Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.

Voices

Deliver me from Durham

I expected a weekend of mechanical bull riding and Civil War reenactments, but I wasn’t prepared for the cab ride from hell.

By the December 1, 2005

Editorials

Stop stalling on safety

The University tends to solve safety problems quickly. A working call box system? Well, that’s more of a challenge.

By the November 17, 2005

Editorials

Take your children to the movies!

The socially conscious film is making a profitable comeback, with recent movies such as Jarhead, Good Night and Good Luck and Hotel Rwanda focusing on issues of political and social import.

By the November 17, 2005

Editorials

The Sarcastic Third: Men, machines and Marion Barry

When it comes to insane, idiotic publicity stunts, ex-mayor and current city council member Marion Barry totally outdid himself last week.

By the November 17, 2005

Voices

Bringing home the bacon

“A smoke-filled casing flies over my shoulder as I pull back the bolt and jam another round into the chamber.” The perils of big game hunting.

By the November 17, 2005

Voices

Baby Got Book

Don’t try to dilute it by slipping some technological wizardry quietly past me—just give me the pure printed word straight up, please.

By the November 17, 2005

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Deconstructing the Facebook

Is it a sign of social degeneration?

By the November 17, 2005

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Braving the elements

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the November 17, 2005

Editorials

Clean up WASA’s act

A whistle blower who was fired in 2003 by the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority for exposing the dangerous levels of lead in the city’s water was ordered reinstated last week.

By the November 10, 2005

Editorials

A new type of sex offense

Unprotected sex was the crime that will put Sundiata Basir in jail for 21 years. This may sound excessive, but Basir, a former D.C. government employee, is HIV positive.

By the November 10, 2005

Editorials

Give ’em hell, Harry!

Last week we saw new leadership and a new party when Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) took the Senate into secret session to demand answers on Iraq intelligence.

By the November 10, 2005

Voices

Stopping the Prozac

Getting used to an emotional existence

By the November 10, 2005

Voices

Darwin in the District

If you have been to chicken finger Thursday at Leo’s, you’ve seen Darwinism in action.

By the November 10, 2005

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Youthful misgivings

Thanks to the laziness of not wanting to change doctors, here I am about to enter a room where the average age of the patients is smaller than my shoe size.

By the November 10, 2005

Voices

Not fading away

Carrying On- a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the November 10, 2005

Editorials

Promote science on campus

It is difficult to dispute Georgetown’s relative inadequacy in terms of science facilities.

By the November 3, 2005

Editorials

A real American hero

In honoring Rosa Parks in The Capitol Rotunda, we as a nation have taken one more step towards an ideal we must never tire of pursuing.

By the November 3, 2005

Editorials

The Funny Third: Scraping up the leftovers

With I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s indictment fresh off the presses, we think it is a good idea to beat out the competition and invite Scooter to join us here in academia.

By the November 3, 2005

Voices

If GUSA streaked, would it be hot?

Replacing student government with something more meaningful

By the November 3, 2005

Voices

A Grateful Gourmand

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the November 3, 2005