Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.



Editorials

Space camp: even better than band camp

Last week, mankind made a giant leap forward-again.

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By the Numbers and Direct Quote

6 Number of Vice Presidents alive in 2004 98 Age of oldest Vice President when he died 14 Number of Vice Presidents who have been elected President 33 Percentage of... Read more

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Tall tales in a fly-over state

Wisconsin is one of those states that I just never thought I’d visit.

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What would Georgia O’Keeffe have majored in?

Unlike a School of Foreign Service junior politico or a pre-med science prodigy, I came to college armed only with the vague notion that I liked “the humanities.”

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There’s no place like it

To my surprise, I discovered that I don’t wake up happy very often anymore.

Editorials

Student loan swindle

Add another tax-revenue draining loophole to the list of errors on the part of the federal government.

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Gunning for a change

Guns in the district? Thanks, but no thanks, Congress.

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Field of dreams, schools of nightmares

Baseball, but still no books.

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Civilizing underage drinking

Anyone who has been to a college campus on a weekend night knows that criminal penalties don’t do much to stop underage drinking.

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Fight for your right

Student rights and responsibilities are a constant issue at Georgetown.

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Should they stay or should they go now

What Novak forgets is that every day Bush dithers over his policy, people are dying.

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By the Numbers and Direct Quote

Blogs, blogs and more blogs.

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When I was a hostage

I could see exactly what the hired guns planned to do with me when they opened the rear hatch of the Jeep.

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The show goes on

One of the first opportunities my relocation afforded me was a chance to open for a magician-friend of mine for six shows in Bermuda.

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Georgetown reacts to the Beslan massacre

The crowd of students and parents, shocked and dehydrated, huddled in the gymnasium as the terrorists draped wires around the room, connecting a series of bombs. This horrible image was only one of many to come out of Beslan, Russia this month.

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By the Numbers and Direct Quote

American deaths, American weapons, a hurricane and some cocaine

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Makes me want to Ralph

Why a vote for Nader is a vote for nonsense

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Reservoir hot dog

A man with a hot dog suit. And a gun.

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A practical guide for hurricane season

Forget the duct tape, grab the wine!