Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.



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Nothing’s the matter with Kansas

Defending the people of the Midwest from undeserved insults

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Baby got ballroom

Ballroom dancing’s increasing popularity highlights original worth

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Taking it slow

“Did you come?”

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My summer in photos

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior

Editorials

MPD putters along

Instead of preventing car theft, the Metropolitan Police Department has allowed a potentially successful program to stall because of technical problems and a fear of lawsuits.

Editorials

An effective form of protest

Cindy Sheehan has been working to bring the troops back from Iraq since her son was killed in April 2004. But nearly 20 days ago, she took a stand that attracted the attention of the world.

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A new look for the Corp in ’05

Vital Vittles, Movie Mayhem and Uncommon Grounds have made major changes over the summer, both in their facilities and their practices.

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Dance in decline

Younger generation misses out on a treasured pasttime

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The young man and the sea

“So, how exactly do we get back?” I stared at the slowly diminishing strip of beach trees where our friends had shrunk to sand-grain size and tried not to think about Sarah’s question.

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The lonesome crowded west

Chama, N.M. and Silverton, Colo. are train towns. Their entire economies depend on attracting riders to their historic narrow gauge railroads, which climb high through the San Juan Mountains.

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NSO: Non-Sequitur Orientation

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

Editorials

The Music Department hits a low note

Almost 18 months ago a Voice cover story trumpeted the rise of a program in digital music making led by Adjunct Professor Robert Fair.

Editorials

Do the right thing

Sometimes the requirement for modern scholars to ‘publish or perish’ pressures authors into unethical short-cuts, plagiarism or ‘ghostwriting,’ ...

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An accident waiting to happen

One puncture in a 90-ton railroad tanker full of chlorine gas and 100,000 people could die in downtown Washington D.C.

Editorials

By the Numbers

2,131,180 U.S. prison population in the middle of 2004 3.5 percent Average annual increase in the U.S. prison population since 1995 33 percent Fall in the rate of violent crimes... Read more

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“Decent Republicans Edition”

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Terms of endearment

The challenges of a new identity

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Recognizing Israels Arabs

Resisting exclusion in the Middle East and on campus

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I know what you did last summer

I like to consider my job professional people-watching.

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City of lost children – Making the most of a Georgetown education

Carrying On – A rotating column by senior Voice staffers