Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.



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.

Editorials

Don’t stop donating

Americans as a whole have donated generously to relief efforts, but this is not enough. As individuals, we must make sacrifices in order to give more.

Voices

Birthday surprise

Carrying On – a rotating column by senior voice staffers

Editorials

Hand-in-hand with the ANC

The Advisory Neighborhood Commission came through for Georgetown in a big way last week when it approved plans to build a multisport complex and new business school building in the middle of campus.

Editorials

Georgetown and bioethics

Last week, Dr. Edmund Pellegrino, a Georgetown professor emeritus of medicine and medical ethics, began his tenure as chair of the President’s Council on Bioethics.

Editorials

District Glassmasters

The Funny Third

Voices

Palestine speaks: do we hear?

Pictures tell a story seldom heard

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Chauvinism: the new feminism

Defending old time charm in the modern age

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Saving at Georgetown

This semester, I began working at one of the student-run coffee shops on campus and was appalled to see that my shop doesn’t recycle. At all.

Editorials

Ladner’s Golden Parachute

Earlier this week, students and faculty at American University called for the swift resignation of University President Benjamin Ladner.

Editorials

In the spirit of transparency

Georgetown appears to be following the most basic tenets of the new living wage policy, but that is not enough.

Editorials

Swiping for New Orleans

It is nice when a big corporation does something good. It is better when you can help out, without having to sacrifice much yourself.

Voices

A minority in the majority

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

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Saturday morning, 7a.m.

Remembering the friends from the past

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Wake me up when it’s over

We came to Boston for the College Jeopardy tryouts.

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Bring your cards to the table

What does this mean? I don’t know, I’ll read it anyway … three minutes remaining … oh-ok. So, in conclusion: I’ll read this file, and this card and th-and time’s up.

Editorials

By the Numbers

300,000 Number of people at Sept. 24 war protest, according to protest organizers. more than 100,000 Number of people at the protest, according to D.C. police 147,000 Number of U.S.... Read more

Voices

Don’t wait ’til next year

Being a baseball fan through good times and bad

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Blame the left

Today I find that the consequences for my dominant left hand may be more severe than bumping elbows at the dinner table. In fact, it may kill me.

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Good day sunshine

Carrying On – a rotating column by senior voice staffers