Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.

Voices

Language of Arabia

The only people who take early classes are crazy or have jobs. An additional category of “those who hate themselves” can be added for early Arabic classes. During the course of my 15 months or so of Arabic instruction, I’ve fallen into all three categories.

By the January 26, 2006

Voices

Catalonia: politics at half-mast

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the January 26, 2006

Editorials

Davis Center fails to play to students

The Royden B. Davis Performing Arts Center opened to great fanfare last semester after $30 million and a delay of several months. Students hoping to finally see their favorite student productions on a larger stage, however, are set for a sore disappointment.

By the January 19, 2006

Voices

Learning the moral of Morales

Why you should care about the Bolivian election

By the January 19, 2006

Editorials

Residents give red light to SafeRides

The Department of Public Safety took strong action last semester to improve the University’s SafeRides program—but local residents have sought to turn this into yet another needless conflict between the University and the neighborhood.

By the January 19, 2006

Voices

I like my music a little on the trashy side

In defense of country music

By the January 19, 2006

Editorials

Always low prices, never responsibility

Last Thursday, the Maryland legislature overrode Governor Robert Ehlrich’s veto and passed a bill requiring Wal-Mart stores to offer affordable insurance to its estimated 17,000 employees, setting a precedent for other states.

By the January 19, 2006

Voices

A summer evening in Brooklyn Heights

It was one of the hottest days I had witnessed in New York since my arrival, during the summer of 2005.

By the January 19, 2006

Voices

Saudiana: _Syriana_ as non-fiction

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the January 19, 2006

Voices

Señoras y señores pasajeros

The culture clash of commuting

By the December 1, 2005

Editorials

Something queer afoot in the Vatican

This week, the Church released a document reinforcing its ban on ordaining homosexual priests, whether practicing or not, and those who condone homosexuality.

By the December 1, 2005

Voices

Brace yourself for the real world

When I told my friend Marissa I had to go to the orthodontist, she laughed and replied, “I thought we grew out of that phase, like, 10 years ago.” For normal 21-year-olds, that may be true. I’m not so normal.

By the December 1, 2005

Editorials

A band-aid on a diversity head wound

When campus groups feel the need to contrive a special floor to create diversity, Georgetown’s homogeneity has clearly gone too far.

By the December 1, 2005

Voices

Inspiration for graduation

Tackling America’s teaching problem Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the December 1, 2005

Editorials

High school athletes need to be schooled

There needs to be a closing of the “diploma mill” loophole and stiff penalties for schools that attempt to recruit such athletes.

By the December 1, 2005

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

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

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

Voices

Deconstructing the Facebook

Is it a sign of social degeneration?

By the November 17, 2005