Opinion

GUSA Candidates Cannot Ignore Vital Campus Issues

As GUSA elections approach, candidates for both the executive and senate will engage in advertising and discussions concerning a number of campus issues. This editorial board has written extensively about... Read more

By the Editorial Board January 26, 2018

Memes on the Brain

In a place where your 2300 SAT score and your 3.99 GPA do very little to distinguish you from your fellow Hoyas, no skill is more valuable than creativity. And... Read more

By Elizabeth Pankova January 21, 2018

Beyond the Screen: How Skam’s Greatest Romance Touched the World

“Whether you believe in Allah or Jesus or evolution or parallel universes, there is only one thing we know for sure. That life is… now” – Isak Valtersen In 2015,... Read more

By Dajour Evans January 20, 2018

Gaudium et spes: What Not to Do in Your Last Semester

For some of us, it’s already here: the final semester. For fewer of us, we know where we’ll be and what we’ll be doing when it’s done. Unfortunately, I’m not... Read more

By Jack Segelstein January 19, 2018

Solidarity Shouts: GAGE Deserves Better

On Dec. 4, Georgetown abdicated its core values. We hope the university will change its course. Last month, Provost Robert Groves didn’t just refuse to recognize the Georgetown Alliance... Read more

By Logan Arkema, Gabriel Berger, Michael DeFelice and Daniel Luis Zager January 19, 2018

Voices

Marooned

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet.” – Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Would it, though? A name holds a... Read more

By William Hockaday January 17, 2018

Trump’s El Salvador Decision Advances Inhumane Trend

The Trump administration announced last week that it would end the government’s protections that have allowed certain Salvadorans to live in the United States without fear of deportation. These protections,... Read more

By the Editorial Board January 17, 2018

“No, I Don’t Know Putin”

When I was in the fifth grade, Jake, the boy who sat in front of me in math class, turned around randomly and asked me, “Do you know Putin?” Without... Read more

By Elizabeth Pankova January 17, 2018

Carrying On: Finding Blessings in Folded Napkins

As my parents and I drove home from visiting my grandmother at the senior care facility over Thanksgiving break, I felt demoralized. We spent 30 minutes with her, and she... Read more

By Nick Gavio January 17, 2018

Georgetown Must Recognize Graduate Student Union

Last month, Georgetown University declined to voluntarily recognize the Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees (GAGE), a graduate student workers’ union. Over 50 percent of graduate student workers, or graduate students... Read more

By the Editorial Board January 17, 2018

Wearing Black Isn’t Enough

As the horrible year that was 2017 wrapped up, with scores of men in Hollywood being accused of sexual assault and harassment, major actresses, including Meryl Streep and Emma Stone,... Read more

By Claire Goldberg January 4, 2018

Carrying On: The Pressure to be Polished

The pungent smell of nail polish remover, hairspray, and acrylic assaults my nose as soon as I walk through the door. A young girl sits at the barber’s chair having... Read more

By Sienna Brancato January 4, 2018

Carrying On: Accepting Tranquility

“Wow what a year it has been. Are they all so full of emotions and change? How will we ever accept tranquility?” I could have written these words from my... Read more

By Julia Pinney December 28, 2017

Hypocrisy on the Hilltop

On Monday, I was deeply disturbed to learn that the university that taught me the importance of economic justice and the dignity of labor is now refusing to recognize its... Read more

By Vail Kohnert-Yount December 7, 2017

“Just Keep Swimming”

I watch a lot of movies and television. In fact, I pride myself on my binge-watching ability. My favorite thing to do is curl up in bed, snacks handy and... Read more

By Dajour Evans December 1, 2017

J20 Defendants Face a Miscarriage of Justice

Criminal hearings began earlier this month for the more than 230 protesters facing felony charges for destruction of property and conspiracy to riot, based on events that transpired on Jan.... Read more

By the Editorial Board December 1, 2017

“Waving Betsy Ross’s Flag Higher”

When I was 16, I boarded a one-way flight to Lima, Peru with an ill-fitting blazer draped over my arm and a folded-up American flag in my suitcase. My final... Read more

By Joy Kim December 1, 2017

Carrying On: (Don’t) Say My Name

My friends and I have this inside joke that I’m an undercover secret agent for the CIA. At the beginning of freshman year, they couldn’t find my dorm room because... Read more

By Kaei Li December 1, 2017