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Morning Digest: Bugs and sinkholes take DC


 Today there’s a chance of storms with a high of 88. To masticate today: Open house for the boat house: The National Park Service will hold an open house, have a presentation, and host a Q&A session about possible development scenarios for what used to be Jack’s Boathouse on the Georgetown waterfront. The meeting will be held at [...]

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Morning Digest: Bugs and sinkholes take DC


 Today there’s a chance of storms with a high of 88. To masticate today: Open house for the boat house: The National Park Service will hold an open house, have a presentation, and host a Q&A session about possible development scenarios for what used to be Jack’s Boathouse on the Georgetown waterfront. The meeting will be held at [...]

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Commencement 2013 Roundup


Georgetown University held its commencement festivities this past weekend, beginning with the senior convocation on Thursday afternoon and ending with the law school commencement on Sunday afternoon. Actress and filmmaker Brit Marling (COL ’05) addressed the undergraduate Class of 2013 at convocation. Her speech focused on the importance of maintaining close ties with the friends made [...]

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Commencement 2013 Roundup


Georgetown University held its commencement festivities this past weekend, beginning with the senior convocation on Thursday afternoon and ending with the law school commencement on Sunday afternoon. Actress and filmmaker Brit Marling (COL ’05) addressed the undergraduate Class of 2013 at convocation. Her speech focused on the importance of maintaining close ties with the friends made [...]

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Twuesday Tweetacular: The road to perdition is paved with retro Instagram selfies


  Yes, Stebbs, because a boy named Ash Ketchum catching “pocket monsters” is realistic.   There’s no need to worry Mary Kate, that’ll definitely fit in the overhead compartment. Luckily for Andrew it seems as though Google Glass can be purchased with sepia lenses.   Riley is Georgetown’s very own Sydney Bristow.   Now Julia, that’s just anti-American!   Megan, at least [...]

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Twuesday Tweetacular: The road to perdition is paved with retro Instagram selfies


  Yes, Stebbs, because a boy named Ash Ketchum catching “pocket monsters” is realistic.   There’s no need to worry Mary Kate, that’ll definitely fit in the overhead compartment. Luckily for Andrew it seems as though Google Glass can be purchased with sepia lenses.   Riley is Georgetown’s very own Sydney Bristow.   Now Julia, that’s just anti-American!   Megan, at least [...]

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Morning Digest: More boathouse news, D.C. charter schools approved


 Today cloudy with a chance of showers, with a high of 88. To masticate today: Beat this, Tony Stark: Professor Eric Burger, a researcher in the computer science and founder of the Georgetown Center for Secure Communications and the director of Georgetown’s Security and Software Engineering Research Center, has been awarded the Professional Achievement for Individuals [...]

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Morning Digest: More boathouse news, D.C. charter schools approved


 Today cloudy with a chance of showers, with a high of 88. To masticate today: Beat this, Tony Stark: Professor Eric Burger, a researcher in the computer science and founder of the Georgetown Center for Secure Communications and the director of Georgetown’s Security and Software Engineering Research Center, has been awarded the Professional Achievement for Individuals [...]

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Monday Munchies: Baked oatmeal with bananas and blueberries


Monday Munchies will be a weekly column in which Assistant Editor Isabel Echarte will explore some easy and college-friendly recipes. This week’s recipe is baked oatmeal: a healthy and easy breakfast you’ll be able to prepare for the entire week so you don’t need to scramble—eggs or for time—before a 9 a.m. Spanish class. You [...]

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Monday Munchies: Baked oatmeal with bananas and blueberries


Monday Munchies will be a weekly column in which Assistant Editor Isabel Echarte will explore some easy and college-friendly recipes. This week’s recipe is baked oatmeal: a healthy and easy breakfast you’ll be able to prepare for the entire week so you don’t need to scramble—eggs or for time—before a 9 a.m. Spanish class. You [...]

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Morning Digest: GU Black House anniversary,


       Today is partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms and a high of 81. To masticate today: Georgetown’s Black House celebrates anniversary: 40 years ago, 10 students stood outside of former university President, Timothy Healy’s office demanding the establishment of a support system for minority students that could monitor and track Black [...]

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Morning Digest: GU Black House anniversary,


       Today is partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms and a high of 81. To masticate today: Georgetown’s Black House celebrates anniversary: 40 years ago, 10 students stood outside of former university President, Timothy Healy’s office demanding the establishment of a support system for minority students that could monitor and track Black [...]

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Morning Digest: Jeopardy Jim and the river dance


     Today is partly cloudy and muggy with a high of 79. To masticate today: Jeopardy Jim: The name of the Georgetown student who will compete in the college national championships of Jeopardy: who is Jim Coury (SFS ’15)? Coury will advance to the final round for a chance to win $100, 000 and to compete [...]

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Morning Digest: Jeopardy Jim and the river dance


     Today is partly cloudy and muggy with a high of 79. To masticate today: Jeopardy Jim: The name of the Georgetown student who will compete in the college national championships of Jeopardy: who is Jim Coury (SFS ’15)? Coury will advance to the final round for a chance to win $100, 000 and to compete [...]

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Prefrosh Preview: Welcome to Georgetown, and a brief history


Dear class of 2017, Welcome to your first post on Vox Populi, the blog for on-campus newsmagazine the Georgetown Voice. We will continue to delight and inform you over the next four years and beyond. You’ve made it through years of hellish workloads, early mornings, late nights that have turned into early mornings, sports practices and Model United Nations; [...]

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Prefrosh Preview: Welcome to Georgetown, and a brief history


Dear class of 2017, Welcome to your first post on Vox Populi, the blog for on-campus newsmagazine the Georgetown Voice. We will continue to delight and inform you over the next four years and beyond. You’ve made it through years of hellish workloads, early mornings, late nights that have turned into early mornings, sports practices and Model United Nations; [...]

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Star Trek: Into Darkness a surprisingly bright summer blockbuster


The second installment of sci-fi king J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot hits the ground running and doesn’t stop until the credits roll.  It achieves what few sequels do: it is better than its predecessor.  Into Darkness picks up shortly after the events of 2009’s Star Trek, following on-again-off-again-captain Kirk (Chris Pine), calm, cool commander Spock (Zachary Quinto) and the rest [...]

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Star Trek: Into Darkness a surprisingly bright summer blockbuster


The second installment of sci-fi king J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot hits the ground running and doesn’t stop until the credits roll.  It achieves what few sequels do: it is better than its predecessor.  Into Darkness picks up shortly after the events of 2009’s Star Trek, following on-again-off-again-captain Kirk (Chris Pine), calm, cool commander Spock (Zachary Quinto) and the rest [...]

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Judge finds that Epicurean worker has right to seek compensation in civil case


The long-standing criminal case against Epicurean owner Chang Wook Chon reached a conclusion on April 29 during a hearing in which District Judge Robert L. Wilkins of the U.S. Attorney’s Office decided that plaintiff Marvin Hercules should have the opportunity to prove that he is entitled to the money owed to him from a separate [...]

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Judge finds that Epicurean worker has right to seek compensation in civil case


The long-standing criminal case against Epicurean owner Chang Wook Chon reached a conclusion on April 29 during a hearing in which District Judge Robert L. Wilkins of the U.S. Attorney’s Office decided that plaintiff Marvin Hercules should have the opportunity to prove that he is entitled to the money owed to him from a separate [...]

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