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After 15 Seasons, Grey’s Anatomy Only Grows Stronger

This article contains spoilers for the first 15 seasons of Grey’s Anatomy Last Thursday, the 16th season of ABC’s hit medical drama Grey’s Anatomy premiered. I’ve been watching this show,... Read more

By October 6, 2019

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Trailer Takes: Raising Dion, Frozen II, The King’s Man

Raising Dion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6koPaImHzY Anna: Sci-Fi and Michael B. Jordan! Now that’s a combination I never thought I would experience. Does it work? Maybe, possibly, probably not. Although the dramatic music... Read more

By , and October 5, 2019

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Art Review: Jack the Bulldog Statue Raises Questions Rather Than School Spirit

It showed up seemingly overnight. None were prepared for its arrival or the terrifying implications that it raised. One simple addition to campus was able to shock Georgetown’s community to... Read more

By October 4, 2019

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Summer Time: Ride or Die

Summer Time is a collection of stories about Voice staffers’ experiences over summer break. It’s important to indulge every whim on a trip, whether you’re in your hometown or on another continent. Whenever... Read more

By October 3, 2019

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Ranking the 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates’ Merch from Worst to Best

Last week’s Climate Forum meant Gaston Hall was alive with a rainbow of campaign colors. Due to the sheer number of Democratic candidates (19 at press time, although only 11... Read more

By October 2, 2019

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Spotify Cosmic Playlist Takes

Spotify always seems to have a playlist for everything. Recently, they partnered with astrologist Chani Nicholas to make personalized playlists for all 12 star signs. Halftime writers set out to... Read more

By , , , , , , and October 1, 2019

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The Weekly List: Sad Girl Autumn

As hot girl summer officially comes to an end and mid term season threatens to devastate us all, I find myself resorting to commiserating with musicians for moral support. Why... Read more

By October 1, 2019

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Coffee Chat: Kristina’s Cafe and Pastries

Arguably the most important hallmark in an average undergrad’s life is a new, if not enhanced passion for coffee. Around October of freshman year, what was priorly bitter becomes heavenly.... Read more

By September 30, 2019

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Storm Area 51: They Could Stop All of Them

For weeks, the internet has been obsessed with one story and one story only: the storming of Area 51 set to occur on September 20, 2019. This past Friday, after... Read more

By September 27, 2019

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Hulu’s Catch-22 Is Captivating Excellence

I’ve never read Catch-22, but I’m just as familiar with the expression as anyone else. The idea that you are unable to successfully pick one thing or another, you’re stuck... Read more

By September 26, 2019

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New Kid on the Talk: Lilly Singh Makes Her Late-Night Debut

NBC’s new late-night talk show A Little Late with Lilly Singh arrived on screens this past Monday and introduced a wonderful new addition to the scene. Lilly Singh, most well-known... Read more

By September 26, 2019

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Trailer Takes: Dickenson, Knives Out, and Warrior Queen of Jhansi

Dickinson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBMeB6xG4rE  Chetan: As someone who doesn’t particularly like period dramas but watches them anyway, I have to say this trailer looks pretty interesting in the beginning. Dickinson is such... Read more

By , and September 25, 2019

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The Weekly List: Dollizzo Rae Musglynne

There are many different genres of music. There’s pop, country, hip-hop, R&B, classical, folk, sad boy, sad girl, sad person of any gender. There’s long songs and short songs, fast... Read more

By September 24, 2019

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Mr. Georgetown Preview 2019—Meet the Candidates

Scroll through to discover the characters and charismatic personalities ready to take the stage at the Georgetown Program Board’s 2019 Mr. Georgetown pageant. Meet all the candidates representing your favorite... Read more

By and September 23, 2019

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Tall Girl: Another Formulaic Teenage Rom-Com with a Towering Gimmick

I tried not to judge the movie before I watched it. Although the general premise isn’t my cup of tea and the groan-inducing trailer did nothing to alleviate my fears,... Read more

By September 23, 2019

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Trailer Takes: Little Monsters, The Lighthouse, and Villains

Little Monsters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlKnp52moe4 Haley: If you want to hear the eerie version of the childhood tune “If You’re Happy and You Know It” while watching zombies eat people, this is... Read more

By , and September 22, 2019

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Coffee Chat: SoHo Tea and Coffee

Arguably the most important hallmark in an average undergrad’s life is a new, if not enhanced passion for coffee. Around October of freshman year, what was priorly bitter becomes heavenly.... Read more

By September 21, 2019

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An Elite Teen Drama

After watching the entire second season of Netflix’s teen drama Elite in two days, I feel the need to justify the hours spent holed up in my dorm blinking blearily... Read more

By September 20, 2019

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In Defense of TikTok

I am home for the summer for the first time since high school and it is weird. My family moved from Arizona to Illinois three weeks before I started at... Read more

By September 20, 2019

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The Weekly List: We’re THRIVING!

It’s a Friday, 7:37 AM, and you frantically wake up realizing that you turned off your 7 AM alarm in your sleep and that you have about fifteen minutes to... Read more

By September 17, 2019