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Feb 8, 2025 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Izzy Wagener |Carley Tucker |Katherine Landau |Olivia Martin
It starts with a word. Each issue of Added to the File (ATTF), Georgetown’s first student-run fashion magazine, is based off of a one-word theme. Lindsay Khalluf (CAS ’26), the magazine’s creative director, started last semester by writing the theme for the third issue—“Reprise”—on a chalkboard to brainstorm ideas. “For like two hours straight, I think everyone just said every single thought that popped into their mind,” Khalluf said.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Izzy Wagener |Katie Doran |Annemarie Cuccia |Rachel Cohen
More than eight inches of snow fell in the Georgetown neighborhood beginning early Monday. Campus remains quiet tonight, with a few passerby’s walking dogs and students returning for the start of classes.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Izzy Wagener |Kayla Hewitt |Bradshaw Cate |Andrew Swank
On the Sunday afternoon of Oct. 6, Georgetown Pep Band members bundled into a small room on the first floor of Lauinger Library amid camera shutters and the triumphant tones of “Eye of the Tiger.” Not wanting to disturb the silence of studying students around them, Pep Band members entreated new arrivals to close the door quickly as they came in.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Sydney Carroll |Samantha Monteiro |Dolce Coury |Izzy Wagener
Editor’s Note: This piece is published as part of The Homeless Crisis Reporting Project (HCRP), launched by Street Sense Media in 2016. HCRP is a multi-day collaborative effort between local D.C. outlets to spotlight homelessness and related issues in the District. Check out all the 2024 HCRP stories here. Last year, Leslie Boyd lost her steady job of three years. When her company downsized, it eliminated her department, and soon after, she lost her housing.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Samantha Monteiro |Dolce Coury |Izzy Wagener |Annette Hasnas
Lukas Soloman (SFS ’26) and other members of Georgetown Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) spent hours writing the names of the Palestinian children and babies—starting with those under two-years-old—killed by Israel. The 1,400 names they wrote represent a fraction of the children Israel has killed through airstrikes, intentional starvation, and snipers that have targeted civilians. “This is a form of collective grief processing.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Izzy Wagener |Aashna Nadarajah |Sharon Xie |Yihan Deng
The Earth Commons Institute celebrated its first planting party of the season on Sunday, Sep. 8 at the Hoya Harvest Garden, located on the fourth floor Regents patio. Established in 2023, the garden supplies the Hoya Hub food pantry, a resource available to community members experiencing food insecurity, and some of the greens found in Leo O’ Donovan Hall. The garden also serves as a “living lab” to educate students on urban agriculture practices.
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Zachary Warren |Connor Martin |Izzy Wagener |Sofia Kemeny
After classes end for the day, the dingy rooms in the bowels of the Davis Performing Arts Center typically remain empty and darkened, often overlooked and underutilized by students searching for a quiet corner to study in. For the past two weeks, however, those same spaces have instead been revived by rhythmic Afrobeats, African high fashion, and jovial cheers as the ABISSA 2024 performers rehearse for their April 13 show.
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Connor Martin |Izzy Wagener |Kayla Hewitt |Max Fredell
As any backward-walking tour guide will tell you, Georgetown’s hosted its fair share of royalty. But for the first time in 235 years, six drag queens and kings will grace the ICC Auditorium with their presence Friday night, competing for the inaugural Mx. Georgetown crown.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Franzi Wild |Annemarie Cuccia |Sophie Tafazzoli |Izzy Wagener
The Georgetown Resident Assistant Coalition (GRAC) announced their intention to unionize under OPEIU Local 153 via a press release on March 22. Their reasons for unionizing include demands for equitable and just compensation, as well as a formal grievance process in response to the mistreatment of some RAs by management. Organizers began working toward unionization efforts in February, and the majority of RAs have signed a petition in favor of forming a union.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
georgetownvoice.com | Izzy Wagener |Annemarie Cuccia |Noah Telerski
More than 800 students and 14 student organizations have signed a petition to lengthen the 2024-2025 winter break. Currently, the break is scheduled to be just 17 days, a week shorter than the 2023-2024 break, according to the University Registrar. The petition describes the impacts of a shorter break on international students, student mental health, and the celebration of religious traditions, among other considerations.
