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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

By March 19, 2015

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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

By March 5, 2015

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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

By February 26, 2015

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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

By and February 19, 2015

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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

By February 12, 2015

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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

By February 5, 2015

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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

By January 29, 2015

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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

By January 22, 2015

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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

By and January 15, 2015

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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

By the December 4, 2014

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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

By , , and November 20, 2014

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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

By the November 13, 2014

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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

By November 13, 2014

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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

By November 6, 2014

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Don’t Stop Believing: The Catholic perspective on Georgetown’s religious identity

Early yesterday afternoon, three unidentified men approached the front gates and set up camp in Healy Circle. They carried black signs with white lettering that read “Repent and Believe the... Read more

By and October 30, 2014

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Fall Fashion ’14

From the steps of Lau, to Healy Hall, and around to Henle Village, the Voice helps you stay in style as you weave your way through the maze that is... Read more

By October 23, 2014

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No Exit Strategy: The effects of the 2010 Campus Plan on student life

In December 2010, Georgetown neighborhood organizations, including the Citizens Association of Georgetown, Burleith Citizens Association, Foxhall Community Citizens Association, and others, in anticipation of Georgetown’s 2011-2020 Campus Plan, began rallying... Read more

By October 16, 2014

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Where to draw the line: Cultural groups on campus create an atmosphere of exclusion

On a campus commended for attracting students from all corners of the world, it comes as no surprise that Georgetown sustains an assortment of cultural clubs.  At the beginning of... Read more

By October 9, 2014

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Walk This Way: Female students subjected to sexual harassment by construction workers

As Georgetown breaks ground on the many construction projects planned for the next two years, several female students have raised concerns for their personal safety in response to incidents of... Read more

By October 2, 2014

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GU IMPROV: A light in the darkness

When Joe Luther (COL ‘16) decided to come to Georgetown, he had many predictions about the future. Like many of his classmates, he was focused on making friends, excelling in... Read more

By September 25, 2014