Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.

Editorials

Virginia’s easy choice

The Virginia Governor’s race offers an unambiguous choice for state voters. Republican candidate Mark Earley will continue Governor Jim Gilmore’s pattern of irresponsible budgetary policy and preaches intolerant social values.... Read more

By the October 25, 2001

Voices

The politics of dancing

Some people don’t like to dance. I’m not one of these people; I happen to love to dance. My father, however, is one of the anti-happy feet people. In 21... Read more

By the October 25, 2001

Voices

A trash revolution

There’s a revolution going on and it’s happening in your very own trash. Instead of loitering at the mall, kids are spending their evenings kicking happily into Staples’ dumpsters and... Read more

By the October 25, 2001

Editorials

Catholic identity revisited

On Saturday, Oct. 13, John J. DeGioia was inaugurated as Georgetown University’s 48th president. As the first lay president, DeGioia is in a unique position to influence our Catholic identity.... Read more

By the October 18, 2001

Editorials

Preparing for a new threat

In the wake of recent outbreaks of anthrax nationwide, concerns about a large-scale terrorist attack with chemical or biological weapons are steadily growing. The Bush Administration recently allocated almost $2... Read more

By the October 18, 2001

Editorials

Midnight Sadness

Midnight Madness, a celebration marking the first official practice day of all NCAA basketball teams, is one of the most exciting times of the year. Students come together, teams come... Read more

By the October 18, 2001

Voices

Tsk, tsk, tsk Visitation

Every Saturday morning I am startled awake at the crack of noon by athletic girls from Visitation Preparatory School obnoxiously exercising their supposed right to hoot and holler in adrenaline-induced... Read more

By the October 18, 2001

Voices

Village C no evil

Before arriving at Georgetown I had dreams of lengthy conversations into the night with an erudite community of committed students. What I got instead was a kinky sexcapade. I wasn’t... Read more

By the October 18, 2001

Voices

This time around, can’t let him get away

This coming Sunday may be the biggest day of my life. What I have waited for since age three is finally happening: I am going to see Michael Jackson live.... Read more

By the October 18, 2001

Voices

A cautionary tale

I felt like an alcoholic. Like people in AA that can never have a drink again because they just don’t trust themselves not to start up again. Mine was not... Read more

By the October 18, 2001

Voices

Letters to the Editor

As an alumnus, former Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner and former long-term resident of Georgetown, I’m glad to see efforts towards greater dialogue between non-student residents and student residents. Certainly, students need... Read more

By the October 18, 2001

Editorials

Ready, Get Set, Go!

When John J. DeGioia is officially inaugurated as Georgetown’s 48th president and as the first lay president of a Jesuit institution in the United States, he will face a number... Read more

By the October 11, 2001

Editorials

The Mayor needs (to hear) you

Last week student representatives to the Advisory Neighborhood Council, the local governmental body that handles off-campus issues related to Georgetown students, helped push through a bill of rights that protects... Read more

By the October 11, 2001

Editorials

Out of line and out of touch

According to the The Associated Press, Vice President Richard Cheney’s wife, Lynne Cheney told the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture that she questioned the value of emphasizing multicultural education... Read more

By the October 11, 2001

Voices

The autumn of our discontent

“The autumn wind is a pirate Blustering in from sea With a rollicking song he sweeps along Swaggering boisterously His face is weather beaten He wears a hooded sash With... Read more

By the October 11, 2001

Voices

Sons of thunder

I should be over there fighting Sammy bin Laden and the Taliban. I know how to be violent. I can kick some ass. This deadly talent comes as a result... Read more

By the October 11, 2001

Voices

Would grandma have kissed a girl?

Today is National Coming Out Day. I see today as kind of an Independence Day for queer people, only without the fireworks, parades and free candy (those all happen on... Read more

By the October 11, 2001

Voices

Black and white and gray all over

I am an Italian-American student here at Georgetown. Yet according to the Georgetown application form I filled out, I am caucasian. Wait a second though?Italy is nowhere near the Caucus... Read more

By the October 11, 2001

Voices

A life. Requiem.

On Wednesday, Sept. 26, Ohio State University first-year soccer player Connor Senn collapsed during a game. He never got back up. Connor was my cousin. Connor is my cousin. Connor... Read more

By the October 4, 2001

Voices

Touching Turkey

I always wondered why I never had very many close male friends. I think I found the answer in Turkey. Culture is a funny thing. Sometimes you never notice an... Read more

By the October 4, 2001