Opinion

Thoughts from the Georgetown community.

Editorials

Benefits outweigh home HIV test concerns

On Oct. 9, an in-home HIV test called OraQuick went on sale in the District after becoming the first test of its kind to be approved by the Food and... Read more

By the October 18, 2012

Editorials

University should sever contract with Adidas

Last week, the Georgetown Licensing and Oversight Committee recommended that the University sever the tennis team’s contract with Adidas. In September, Georgetown Solidarity Committee delivered its second letter to President... Read more

By the October 18, 2012

Voices

Winter of our discontent: Facts absent from election

Nobody panic when I tell you this, but we’re less than three weeks away from the election. I know. I freaked out when I realized that, too. We’re within a... Read more

By October 17, 2012

Voices

Et tu, Jim Belushi?

On Sunday morning, life was going incredibly well; my weekend included partying on a bus with my Danish friends, conversing with a British drug dealer about his problems getting laid,... Read more

By October 17, 2012

Voices

A laowai’s struggle to adapt or die in the Chinese job market

Whenever I tell someone that I speak Chinese, I get the usual chorus of “oohs” and “aahs,” and the occasional demand to say “I like to eat hamburgers” in Mandarin.... Read more

By October 17, 2012

Voices

An iPhone by any other name would be as sweet

“Whoa, what’s that thing?” a friend asked me when I pulled out my phone in Leo’s a few days ago, “It’s like a brick.  Why don’t you have an iPhone?” ... Read more

By October 17, 2012

Editorials

Venezuelan election signals future change

Last Sunday night, Venezuela’s electoral council proclaimed Hugo Chávez of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela the winner of the 2012 presidential elections. Support for the incumbent Chávez, who will... Read more

By the October 11, 2012

Editorials

Education reforms require public comment

In August, the D.C. Board of Education submitted a proposal draft that changes the District’s high school graduation requirements, which, subject to a public review, will be finalized by the... Read more

By the October 11, 2012

Editorials

District must rally against Islamophobic ads

On Monday, the American Freedom Defense Initiative installed a series of allegedly Islamophobic pro-Israel ads in the D.C. metro system. The ads read, “In Any War Between the Civilized Man... Read more

By the October 11, 2012

Voices

Standardize this! A frustrated student’s plea for change

I had one of the most upsetting experiences of my college life the other afternoon. Sitting at my desk, eyes glazed over, staring at the mind-numbingly boring online lecture for... Read more

By October 10, 2012

Voices

The truth hurler on the ditch

This past weekend, I went to Syracuse to visit a friend. Every time I was introduced to someone, and they found out I go to Georgetown, I’d get an “Oh…... Read more

By October 10, 2012

Voices

Adrift in a sea of causes, Occupy needs to set a course

October 1st marked the one-year anniversary of Occupy D.C. and, in celebration of the movement, the group occupied a number of lobbying firms, banks, etc. around K Street. The lobbying... Read more

By October 10, 2012

Voices

Play that funky music: A tale of unabashed love for concerts

People who know me (or at least are friends with me on Facebook) know that I go to a lot of concerts. The Black Cat staff probably knows me by... Read more

By October 10, 2012

Editorials

College rankings are pointless, not worth it

Last month, Georgetown once again failed to crack the top-20 threshold in U.S. News and World Report’s overall college rankings. (And let’s not even mention Forbes, who placed us at... Read more

By the October 3, 2012

Editorials

National debates need third party perspective

Last night, Governor Romney and President Obama faced off in 2012’s first Presidential debate, but absent from the debate were the two main third party candidates: former New Mexico Governor... Read more

By the October 3, 2012

Editorials

D.C. makes positive move towards autonomy

This week, all 12 City Council members signaled their support for a referendum that would amend the Home Rule Charter to give the District autonomy over its own budget. Although... Read more

By the October 3, 2012

Voices

The media v. Kirchner: The case for a free Argentinian press

You won’t hear me say this a lot, but Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) has a point about the media. It’s just not the point she meant to... Read more

By October 3, 2012

Voices

A college Facebook deserter’s search for friends IRL

Sometimes I look around at my peers at Georgetown and think, “Huh, these must be the people who actually enjoyed high school.” In that, I mean Georgetown students love the... Read more

By October 3, 2012

Voices

In an age of ambition, humanity falls by the wayside

In the words of 30 Rock’s Jack Donaghy, “Ambition is the willingness to kill the things you love and eat them in order to stay alive.” This type of cut-throat... Read more

By October 3, 2012

Voices

Recruiting goes both ways

Last Friday, like many Hoyas, I managed to overcome some serious pre-post-grad anxiety and make my way to the Fall Career Fair in the Leavey Center. What greeted me there... Read more

By October 3, 2012