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Third Annual Voice Photo Contest

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Georgetown isn’t known for its arts. After three years of Voice photo contests however, we remain consistently impressed with the capabilities of the campus’s amateur artists. After careful consideration of an overwhelming 140 entries, we narrowed the candidates down to eight, and are pleased to present some fantastic photos.

By the Voice Staff April 27, 2006

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Two Identities, Two Challenges

The faith and culture of Islam at Georgetown

Georgetown’s Muslim Chaplain, Imam Yahya Hendi, flourished his palm pilot, tapping away with a stylus. In his office, decorated with woven verses from the Qur’an and Muslim calligraphic art, the electric device seemed out of place while he discussed Islam’s relationship with the West. But soon tiny print appeared on the screen: the palm pilot contained the entirety of the Qu’ran and the Bible, completely indexed. Its tiny speakers even produce recitations of holy verse.

By Tim Fernholz April 20, 2006

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The future of theater at Georgetown

As you walk into the new Royden. B. Davis, S.J. Performing Arts Center it is impossible not to be taken aback by the wide-open spaces, long white-tiled halls, and state-of-the-art theatrical equipment. The new space mirrors the vast expansion of the theater program at Georgetown in the past year. At the heart of this expansion is the completion of the Center.

By Nicole Bush April 6, 2006

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Are internships worth it?

Your job, your future: Keeping your fingers crossed

If you stopped a random sample of Georgetown students in Red Square and asked them about their employment plans for the summer, chances are that very few would respond by excitedly telling you about their full-time waitressing gig at Applebee’s or nannying job for the next-door-neighbors. Instead, you’d be peppered with a mélange of decidedly impressive sounding employers—think tanks, senators, Wall Street firms, NGOs, major publishing houses. Not only have these internships replaced the traditional summer job, they have become de rigeur for many Georgetown students during the academic year as well.

By Noreen Malone March 30, 2006

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Fixing what’s broken

How to Revitalize Student Government

The GUSA office is undergoing some physical remodeling, Twister Murchison (SFS ‘08) explained. For the recently sworn-in president of the students’ representative body, there could not be a more apt metaphor for what the organization needs: remodeling. Two controversial elections in three years serve as proof enough of that.

By Mike Stewart March 23, 2006

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Garden Party

Hanging out in New York City at the Big East Tournament

This past weekend, a 26 year-old tournament got a chance to relive a 20-something-year-old rivalry. The Orange of Syracuse and the Georgetown Hoyas highlighted the semi-final round of the Big East Championship. It was the 12th match-up between the two historical titans of the conference, but it was the first time John Thompson III graced the sidelines rather than his towel-toting father, Big John. The weekend, however, would not belong to Thompson’s brood, but a red-hot Orange man, Gerry McNamara.

By Phil Perry March 16, 2006

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Getting the message across

Being deaf won’t stop her

MJ Muller-Chillier was diagnosed as hard-of-hearing at the age of three, and her hearing capacity has since decreased almost totally. Nevertheless, she is now an independent and worldly 23-year-old in her junior year at Gallaudet University, in the District of Columbia. She is also the first Gallaudet student in at least 10 years to take a foreign language class through the D.C. Consortium, and she has opted to do it at Georgetown.

By the Voice Staff March 2, 2006

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Dissection of a conflict

Palestine Solidary Movement conference sparks protests

By the Voice Staff February 23, 2006

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Reading between the lines

The challenges facing high school students in D.C.

Leaking pipes, broken windows and collapsing ceilings: these are some of the distinguishing features of many of the public middle schools and high schools that can be found within the District of Columbia. Georgetown works to provide a way out for these students, yet every year, only a small percentage find their way out of this system and into the freshman class of Georgetown University.

By the Voice Staff February 16, 2006

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What Brings Them to Georgetown?

For Sarah Nelson and several of the other students in Richard Russell’s Theory and Practice of Security class, war – on terrorism or otherwise – is more than just a strategy or a theory. It is a reality.

By the Voice Staff February 9, 2006

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A new mold?

Considering the motivation behind Take Back Georgetown Day

It began last fall, when flyers started appearing around campus, the letters TBGD emblazoned across them. Take Back Georgetown Day was coming to Georgetown: speakers were announced, registration began and, in the weeks just before the conference, a resolution calling for “Academic Freedom” was introduced in the GUSA. Then, last Saturday, ready to take it back, the conservatives came to campus. In the process, they began a controversy over just what free speech means on campus – and then exacerbated it.

By the Voice Staff February 2, 2006

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The Color of Hip-Hop?

Examining race in the District’s campus hip-hop dance troupes

A hard hip-hop beat rattles the old speakers in two corners of the black-rubber-floored room. The windows, clouded with steam, drip with condensation as the members of Groove Theory, a primarily black hip-hop dance team at Georgetown University, swagger through heavy columns of hot air. The leader of the group runs back to the stereo to turn up the music as the dancers pop, lock, grind, wop and slide to Missy Elliot’s “Lose Control.”

By the Voice Staff January 26, 2006

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Why aren’t we mixing?

Take a look at Georgetown’s cafeteria.

By the Voice Staff January 26, 2006

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The Best Movies & Music of 2005

2005 was a good year for music and movies, and we’ve put together a list of our favorites to make sure you don’t miss a thing.

By the Voice Staff January 19, 2006

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Cat Power, _The Greatest_

Critical Voices

By the Voice Staff January 19, 2006

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_Reaching La Presa_

Short Story Contest 2005 Winner

Gavin scrutinized his reflection in the cracked mirror as he combed, then recombed, his hair. He couldn’t decide whether to use gel. It improved his look, but if it melted, it would seem like he was sweating ooze. He decided to risk it and squeezed a copious amount onto his palm. After five minutes, he congratulated himself on the natural-looking wave that had been his goal. He pulled on his blue, flowered board shorts and carefully slipped on a white shirt. He didn’t want to mess up his hair after all that trouble. Before leaving the room, Gavin gave himself four quick spritzes of Polo Sport. He figured it was at least twice as difficult to smell perpetually fresh in Mexico.

By the Voice Staff December 1, 2005

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Georgetown shuts down Navy 72-49

Not since David Robinson led the Middies to the Elite Eight in 1986 had a seven-footer so thoroughly dominated the court in Annapolis, Md. Last Friday, Georgetown sophomore 7’2” center... Read more

By the Voice Staff November 21, 2005

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Getting Booked

Georgetown students have been going to jail every week for more than 20 years. However, they are not being held for open containers. The volunteers of Georgetown Prison Outreach work with inmates to help them pass their GED high-school equivalency exam, raise their English proficiency skills and most importantly, give them confidence and hope.

“They are shining light in those dark cells,”Jennifer Gainsborough of Penal Reform International said.

By the Voice Staff November 17, 2005

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Solid offseason has Hoyas aiming high

With Thompson at the helm, Georgetown improved from a 4-12 Big East record in 2004 to an 8-8 conference record and 19-13 record overall, advancing to the NIT quarterfinals.

By the Voice Staff November 15, 2005