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

District given vote at barrel of a gun

Last Thursday, D.C. got one step closer to gaining representation in Congress, as the Senate approved the D.C. House Voting Rights Act. If approved by the House of Representatives, the... Read more

By the March 5, 2009

Editorials

Senate rescues the GUSA election

Like a certain pair of star-crossed lovers, the Election Commission acted with disastrous rashness when its three members chose late Monday night to disqualify two GUSA Presidential tickets. In disqualifying... Read more

By the February 26, 2009

Editorials

More money, more problems at UDC

Over the past several weeks, students at the University of the District of Columbia have risen up in protest against a proposed 86 percent tuition increase. University President Allen Sessoms... Read more

By the February 26, 2009

Editorials

Bagging a win for the environment

For District residents, it just may be time to break out the sustainable shopping bags.  Last Tuesday, Ward 6 council member Tommy Wells introduced a bill to the D.C. Council... Read more

By the February 26, 2009

Editorials

Time for GUSA to go out on a Lamb

The Voice editorial board endorses Jeff Lamb (MSB ’10) and Molly Breen (MSB ’11) in this year’s GUSA executive election. Lamb and Breen’s collective leadership experience, focus on campus safety,... Read more

By the February 19, 2009

Editorials

Don’t let languages be foreign again

Anyone who has ever tried to cram a vocabulary list or conjugation table into their head before an exam knows that learning a language is difficult. Sometimes, retaining information you... Read more

By the February 19, 2009

Editorials

Stop senators’ dereliction of duty

Whether on the Hill or on the Hilltop, representative governments have one simple responsibility: to act in the best interests of their constituencies. However, the Georgetown University Student Association has... Read more

By the February 19, 2009

Editorials

Georgetown students earn their Day

For many Georgetown students, happily wandering around Copley lawn on Georgetown Day is one of the highlights of their college experience. This year, however, the University is threatening to strip... Read more

By the February 12, 2009

Editorials

Metro service cuts are just not fare

As a rule of thumb, you’re not supposed to spend what you don’t have­—one need only look at our current financial crisis to see the disastrous results. Yet the Washington... Read more

By the February 12, 2009

Editorials

Georgetown should lose the chaperones

Last week, the Old Georgetown Board—a board of architects charged with monitoring the Georgetown neighborhood’s aesthetic integrity—sent Apple back to the drawing board for the fourth time, taking issue with... Read more

By the February 12, 2009