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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Carrying On: Financial aid stays within gates

Every year, Georgetown students organize their housing options for the upcoming school year, and, every year, Georgetown housing, through the intellectual miracle that is the points system, sets our fate... Read more

By February 6, 2014

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Chris Christie is Richard Sherman, just with worse results

Loud, boisterous, unfiltered. These words can provide an accurate description of both Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Christie spent four years brashly and occasionally... Read more

By February 6, 2014

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Catholic school sexual education leads to climactic revelations

If you attend a Catholic school, it makes a statement that extends far beyond the quality of your primary education. It’s a cultural statement. Whether you accept Catholicism or not... Read more

By January 30, 2014

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Another glam rock casualty darkens today’s musical horizons

Every Friday night, my Village B apartment begins to shake around 9:30 p.m., and it continues to pulsate deep into the night, usually quitting around three or so in the... Read more

By January 30, 2014

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Carrying On: I like big books and I cannot lie

Georgetown students read so much that we end up doing hardly any reading at all. Most classes at Georgetown pack a tremendous number of pages into their syllabi. And they... Read more

By January 30, 2014

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American immigration policies draining young talent

The cliques have started to form. With just one last short semester lying between seniors and graduation, the future has been heavy on everyone’s minds. Seniors are scouring their friend... Read more

By January 23, 2014

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Carrying On: You do you, and I’ll do me

“You do you.” It’s a phrase I hear often at Georgetown, as students acknowledge and encourage each other in their quirky idiosyncrasies. When my classmate declares that she wants to... Read more

By January 23, 2014

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Domesticity that even our feminists friends will approve of

I’m going to tell you something I don’t readily admit to many people: I knit, I bake, I cook, and I make jams and chutneys and butter from scratch. I... Read more

By January 23, 2014

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New video replay technology in MLB takes hit at tradition

On Jan. 16, Major League Baseball finally announced that it would be expanding replay technology. Casual observers may question why the decision took so long when other sports leagues have... Read more

By January 23, 2014

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Christie’s got 99 problems and Bridgegate’s one

The residents of Fort Lee, NJ aren’t the only ones in a jam after the apparently politically motivated closure of their town’s bridge.  The ensuing bickering, dubbed “Bridgegate” by the... Read more

By January 16, 2014

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No Pants Metro riders embrace life, liberty, and the breeze

Boxer-briefs fluttering in the breeze, I stood in Hancock Park just across the street from L’Enfant Plaza awaiting the call to action. Capitol Improv was hosting the seventh annual No... Read more

By January 16, 2014

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Carrying On: “Victim” label not an identity

We’ve heard nearly every side of the debate about how to properly treat sexual assault perpetrators and victims, but one. Victim-blaming, slut-shaming, we’ve heard it all. But we shouldn’t press... Read more

By January 16, 2014

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Carrying On: D.C. not doing enough to slow HIV

It’s 9 a.m. and your EMS shift is almost over. You get a routine call to a residence—father and son were doing yardwork outside when the saw slipped. They already... Read more

By December 5, 2013

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DCPS administrators doom students to failure

Picture a typical day in the District of Columbia Public School system. The corridors are flooded with loud teenagers, teachers losing the battle to shepherd students to class and security... Read more

By December 5, 2013

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Though unconventional, Bitcoin still a viable currency

There’s a lot of hype revolving around Bitcoin, the de-centralized virtual currency that has fueled illegal drug websites, gained over 300 dollars in value over a span of 15 days,... Read more

By December 5, 2013

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Two voice solution: Campus press obscures dialogue

In a historic address to the American Jewish Committee this past July, Secretary of State John Kerry called on U.S. citizens to build a “great constituency for peace” in support... Read more

By November 21, 2013

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Everyone can use the F-word, as long as you’re for women’s rights

Feminism is a dirty word. It accuses and it undermines. It passes judgment. It makes me squirm when I hear it. Frankly, it’s a bitch. I do not feel comfortable... Read more

By November 21, 2013

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Georgetown gets diversity, but not in the ways that matter most

Georgetown is great at recruiting an internationally and religiously diverse class, but I can’t comfortably say that this is true of race and socioeconomic status. I’m a product of broken... Read more

By November 21, 2013

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Carrying On: Hoyas, you gotta question faith

When I was 14 my maternal grandmother, a devout Catholic, forbade me from reading The Da Vinci Code. She told me that the novel’s plot suggested an alternative history of... Read more

By November 20, 2013

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The Can Kicks Back kicks back: Stop this partisan hackery

Nothing is getting done in Washington because politicians of both parties are incentivized to wage war rather than solve problems. They interpret information in a way that is consistent with... Read more

By November 13, 2013