Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.

Voices

Nothing’s the matter with Kansas

Defending the people of the Midwest from undeserved insults

By the September 1, 2005

Editorials

A truly smart hire

In mid-June, Georgetown University hired Bernard Muir to fill the position of Athletic Director, and though students may have glossed over the news, the hire represents a changing of the guard for Georgetown Athletics.

By the September 1, 2005

Voices

Baby got ballroom

Ballroom dancing’s increasing popularity highlights original worth

By the September 1, 2005

Editorials

A healthier immigration debate

In recent months, the national debate on illegal immigration has reached a level of intensity that has lead some pundits to predict the issue will rival gay marriage or abortion in sheer controversy.

By the September 1, 2005

Voices

Taking it slow

“Did you come?”

By the September 1, 2005

Voices

Dance in decline

Younger generation misses out on a treasured pasttime

By the August 25, 2005

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.

By the August 25, 2005

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.

By the August 25, 2005

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.

By the August 25, 2005

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.

By the August 25, 2005

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.

By the August 25, 2005

Voices

NSO: Non-Sequitur Orientation

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the August 25, 2005

Voices

Terms of endearment

The challenges of a new identity

By the April 28, 2005

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.

By the April 28, 2005

Voices

Recognizing Israels Arabs

Resisting exclusion in the Middle East and on campus

By the April 28, 2005

Editorials

Do the right thing

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

By the April 28, 2005

Voices

I know what you did last summer

I like to consider my job professional people-watching.

By the April 28, 2005

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.

By the April 28, 2005

Voices

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

Carrying On – A rotating column by senior Voice staffers

By the April 28, 2005

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

By the April 28, 2005