• Didn’t go to any events during Jesuit Heritage Week? You missed one hell of a volleyball game, but no worries: In our cover this week, Molly Redden takes us inside the world of Georgetown’s Jesuits as they explore what it means for Georgetown to be a Jesuit university. The Voice Editorial Board tells us why Georgetown’s Jesuit identity matters.
• GUSA, the Corp and GUFASCU get behind the Hoya’s push for independence, Juliana Brint reports, but the Ed Board has some reservations.
• How many lawyers does it take to make up a basketball team? Phil Perry has the answer in his feature on the Lady Lawyers Basketball League, founded by a GU Law School alum.
• Over the Voices section, José Canto speaks up in favor of the role played by faith-based organizations in the fight against poverty.
• In her column, “Culottes for you lots,”Katie Norton answers a Freakonomics-esque question: what do children’s books and fashion have in common?
• Sports editor Liz Kuebler tries her hand at fantasy football. Hilarity (in the form of a 3-11 season) ensues.
• High quality singing and acting do not a musical make, Shira Hecht writes in her review of Wisconsin Death Trip, currently playing at the Gonda Theater.

That’s it for this week. Enjoy Superbowl Sunday, Patriots and Giants fans. Me? I’m rooting for Tom Petty.

• In the cover, a cadre of Voice writers paint a picture of diversity at Georgetown, profiling seven different students.  According to the Editorial Board, the University still has a long way to go.
• DoPS takes action!  That, or implements the recommendations of an LGBTQ working group.
• A little nervous about the Hoyas’ game against West Virginia this Saturday?  You should be.  Tony Francavilla explains why.
• For all you “literate” folks out there, Sara Carothers reviews J.M. Coetzee’s new novel, Diary of a Bad Year.
• Tim Fernholz takes issue with Father James V. Schall’s assertion that students should withdraw from worldly affairs.
• The Ed Board gives its bi-monthly shout-out to D.C. voting rights while Ohm Gore reports that Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton received an award.
• Good news for the … football team?  Really?

Check out the rest of the Voice on our website and stop by the Voice’s open house tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. in our office in 413 Leavey.  I’m told there’s going to be pizza, if that’s your deal.

• In our cover story, Tim Fernholz explains what the 2006-2007 Intellectual Life Report is, why you should care, and why you’ve probably never heard of it. You can read the confidential report in its entirety here.
• The Voice ed board criticizes the report’s lack of transparency. Also, Associate Professor of Theolgy Francisa Cho argues that Georgeotwn should abolish grades. Holler, Reed College!
• It’s politics time. News has the story of Hoyas campaigning for presidential candidates and Voices lets the Republicans and Democrats have at it. And it seems like the Voice editorial board has caught the Obama bug.
• Tony Francavilla previews the game against Notre Dame on Saturday.
• Shira Hecht tells why she left “House of Blue Leaves” feeling “battered, rather than contemplative.”
• Kate Mays and Juliana Brint report on GUSA’s plan to bring free copies of The New York Times, Washington Post, and USA Today to Georgetown. Finally, you’ll be able to stop stealing papers from outside freshman dorms.

Now go enjoy the long weekend.  By the Intellectual Life Report’s reasoning, you’ve probably got about 11 hours of partying to do before Tuesday classes—better get cracking.

• Not sure what to buy your parents this Christmas? For gifts that will both please and impress, check out the Voice’s Top 10 Movies and Albums of 2007. Britney fans, be forewarned: Blackout, despite its fitting title, didn’t make the cut.
• Men’s basketball proves that 36 minutes of neck-and-neck play doesn’t mean much if you can’t hold out for the last four minutes, Tony Francavilla reports. Better luck next time, ‘Bama.
• President DeGioia’s working groups are taking a dream initiative and making it a reality, with plans for an LGBTQ center opening in fall 2008 well on their way.
• Also in News, Juliana Brint gives us a glimpse inside an emergency Ward 5 community meeting as she explains the hubbub over a plan to close 23 of D.C.’s public schools.
• Two study days not enough for you? The Voice’s editorial board agrees.
• Darfur may be slipping out of the public eye, but that doesn’t mean the atrocities or efforts of groups like STAND have abated. Tim Fernholz tells us what Georgetown’s Student Anti-Genocide Coalition is up to and what the U.S. and Georgetown can do to help.
• Got a fever and the only prescription is some delicious Peruvian chicken? Sara Carothers has just the thing for you.
• Ira Glass doesn’t have a monopoly on poignant, sometimes humorous vignettes. The Voice staff throws down the gauntlet with some holiday tales of their own.

Questions? Comments? Complaints? Just looking for someone who will listen? Hit up the Voice with any of your concerns. And happy holidays!

-Sam Sweeney, Blog Editor

Good reads all around in this week’s print version of the Voice:

• This week’s cover story  explores filmmaking in DC and theories on getting Keifer Sutherland’s attention (hint: your breasts!).
• The Sports Sermon uncovers Georgetown’s rugby scene.
• In Voices, Cathy Vargas explains why she went to a male strip club instead of the Big East tournament. That needs explaining?
• Shira Hecht bends the art world to her will this week, reviewing both Wristcutters and Trees and Ghosts. Incidentally, shame on Trees and Ghosts for abusing probably-illicit poster space in Lauinger Library. You’re going to ruin it for everyone!
• In News, the gay agenda returned to public schools, laptops were stolen probably because the University can’t be bothered to fix doors, and the lieutenant in charge of our Police Service Area is named Roland!

Swing by the basketball issue while you’re at it.
-Will Sommer, blog editor 

Suffering for fashion? Well, let the Voice tell you what’s up this fall.  View the fantastic photos in gallery format here.

