Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.

Editorials

Ladner’s Golden Parachute

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

By the October 6, 2005

Voices

Don’t wait ’til next year

Being a baseball fan through good times and bad

By the September 29, 2005

Voices

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.

By the September 29, 2005

Voices

Good day sunshine

Carrying On – a rotating column by senior voice staffers

By the September 29, 2005

Voices

Security issues

I am one of those who gets worried every time your eyes wonder elsewhere during conversation: I am insecure.

By the September 29, 2005

Editorials

A sense of security

The results of a recently released survey show that Georgetown students do not feel safe outside of the Healy gates or along Prospect Street. So far, Georgetown administrators have done an excellent job at addressing this issue, and they deserve recognition.

By the September 29, 2005

Editorials

Keep the customer satisfied

Compared with previous years, the lines at the dining hall certainly seem long.

By the September 29, 2005

Editorials

A loud but nonsensical protest

Anti-war activists had an unprecedented opportunity to speak with a unified voice in favor of a clear and responsible plan for Iraq. Instead, the Sept. 24 anti-war march became a fragmented and unclear call for the immediate and reckless withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

By the September 29, 2005

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

By the September 29, 2005

Voices

My home in the Delta

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the September 22, 2005

Voices

Born for lovin’

Ernesto gave his $15 to the communist couple. I couldn’t believe it, though I should have expected it.

By the September 22, 2005

Voices

Cell, sweet cell

As I come down the small ramp that leads to the Village C patio, my heart starts to drop.

By the September 22, 2005

Editorials

A mess in the Anacostia

One and a half billion gallons of sewage and storm water flow into the Anacostia River every year.

By the September 22, 2005

Editorials

The business school’s future

Big things are expected from the tenure of the new business school Dean, George Daly.

By the September 22, 2005

Editorials

Students short-shrifted again

Never before has the price of attending college been higher. Yet Congress wants to dramatically cut financial aid programs.

By the September 22, 2005

Voices

The next pandemic

Fears of the avian flu lead to U.S. fears of unpreparedness

By the September 22, 2005

Editorials

Blocking up the driveway

More parking could become available in the Georgetown neighborhood. First, the Advisory Neighborhood Commission must make the right decision.

By the September 15, 2005

Editorials

Fencing in freedom

On Sunday’s anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, the Pentagon sponsored the “America Supports You Freedom Walk.” Superficially a stirring patriotic display, the event became a crass attempt at memorializing that fateful day.

By the September 15, 2005

Editorials

Sweeping the Constituiton under the rug

The continuing detention of Jose Padilla without criminal charges is an indefensible affront to civil liberties and an unreasonable bow to the pressures of terror.

By the September 15, 2005

Voices

I am so out of tune with you

Past and present music help a relationship grow

By the September 15, 2005