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

Resisting the urge to surge

To surge or not to surge, that is the question. Look at the facts: Iraq is a land area larger than California. Baghdad alone has a population of over six... Read more

By the January 18, 2007

Editorials

Unparallel parking system

Jobs work on the basic principle that you trade your time for monetary compensation. But if you happen to work at the Leo J. O’Donovan Dining Hall or the Campus... Read more

By the January 18, 2007

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Making student loans easy

As part of its one hundred-hour legislative agenda, the newly elected Democratic majority aims to make college education more affordable.

By the January 11, 2007

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There’s no place like the dorms

Just two days ago, students returning to University housing for the spring semester were caught in the rush of last-minute details that inevitably occurs at this time every year, when there is less than a day to move in before the start of classes.

By the January 11, 2007

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The principal of Fentytown

The confetti has barely finished falling and the last of the 15,000 guests are still trickling out of Adrian Fenty’s lavish inaugural ball, but the mayor is already delivering on the cornerstone promise of his campaign: change.

By the January 11, 2007

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Giving professors a deadline

Course selection period can be a rough time for students as they attempt to strike a delicate balance between hard and easy classes. They try to put together the ideal schedule by avoiding 8:50 time slots and bypassing Fridays while still fulfilling requirements. But the situation is exacerbated by the fact that many of the courses listed online don’t include up-to-date syllabi or even a course description at all.

By the December 7, 2006

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And now, our feature presentation

Far too frequently, it is not the professor so much as the students who are acually teaching the material. You are forced to listen to the student who happens to be doing a “class presentation” that day.

By the December 7, 2006

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War, hugh, what is it good for?

Last week, campus religious groups united to memorialize the massive loss of life that has flowed from the U.S. invasion of Iraq. They covered Copley lawn with red flags, each symbolizing 100 Iraq War casualties. The flags were so numerous that the lawn became practically unusable, and the statement was impossible to overlook. Such demonstrations are encouraging, but they do not occur frequently enough.

By the December 7, 2006

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And we’ll have fun fun fun

The University ought to reconsider the funds they allocate to student entertainment in order to strengthen GPB.

By the November 30, 2006

Editorials

The sound of silence

We all need to exercise a little common courtesy in the library to allow our fellow studiers to do just that: be quiet and study.

By the November 30, 2006