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

Making Georgetown proud, finally

DeGioia’s announcements were a long time coming. This fall’s two homophobic hate crimes highlighted Georgetown’s need for a resource center and for major changes in campus culture.

By the October 25, 2007

Editorials

Put a DPS officer on Lauinger steps

The unreasonably high number of public safety alerts concerning crimes on the Lauinger steps, including the most recent alleged hate crime, suggests that a DPS officer should be permanently stationed on the steps at night.

By the October 25, 2007

Editorials

DeGioia should listen before he speaks

When DeGioia publicly attaches the University’s name to a statement, he speaks for the entire Georgetown community, and he should be required to solicit input from this community before he speaks on its behalf.

By the October 18, 2007

Editorials

LGBTQ talks need dialogue, not drama

For the best chance for their demands to be met by their November 9 deadline, GU Pride should strive to maintain a reasonable and level-headed dialogue with the administration, temporarily relaxing its confrontational tactics.

By the October 18, 2007

Editorials

Slimming down the school system

Giving Rhee firing power is an important step toward creating a more efficient bureaucracy that will be better able to meet the needs of D.C.’s public school students.

By the October 18, 2007

Editorials

Pushing DeGioia out of the closet

Although President John J. DeGioia paid lip service to tolerance in a campus-wide email earlier this week, he made yet another mistake by deciding not to participate in a forum discussion organized by GU Pride that was scheduled for last night.

By the October 11, 2007

Editorials

Hybrid cabs: a good first step for D.C.

Councilmember Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) recently introduced a proposal that would help mitigate transportation-related pollution with an environmentally-sound taxi fleet.

By the October 11, 2007

Editorials

WASA didn’t start the fire (or stop it)

The District’s residents are entitled to the basic public service of fire protection.

By the October 11, 2007

Editorials

Administrators should have acted, not reacted

Why didn’t the University tell students about the hate crime that took place just off campus until after the Metropolitan Police Department arrested a Georgetown student in connection with the assault three weeks later? And after the crime was made public, why was the University’s response so minimal until students demanded more?

By the October 4, 2007

Editorials

Law Center must stand its ground

In the face of recent opposition from religious groups, the Law Center must stand its ground and continue to fund students’ academic pursuits, even when they contradict Catholic doctrine.

By the October 4, 2007