Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.



Voices

Learning the moral of Morales

Why you should care about the Bolivian election

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.

Voices

I like my music a little on the trashy side

In defense of country music

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.

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.

Voices

Señoras y señores pasajeros

The culture clash of commuting

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.

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.

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.

Voices

Inspiration for graduation

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Voices

Deconstructing the Facebook

Is it a sign of social degeneration?

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.

Voices

Braving the elements

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

Voices

Stopping the Prozac

Getting used to an emotional existence

Voices

Darwin in the District

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