Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.

Editorials

Junked Adjunct

Outraged students are now organizing and circulating petitions, but these groups should be reevaluating the target of their attention: the adjunct professor system.

By the April 14, 2005

Editorials

Georgetown of Arabia

With the proposed expansion of Georgetown to a campus in Doha, Qatar’s Education City, the University seems to be making a sound choice.

By the April 7, 2005

Voices

My fellow graduates … up yours

Looking at all of you, I can’t help but reflect upon what got me to where I am today: Spite. Pure, simple, unadulterated spite.

By the April 7, 2005

Editorials

This Arabic Department isn’t funded by Qatar

Though it looks like Georgetown will soon be setting up shop in the Middle East, the University is not making new progress on the home campus in the Arabic Department.

By the April 7, 2005

Voices

When all else fails, declare English

While most people on my floor are majoring in Government, International Business, or Something-Important-With-A-Big-Word-In-It, I am an English major.

By the April 7, 2005

Editorials

Where will all the hot librarians go?

The lights are going off earlier and earlier in America’s public libraries these days.

By the April 7, 2005

Voices

There’s no crying in baseball …

What I learned over time is that Little League is not supposed to be for self-growth, but for self-actualization. One realizes his lot in life pretty quickly on a Little League team

By the April 7, 2005

Editorials

Direct Quote

“Justifiable Homicide Edition”

By the April 7, 2005

Voices

Losing my religion, and finding it again

From age 13 through my first year of high school, I always went to church alone.

By the April 7, 2005

Editorials

By the Numbers

1,000,000 Number of mourners viewing the Pope’s body in Rome. 3 Number of U.S. Presidents viewing the Pope’s body in Rome. 1 Number of Popes known by Georgetown undergraduates during... Read more

By the April 7, 2005

Voices

Correction

The Georgetown Voice takes all mistakes seriously. We correct all errors of substance in our stories and publish appropriate clarifications as soon as possible. The article entitled “Welcome to the Lunch Bunch” (Voices, March 17, 2005) should have been identified as fiction.

By the April 7, 2005

Editorials

Our Georgetown is better

After years of work, nights of planning and, for a few dedicated students, over a week of starvation, the University has an acceptable living wage policy.

By the March 31, 2005

Editorials

A man, a plan, a working housing lottery

The Byzantine housing lottery now has a chance to get unkinked.

By the March 31, 2005

Voices

Interviewing success: one student’s step-by-step guideInterviewing success: one student’s step-by-step guide

Mr. Doe, sitting here in front of me, thinks that starting off an interview with such a poignant question really puts him in touch with the interviewee and puts us both at ease. Is he serious?

By the March 31, 2005

Editorials

The press box sounds nice, but …

As the grass gets torn up and the stands are taken down on Harbin field, students may be fooled into believing that the construction there is a further sign of progress on campus.

By the March 31, 2005

Voices

Feeling a bit cynical these days?

The nation is in chaos. What the Terri Schiavo case says about our priorities.

By the March 31, 2005

Editorials

By the Numbers

$100 Million Amount of money stolen from consumers by the National Consumer Council, Debt Management Foundation Services Inc. and Better Budget Financial Services Inc. $25 Million Money they will be... Read more

By the March 31, 2005

Voices

Singin’ in the rain

When Houston floods, he goes out to play

By the March 31, 2005

Editorials

Direct Quote

Seal Clubbing Edition

By the March 31, 2005

Voices

Hungry for idealism on Georgetown’s campus

If you did not support the campaign for a living wage, you should feel guilty. If you never discussed or even thought about the living wage, you should be ashamed of yourself.

By the March 31, 2005