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Capital Cannabis: The campaign to legalize marijuana in Washington, D.C.

A poll conducted by Public Policy Polling released last April found that 63 percent of D.C. residents would support legalizing marijuana and regulating its sale for adults. Moreover, 75 percent of D.C. residents would approve of decriminalization. Despite the obstacles and potential pitfalls, marijuana activists remain confident that they can change the law via a 2014 referendum. With other states eyeing legalization in 2014, D.C. could both provide a symbolic victory to pro-marijuana activists and serve as a model for how the rest of the country should proceed.

By November 21, 2013

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Not crazy, just a little unwell: Mental health at Georgetown

On the outside, a visit to Georgetown's Counseling and Psychiatric Services may appear trivial or commonplace, no different from the typical routine for a doctor’s appointment—but the decision to seek out CAPS at all can be monumental. To students affected, recognizing and addressing a mental health problem carries far greater weight than does of a physical disorder, since the stigma surrounding mental health is so deeply entrenched in our society and on our high-powered, high-achieving campus.

By November 14, 2013

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Continuity through Change: Experience and depth guide Hoyas into the new Big East

It’s inexplicable, really. There’s nothing anybody can point to when trying to explain the suffering of the cornerstone of Hilltop athletics. For each of the past six years, the Hoyas’ seasons have been a torturous series of up and downs, each ending in postseason disappointment. So, this season begins with the same question: Will the Hoyas snap out of it?

By November 7, 2013

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The Case for Catholicism

On Oct. 4, the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. submitted a canon law petition organized by William Peter Blatty (COL ’50) asking the Church to require that Georgetown abide by Pope John Paul II’s directives for Catholic universities, Ex corde Ecclesiae, or else disallow Georgetown from designating itself as Catholic. Over 2,000 Catholics, including members of the Georgetown community, have signed petition mandates and statements in support of its claims.

By October 31, 2013

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Georgetown jams: How GU Jam Sesh is building a community for Georgetown’s burgeoning music scene

From the outside, Georgetown’s music scene often seems limited to a few visible student groups. But a capella singers aren’t the Hilltop’s only musically-inclined students. Through its efforts to build a community of student musicians, GU Jam Sesh is providing an outlet for diversified creative musical expression at Georgetown, despite the obstacles it faces from neighbors and University noise policies.

By October 24, 2013

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“Second-class faculty”: The hidden struggles of Georgetown’s adjunct professors

The concerns faced by adjunct professors at Georgetown are many, stretching far beyond access to permanent office space. Adjuncts at Georgetown and other institutions of higher learning across the United States receive salaries as low as half of those of tenure-track professors, seldom have access to any health or retirement benefits, and must cope with job insecurity year after year. Recognizing these hardships, Georgetown’s adjunct faculty voted in favor to form a union under SEIU Local 500 in May of this year.

By October 17, 2013

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The Hilltop at your fingertips: Online learning at Georgetown

Last week, Georgetown joined the ranks of Harvard and MIT in offering a range of new digital learning alternatives by launching its first Massive Open Online Course. Through these projects, Georgetown is rapidly moving into the technological arena by making online learning a substantial part of the undergraduate experience. While this puts Georgetown on par with its tech-savvy peers and presents students with a cheaper, more diverse course selection, faculty members on the Hilltop and elsewhere are raising concerns about the pedagogical effectiveness of online courses, in addition to the broader implications for higher education.

By October 10, 2013

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The Fashion Issue: Fall 2013

This season is a melding of hard and soft, meeting at a blurred edge. Pastel colors come together with leather panels, studded sweaters meet tartan skirts. Men’s prints meet womenswear in a houndstooth dress—the bold pattern is almost a neutral. Mixed-media coats paired with delicate, single-soled heels. Mild decadence is in the details, with rich textiles and prints coming together in moody hues. Welcome to fall.

