Opinion

Carrying On: A Little Love in My Mailbox

The whirlwind of the first few weeks at college can be a real trial by fire, and when you have to turn a relationship into a long-distance one, you realize... Read more

By Noah Telerski August 31, 2018

Vote Yes on Initiative 77 and Give D.C. Workers a Raise

When D.C. voters go to the ballot boxes on June 19, they will have the opportunity to give the city’s tipped workers a raise. If enacted, Initiative 77 would incrementally... Read more

By Chris Dunn June 18, 2018

A Student Server’s Perspective on Initiative 77

On June 19, District of Columbia residents will vote on Initiative 77, which aims to get rid of the tipping system and instead implement one minimum wage for all workers.... Read more

By Claire Goldberg June 16, 2018

Support GUAPA’s Petition to Keep GUPD Unarmed

This editorial was originally written in response to GUAPA’s letter to President DeGioia from May 5, 2018. On May 5, 2018 Georgetown United Against Police Aggression (GUAPA) delivered a letter... Read more

By the Editorial Board June 11, 2018

What I Learned At Georgetown

I had intended this column to be a reflection on my four years at Georgetown, but I’m having trouble looking further back than last week. Rev. Howard Gray, S.J., who... Read more

By Jack Segelstein May 1, 2018

A Letter To the Georgetown Community

In between Women’s History Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the women of the Voice gathered to discuss feminist issues on campus with the intention of writing a letter to... Read more

By Voice Women April 29, 2018

Carrying On

Carrying On: Nice for What? Stop Telling Me How to Talk

I’m sorry. I really am. I’m sorry that I’m not going to ask for a promotion. I’m sorry that I use exclamation points! I’m sorry I apologize so much. I... Read more

By Lilah Burke April 29, 2018

GUPD Should Not Be Armed

The GU Advocates for Responsible Defense (GUARD) presented the Office of the President with a letter arguing that GUPD officers should be trained and equipped with firearms on April 13.... Read more

By the Editorial Board April 29, 2018

D.C. General Demolition Ignores Safety Concerns of Homeless Residents

During her first mayoral campaign in 2014, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser vowed to close the D.C. General Family Shelter, the former hospital that served as the city’s primary homeless shelter... Read more

By the Editorial Board April 29, 2018

Media Must Cover Police Shootings Responsibly

Within the last three weeks, there have been two high-profile police shootings of unarmed black men. On March 18, Sacramento Police officers shot and killed Stephon Clark in his grandmother’s... Read more

By the Editorial Board April 20, 2018

Fresh Voices

Fresh Voices: Dajour Evans on Music and the Black Community That Raised Her

In this episode of Fresh Voices, Assistant Voices Editor Julia Pinney is joined by Dajour Evans to discuss her recent Carrying On piece, “Don’t Forget the Happy Thoughts.” The two touch... Read more

By Julia Pinney and Dajour Evans April 13, 2018

Gaudium et spes: Moment by Moment

My time on the Hilltop is winding down. People have been telling me for years this moment would come, but when you’re a freshman or sophomore, it’s easy to dismiss... Read more

By Michael John Poorten April 13, 2018

Carrying On

Carrying On: “Don’t Forget the Happy Thoughts”

“Believe me, sweetie, I got enough to feed the needy / No need to be greedy, I got mad friends with Benz’s” The lyrical musings of The Notorious B.I.G blasted... Read more

By Dajour Evans April 13, 2018

Teacher Walkouts Show Unfair Conditions

Teachers across the country are walking out of classrooms for better pay and support from their state governments. Starting in West Virginia, where a nine-day strike resulted in a 5... Read more

By the Editorial Board April 13, 2018

Hard Truths or Soft People?

I remember being very confused as a child listening to Queen’s “Another One Bites The Dust.” My underdeveloped brain could not fathom why anyone would find dust appetizing. I contemplated... Read more

By Ava Rosato April 13, 2018

Dieuson Octave and Me

Dieuson Octave is Kodak Black, a 20-year-old Broward County rapper, two years older than I am. He’s been in and out of jail and the court system since I was... Read more

By Max Fredell April 13, 2018

Howard Students Take Necessary Action

Hundreds of Howard University students staged a nine-day sit-in late last month to protest misappropriated financial aid funds, long-standing deterioration of housing conditions, and lack of transparency in administrative communications.... Read more

By the Editorial Board April 13, 2018

Open Access: On Learning I Won’t Die of My Grandmother’s Disease

So, it looks like I won’t be getting Alzheimer’s Disease early. After looking at my genetic data, it turns out that I have no mutations in familial Alzheimer’s genes and... Read more

By Rebecca Zaritsky April 7, 2018