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 Voice Staff September 1, 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 Voice Staff 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 Voice Staff August 25, 2005

Voices

Dance in decline

Younger generation misses out on a treasured pasttime

By the Voice Staff 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 Voice Staff 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 Voice Staff 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 Voice Staff August 25, 2005

Voices

NSO: Non-Sequitur Orientation

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the Voice Staff August 25, 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 Voice Staff 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 Voice Staff April 28, 2005

Voices

Terms of endearment

The challenges of a new identity

By the Voice Staff 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 Voice Staff April 28, 2005

Voices

Recognizing Israels Arabs

Resisting exclusion in the Middle East and on campus

By the Voice Staff 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 Voice Staff April 28, 2005

Voices

I know what you did last summer

I like to consider my job professional people-watching.

By the Voice Staff April 28, 2005

Editorials

Direct Quote

“Decent Republicans Edition”

By the Voice Staff 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 Voice Staff April 28, 2005

Voices

Run for Rigby

By the Voice Staff April 28, 2005

Editorials

Shutting down the truth

When you were issued a bad report card in elementary school, you had to bring it back to the teacher with your parents’ signature. That way, you couldn’t hide it from them. But if you’re the President of the United States, hiding your evaluations is apparently just fine.

By the Voice Staff April 21, 2005