Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.

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

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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

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

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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

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

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Not fading away

Carrying On- a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the November 10, 2005

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If GUSA streaked, would it be hot?

Replacing student government with something more meaningful

By the November 3, 2005

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A Grateful Gourmand

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the November 3, 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

Voices

What do you drive?

We called it the Bulldozer. A 2000-pound gas-slurping, tar-squashing, gravel-flinging workhouse for 15 straight years. As long as no one stole the battery.

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

Voices

Letters to the Editor

To the Editor: Although disappointed by the inaccuracies in the editorial “Tending to the Flock,” I must in charity believe that they are not intentional. I applaud The Voice’s concern... Read more

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

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We are not Charlotte Simmons

Three true stories about sex at Georgetown

By the October 27, 2005

Voices

Virtual Insanity

Making games of complex issues

By the October 27, 2005

Editorials

Paying away privacy

The federal government wants to easily monitor all of your electronic transmissions and it wants the University to foot the bill.

By the October 27, 2005

Voices

Old man, take a look at your life

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the October 27, 2005

Editorials

Hailing higher prices

Next time you sit down in a Washington taxicab, you might see the bright red lights of a meter.

By the October 27, 2005

Editorials

Tending to the flock

Whatever your creed, or lack thereof, it is not hard to appreciate the basic moral teachings of the Church.

By the October 27, 2005

Editorials

Expand benefits to same-sex partners

Members of the Benefits Advisory Committee and the President’s Executive Committee should endorse the new proposal that would give gay or lesbian partners and other domiciled adults access to University health care plans.

By the October 20, 2005