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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Language of Arabia

The only people who take early classes are crazy or have jobs. An additional category of “those who hate themselves” can be added for early Arabic classes. During the course of my 15 months or so of Arabic instruction, I’ve fallen into all three categories.

By the January 26, 2006

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Catalonia: politics at half-mast

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the January 26, 2006

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Learning the moral of Morales

Why you should care about the Bolivian election

By the January 19, 2006

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I like my music a little on the trashy side

In defense of country music

By the January 19, 2006

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A summer evening in Brooklyn Heights

It was one of the hottest days I had witnessed in New York since my arrival, during the summer of 2005.

By the January 19, 2006

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Saudiana: _Syriana_ as non-fiction

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the January 19, 2006

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Señoras y señores pasajeros

The culture clash of commuting

By the December 1, 2005

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Brace yourself for the real world

When I told my friend Marissa I had to go to the orthodontist, she laughed and replied, “I thought we grew out of that phase, like, 10 years ago.” For normal 21-year-olds, that may be true. I’m not so normal.

By the December 1, 2005

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Inspiration for graduation

Tackling America’s teaching problem Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the December 1, 2005

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Deliver me from Durham

I expected a weekend of mechanical bull riding and Civil War reenactments, but I wasn’t prepared for the cab ride from hell.

By the December 1, 2005

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Braving the elements

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the November 17, 2005

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Bringing home the bacon

“A smoke-filled casing flies over my shoulder as I pull back the bolt and jam another round into the chamber.” The perils of big game hunting.

By the November 17, 2005

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Baby Got Book

Don’t try to dilute it by slipping some technological wizardry quietly past me—just give me the pure printed word straight up, please.

By the November 17, 2005

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Deconstructing the Facebook

Is it a sign of social degeneration?

By the November 17, 2005

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Stopping the Prozac

Getting used to an emotional existence

By the November 10, 2005

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Darwin in the District

If you have been to chicken finger Thursday at Leo’s, you’ve seen Darwinism in action.

By the November 10, 2005

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Youthful misgivings

Thanks to the laziness of not wanting to change doctors, here I am about to enter a room where the average age of the patients is smaller than my shoe size.

By the November 10, 2005

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Not fading away

Carrying On- a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the November 10, 2005

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If GUSA streaked, would it be hot?

Replacing student government with something more meaningful

By the November 3, 2005

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A Grateful Gourmand

Carrying On – a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the November 3, 2005