Editorial Board

The Editorial Board is the official opinion of the Georgetown Voice. Its current composition can be found on the masthead. The Board strives to publish critical analyses of events at both Georgetown and in the wider D.C. community. We welcome everyone from all backgrounds and experience levels to join us!

Editorials

Georgetown Must Make Tuition Affordable

Last month, the office of the provost emailed the Georgetown community to announce that tuition rates for the 2018-2019 academic year would be raised by 3.5 percent. Georgetown is just... Read more

By the February 9, 2018

Editorials

Time to Quit Qatar

2018 marks the 13th  anniversary of the opening of Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q). Georgetown’s satellite campus in Doha is a joint partnership between the university and the Qatar Foundation.... Read more

By the February 9, 2018

Editorials

Don’t Forget Austin Tice

Austin Tice (SFS ‘02) is in his sixth year of imprisonment. A freelance journalist, Tice was one of the first on the ground reporting on the Syrian civil war in... Read more

By the January 26, 2018

Editorials

GUSA Candidates Cannot Ignore Vital Campus Issues

As GUSA elections approach, candidates for both the executive and senate will engage in advertising and discussions concerning a number of campus issues. This editorial board has written extensively about... Read more

By the January 26, 2018

Editorials

Trump’s El Salvador Decision Advances Inhumane Trend

The Trump administration announced last week that it would end the government’s protections that have allowed certain Salvadorans to live in the United States without fear of deportation. These protections,... Read more

By the January 17, 2018

Editorials

Georgetown Must Recognize Graduate Student Union

Last month, Georgetown University declined to voluntarily recognize the Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees (GAGE), a graduate student workers’ union. Over 50 percent of graduate student workers, or graduate students... Read more

By the January 17, 2018

Editorials

J20 Defendants Face a Miscarriage of Justice

Criminal hearings began earlier this month for the more than 230 protesters facing felony charges for destruction of property and conspiracy to riot, based on events that transpired on Jan.... Read more

By the December 1, 2017

Editorials

Georgetown Must Reckon With Bill Clinton’s Past

In the weeks since The New York Times and The New Yorker reported allegations of sexual assault against Harvey Weinstein, the floodgates have opened for similar accusations against powerful men... Read more

By the December 1, 2017

Editorials

State Department Cuts Draw Concern

In the 11 months since his inauguration, President Donald Trump and his administration have weakened and eroded a number of top federal agencies. From the Department of Agriculture to the... Read more

By the November 17, 2017

Editorials

Tax Plan Shifts Burden Unfairly

In the past two weeks, Republicans in both the House of Representatives and the Senate released their respective proposals to overhaul the United States’ tax code. The versions have minor... Read more

By the November 17, 2017