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Out of Step: Georgetown’s relationship with the D.C. hardcore punk scene

“It really felt like you were part of the scene and that it was important to be there. And it was exciting to be there. You felt really alive when... Read more

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Unexpected Turns: Georgetown students talk about changing paths

Georgetown students from around the world are returning to the hilltop this week, all with one thing on their mind: the future. As a new school year commences, it opens... Read more

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Spring 2015 Photo Contest

The Voice is pleased to announce the winners of our 2015 Photo Contest: Jenna Chen (COL ’18), Mollie Coyle (COL ’17), and Trishla Jain (SFS ’15). Check out their work below!

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Passing Judgment: The effects of anonymous evaluations

“I WANT YOU,” reads a long-forgotten sign that still remains affixed to the wall of a Car Barn classroom. This sign, and many others like it, are the last remnants... Read more

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Charging in Progress: Georgetown’s campus and global energy impact

In September 1984, Georgetown turned on the photovoltaic array atop the Bunn Intercultural Center. Composed of 4,464 solar panels divided into 10 subarrays spanning almost 36,000 square feet, the ICC... Read more

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The Final Push: An ongoing struggle for an academic diversity requirement

On Feb. 7, 2000, 300 students stood crowded together in Red Square. They gathered together in the cold, listening to the voices of their fellow students echoing through the square.... Read more

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Charting a New Course: The new Big East and Georgetown Athletics

On Dec. 15, 2012, the seven Catholic, non-football affiliated member universities of the Big East Conference decided that enough was enough. The seven schools, Georgetown among them, chose to split... Read more

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The Carroll Fellows: Georgetown’s elite academics

“It really causes you to question who you think you are,” Jessica Hickle (SFS ‘18) describes how she believes the Georgetown’s Carroll Fellows Initiative has shaped her time on the... Read more

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Hidden in Plain Sight: Accessing the university’s artifacts

“Ignatius of Loyola started out as a soldier, you know.” Father Leon Hooper, S.J., caretaker of the Woodstock Theological Library, located in the rarely-visited lower level of Lauinger Library, recounts... Read more

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Live and Let Learn: The next phase of the living learning community program

“We want to give people the ability to express themselves,” Michael Marino (COL ’15) a student leader of the Renaissance House said. Sitting in a living room adorned with paintings... Read more

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Serving Up Justice: Aramark workers call for equal treatment

After years of pay and benefit discrepancies between Aramark employees at Georgetown and other D.C. universities, in addition to alleged mistreatment by management, workers gathered on the lower level of... Read more

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DC to Qatar: A Georgetown presence in Doha

Next Tuesday, Georgetown’s Qatar campus of the School of Foreign Service kicks off a two-day academic conference entitled “Scapes of Power: A Critical Appraisal” to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Mohammed... Read more

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Homecoming: Korea’s pop idol retreats from fame to Georgetown

Georgetown is a political place and its most famous alums and affiliates are political figures. Kings and queens, presidents and congressmen all have ties to Georgetown. Georgetown boasts a significant... Read more

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Standing Up and Standing Together: Students demand racial justice

“Your silence is suffocating. We, students of color, cannot breathe.” So begins the letter issued by a coalition of Georgetown University Law Center students of color to the GULC administration... Read more

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Best of 2014: The Voice‘s top 10 movies and albums

Movies 1. Boyhood Richard Linklater’s 11-year epic Boyhood is nothing short of a landmark film. Boyhood follows the life of Mason Evans, Jr. (Ellar Coltrane), from his early elementary school days... Read more

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Curtain Call: The diversity of Georgetown’s theater scene

Few come to Georgetown for the theater scene. Until recently, the university did not even have a theater major or administrative structures to support acting or set design. In spite of... Read more

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Yes All RAs: The mistreatment of Resident Assistants by the University

After coming forward about his experience in the Milzman incident last spring in an op-ed in The Hoya, Thomas Lloyd (SFS ’15) now faces the possibility of immediate dismissal from... Read more

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Blades of Glory: Hockey in the nation’s capital

D.C. has never been considered a hockey town. Located too far south, with winters too mild, the District lacks the long hockey history that cities like Boston, Chicago, and Detroit... Read more

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Take It or Leave It: Does a medical leave of absence help or harm?

“I can’t go back to Georgetown, there’s no way I can come back the way I am.” When Georgetown students arrive on campus, they have their road map to success... Read more