Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.

Voices

Troubled Campus, Troubled Lecture Fund

The Lecture Fund’s inviting Cecile Richards, head of Planned Parenthood, to speak on campus is causing pain to significant segments of the Hilltop.  We might wonder, however, whether our troubled... Read more

By April 28, 2016

Columns

Lessons from Literature: The Infinite Potential of the Human Mind

“Every man should be capable of all ideas, and I believe that in the future he will be.” ― Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones Jorge Luis Borges is often considered the master... Read more

By April 25, 2016

Columns

Talking Tech: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

He has been dubbed many things: the real life Tony Stark, the modern-day Tesla/Edison, and an antagonist like Hugo Drax and Dr. Evil (albeit jokingly). But if one thing is... Read more

By April 25, 2016

Editorials

A Tale of Two Rivers: Environmental Injustice in D.C.

There are stark differences between the Potomac River and the Anacostia River. The first, bordering the south section of our campus, is a source of pride for its community. In... Read more

By the April 22, 2016

Voices

Home Runs and Circuses: A Life at the Ballpark

One of my first memories is from 2001. I was five years old, and it was just a couple of months after 9/11. I was watching the New York Yankees... Read more

By April 21, 2016

Voices

The Road Less Travelled: Understanding Different Journeys to the Hilltop

I sit in a classroom at Georgetown when my professor inquires, “How many of your high school classmates are sitting in seats like these right now?” Reflecting on years in... Read more

By April 21, 2016

Voices

Contraception Without Deception: The Need for Clarity in Sexual Health

Health and Education Services (HES) claims that Georgetown adequately provides for students’ sexual health needs. Last year, at a panel on sexual health resources at Georgetown hosted by H*yas for... Read more

By April 21, 2016

Voices

Not so Happy with Happy: Examining Disability Issues in Theater

As I sat on the hard plastic of a rigid chair in the auditorium of the Walsh Black Box Theater, watching the twists and turns of “Happy” unfold before my... Read more

By April 21, 2016

Voices

Up In Arms: Pro-Life as More Than Anti-Abortion

All too often this campaign season, we hear presidential candidates like Ted Cruz marry the ideas of being pro-gun and pro-life while brushing over the cognitive dissonance that comes with... Read more

By April 21, 2016

Editorials

Ph.D. Hours Increase is Unfair, Process Must Change

When hours increase, it would seem logical that a rise in pay would follow. For Georgetown’s Ph.D. candidates, however, the events of recent months have strayed from that simple logic.... Read more

By the April 21, 2016

Columns

Talking Tech: Uberhaul

“On a snowy Paris evening in 2008, Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp had trouble hailing a cab,” reads the “Our Story” section of a popular ride-sharing service’s website. It continues,... Read more

By April 13, 2016

Voices

An Environment Unlearnt: A New Perspective on Gun Culture

I was in my room in Edinburgh, Scotland when I got a text from a friend telling me there had been a shooting two blocks from my high school in... Read more

By April 10, 2016

Columns

Burning Issues: Living Civilly

As housing season kicks into gear once more and new waves of Hoyas find out, to their dismay, that they’ll be living in VCW next year, the last few people... Read more

By April 10, 2016

Voices

In a Shameful State: HB2 and Discrimination against Transsexuals

As I returned to North Carolina for Easter Break, I had no idea that I would soon be beyond ashamed of the state I call home. On the very same... Read more

By April 10, 2016

Voices

Evaluating Epigenetics: Avoiding Eugenic Thought

In the last decade, findings within epigenetics have been generating big waves far beyond scientific circles. It’s fairly easy to understand why. But, the moral discussions that have evolved from... Read more

By April 10, 2016

Editorials

A Minor, But Welcome Change

Last Tuesday, it was announced that SFS students beginning with the class of 2017 are to have access to the language minors offered by the College. This is overwhelmingly positive... Read more

By the April 8, 2016

Editorials

Balancing Speech and Preach

One could hardly be faulted for mistaking the University and the Church as age-old antagonists. The two ancient institutions share an inextricable history, a relationship at times both amiable and strained in fair measure.... Read more

By the April 8, 2016

Columns

Lessons From Literature: Selfish Love

  “So long as one is happy, one can endure any discipline: it was unhappiness that broke down the habits of work … I became aware that our love was... Read more

By April 1, 2016

Columns

Burning Issues: Board to Death

Last week a group of GU students crossed cultural lines and borders to give a public demonstration of why we can’t have nice things. It all started when Students for... Read more

By March 25, 2016

Columns

Talking Tech: Let it Go

On March 12, AlphaGo—a computer program developed by Google’s DeepMind project—won the third out of five matches in the game of Go against Lee Sedol. With two more matches remaining,... Read more

By March 24, 2016