Voices

Voices is the Op-Ed and personal essay section of The Georgetown Voice. It features the real narratives of diverse students from nearly every corner on campus, seeking to tell some of the incredibly important and yet oft-unheard stories that affect life in and out of Georgetown.

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Rise Together for Georgetown: Abbey and Will for GUSA

Bring on the platitudes. It’s that time of year again. As this election season continues, you’ll hear that GUSA is out of touch, that those involved are the worst kind... Read more

By and February 12, 2015

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Dignity for GUSA and Georgetown: Vote Chris and Meredith

It is no secret that GUSA does not have a good reputation on campus. It is known for elitism, a lack of transparency, and being distant from Georgetown’s student community.... Read more

By February 12, 2015

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Politics and Privacy: If the NSA doesn’t deserve to know, neither does the public

The GUSA presidential and vice-presidential campaign has begun, which marks the beginning of a long period of badgering from dedicated candidates. I can’t watch a minute of The Walking Dead... Read more

By February 12, 2015

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Don’t Stop Believing in Georgetown: Vote Sara and Ryan

We know that GUSA doesn’t have the best reputation on campus, and we know that it’s easy to see GUSA campaigns as little more than relentless assaults on Facebook News... Read more

By and February 12, 2015

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H*pocrites for Choice: The Quandary of Pro-Choice Advocacy at a Catholic School

Before I begin what is sure to be an incendiary argument, I would like to make a disclaimer: I am a liberal, feminist Catholic. I believe that women should be... Read more

By February 5, 2015

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What Happened to Creativity? Taking Aim at Movie Remakes

Insomnia, The Departed, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: most of us know these works, but not that they were all great foreign films before being remade in the U.S.... Read more

By February 5, 2015

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Death without Dignity: The Dangers of Assisted Suicide

Two weeks ago, the Voice published an editorial supporting a D.C. proposal to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Better known as “dying with dignity,” physician-assisted suicide has  been popularized by the media... Read more

By February 5, 2015

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The view from Florida: Solar Energy proposal casts light on GOP schism

There are few things the GOP loves more than defending the coal industry and dismantling economic regulations. But what happens when these goals come into conflict? This is the question... Read more

By January 30, 2015

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“It’s 2015. It’s Time.” Why aren’t women equal yet?

Why do we need another women’s empowerment summit? Fewer than five percent of the CEOs at the biggest companies in the United States are women, only 1 in 5 members... Read more

By January 29, 2015

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To Boldly Go Where No Fan Has Gone Before: In Defense of Fandom

Do you know Captain James T. Kirk’s middle name, Hermione Granger’s birthday, or the name of each actor who’s ever portrayed everyone’s favorite Time Lord on Doctor Who? Can you... Read more

By January 29, 2015

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Can the GOP go green? Reconnecting with Nixon’s legacy

“Air and water pollution, already acute in many areas, requires vigorous state and federal action, regional planning, and maximum cooperation among neighboring cities, counties and states.” – Excerpt from 1968... Read more

By January 29, 2015

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Carrying On: Dancing with division

Last weekend, aspiring dancers flocked to New York City to audition for the 12th season of the reality competition So You Think You Can Dance. After over a decade of nearly... Read more

By January 29, 2015

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Wrong on so many levels: The Sorry State of our Facilities

When I was a freshman, I was a proud resident of New South 4, home to Jack the Bulldog. Jack was the floor pet and we all loved playing with... Read more

By January 22, 2015

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A Life Worth Living: Finding the Time to Find a Purpose

Leo’s grilled chicken has made many a day of mine. So has my International Finance professor. He’s one of those professors who initially seems to straddle the line between trying... Read more

By January 22, 2015

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Tired of Terror: Reexamining America’s Anti-Extremist Campaign

For almost my entire life, I have lived in a world that is nearly defined by terrorism and images of terrorism. My first week of second grade was interrupted by... Read more

By January 22, 2015

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Carrying On: Casting the Oscars in a new mold

Everything seems a little tidier in retrospect, the visceral immediacy of a moment a little muted in its distance from the present. The moment I’m thinking about occurred last summer,... Read more

By January 22, 2015

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Relearning to read for pleasure, or: how I got lost in a book

Last semester’s finals generated a lot of panic, and in the middle of exam week, I wanted to go study. But not in Lau, or the MSB, or the Healey Family... Read more

By January 15, 2015

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Come back, Voltaire: Free Speech in the wake of Charlie Hebdo

The cover of next week’s New Yorker depicts an unsettling version of a familiar image. The Eiffel Tower emerges from a blood-spattered landscape, with its peak transformed into a pencil... Read more

By January 15, 2015

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Ouvrez vos yeux: Looking beyond the Paris terror attacks

We don’t care about Boko Haram. Last Wednesday, a series of terrorist attacks in France, beginning with the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris, gripped the nation and the world. Millions... Read more

By January 15, 2015

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Carrying On: The Inconvenient Truth about Fossil Free

Climate change is the challenge that will define humanity’s future. Devastating droughts and floods will be more common, and the developing world will be disproportionately harmed. Let me get something... Read more

By January 15, 2015