Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.

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.

By the February 16, 2006

Editorials

LGBTQ needs resources for a center

Georgetown University is currently one of only two Catholic universities with LGBTQ resource offices, and recently provided a new “center” for LGBTQ operations.

By the February 9, 2006

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.

By the February 9, 2006

Editorials

No time to wait on the lobby anymore

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

By the February 9, 2006

Voices

It’s not all about the Benjamins

Why the MSB has a place at Georgetown

By the February 9, 2006

Voices

The third roommate

As I sit here writing, there’s someone singing Broadway musicals into my ear.

By the February 9, 2006

Voices

Good genes, bad luck

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the February 9, 2006

Voices

[Letters to the Editor]

Political bias on this campus has little to do with grades; rather, it has to do with a general environment that is receptive to liberal thought and shuns anything else as ‘religious,’ ‘fascist,’ ‘sexist’ or the like.

By the February 9, 2006

Editorials

Prisons aren’t the only place to get booked

The District of Columbia government is currently considering a 10-year, $500 million plan to overhaul the city’s public library system.

By the February 2, 2006

Voices

Is the theater really dead?

Assessing the impact of the Program in Performing Arts

By the February 2, 2006

Voices

The postal servicing

Over the years, the family has seen Tom go through an array of women, each of whom has some hidden flaw. Recently, however, Tom announced that he had found a solution to this severe problem – a mail-order bride.

By the February 2, 2006

Voices

Learning from lingerie

The most privileged buttocks and breasts from the Upper East Side to Battery Park shopped at La Petite Coquette. There, in that most expensive and luxurious lingerie boutique, I found my first employment in the City.

By the February 2, 2006

Voices

Matchbreaker, matchbreaker

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the February 2, 2006

Editorials

Academic freedom for all, not some

At last Saturday’s Take Back Georgetown Day event, conservative students presented an Academic Freedom Resolution – proposed and passed in modified form this week by GUSA – nominally designed to protect the classroom rights of students from politically biased professors.

By the February 2, 2006

Editorials

The deteriorating state of our union

President George W. Bush continued his assault on progress last night in a strong and forceful tone as he delivered his fifth State of the Union address.

By the February 2, 2006

Editorials

Election totals aren’t a private affair

After suffering considerable criticism, the Election Commission should be applauded for withdrawing its suggestion that it might withhold all numerical results in the upcoming GUSA executive election. However, it should continue to release full numerical results—not just percentages.

By the January 26, 2006

Editorials

Ignoring Iran could be a deadly decision

President George W. Bush has always claimed he can recognize and defeat threats more effectively than his political rivals. Unfortunately, he has yet to succeed on the latter and tends to bungle the former.

By the January 26, 2006

Voices

Taking the college out of Georgetown

A surreal prelude to study abroad

By the January 26, 2006

Editorials

Duke _doesn’t_ suck… and we still won

Many people-on this very campus-seem to be of the opinion that “DUKE SUCKS.” Well, Hoyas, Duke doesn’t suck. Duke is actually very good. And we still beat them.

By the January 26, 2006

Voices

Escape: it’s not campy

As a current ESCAPE leader, I’ll admit we are aggressive, but I’m continuously reminded that there’s good reason for it.

By the January 26, 2006