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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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O’Donovan’s on the Waterfront: Hoping for dining changes on campus

  “Leave the cooking and dishes to us—you’ve already got a lot on your plate,” reads one of the many cheerful blue and orange acrylic signs on the tables of... Read more

By October 15, 2014

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In an age of connectivity, connections are harder to make than ever

  A few years ago, I began realizing how casually certain words are used in our culture. It began with the word “love.”  In high school, girls I hardly spent... Read more

By October 15, 2014

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Carrying On: Humanity’s good nature revealed in marathons

It was an impossibly perfect day. The April air was cold against perspiring legs and raw against expiring lungs. The entire city of Boston was in the streets, offering encouragement... Read more

By October 8, 2014

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The man in the mirror: Feeling the pressures of adulthood

Attention Georgetown students and faculty: I don’t like the way I look. Crazy, groundbreaking, and all-around unheard of, I’m sure, but bear with me. Ragging on one’s own physical appearance... Read more

By October 8, 2014

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Pigeonholing ‘typical’ Hoyas should not unify student body

We all know the image of the typical Georgetown student. He comes from a northeastern prep school. He wears flip-flops when it’s warm and boat shoes at all other times.... Read more

By October 8, 2014

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Excessive, aimless workloads displacing creativity on the Hilltop

          I was passively scrolling through Tumblr with five reading assignments open in adjacent tabs when my roommates asked me when I was going to bake... Read more

By October 8, 2014

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Carrying On: Friendships fluctuating during college

  I stared at the couple across from me on the metro. They laughed and held hands as I guessed at the details of their relationship—how did they meet? What... Read more

By October 2, 2014

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We have our reasons for seeming like excellent sheeple

  In his article “Don’t Send Your Kids to the Ivy League” and his new book Excellent Sheep, William Deresiewicz insists that students at Ivy League and elite universities, while... Read more

By October 2, 2014

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Unplugged: A good cup of coffee is hard to find on campus

  By Parents’ Weekend of freshman year, I had already spent 66 of my 75 Flex Dollars, $2 at a time, on 33 small black coffees at Uncommon Grounds. That... Read more

By October 2, 2014

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Sexual harassment in the workplace leaves lasting scars

  ”Play with me!”—these three innocent words, distorted by the seductively twisted smile and a slight nod of the head to the back door of the restaurant were enough to... Read more

By October 2, 2014

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Combining campus centers limits freedom of identity

  I recently heard that Georgetown was planning on combining three campus centers: the Women’s Center, the LGBTQ center, and the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access.  I have many... Read more

By October 2, 2014

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You are what you commit to, so stick to what you love

  Commitment is one quality that heavily defines who we are as human beings. It is a reflection of not only our values and beliefs, but also of how strongly... Read more

By September 25, 2014

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Females and the family feud: Why we deserve to have it all

  Every conversation I have with my mother nowadays seems to end up in the same place: my future.  In my mother’s mind, women of my generation are supposed to... Read more

By September 25, 2014

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Carrying On: Navigating a commitment-phobic culture

  Sex has changed drastically in recent years. Well, not the act of sex itself, but American cultural norms surrounding it have certainly changed substantially. Most of us consider it... Read more

By September 25, 2014

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We aren’t kitten around: Stop catcalling and inappropriate behavior

  I was running like I had never run before. The wind was blowing through my hair,  adding wings that made me feel extra aerodynamic. I had taken my earbuds... Read more

By September 25, 2014