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 Joshua Dostal 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 Austin Stollhaus 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 Allison Pfotzer 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 Caitlyn Cobb 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 Editorial Board 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 Editorial Board 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 Louisa Christen 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 Austin Stollhaus 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 Yafet Negash March 24, 2016

Columns

The Round Table: Early Lives Matter

In the wake of the announcement that Cecile Richards will be coming to Georgetown to speak at the behest of the Lecture Fund it seems that the abortion debate has... Read more

By Joshua Raftis March 20, 2016

Columns

Lessons From Literature: Dangerous, Destructive, and Necessary

“Today it is the duty of a genius to remain unrecognized.” –The Physicists, Friedrich Durrenmatt The Physicists is a very short play by Swiss dramatist Friedrich Durrenmatt that takes place... Read more

By Louisa Christen March 4, 2016

Columns

Talking Tech: Right War, Wrong Battle

“The United States government has demanded that Apple take an unprecedented step which threatens the security of our customers,” begins Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook in a February 16th release... Read more

By Yafet Negash March 4, 2016

Editorials

Mixed Signals: GUSA’s Inconsistent Commitment to Student Engagement

Every so often, GUSA calls on the student body to speak as a whole. These referendums are often held up as the most forceful of the tools that GUSA can... Read more

By the Editorial Board March 4, 2016

Voices

Even If There Are Donuts: Making the Most of Limited Time

“How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get... Read more

By Brian McMahon March 3, 2016

Columns

The Round Table: Do No Evil

“The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade and a woman’s right to make decisions regarding her pregnancy, including a safe and legal abortion, regardless of ability to... Read more

By Max Wolfgang Rosner March 3, 2016

Voices

Now You See Me: The LGBTI Movement Beyond Marriage Equality

The image of a champion is subjective. How an image is built in the eye of the public can decide the ultimate fate of a person, or even an entire... Read more

By Rachel Brooks March 3, 2016

Columns

Burning Issues: Rhodes Gone Wrong

On Feb 15th, students at the University of Cape Town, South Africa started a riot. They vandalized statues, set fire to college transports, firebombed a vice-chancellor’s office, and burnt several... Read more

By Austin Stollhaus March 3, 2016

Columns

Lessons from Literature: Ye of Little Faith

“True religion? All the religions are true insofar as they make those people who profess them live spiritually, insofar as they console them for having been born to die, and... Read more

By Louisa Christen February 26, 2016

Columns

Talking Tech: Cryptocurren$y

By now, you have probably heard it mentioned at least a dozen times. You pretended like you understood what was being said. Or even if you were not pretending, your... Read more

By Yafet Negash February 25, 2016

Voices

After the Umbrella Movement: What Became of Hong Kong

The Lunar New Year is a time of fun and celebration in Hong Kong. Everyone suddenly becomes rich and fabulous; families gather around food, friends go to the massive, open-air... Read more

By Kenneth Lee February 25, 2016

Opinion