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

Thanks to you, we are Georgetown

There are 679 members in the facebook.com group “2007: The Year of the Hoyas,” 439 in the group “If you don’t like Georgetown, you must also hate Christmas morning,” and 541 in the group “Where do you go to school? That sucks, I go to GEORGETOWN.”

By the March 29, 2007

Editorials

If you’re rich, you’re HOT

Rich and friendless drivers who enviously watch vehicles in the carpool lane blaze by during their rush hour crawl on I-495 will soon get their turn to hop into the fast lane.

By the March 29, 2007

Editorials

The Funny Third: Jaywalking, an American right

Metro is at it again. No longer content to oppress the masses of D.C. through the enforcement of open container laws, underage curfews, and that pesky handgun ban, this month D.C.’s police will be cracking down on a new segment of our population that includes teachers, firemen, heroes and even you and me—jaywalkers.

By the March 29, 2007

Editorials

Mo’ Money, less problems

On Tuesday in Red Square, Georgetown Solidarity Committee students banged bongos, shook tambourines, stood on milk crates and shouted slogans.

By the March 22, 2007

Editorials

College journalists can fix NCAA polls

As Georgetown goes to the Sweet 16 this weekend, everyone from CEOs to train conductors are sweating over their NCAA Tournament brackets in the hope of winning their pool.

By the March 22, 2007

Editorials

Bong hits for freedom of speech

In 2002, as the Olympic torch made its way through Juneau, Alaska, a local high school was outside cheering on the runner.

By the March 22, 2007

Editorials

Unstrand spring breakers

Returning to the Hilltop from spring break, students get off the Rosslyn Metro stop and gather at the GUTS bus station a block away.

By the March 15, 2007

Editorials

Don’t shoot down District’s gun ban

In 1976, the District of Columbia passed one of the nation’s strictest gun laws, prohibiting handguns and severely restricting rifles and shotguns.

By the March 15, 2007

Editorials

Adios, Mr. Gonzalez

In early December, seven United States Attorneys were dismissed from their jobs.

By the March 15, 2007

Editorials

Step 1: Give students a box

Though we’re well into the “future,” it still feels like campus mail is stuck in the days of the Pony Express.

By the March 1, 2007