Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.

Voices

The punch line is no home for discussions about addiction

A throwaway joke about heroin addiction appears in a reputable student publication. My TA laughingly tells the class that cocaine has restorative properties. A friend breaks into the always popular... Read more

By November 5, 2014

Editorials

In GU Fossil Free-CISR dialogue, a model for campus engagement

Eight members of the student group GU Fossil Free presented a finalized proposal to the university’s Committee on Investments and Social Responsibility, an advisory committee to the Board of Directors,... Read more

By the October 30, 2014

Editorials

D.C. voters should pass marijuana initiative, but proceed with caution

To reduce racial disparities in D.C. drug arrests, the Council of the District of Columbia voted in July to decriminalize possessing up to 1 ounce of marijuana for citizens aged... Read more

By the October 30, 2014

Editorials

Sabra protests put strengths and dangers of Israel BDS on display

Sabra Dipping Company opened a pop-up Hummus House on Wisconsin Ave. at the beginning of this month, at once inviting both sampling of the unassuming Levantine delicacy and criticism of... Read more

By the October 30, 2014

Voices

Carrying On: Cultural immersion in the Moscow Metro

“Why?” was the most common response to my plans to study in Moscow this fall. My answer was three-fold: to submerge myself in a rich language, a culture that has... Read more

By October 29, 2014

Voices

Transcendentalism on Tumblr is an unattainable ideal

Scroll through your Tumblr feed, and you will probably be inundated with artsy pictures of cappuccinos, road trips, forests, books, and hipster mason jars. These posts project the objects and... Read more

By October 29, 2014

Voices

American education system perpetuates structural violence

As a student, I am given the opportunity to expand my knowledge every day, but that is not everyone’s reality. President Barack Obama’s 2015 discretionary spending proposal allocates 55 percent... Read more

By October 29, 2014

Voices

Korean Student Association makes promise for more inclusion

On Oct. 13, the Voice published an article that focused on the role of multicultural clubs on campus and in the community. Among the clubs mentioned, one stood out as... Read more

By October 29, 2014

Editorials

Construction, advocacy should augment campus disability dialogue

With much of Georgetown’s campus currently affected by construction, accessibility for disabled students and faculty has been severely curtailed. Fences crisscross throughways while concrete barricades block off roads and ramps.... Read more

By the October 23, 2014

Editorials

GU administration’s priorities turn away from student rights, well-being

Earlier this month, GUSA revealed that university administration was considering consolidating the Women’s Center, LGBTQ Resource Center, and the Center for Multicultural Equity Access into a single entity. The proposal... Read more

By the October 23, 2014

Editorials

District Council should advocate in opposition to concealed carry ruling

In response to a July ruling by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Scullin Jr. that declared D.C.’s ban on firearms unconstitutional, the Council of the District of Columbia passed emergency... Read more

By the October 23, 2014

Voices

Uncovering Georgetown’s vendetta against the class of 2017

Georgetown sent students into an uproar when it announced that it was considering a third-year Leo’s meal plan requirement for students. There are many problems that would come out of... Read more

By October 22, 2014

Voices

Forget the fourth wall: Breaking Hollywood’s glass ceiling

The Bechdel Test was concocted by the eponymous Alison Bechdel as a method for determining how well a film represents female characters. Bechdel was a cartoonist who originally came up... Read more

By October 22, 2014

Voices

Outsmarting your cerebellum: Seizing both the day and night

No matter the diversity of interests at Georgetown, everybody from the athlete to the student guard to the poor soul in Lau at 3 in the morning has at least... Read more

By October 22, 2014

Voices

Carrying On: The sky is falling: Leaving red meat behind

It’s hard not to be pessimistic about the fate of the world, given the recent slate of depressing news—the Islamic State, protests in Hong Kong, Syria’s civil war, natural disasters,... Read more

By October 22, 2014

Editorials

ANC elections demand more GU student-neighborhood engagement

Georgetown shares little more than a name with the community that surrounds it. While students inhabit streets, sidewalks, and buildings alongside neighborhood residents, their political interactions are limited. The Advisory... Read more

By the October 16, 2014

Editorials

In VA case, racial gerrymandering corrosive to American democracy

Last week, a panel of federal judges ruled Virginia Republicans’ newly redrawn congressional district map unconstitutional on the grounds that it sequestered a large swath of the state’s voting-age African-American... Read more

By the October 16, 2014

Editorials

U.S. media outlets that cultivate Ebola fear distract from real issue

Ebola has made its way to the U.S. Two cases have emerged on American soil thus far. Two nurses who helped treat Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian man visiting family... Read more

By the October 16, 2014

Voices

Carrying On: Coffee cultures representative of larger differences

  Having lived for an extended period of time in three major cities, and having visited many more, I’ve found that the best way to really understand a city and... Read more

By October 15, 2014

Voices

Forgetting the camera and gaining a formative experience

  Forgetting my camera was the best thing I ever did.  I visited the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 2011. There was an exhibition of world-famous artist Dale... Read more

By October 15, 2014