Lilah Burke

Lilah Burke is the former executive news editor of the Georgetown Voice. She graduated from the School of Foreign Service in 2018.


Carrying On

Carrying On: The revolution will not make you five pounds thinner

Halfway through my freshman year, I looked in the mirror, considered what I had eaten that day, and decided that something had to be done. I came to what I... Read more

News

Georgetown signs new Nike contract after ensuring WRC monitoring access

Georgetown University has facilitated a new protocol between Nike, Inc. and the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC), a monitoring group, as a part of a new licensing agreement between the university... Read more

News

Students stage overnight sit-in against Nike contract

Yesterday at 10 a.m., 17 Georgetown undergrads stormed into the office suite of President John DeGioia in Healy Hall to protest the university’s involvement with Nike in a sit-in. The... Read more

News

Students rush President DeGioia’s office to protest Nike

2:00 a.m. update: The remaining students outside DeGioia’s office left Healy Hall around 1:45 a.m. while the eight students inside remained. The students outside said they expect GUPD to allow... Read more

Features

H*ya Saxa: Twenty-Five Years of Choice

This year, unrecognized student group H*yas for Choice celebrates its 25th anniversary. In an environment historically rife with opposition, H*yas for Choice has managed to make a name for themselves... Read more

Features

Soul Searching: Navigating Georgetown’s Catholic Identity

“Everyday and every generation of students and faculty here, we carry that inherent tension between being a university in all its fullness, and being Catholic and Jesuit."

News

Workers, students discuss experiences at GSC “Work with Dignity” rally

Georgetown Solidarity Committee (GSC) staged a rally in Red Square on Friday, March 18 to gain support for their Work with Dignity Campaign and demands.

News

GSC Presents Administration with Pillows, Demands More Just Employment

On March 16, the Georgetown Solidarity Committee (GSC) presented five administrators or their staff with packages of pillows, sheets, and towels, along with a list of demands.

Features

Uprooted: The Displacement of Georgetown’s Black Community

In 1957, the year Little Rock Central High School was desegregated, Sen. John F. Kennedy bought a house in the Georgetown neighborhood. Attached to the deed was a restrictive covenant:... Read more

News

On the Record, On the Way Out: Joe and Connor Reflect

As their term comes to a close, President Joe Luther and Vice President Connor Rohan sat down with the Voice to reflect on the past year.