Open Access: On the Aftermath of My Grandmother’s Death

I’ve written about my grandmother’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease and her death before, and I’ve said that it was a blessing that she died when and how she did. While... Read more

By Rebecca Zaritsky March 25, 2018

Digital Issue

It’s not you! It’s me! in a pie chart

Egan Barnitt is a freshman in the NHS. She is one of three spoken word poets highlighted in this week’s arts-themed digital issue. She performs this poem in a video... Read more

By Egan Barnitt March 23, 2018

Digital Issue

Fractions

Summer Durant is a senior in the College. She is one of three spoken word poets highlighted in this week’s arts-themed digital issue. She performs this poem in a video... Read more

By Summer Durant March 23, 2018

Digital Issue

Chipotle Guacamole

Timmy Sutton is a sophomore in the College. He is one of three spoken word poets highlighted in this week’s arts-themed digital issue. He performs this poem in a... Read more

By Timmy Sutton March 23, 2018

Digital Issue

Student Artists Deserve Better

This week is Arts Week on campus, an annual celebration of the arts and the students who create them. It is also an occasion to remember that the many artists... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 23, 2018

Editorials

Letter to the Editor: Stay Engaged in Qatar

On the Feb. 9, the Editorial Board of The Georgetown Voice published an article, titled “Time to Quit Qatar,” calling on the university’s leadership to close its Qatar campus. However,... Read more

By Haya Alwaleed Al-Thani March 19, 2018

Columns

Gaudium et spes: When Anchors Make Worthy Vessels

As someone who grew up in the island city-state of Singapore, from a society and community very different than Georgetown, I can attest to the claim that the Hilltop is... Read more

By Paul Sze Keat Keh March 17, 2018

Columns

Solidarity Shouts: How I Became A Prison Abolitionist

Most Georgetown passions begin with a student organization. One of the first clubs I joined upon arriving at Georgetown was Prison Outreach, a service program directed by the Center for... Read more

By Cassidy Jensen March 16, 2018

Columns

Open Access: Ties of the NHS to Mental Health

I spent my spring break in London this year—seeing family, mostly, but also doing embarrassing tourist stuff like taking pictures with the guards in front of Buckingham Palace. On a... Read more

By Rebecca Zaritsky March 13, 2018

Columns

Politics and LSD On the Brain

As another mass murder of school children strikes the country, the fire of a familiar debate is reignited. Both sides accuse each other of apathy and disrespect for the victims... Read more

By Elizabeth Pankova March 4, 2018

Editorials

Walk Out for Gun Violence Prevention on the 14th

When 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida were murdered on Feb. 14 by a former MSD student, the United States once again began... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 2, 2018

Columns

Gaudium et spes: Experiencing Community

Pope Francis once said, “No one is saved alone, as an isolated individual, but God attracts us looking at the complex web of relationships that take place in the human... Read more

By Hunter Estes March 2, 2018

Carrying On

Carrying On: I Promise I’m Not A Luddite

Can you be both a Luddite and a computer science major? I study computers and the internet in class but I never publicly interact on social media. I want to... Read more

By Jack Townsend March 2, 2018

Opinion

The Catholic Church defines itself as a welcoming home for all believers. In fact, the word “catholic” comes from the Greek adjective katholikós, which literally translates to “universal.” As a... Read more

By Sinmi Tinubu March 2, 2018

Columns

Solidarity Shouts: School of Foreign “Service”?

Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) is preparing to celebrate its centennial in the coming academic year. This is truly a momentous occasion for a school that has produced... Read more

By Ari Shapiro March 2, 2018

Editorials

D.C.’s Amazon Bid Neglects Residents’ Needs

Earlier this month, consulting firm Hamilton Place Strategies released a report ranking Washington, D.C. the most qualified of the 19 U.S. cities that Amazon is considering for its “HQ2,” the... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 2, 2018

Fresh Voices

Fresh Voices: Jack Townsend Promises He’s Not a Luddite

In this episode of Fresh Voices, assistant Voices editor Julia Pinney talks with Jack Townsend, who wrote “I Promise I’m Not a Luddite” in this week’s issue, on stands now.... Read more

By Julia Pinney and Jack Townsend March 1, 2018

Opinion

What This American, From Eastern Ghouta, Knows about Syria

For the past seven years, Syria has been filled with carnage beyond the imagination’s reach. The headlines—about sarin gas, refugees fleeing in hoards never before seen, and children, covered in... Read more

By Suzanne Zakaria March 1, 2018

Opinion

What Does it Mean to Be a Survivor in Post-Weinstein America?

In January, former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar’s sentencing played out in a new Twitter moment almost every day. Everyone in the world could watch and join the conversation as... Read more

By Katherine Randolph February 26, 2018

Columns

Open Access: Reflecting on My Grandmother’s Death

A year ago, I wrote an article about my grandmother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, and how I wished euthanasia could have been an option for her. Last week, my grandmother died. All... Read more

By Rebecca Zaritsky February 24, 2018