Sydney Carroll

Sydney is a sophomore in the college and the features editor. She likes sushi, Taylor Swift, her 3 dogs and cat, public transportation, and Tennessee sunsets. She dislikes math, whichever team is playing the Buffalo Bills this week, the patriarchy, and mustard. Send her an email at features@georgetownvoice.com.

Features

“Gut-wrenching”: Following his detainment, Dr. Badar Khan Suri’s students and the Georgetown community react

Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow who teaches at Georgetown, told his students that he came to the U.S. to escape repression of free speech in his home country... Read more

By and March 20, 2025

News

Department of Homeland Security detains Georgetown fellow with student visa

Department of Homeland Security agents arrested Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a researcher at Georgetown, outside his home in Rosslyn, Virginia on Monday night, according to reporting by Politico. Khan Suri... Read more

By March 19, 2025

Features

Paranoia or protection? Hoya Paranoia, John Thompson, and Black America’s team

Content warning: This piece includes a quoted racial slur.  Entering McDonough Arena between 1972 and 1999, where Georgetown’s basketball team practiced, was a nearly impossible task. “When you came into... Read more

By March 17, 2025

News

As Elon Musk guts the federal government, demonstrators dance, sing, and protest outside of Tesla Georgetown

On Saturday, M Street in Georgetown filled with the clamor of honking cars, upbeat music, and energetic cheers. The noise came from a protest in front of Georgetown’s Tesla dealership,... Read more

By and March 16, 2025

News

RA union discusses compensation, job description, and more with university at 10th bargaining session

On Thursday, the Georgetown Resident Assistant Coalition (GRAC)—the resident assistant (RA) union—discussed four key components of their contract with the university. The March 13 meeting, as the 10th bargaining session,... Read more

By and March 16, 2025

Photography

Photo essay: The running of the gingers

Georgetown’s non-ginger population flocked to Healy lawn for a time-honored tradition: watching our redheaded friends run in circles while we cheer them on. See our photos of the festivities below!

By March 16, 2025

Features

“Absurd, nonsensical, and unimplementable”: Students react as D.C. U.S. Attorney takes aim at DEI and Georgetown Law

Every job Sophia Ceniza (LAW ’25) has worked in law school has been with the federal government. With her May graduation nearing, she no longer hopes to continue in federal... Read more

By March 9, 2025

News

GUSA News Brief 2/23: New conduct standards for GUSA, chalk, pass/fail courses, swings, and the RA union!

Welcome back to our second GUSA News Brief of the week, you lucky duck! The GUSA Senate convened yesterday to pass seven whole pieces of legislation in a barn burner... Read more

By February 24, 2025

News

In light of Trump’s hiring freeze, would-be interns sit unemployed

In September, Anisa Nanavati (SFS ’26) interviewed for an internship with the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) private sector engagement hub. In November, Nanavati received a tentative offer for... Read more

By January 29, 2025

Photography

Photo Essay: Inauguration Day across D.C.

As America’s 47th—and 45th—President Donald J. Trump was inaugurated on Jan. 20, his supporters spread across D.C., even as the inauguration ceremony itself was moved inside the Capitol due to... Read more

By and January 20, 2025