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Disengaged District: A History of D.C. Sports

Ed Cole remembers January 30, 1983. He remembers grocery stores in his suburb closing early. He remembers sitting with his in-laws around a television. He remembers excitedly thrusting his fist... Read more

By March 18, 2016

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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

By March 18, 2016

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Service Beyond The Hilltop: CSJ Turns 15

The Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching, and Service will celebrate its 15th anniversary during the upcoming Social Justice Week, held from February 20 to 26. Established the same weekend... Read more

By March 2, 2016

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Taking Charge: GUWIL Builds A Professional Community On Campus

Alana Snyder (COL ‘16) walked into a high school classroom to find the word “BITCH” written in large letters on the whiteboard. Her initial shock was echoed by every student... Read more

By March 1, 2016

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In Foul Trouble: Unlacing Georgetown’s Relationship with Nike

As knowledge of Nike’s widespread labor abuses has spread, their relationship with the university has come under fire.

By and February 29, 2016

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On the Record with John DeGioia on activism, college affordability and science at Georgetown

On Feb. 18, Editor-in-Chief Daniel Varghese sat down with President John DeGioia for a conversation on a variety of campus issues. Here are some of the highlights of their conversation.... Read more

By February 27, 2016

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The Shaw Field Six: The story behind the most improbable team in the history of Georgetown soccer

In college sports, a few months is a lifetime. In that time, someone can transform from a nobody to a contender, a frontrunner to a spectator, or a student to... Read more

By and February 8, 2016

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“Oh, Hello” Again: Georgetown Welcomes Back Comedic Duo

At first glance, Bulldog Alley may not seem like much of a performance area. But for comedians John Mulaney (COL ‘04) and Nick Kroll (COL ‘01), this unassuming venue would... Read more

By February 8, 2016

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On the Record: Georgetown’s Title IX Coordinator

On January 11th, Georgetown hired its first full-time Title IX Coordinator, Laura Cutway. Previously, according to the university website, Georgetown employed several deputy coordinators for the main campus, law center,... Read more

By January 29, 2016

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Behind the Times: Understanding the Health Care of Transgender Students

Last June, Alexa Rodriguez filed a discrimination complaint against MedStar Georgetown University Hospital with the D.C. Office of Human Rights. The hospital had allegedly denied her request for breast implant surgery on the grounds that she is a transgender woman.Rodriguez, Vice President of D.C.’s Latino LGBT History Project, had been referred to MedStar Georgetown for the surgery by her primary care physician at Whitman-Walker Health, a D.C. nonprofit community health center that specializes

By and January 27, 2016

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Best of 2015: Music

1.) To Pimp a Butterfly — Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar’s latest LP is not for the faint of heart. In To Pimp a Butterfly, the Compton native directs his wide eyes... Read more

By the December 11, 2015

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Best of 2015: Movies

1.) Mad Max: Fury Road: Mad Max: Fury Road is a brilliant revival of a franchise long considered to be dormant. Tom Hardy takes over for Mel Gibson as the... Read more

By the December 11, 2015

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Nice Work If You Can Get It: Spotlight and the Future of Investigative Journalism

Over and over again, taking responsibility proves to be a challenging task for human beings and their institutions. Individuals go to great lengths to deny and conceal; as a result,... Read more

By November 20, 2015

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Up in the Air: How the university, GUSA, and D.C. neighborhood associations are taking on the FAA

It’s not often that you hear about Georgetown students and the Georgetown neighborhood agreeing about a noise problem. However, this past summer, the Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA), the university,... Read more

By November 19, 2015

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Feet to the Fire: The University and Kalmanovitz Institute Celebrate Ten Years of Just Employment

The Kalmanovitz Institute commemorate ten years of Just Employment. PHOTO: Elizabeth Teitz“Don’t die in Red Square.”That’s what Father Raymond Kemp remembers telling student Zack Pesavento (SFS ’08) in March 2005. Pesavento was one of 26 students and members of the Georgetown Solidarity Committee (GSC) who took part in a nine-day hunger strike, protesting what they saw as unjust employment practices by the university towards campus-wide employees, including janitorial and facilities staff. These

By November 7, 2015

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Big East Preview: The Voice’s Outlook for the Nation’s Toughest Conference

1. Villanova Wildcats Head Coach: Jay Wright (15th Year, 359-152, 10 NCAA Appearances, 1 Final Four) Player to Watch: Senior guard Ryan Arcidiacono The local senior from Langhorne, Pa. will... Read more

By , and November 6, 2015

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A Brief History of Bond (James, Bond)

In the early days of James Bond, the protagonist was based around a very simple idea: women wanted him, and men wanted to be him. Surprisingly enough, this was never... Read more

By November 6, 2015

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Safe Spaces or Echo Chambers? Understanding the Discourse Surrounding Georgetown’s Political Climate

On April 16, 2015, at the invitation of the Georgetown University College Republicans (GUCR), Christina Hoff Sommers, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute studying feminism and American culture,... Read more

By and October 22, 2015

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Results from the Voice’s 2015 Political Values Survey

In the past month, the Voice reached out online and to a variety of student organizations in an attempt to illustrate (unscientifically) the student body’s attitudes to campus and national issues.... Read more

By the October 22, 2015

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Jesters On The Throne: How A Joke Ticket Took The Georgetown University Student Association By Storm

It started with the campaign video. Two young men in suits smile for the camera over patriotic music. “My name is Joe Luther,” one begins. “And my name is Connor... Read more

By October 22, 2015