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

Don’t give GUSA power over your funds

The long-standing rift between the Georgetown University Student Association and the advisory boards that dole out funding to clubs has come to a head, with potentially disastrous implications for student organizations.

By the February 4, 2010

Editorials

Pass medical pot; Support democracy

Twelve years after District of Columbia voters expressed their overwhelming support for legalizing medical marijuana, the local government is finally poised to put the will of the people into effect. A bill currently under review by the D.C. Council would provide long-awaited relief to those suffering from many serious ailments while minimizing the risk of congressional interference.

By the February 4, 2010

Editorials

GU has wrong mindset on wireless

At a town hall meeting on the issue of wireless internet access, Associate Director of Academic and Information Services Donna White betrayed a disturbingly resigned attitude regarding the University’s investment in technological progress, declaring, “Georgetown is never going to be on the leading edge.”

By the January 28, 2010

Editorials

Keep Duke Ellington School in Georgetown

To anyone unfamiliar with the management style of D.C. Public School Chancellor Michelle Rhee, The Washington Post’s report that her department had recently evaluated the cost of moving the Duke Ellington School of the Arts out of Georgetown would scarcely seem like a reason to panic.

By the January 28, 2010

Editorials

Obama must deliver on promises

President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address last night elicited both applause and laughter from both sides of the aisle. Despite the cheery atmosphere in the House chamber, the majority of Americans are still feeling the burn of an ongoing recession.

By the January 28, 2010

Editorials

Residents’ demands must be reasonable

Anyone following ongoing discussions between neighbors and the University about Georgetown’s 2010 Campus Plan has heard the overwhelming negative response to the plan from the locals. While many of their specific criticisms of the plan may seem nitpicky or nonsensical, most students have been willing to admit that permanent residents deserve a say in the future of their neighborhood.

By the January 21, 2010

Editorials

D.C. makes the right move on bag tax

While Georgetown students were away on winter break, a new tax approved by the D.C. Council over the summer came into effect, levying five cents on every disposable bag. The Council should be commended for taking the lead on environmental issues with this progressive tax that will help reduce the overabundance of filmy plastic bags that so frequently end up on the sides of roads, in trees, and floating in lakes and rivers.

By the January 21, 2010

Editorials

Time for leadership change at Metro

Given the series of worker and passenger deaths, train crashes, and other mishaps marring John Catoe’s three year tenure as Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority General Manager, many Metro riders understandably saw his recently-announced resignation as cause for celebration. But as the WMATA Board of Directors moves to appoint his replacement, the need for urgent reform has not dissipated.

By the January 21, 2010

Editorials

Administration needs to focus on aid

The Admissions and Recruitment Working Group, one of three diversity working groups commissioned by President DeGioia in April, released a series of promising but imperfect recommendations to the student body... Read more

By the December 3, 2009

Editorials

Obama’s surge: New era for Afghanistan

Taliban fighters have a phrase that they have used to describe their strategy in Afghanistan: the Americans have the watches, but we have the time. They do not need to... Read more

By the December 3, 2009