Editorials

Opinions from the Voice’s official editorial board.

Editorials

Ph.D. Hours Increase is Unfair, Process Must Change

When hours increase, it would seem logical that a rise in pay would follow. For Georgetown’s Ph.D. candidates, however, the events of recent months have strayed from that simple logic.... Read more

By the April 21, 2016

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A Minor, But Welcome Change

Last Tuesday, it was announced that SFS students beginning with the class of 2017 are to have access to the language minors offered by the College. This is overwhelmingly positive... Read more

By the April 8, 2016

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Balancing Speech and Preach

One could hardly be faulted for mistaking the University and the Church as age-old antagonists. The two ancient institutions share an inextricable history, a relationship at times both amiable and strained in fair measure.... Read more

By the April 8, 2016

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Mixed Signals: GUSA’s Inconsistent Commitment to Student Engagement

Every so often, GUSA calls on the student body to speak as a whole. These referendums are often held up as the most forceful of the tools that GUSA can... Read more

By the March 4, 2016

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Just Do It: Holding the Swoosh Accountable

Nike has long enjoyed a special type of relationship with Georgetown’s athletics programs. As noted in this week’s feature, titled “In Foul Trouble: Unlacing Georgetown’s Relationship with Nike,” this partnership... Read more

By the February 24, 2016

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Free Speech Tabled: A Need for New Rules at the Georgetown University Law Center

The law is blind, but it need not be mute. At the Georgetown University Law Center, however, students have found their expression of political speech blocked by the administration. This... Read more

By the February 23, 2016

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Vote Khan/Fisk for GUSA Executive

GUSA Executive elections are annual exercises in voter apathy, lofty rhetoric, and ambitious promises that rival all but the most brazen of presidential candidates. But in a national election year... Read more

By the February 18, 2016

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An Apathetic Effort: Young People Fail to Make it to the Polls

Young people, it seems, just don’t like to vote. In the 2012 presidential election, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, 15 percent of voters were young adults aged 18 to... Read more

By the February 7, 2016

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On Injured Reserve: The University Closes Kehoe Field

It appears that Kehoe Field has sprained its final ankle and torn its last ligament. On Tuesday, Feb. 2, Todd Olson, Vice President for Student Affairs and Robin Morey, Vice... Read more

By the February 7, 2016

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A Need for Numbers: The University’s Sexual Assault Survey

On Jan. 14, Georgetown University launched its first-ever Sexual Assault and Misconduct Climate Survey, open to all degree-seeking undergraduate and graduate students at the University. This confidential survey will remain... Read more

By the January 28, 2016

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Rules of Engagement: Expanding Campus Dialogue

On Thursday, December 1st, the Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation hosted a Teach-In on Georgetown’s history with slavery in Gaston Hall. According to the event’s Facebook page, the... Read more

By the December 4, 2015

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Beat ‘Cuse: Overcoming the Hoya Blues

It is a tough time to be a college student. The gloom and gray of early winter, along with the dread of quickly approaching finals, are enough to suck the... Read more

By the December 4, 2015

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Fueling the Debate: Proposed GUSA Referendum on GU Fossil Free

At the start of the month, GU Fossil Free (GUFF) announced plans to include a referendum on divestment on the 2016 Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Presidential Ballot. If all... Read more

By the November 20, 2015

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Overhead Costs: The Neighborhood’s Grievances with the FAA

This year, the D.C. Fair Skies Coalition, an advocacy organization of nine local groups including GUSA, Georgetown University, and the Citizen’s Association of Georgetown, filed a petition for review against... Read more

By the November 20, 2015

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On Missouri, Yale, and the Memory of 272 Slaves: Activism, Justice, and their Discontents

University protests on race relations across the U.S. have provoked a flurry of media attention and political activism in recent weeks. This Editorial Board fully and adamantly supports efforts to... Read more

By the November 20, 2015

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Please Sir, Can I Have Some More?

Two weeks ago, Peter and Susan Cooper donated $50 million to Georgetown’s Athletic Department—while construction for the $62 million John R. Thompson Jr. Intercollegiate Athletics Center is well underway. These... Read more

By the October 22, 2015

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Eye in the Sky: Social media monitoring and campus crime at Boston U

During the shootings at Umpqua Community College, Texas Southern University, and Northern Arizona University, the Georgetown University Police Department (GUPD) was put on high alert for any suspicious activity on... Read more

By the October 22, 2015

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Underserved

If you look around the Georgetown campus, you’ll be captivated by the elegant Healy Hall, the shimmering Rafik B. Hariri business school, and the stately-and-state-of-the-art former Jesuit Residence. Soon, this... Read more

By the October 8, 2015

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A Failing Grade

We’ve long held these truths to be self-evident: America’s higher education system is broken, and U.S. News & World Report’s perennial “Best Colleges” rankings are rubbish. So it came as... Read more

By the October 8, 2015

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Doubling Down on Going Green

In case you missed it, Pope Francis was in town this week. In true American political fashion, both sides of the aisle sought to repurpose his moral authority to suit... Read more

By the September 25, 2015