Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.



Voices

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.

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.

Voices

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.

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.

Voices

NSO: Non-Sequitur Orientation

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

Editorials

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.

Voices

Terms of endearment

The challenges of a new identity

Voices

Recognizing Israels Arabs

Resisting exclusion in the Middle East and on campus

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.

Voices

I know what you did last summer

I like to consider my job professional people-watching.

Editorials

Do the right thing

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

Voices

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

Carrying On – A rotating column by senior Voice staffers

Editorials

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

Editorials

Direct Quote

“Decent Republicans Edition”

Editorials

How to pay for T and A

Is a teaching assistant a worker or a student, and do they have the right to unionize?

Voices

Unemployment ain’t so bad: take no guff from these swine

As a graduating senior, I can think of nothing worse than discussing my life with elder acquaintances who inevitably bestow the following words of wisdom upon me: “I hope you’ve had fun because the college years will be the best ones of your life.”

Editorials

The Funny Third: Pro-Environment, Anti-Foolish

Georgetown University has always had a deep and abiding concern for the environment … sort of.

Voices

What we will do in the name of self-image

t the shallowest level, body image obsession can be attributed to boredom and self-centeredness. The worrying is not really about how you look physically, it’s about how you feel about yourself.