Also this week:

-The University will be making some changes in response to the alleged hate crime on September 9.

-Still, the editorial board wonders why administrators kept the assault under wraps for so long.

-The Darjeeling Limited is only showing in 19 theaters nationally this weekend, and 3 of them are easily accessible from Georgetown (the Loews, E Street, Bethesda).  Taylor Hobson reviews the newest Wes Anderson offering.

-Men’s soccer plays tough but can’t catch a break… except for the broken injured ankle senior captain and Voice player of the week Mike Glaccum played on.

Plus Burmese Monks, alcohol policy and more in this week’s Voice.  Available at all fine locations on campus.

-Mike Stewart, Managing Editor

It’s homecoming weekend, when alumni and students alike revel in Georgetown traditions like Jack the Bulldog, the Fight Song and of course Georgetown’s glorious football tradition.  What, you didn’t know about the powerhouse Hoyas Hilltoppers?  Tony Francavilla digs into Georgetown’s past to tell the tale of the Great Gilroy and Georgetown’s must successful season.

Also from this week’s magazine:

-DPS carrying mace and batons should be a reality by next year, reports Crystal Chung.

-The speech is over, but the debate definitely isn’t: the ed board weighs in on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s appearance at Columbia (let dictators choke on their own words), while Or Skolnik offers a well-reasoned counterargument.

-Jheanelle Brown, communications director for the GU NAACP, responds to the Jena 6 controversy and the viewpoint expressed in this column from the Hoya.

-Sara Carothers reports on a unique performance lined up for the Davis Center, and GU student Joshua DeMinter’s innovative response to the Black Atlantic Project.

-Thinking of wandering away from the tailgate long enough to catch this year’s homecoming game?  Phil Perry looks at how the Hoyas and Cornell stack up.

And so much more in the magazine and on our website.   Until next week, you keep on writing us letters and we’ll keep on bringing the news.

-Mike Stewart, Managing Editor

Late but never out of date, it’s your weekly issue round-up.

- The feature sends Sam Sweeney and Clare Malone out to find Georgetown’s quirkiest professor’s—can you say “Beer me that Wordsworth?”

- Relentless reporters Juliana Brint and Crystal Chung continue to explore Metro’s party watchlist and new arrest policy; who knew it was unconstitutional? The ACLU.

- Phil Perry, the original man vs. wild, plunges into Georgetown’s weekly tail gate to hang out with an old lady. Hi-jinks ensue.

- “Our Moment” boardmembers make the case for giving students in the college a chance to get a certificate in international development.

- The Eds page still wants more transparency from the powers that be as they remake the alcohol policy, and they aren’t having any of Petraeus’ bullshit about the Iraq war.

- I’d like you to have some decent wine. Is that so bad?

- Tim Fernholz, Editor in Chief

This week’s issue is full of goodies. I’ll let it speak for itself:

-Thinking about going abroad? Or are you a returnee battling for credit while missing the experience? Check out Madeline Reidy’s feature on where your study abroad money goes (or went). Rejected headlines include “Mo Money, Mo Problems” and “OIP on U.”

-The Georgetown community remembers 9/11/01 six years later. We here at the Voice add our best wishes to all those affected.

-BIG news on the continuing party policy saga: Metro keeps a list of “problem houses” where each new complaint will result in immediate arrests, report Juliana Brint and Crystal Chung. The news echoes Metro’s new arrest-first policy (reported by the same duo) and comes amidst rising neighborhood complaints about the Georgetown policy, reports Lynn Kirshbaum.

-In response, the Voice editorial board tells Metro to get their priorities right.

-Anthony Francavilla penetrates the world of D.C. bocce (Italian lawn bowling). I, for one, will be signing up next year.

-Size doesn’t matter, but artistry does at the D.C. Shorts film festival, writes Tae Jung Choi.

-Louisa Aviles argues that a favorite target of supposedly enlightened activism shouldn’t be dismissed so quickly. It’ll give you some food–and clothes, and medicine, and toys, etc.–for thought (at low, low prices).

Check out the rest of the issue over at the main site or in print–it won’t disappoint. As always, we look forward to your comments, which you can send to thevoice@georgetown.edu. Take it easy, folks.

-Mike Stewart, Managing Editor

I know it feels like forever since last Thursday, but there’s finally a new Voice to make you, in the words of Kanye, harder, better, faster, stronger. You may want to pick it up to read on Friday night, since the new party rules have effectively killed the campus party scene, Kate Mays reports. Other highlights include:

-Four months after a fire threatened its existence, Phil Perry finds Eastern Market thriving even as rebuilding continues. Chalk up a victory for community spirit and fresh, delicious produce.

-Boldly going where no Hoya has gone in over 50 years, Alex Buzbee comes justaboutthisclose to making the Redskins, Anthony Francavilla reports. Could he end up playing on Sundays?

-University President Jack DeGioia speaks about college rankings, alcohol policy, lecturing in China and more. John Lawless has him On the Record for you.

-Has the “new” Leo’s been sufficiently ruined for you? Sara Carothers suggests something completely different: Malaysian.

-The Villa is one way to get a culture exchange in Italy. Answering a job offer in an unsolicited e-mail and boarding a bus to nowhere in particular is another, Sarah Harman found out this summer.

-The Voice Ed Board puzzles over the relaxed SFS language requirement. This may be a Catholic school, but speaking in tongues is an acquired skill these days.

That’s just a small sampling of the flavors that make up this week’s tasty issue. Thanks again for reading, and hit us up with any news tips, comments, questions or concerns.
-Mike Stewart, Managing Editor