Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.

Editorials

Bring democracy to Gaston

It’s a frustrating and all-too-common experience at Georgetown. You check your e-mail to find that a world-famous dignitary will be speaking in Gaston Hall, and you have the opportunity to... Read more

By the September 21, 2006

Voices

The death of the journalistic dream

A few summers ago, I was asked to write obituaries for living people. Once written, they would sit in a file somewhere, waiting patiently for their subjects’ numbers to come up.

By September 21, 2006

Editorials

Campus ain’t no place for street fightin’ men

In the wake of the increasing trend of violence occurring in and around campus, there must be a reevaluation of security administration and Department of Public Safety officer protocol. After... Read more

By the September 21, 2006

Voices

Life and love with Speedy the crab

I was alone in this world; the little six-legged bundle of love I called Speedy the hermit crab had left for that sandy beach in the sky.

By September 21, 2006

Editorials

The Funny Third: Hooray for alcohol

Arriving at Georgetown as a freshman is incredibly hectic. That’s why you should drink as much as possible. After all, what doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger. And if... Read more

By the September 21, 2006

Voices

Always remember the hummingbird

I’d never been to New York City before I made the half-day drive with dozens of Georgetown students to attend the Save Darfur rally on September 17th.

By September 21, 2006

Voices

Digital digestion: all the news that’s fit to forward

Carrying On: A rotating column by Voice senior staffers.

By September 21, 2006

Voices

A vacation from your problems

I’ve always had a thing for men in uniform. So when my mother announced that we were being evacuated from Lebanon on a Navy warship, I was filled with silent, guilty delight.

By the September 14, 2006

Editorials

You can’t spell rancor without ANC

It seems that Georgetown residents would rather see their young neighbors dead than with red cups in hand. They have rallied for an increase in the number of Quality of... Read more

By the September 14, 2006

Voices

Freckles and stars: a summer fling with Quito

I spent my summer too close to the sun. At nearly 10,000 ft. above sea level, Quito, the capital of Ecuador and my temporary home abroad, lies in a valley at the feet of the cloud-grazing Andes.

By September 14, 2006

Editorials

A flood of opportunities

With the one-year anniversary of Katrina having come and gone, it is easy to find commemorative photo galleries and speeches urging us to remember the disaster. If you go to... Read more

By the September 14, 2006

Voices

What happens down in Mexico …

On July 2nd, the people of Mexico voted for a new president for the first time in six years.

By September 14, 2006

Editorials

Don’t neuter the net

The Internet is not a dump truck—it’s a series of tubes. At least, that’s how Senator Ted Stevens (R-AL) explained it this summer. While Stevens may have the technical expertise... Read more

By the September 14, 2006

Voices

Bedhead: the quest for peace in a restless new world

Carrying On, a rotating column by Voice senior staffers

By September 14, 2006

Editorials

Mayor Williams should be grounded

On Aug. 30th, Mayor Anthony Williams made the disappointing decision to renew a seven-days-a-week 10 p.m. curfew for District residents 16 and under until Sept. 28th. The curfew, which is two hours earlier than under the old law, was passed as part of this summer’s crime emergency bill. While the recent spike in crime is troubling, this unneccessarily stringent curfew is an ineffective solution.

By the September 7, 2006

Voices

Conceal and carry

People look at me strangely sometimes and I’m never quite sure why.

By September 7, 2006

Voices

The mommy metamorphosis

This summer I realized in a sudden and cruel moment of clarity that I am already becoming my mother. This has always seemed an inevitable, yet, reassuringly distant event. But I was wrong; she is closing in on me.

By September 7, 2006

Editorials

Hoyas sell out to The (fresh)Man

Picture thousands of young people, all scrambling for a few golden tickets that will give them admission to the most fabulous spectacle in town, only to be shut out when the tickets are given to the kids who deserve them the least. You’re probably thinking of the wrong round orange objects—we’re talking basketballs, not Oompa-Loompa’s, and the most fabulous spectacle in this town doesn’t reside in Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory, but rather the Verizon Center.

By the September 7, 2006

Voices

The New Urbanist flava

Carrying On: a rotating column by Voice senior staffers

By September 7, 2006

Editorials

Whither did thou wander, Wi-Fi?

It’s the night your English final paper is due and you find yourself pacing the floors of Lauinger library searching for that one mysterious spot where wireless Internet might work. From cubicle to cubicle you hike, stop and check your connection. Nothing. It’s problems like this that make schoolwork unnecessarily difficult for Georgetown students struggling to get by on a campus that is a long way from being wireless, but which must become so to remain competitive.

By the September 7, 2006