
Cynthia Paulis On Sunsets, the Voice, and Life as A Woman at Georgetown
By: Katherine Randolph03/06/2019
Every evening, as the sun sets over the oceanside near her home in Massapequa Park, N.Y., Cynthia Paulis (MSB ’74) rides her bike along the beach. As the sky turns from pink to orange to deep black, Paulis appreciates the opportunity to slow down and enjoy the world around her. In the 44 years since…
ANC Seeks Citizen Input for Jelleff Recreation Center Renovations
By: Katherine Randolph02/28/2019
Georgetown’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 2E released a survey in January to assess how neighborhood residents would like to use the $7 million budgeted by the D.C. Council for improvements to the Jelleff Recreation Center. The funding for Jelleff was submitted by Mayor Muriel Bowser and approved by the council in May 2018 but has…
Right on Cue: Black Theater Ensemble Reflects on 40 Years
By: Katherine Randolph02/27/2019
After a run-through of a scene on a Tuesday evening, Samuel Oni (COL ’22) dropped his script onto the floor of the Devine theater. Next to him, Chase Hawthorne (MSB ’20), a tall, burly presence in a Georgetown Football t-shirt and sweats, sat on the edge of a newly built prop. With Oni’s slight build…
Critical Voices: KIDZ BOP Kids, KIDZ BOP 39
By: Katherine Randolph02/26/2019
When the last great empire falls and capitalism as we know it crumbles, there will be a few great pieces of art that remain. These are cultural artifacts that are so powerful that their genius will withstand the test of time. KIDZ BOP 39, the latest effort from the Kidz Bop Kids, is one such…
The Voice Predicts the 2019 Oscars
By: Dajour Evans, Danielle Guida, Claire Goldberg, Luis Borrero, Angela Wu and Katherine Randolph02/15/2019
Best Picture by Angela Wu Who Will Win: Green Book Who Should Win: Black Panther It’s no secret that the Academy Awards voters are largely, to put it bluntly, old white men. As of 2017, only 39 percent of Academy members were women, just 13 percent were people of color, and only seven out of…