Newsletter: Week of March 11

Author

Connor Martin
March 11, 2024

Hello! Welcome to the Voice’s newsletter. Every Monday, we’re sending you a snapshot of the week’s headlines and our best reads. Enjoy a hot beverage, sit back, and catch up on all things Georgetown, now that spring break is a distant memory.

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NEWS
Crowd of protesters gathering in Red Square at Georgetown University. It's dark. In the center of the crowd, there is a Palestinian flag waving and a poster that says "Georgetown Endorses Genocides."

Photo by Connor Martin

Over 250 protesters gathered on Feb. 27 as Jewish Life, a branch of Campus Ministry, and the Georgetown Israel Alliance (GIA) hosted a panel with members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). 

More than 800 students signed a petition to lengthen the 2024-2025 winter break, which is currently scheduled to be just 17 days, one week shorter than the 2023-2024 break.

SPORTS
Five Georgetown women's basketball players standing together, looking up at the scoreboard.

Photo by Daniel Rankin

The Georgetown women’s basketball team defeated Creighton 55-46 in the semifinals of the Big East Tournament on Sunday, and will appear in the conference championship game for the first time in program history. The Hoyas will challenge UConn for the conference title tonight at 7 p.m.

Georgetown men’s basketball lost to St. John’s on Saturday, March 9 (86-78) in their final game of the regular season. The Hoyas begin Big East Tournament play at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, March 13 at 6:30 p.m. against Ed Cooley’s former team, the Providence Friars.

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HALFTIME LEISURE

Missed the Oscars last night? Read our predictions before checking the winners. Adora, Maanasi, Andrew, and Isabel all read the mind of the Academy. And Tina’s tastes are right—the Academy is just wrong, again.

LEISURE

The Folger Shakespeare Library critiques and celebrates elements of Shakespeare’s texts from Jan. 25 through 28.

VOICES
The colors are pastel, with three circles in the lower left corner filled with more vibrant color..

Design by Pia Cruz

Read Alex’s analysis of the “coquette” trend—adorning anything and everything with bows and pink—as it seems to reclaim femininity outside the male gaze.

Post Pitch: Coquette Aesthetic

Romy and Alex expand on the “coquette” trend in the latest episode of Post Pitch.

OTHER HEADLINES OF NOTE

Our March 1st issue is on stands now.

A street where 3 people are sitting, eating pasta. String lights hang over them. On the left, a woman is passing a rose to a child. On the right, a server is handing a bowl of pasta to a guest. In the background, silhouetted people are walking. In the turquoise, murky sky are five abstract birds.

Cover by Bahar Hassantash