Opinion

D.C.’s done little to stop AIDS’ spread

The HIV/AIDS rate in Washington, D.C., has reached epidemic proportions. More than 3 percent of the District’s residents have HIV or AIDS, the highest rate in the nation and one... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 19, 2009

Angert has a chance to start fresh

When Calen Angert (MSB `11) and Jason Kluger (MSB `11) are sworn in as Student Association President and Vice President, they’ll have a lot on their plate. They’ve promised to... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 19, 2009

Give D.C. schools single-sex classes

In recent years, the small but fast growing movement to implement single-sex public education in the United States has been picking up steam. Some elementary and middle schools in Virginia... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 19, 2009

A day in the life of a MidEast border-crossing junkie

In these days of borderless Schengen areas and expressways funneling cars across the U.S.-Canadian border at blazing speeds, the prospect of crossing an international border on foot seems more than a little quaint. Last April, I did so twice in one day.

By Simone Popperl March 19, 2009

The “Cuddler” as a joking matter

Though I can’t remember the first time I heard about the assailant who later came to be known as the “Cuddler,” I remember exactly when I heard my first Cuddler joke.

By Anna Bank March 19, 2009

The U.S. v. nonviolent DNC & RNC protesters

Dear Denver and St. Paul, I can still smell the last whiffs of the tear gas that you sprayed at us, I still see the remnants of it rising mockingly in misty spirals to a backdrop of riot gear, though all that is left of our peaceful protests are the legal battles that began to erupt between you and us protesters in the aftermath of the Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention.

By Julia Shindel March 19, 2009

Liberals for a strong, but intelligent, Republican party

The Republican party is in shambles, and I’m not happy about it—even though I’m an Obama supporter.

By Chelsea Paige March 19, 2009

A-Rod’s juiced up stats destroy childhood memories

A-Rod’s steroid use has tainted my childhood memories. The scandal has even, on a certain level, created more of a disconnect with those memories. From now on, I will associate those numbers with a player who dishonestly juiced himself up, rather than with a simpler time, when a Yankees game, my dad, and a box of Twizzlers made everything right in the world.

By Matt McKillip March 5, 2009

A break up of operatic proportions

So perhaps a happy relationship was never in the cards for Wagner and me; perhaps there was just too much baggage. We both did what we could. He got me cheap tickets, and I struggled to accept his mythological quirks and overpowering brass section. But in the end, we’re just two very different people. But maybe we can still hang out sometime.

By John Lawless March 5, 2009

Sex Positive Week: Events were counterproductive and one-sided

This year, Sex Positive Week only served to promote dangerous stereotypes through events and discussions which are fundamentally inconsistent with Georgetown’s identity as a Jesuit university. Simply put, we deserve better.

By David Gregory March 5, 2009

Sex Positive Week: sex positivity can be part of a Jesuit education

Sex positivity is a simple yet radical idea that an individual’s right to make sexual choices must be respected. Sex positivity discourages sexual shame and coercive sexual acts, espousing instead safe, healthy, and responsible choices for one’s body and mind.

By John Graumann and Olivia Chitayat and Shruti Dusaj March 5, 2009

GUSA no longer moderately enDowd

Since taking office as GUSA president last March, Pat Dowd (SFS ‘09) has handily accomplished what he promised to do in his campaign, creating a Summer Fellows Program, revising Georgetown’s... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 5, 2009

D.C. schools trying to spare the rod

In the District, misbehaving public school students often learn more about the plagues of punishment than the power of the pen. The D.C. Public Schools’ current student discipline policy allows... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 5, 2009

District given vote at barrel of a gun

Last Thursday, D.C. got one step closer to gaining representation in Congress, as the Senate approved the D.C. House Voting Rights Act. If approved by the House of Representatives, the... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 5, 2009

Senate rescues the GUSA election

Like a certain pair of star-crossed lovers, the Election Commission acted with disastrous rashness when its three members chose late Monday night to disqualify two GUSA Presidential tickets. In disqualifying... Read more

By the Editorial Board February 26, 2009

More money, more problems at UDC

Over the past several weeks, students at the University of the District of Columbia have risen up in protest against a proposed 86 percent tuition increase. University President Allen Sessoms... Read more

By the Editorial Board February 26, 2009

Bagging a win for the environment

For District residents, it just may be time to break out the sustainable shopping bags. Last Tuesday, Ward 6 council member Tommy Wells introduced a bill to the D.C. Council... Read more

By the Editorial Board February 26, 2009

All I need is my bicycle

Last summer, I soaked up Amsterdam for a few days during my oh-so-cliché summer-before-starting-college Euro Trip. I already know what you’re thinking, but believe me: what tickled my fancy most was not the vendors of sexual fantasy nor the urbane denizens of those “coffee shops”, but rather something much more wholesome: the bicycles.

By George D'Angelo February 26, 2009