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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I once was blind

Everyone has their stock stories, the ones they can tell at awkward social moments. Most involve extreme situations or life-changing moments; mine involves neither.

By the October 20, 2005

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Reinventing mayorhood – The new reign of Los Angeles Major Antonio Villaraigosa

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the October 20, 2005

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Letters to the Editor

On Georgetown and Bioethics

By the October 20, 2005

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Palestine speaks: do we hear?

Pictures tell a story seldom heard

By the October 13, 2005

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Chauvinism: the new feminism

Defending old time charm in the modern age

By the October 13, 2005

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Saving at Georgetown

This semester, I began working at one of the student-run coffee shops on campus and was appalled to see that my shop doesn’t recycle. At all.

By the October 13, 2005

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Birthday surprise

Carrying On – a rotating column by senior voice staffers

By the October 13, 2005

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A minority in the majority

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the October 6, 2005

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Saturday morning, 7a.m.

Remembering the friends from the past

By the October 6, 2005

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Wake me up when it’s over

We came to Boston for the College Jeopardy tryouts.

By the October 6, 2005

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Bring your cards to the table

What does this mean? I don’t know, I’ll read it anyway … three minutes remaining … oh-ok. So, in conclusion: I’ll read this file, and this card and th-and time’s up.

By the October 6, 2005

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Don’t wait ’til next year

Being a baseball fan through good times and bad

By the September 29, 2005

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Blame the left

Today I find that the consequences for my dominant left hand may be more severe than bumping elbows at the dinner table. In fact, it may kill me.

By the September 29, 2005

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Good day sunshine

Carrying On – a rotating column by senior voice staffers

By the September 29, 2005

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Security issues

I am one of those who gets worried every time your eyes wonder elsewhere during conversation: I am insecure.

By the September 29, 2005

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The next pandemic

Fears of the avian flu lead to U.S. fears of unpreparedness

By the September 22, 2005

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My home in the Delta

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the September 22, 2005

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Born for lovin’

Ernesto gave his $15 to the communist couple. I couldn’t believe it, though I should have expected it.

By the September 22, 2005

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Cell, sweet cell

As I come down the small ramp that leads to the Village C patio, my heart starts to drop.

By the September 22, 2005

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I am so out of tune with you

Past and present music help a relationship grow

By the September 15, 2005