Editorials

Opinions from the Voice’s official editorial board.

Editorials

Don’t give up the fight (with the ANC)

The Advisory Neighborhood Commission meets just two blocks away from campus at the nearby Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, but many Georgetown students are unaware of the Commission’s influence on campus... Read more

By the January 29, 2009

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University must diversify its portfolio

From its description, you might think the over 300 page SCUnity report released Tuesday, covered in the Voice’s feature this week, was the fruit of exhaustive labor by dedicated Georgetown... Read more

By the January 29, 2009

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University must side with students

Two sides are bitterly divided over an historic claim to a homeland. Both allege the other is infringing upon their basic rights, and while there has been scattered dialogue between... Read more

By the January 22, 2009

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Let’s talk about sex(ual orientation)

Earlier this month, leaders of campus religious groups found a peculiar invitation waiting in their inboxes. In the email, University President John DeGioia encouraged chaplains from each Campus Ministry to... Read more

By the January 22, 2009

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Hoping for a healthy dose of reality

President Barack Obama injected a healthy dose of realism into American political discourse with his Inaugural address on Tuesday. After eight years marked by hubris, deception, and a lack of... Read more

By the January 22, 2009

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MPD disorients with CrimeMap

Tasked with protecting the nation’s capitol, one would think that the Metropolitan Police Department would do anything it could to make its job a little easier. But in the first... Read more

By the January 15, 2009

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Help keep gunstores off our streets

The gun show is coming to D.C. A few weeks ago, the D.C. Zoning Commission ruled that gun stores will be allowed along major commercial corridors throughout the city, a... Read more

By the January 15, 2009

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Achieving peace at Georgetown

As the violence in Gaza stretches into its fourth week, signs of the conflict are seeping into campus life. On Monday, Students for Justice in Palestine gathered in a pro-Palestinian... Read more

By the January 15, 2009

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Bus us from the hilltop to the hill

Georgetown should offer shuttle buses to and from the inauguration to ensure that its students are able to attend the ceremonies, regardless of the state Metro is in.

By the December 4, 2008

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Make our (meager) 3 study days count

Georgetown administrators should recognize the pressures on students’ time during study days and prohibit professors from assigning papers to be due during study days.

By the December 4, 2008

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DPS needs to deliver on RAD pledge

If DPS really wants to reduce sexual assault at Georgetown, it should start offering the RAD program within the first month of next semester.

By the December 4, 2008

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Before SAC, clubs tread lightly

In the midst of controversial discussions between the Georgetown University Student Association and the Student Activities Commission over the SAC chair selection process student clubs, which receive their funding from... Read more

By December 4, 2008

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SmarTrip opens doors to the District

Georgetown students can blog, text, Google, Twitter, Facebook, and video chat with the best of them, but they seem to be largely in the dark when it comes to one... Read more

By the November 20, 2008

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For add/drop period, eight days is weak

Students registered for Professor Kathleen McNamara’s Inventing Europe seminar next semester will be faced with a dilemma about a week into spring semester: should I stay or should I go?... Read more

By the November 20, 2008

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Ensure Lauinger’s manifest destiny

Think Lauinger Library’s ugly exterior is bad? You’ve probably never been inside the library during finals, when its limited space is on full display. Students pack like sardines into every... Read more

By the November 20, 2008

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Georgetown needs more turkey time

By planes, trains, and automobiles, Hoyas from all across the country will be wending their way home for Thanksgiving in just a few short days. Too bad the University’s schedule... Read more

By the November 13, 2008

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The Corp should charge for plastic bags

New York, home of the $15 cup of coffee, the $5 chocolate chip cookie, and the $3 million studio apartment, is about to add a price tag to a convenience... Read more

By the November 13, 2008

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In pre-registration, knowledge is power

As anyone who’s preregistered for a class taught by a celebrity professor like Madeleine Albright or Donna Brazile knows, when it comes to picking your courses, you can’t always get... Read more

By the November 13, 2008

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ANC student rep needs to rep students

New student Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, Aaron Golds (COL `11) must make sure that, unlike past student commissioners, he always remembers to represent students and not the wishes of other ANC commissioners.

By the November 6, 2008

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Ensure the rights of Qatari workers

Georgetown has commendably taken steps to ensure humane working conditions for workers at SFS-Q. The other American universities in Qatar, including Carnegie Mellon University, Texas A&M University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Cornell University, need to follow Georgetown’s example and stand up for workers’ rights.

By the November 6, 2008