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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

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The vagina dialogue: Women’s integration at Georgetown

In the fall of 1969, Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences admitted its first class of female students. This first class of 50 women were the first to break a long tradition of single-sex education in the College, which then constituted the majority of the undergraduate student body.

By February 28, 2013

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I’m gonna pop some tags: Thrifting adventures on the East Coast

My shopping retreats went from thrift stores Housing Works on East 23rd St to chain stores like H&M and Zara. The megalithic fashion factories could not quench my sartorial thirst. I anxiously awaited the occasional weekend trip home to New York City where I would reserve an entire day to get thrifty.

By February 21, 2013

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Around the world in 50 years: Where the nerds become the rockstars

“You can literally feel the energy of these 20 people who you’ve been working with for a year to create a conference,” said Ishita Kohli (SFS ’13). “I definitely had that perfect sense of fulfillment that I had ownership over an extremely amazing endeavor.” Students and alumni reflect on the meaning of NAIMUN’s 50th conference this coming weekend.

By February 14, 2013

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Out of left field: The Voice‘s 2013 politics survey

Georgetown University was ranked as the second-most politically active college. Whether it’s the proximity of the Hilltop to the Hill, or the many political figures on campus, Georgetown has a reputation for a strong political culture. The Voice conducted an online reader survey to see if this reputation holds true.

By February 7, 2013

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Georgetown dance en pointe

In a not-so-well traveled corner of Georgetown’s campus, tucked in the maze that are the Village A residences, dance groups find time in between classes to practice. Nearly every night of the week, you can find one group or another rehearsing, perhaps for an upcoming show, or to perform at halftime at a basketball game.

By January 31, 2013

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Creative Expression at Georgetown Still Fiction

In preparation for its imminent arrival at Georgetown, last year’s incoming freshman class was required to read the novel How to Read the Air for the Marino Family International Writer’s Workshop. Grounded in the author’s Ethiopian heritage, the book is linguistically elegant and uses a melancholy, poetic lyricism to tell the tale of a young man struggling to overcome his family’s troubled past.

By January 24, 2013

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Best of 2012

The Voice Staff selects its favorite movies and albums of 2012.

By the December 6, 2012

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Artificial attention: The consequences of study drugs

It’s the end of the semester, crunch time for every class, and you’ve fallen behind on your schoolwork. The Georgetown culture, in which classes, social life, and extracurriculars fight for every minute of your schedule, is starting to take its toll, and you find yourself scraping to find enough time and energy for every aspect of your busy student life. It takes a special kind of person to pull of such a balancing act with ease. But 36 milligrams of Concerta later, that balancing act becomes a lot easier.

By November 29, 2012

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Casting a major: The success of Georgetown’s theater department

“When I came here, we had four co-curricular theater groups, [which] were doing anywhere from eight to 10 shows a year—that is an extraordinary amount of activity for a university of our size,” said Ted Parker, a retired theater professor who came to Georgetown in 1999. “A friend of my father’s was a theater professor at [a small college]. They had about 10 people in their faculty. They did four shows a year, and they thought that was about all they could handle.”

By November 15, 2012