Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.

Voices

Unemployment ain’t so bad: take no guff from these swine

As a graduating senior, I can think of nothing worse than discussing my life with elder acquaintances who inevitably bestow the following words of wisdom upon me: “I hope you’ve had fun because the college years will be the best ones of your life.”

By the April 21, 2005

Voices

What we will do in the name of self-image

t the shallowest level, body image obsession can be attributed to boredom and self-centeredness. The worrying is not really about how you look physically, it’s about how you feel about yourself.

By the April 21, 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 April 21, 2005

Editorials

How to pay for T and A

Is a teaching assistant a worker or a student, and do they have the right to unionize?

By the April 21, 2005

Editorials

The Funny Third: Pro-Environment, Anti-Foolish

Georgetown University has always had a deep and abiding concern for the environment … sort of.

By the April 21, 2005

Voices

Southern-style Trucker Christianity

My brother once told me that there are only three types of people who ride Amtrak trains to North Carolina: indigent college kids like me, Southern psychos and convicts.

By the April 14, 2005

Voices

Sibling rivalry: the cute blonde sister who gets everything

How your role in the family determines the person you become.

By the April 14, 2005

Voices

It’s springtime for Hitler … who knew he had a lisp?

If Adolf Hitler were gay, would he have acted or spoken any differently?

By the April 14, 2005

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

Pro-Life? Pro-Nuance.

The sad reality is that women are still harassed and raped in our society, choices still need to be made, and a society that respects life must also support decisions that are made for a good life.

By the April 14, 2005

Editorials

Planning for Success

Four years can change a lot in a relationship. In the relationship between the University and the Georgetown community, four years can mean a lawsuit, a court order and, last week, the approval of a plan that will move the relationship further down the road.

By the April 14, 2005

Editorials

By the Numbers

$25,000-$30,000 Cost of a new car for the Department of Public Safety $4,500-$7,000 Cost of a new “Chariot” Scooter for the Department of Public Safety Priceless Cost of seeing the... Read more

By the April 14, 2005

Editorials

Direct Quote

“Your Cover is Blown Edition”

By the April 14, 2005

Voices

Publicly resenting the past

For just under 10 minutes, I had read aloud an inflammatory valedictory address that berated my high school in front of a gathering of hundreds, with a line of administrators staring at my back.

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

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

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

Editorials

Direct Quote

“Justifiable Homicide Edition”

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

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