Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.



Voices

The road more travelled

I wanted to be nine again. I wanted to be at Beth’s house in New Jersey, before she moved to Florida, talking about how her older sister burnt her hair with a curling iron.

Editorials

Minutemen launch an attack on reason

A controversial group opposed to illegal immigration, originally founded in Northern Virginia, crossed over the border this past week to protest government-funded day-laborer centers in Montgomery County, Md.

Voices

Suitcase schlep

Don’t believe a word of it. Studying abroad is not about cultural experience, learning a new language or seeing the world. Studying abroad is about two suitcases.

Voices

Olympian levels of bad behavior

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

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Losing the race

Is there diversity in American sports?

Editorials

GUSA v. elections: we always lose

Now that a supposed bylaw violation has led to yet another contested GUSA election, it is time to take a critical look at the way these elections are being run.

Voices

An insider’s guide to GUSA

One year ago I took the oath of office as the 22nd GUSA president. One year later, I am in a good position to reflect on the past year with a sense of detachment and provide some analysis, criticism and conclusions.

Editorials

No news is good news for PSM

Both the University and the participants in the Palestine Solidarity Movement Conference should be commended for maintaining a high level of civility and respect at this weekend’s events.

Voices

Wising up to the monopoly

Wisemiller’s Deli monopolizes the food market in its neck of the woods.

Editorials

Hoyas trashed on Tuesdays and Fridays

Imagine having your backyard filled with a week’s worth of garbage because you lack the appropriate trash can to handle the garbage until pick-up day. What if the only alternative were a fine?

Voices

Pieces of my New Orleans

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

Voices

I got the power

Here’s my dirty little secret – I am a political blogger.

Voices

Art for my sake

I have artistic pretensions. These highbrow-sounding things are actually not all that hard to acquire.

Editorials

Twist and shout: Vote Murchison/Ishtiaq

Among this year’s candidates, we found no one who inspired us or provided a bold new vision for GUSA. Thus, we were forced to choose the candidates most likely to make their term one of institution-building and workman-like achievement.

Voices

V is for vaginas

This is the sixth year that The Vagina Monologues have been performed on campus and they should continue until the violence stops, no matter how many polemics against it are circulated through the dorms by The Georgetown Academy.

Editorials

Editor draws up the right cartoon response

In the last week a protagonist worthy of mention has appeared in a few newspapers, someone who everyone at Georgetown ought to know about. As an object lesson in courage and freedom of expression, we give you Jihad Momani, a man who needs our support – and isn’t getting it.

Voices

Islam and the West: a dogmatic divide

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

Editorials

Not just living (wage) for the moment

Last week, members of Georgetown Living Wage Coalition unsuccessfully attempted to force their way into a closed meeting of the University’s Advisory Committee on Business Practices.

Editorials

No time to wait on the lobby anymore

Early last week it seemed like Congress wanted bipartisan lobby reform.

Voices

It’s not all about the Benjamins

Why the MSB has a place at Georgetown