Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.

Voices

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 March 5, 2009

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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 March 5, 2009

Voices

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 March 5, 2009

Editorials

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 March 5, 2009

Editorials

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 March 5, 2009

Editorials

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 March 5, 2009

Editorials

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 February 26, 2009

Editorials

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 February 26, 2009

Editorials

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 February 26, 2009

Voices

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 February 26, 2009

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Recessions take money and might even humble souls

I have given up on the idea of working to become wealthy, or to become powerful; I will work simply to do good, and to do well. If I may grow rich in the pursuit, so be it.

By February 26, 2009

Voices

This is not real life

Maybe the whole idea of there being a difference between “real life” and some other form of existence is just a lie we’ve got to rise above. Maybe I just need to grow up.

By February 26, 2009

Voices

Museums of the mind: finding yourself through art

There is no need to come to the Met—or any museum—equipped with an itinerary, a list of works you absolutely must see. You may never find what you are looking for, and you may never leave the hall of white walls and whispering people.

By February 26, 2009

Voices

Discovering Egypt through amoebic dysentery

My efforts to live like a local certainly did reap cultural dividends, just not the kind I expected. A few days later, I started feeling sick and developed a 104-degree fever. Before I could say, “pyramid,” I was on my way to Mustashfa as-Salaam (Hospital Peace), about to acquire far more insights into the Egyptian health care system than I ever wanted to know.

By February 19, 2009

Voices

An uncomfortable waltz with Bashir

The Israeli film Waltz with Bashir is up for Best Foreign Film, and betting either for or against it would leave me feeling uneasy.

By February 19, 2009

Voices

Hope rings hollow in Obama’s first weeks

In his inaugural address, President Obama said, “We have chosen hope over fear; unity of purpose over conflict and discord.” In Obama’s first few weeks in office, I have not seen much in the way of hope, and I certainly have not seen any unity of purpose—on Capitol Hill or in the rest of the country.

By February 19, 2009

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Obama’s integrity will ensure his success

The economy is in the pits, social and political conflicts are brewing around the world, and, judging by the paltry number of Republican votes for the stimulus package, bipartisanship in Washington is apparently dead. So why should Americans still be excited about Barack Obama and his administration of hope and change?

By February 19, 2009

Editorials

Time for GUSA to go out on a Lamb

The Voice editorial board endorses Jeff Lamb (MSB ’10) and Molly Breen (MSB ’11) in this year’s GUSA executive election. Lamb and Breen’s collective leadership experience, focus on campus safety,... Read more

By the February 19, 2009

Editorials

Don’t let languages be foreign again

Anyone who has ever tried to cram a vocabulary list or conjugation table into their head before an exam knows that learning a language is difficult. Sometimes, retaining information you... Read more

By the February 19, 2009

Editorials

Stop senators’ dereliction of duty

Whether on the Hill or on the Hilltop, representative governments have one simple responsibility: to act in the best interests of their constituencies. However, the Georgetown University Student Association has... Read more

By the February 19, 2009