Voice Staff

The staff of The Georgetown Voice.


Editorials

Always low prices, never responsibility

Last Thursday, the Maryland legislature overrode Governor Robert Ehlrich’s veto and passed a bill requiring Wal-Mart stores to offer affordable insurance to its estimated 17,000 employees, setting a precedent for other states.

Voices

Saudiana: _Syriana_ as non-fiction

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

News

Burleith bristles at SafeRides

Local residents express concern over additional shuttles

News

Lights on

New street lamps near campus received unanimous approval Tuesday from the Advisory Neighborhood Commission in response to a request from the Georgetown University Student Safety Advisory Board.

Voices

Inspiration for graduation

Tackling America’s teaching problem Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

News

Dorm diversity

Several student groups are actively developing a proposal for a diversity floor in the Southwest Quadrangle next fall.

Voices

Deliver me from Durham

I expected a weekend of mechanical bull riding and Civil War reenactments, but I wasn’t prepared for the cab ride from hell.

News

Corruption 101

City on a Hill – bi-weekly column on D.C. news & politics

Sports

Hoyas collapse under Commodores’ surge

It was a tale of two halves this past Saturday in front of 7,526 at the MCI Center.

Features

_Reaching La Presa_

Short Story Contest 2005 Winner

Gavin scrutinized his reflection in the cracked mirror as he combed, then recombed, his hair. He couldn’t decide whether to use gel. It improved his look, but if it melted, it would seem like he was sweating ooze. He decided to risk it and squeezed a copious amount onto his palm. After five minutes, he congratulated himself on the natural-looking wave that had been his goal. He pulled on his blue, flowered board shorts and carefully slipped on a white shirt. He didn’t want to mess up his hair after all that trouble. Before leaving the room, Gavin gave himself four quick spritzes of Polo Sport. He figured it was at least twice as difficult to smell perpetually fresh in Mexico.