Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.

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

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

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

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

Editorials

Direct Quote

Seal Clubbing Edition

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

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

Voices

Singin’ in the rain

When Houston floods, he goes out to play

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

Editorials

By the Numbers

23/64 Fraction of teams in the Men’s NCAA Basketball tournament that cannot graduate 50 percent of their players. 6/64 Fraction of teams in the Women’s NCAA Basketball tournament that cannot... Read more

By the March 17, 2005

Editorials

Direct Quote

“Social Insecurity Edition”

By the March 17, 2005

Voices

Dear Diary, spring break was awesome

VOICE FICTION

By the March 17, 2005

Voices

Burning down the house

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the March 17, 2005

Voices

Behind the scenes at Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive

The cluttered floor is lined with flavored lubricants in candy-like storage boxes, colored condoms and black t-shirts with pink writing stating, “Be Nice to Sex Workers.”

By the March 17, 2005

Editorials

Hungry for compromise

Now, both the Living Wage Coalition and the University administration are slowing down the process towards a viable living wage proposal. It’s time to remember that both groups have reasonable goals and both deserve a reasonable compromise.

By the March 17, 2005

Editorials

Standard Affluence Test

This intense preparation, coupled with the general discrepancy in education in the United States, has left a yawning gap between the scores of poorer students, especially blacks and Hispanics, and those of the wealthy. Despite the new revision of the test, not enough is being done to address the inequality in education in our country.

By the March 17, 2005

Voices

Doin’ it for your country

This piece’s original intention was to valiantly defend gay marriage. Then I realized that’s what its opponents are expecting.

By the March 3, 2005

Voices

What would you do if you were Pope?

“What would I do if I were pope?” It’s a question we’ve all wrestled with at one point or another.

By the March 3, 2005