By October 2, 2013

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In the Red: The burden of student debt at Georgetown

Leah Brown (COL ‘16) wakes up at 9:30 a.m., finally giving in to her alarm after hitting snooze a couple times. She rolls out of bed and pads into the hallway, slipping into the empty bathroom. After getting ready and dressed, she breakfasts on a piece of fruit she swiped from Leo’s the night before. She has to choose her Leo’s meals carefully and stretch out her 10 meals so they last the week.

By September 26, 2013

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Life Beyond the Rainbow: LGBTQ at Georgetown

In the past year, Georgetown has been cited in national media as a trailblazer in LGBTQ issues for a Catholic university. Although seeing students sporting “I am” shirts and toting rainbow flags around campus feels as normal today to the average student as Nantucket Reds and Sperrys, activists say Georgetown still has a long way to go before it can truly call itself “gay-friendly.”

By September 19, 2013

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The Creative Approach: Engaging the arts and rearranging the education equation at Georgetown

Do bioethics and architectural design have anything in common? What about international politics and theatrical performance, or even the visual arts? Much more than you might guess, especially here at Georgetown.

By September 12, 2013

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All Hands on Deck: Risks and Rewards of Georgetown Sailing

Despite a general lack of knowledge about college sailing, people seem quick to write the sport off as minor—or worse, boring. On the contrary, Georgetown’s sailing team has proven to be one of the University’s most successful varsity sports programs of the last decade, having secured the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association/Gill National Championship twice, including last year, and having placed five times in the last nine years. And what’s more, the high physical risk sailors face in what turns out to be an extremely dangerous sport challenges anyone who thinks of sailing as a leisurely activity.

By September 5, 2013

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The Bar Issue: Three Hoyas walked into a bar…

With the addition of two new SafeRide routes to Dupont and Adams Morgan and the lifting of the one keg rule for on-campus parties, one thing has become painfully clear to the student population: The administration either wants us on campus or miles away from it. But, despair not! D.C. offers many a night time dives, ranging from laid-back beer gardens to lively joints to dance the night away. So, if you find yourself already tired of hosting sticky, Burnett’s-fueled ragers under the watchful eye of DPS, check out the Voice’s suggestions for a quality night out at the District’s bars. Just don’t be too loud getting out of the taxi on your way back to campus.

By the August 29, 2013

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Bridging the Gap: Stories from Hoyas who’ve been there

A Hoya's first year on the Hilltop is often filled with new challenges, new friendships, new experiences—new everything. In our first-ever NSO Special Edition, we here at the Voice have compiled stories from our own first years at Georgetown.

By the August 26, 2013

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2013 Voice Photo Contest Winners

Check out the winners to our annual photo contest!

By April 25, 2013

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Friday Night Plights: The health concerns of club athletes

The medical attention given to club programs is not held to the same standards as that given to their varsity counterparts. Although it has been a concern, these athletes are not given access to a trainer—considered an essential resource at advanced levels of competition.

By April 18, 2013

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The limits on free expression: Red tape and Red Square

In 1989 the University implemented the speech and expression policy, which guarantees members of the University access to public space on campus to discuss issues, as well as demarcates the boundaries of Georgetown’s unrestricted free-speech zone to Red Square.

By April 11, 2013

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The big ‘O’—Organic and local food comes to Georgetown and D.C.

For years, Georgetown students’ access to locally-grown food was limited. But with the establishment of the Georgetown Farmers’ Market in the spring of 2011, a variety of vendors have been attracted to the opportunities selling produce at a university provides.

By April 4, 2013

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Voice Spring Fashion

This season we ventured into the District to showcase a mix of vintage and new. From Malcom X Park to cafes in Adams Morgan to the Sculpture Garden at the National Mall, D.C. is the perfect place to get out and explore. Now is the time to shed your winter layers and strut spring styles.

By and March 21, 2013

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A weighty issue: Eating disorders at Georgetown

One. Two. Three. I stood over the toilet, staring down a toothbrush clutched in my hand. I couldn’t stop. I drove the toothbrush to the back of my throat, and I doubled over and gripped the walls of the stall as what was once my dinner burned my insides.

By March 14, 2013