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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Out of the walls and into my shower

Growing up, it was always comforting to know that the sounds in my bedroom walls were not the boogeyman or someone trying to cut the phone lines before slaughtering my family and stealing Mom’s jewelry box

By the February 10, 2005

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Life’s too short and that’s no tall story

My grandfather believes short people live longer. I’m short, and when he says this I wonder if it’s enough to keep me alive until my blood has thinned and I’m bony and haggard.

By the February 10, 2005

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Carrying On

In honor of the death of love (see cover story), I’ve decided to go through the old mailbag and find some questions from readers like you?-lonely,emotionally crippled children that you are.

By the February 10, 2005

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Love, war and that hot miserable son

It used to be that when they got back to the barracks, he would sit and watch the sun rise. The hot, miserable sun that turned everything evil. That sun would come up and bring with it all that they were against, or at least were supposed to be against.

By the February 10, 2005

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When wanting to be right is very wrong

Because being against the war doesn’t mean being against the peace

By the February 3, 2005

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Making better writers, one paper at a time

I remember hyperventilating. I know my heart stopped at least once or twice.

By the February 3, 2005

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How I learned how much I love my sister

And nearly killed all her pets along the way

By the February 3, 2005

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Did Georgetown turn me into a snob?

“I’m glad you’re back,” my then 16-year-old sister sighed as she threw her leg over the arm of our old green couch and settled down to watch a movie.

By the February 3, 2005

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From virgin to snob in one week

When boxed wine just won’t do

By the January 27, 2005

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Ruby red slippers won’t cut it Ruby red slippers won’t cut it Ruby red slippers won’t cut it

It turns out there is no place like home … and that’s not always a good thing

By the January 27, 2005

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When mentoring gets too close for comfort

Carrying On- a rotating column by voice senior staffers

By the January 27, 2005

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Pomegranates, mangoes and a train of thought

I could eat 100 kiwis a day, but they would always be green. With envy, for they know of my love for mangoes.

By the January 27, 2005

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VOICE FICTION – I totally miss my warlord jungle fortress

Your typical semester abroad in Vietnam

By the January 20, 2005

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Relationship advice? Read the writing on the stall

A student finds wisdom in an unlikely place

By the January 20, 2005

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Undecided isn’t just a major … Falling off the fence

Finding an opinion. Just in time.

By the January 20, 2005

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An In-flight Guide: Avoiding your fellow traveler

An attack of charisma dooms a student’s flight

By the January 13, 2005

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Waiting in a Winter Wonderland : A Christmas Story

“Snow,” Santa and Shoppers Make a Merry Christmas at Macy’s

By the January 13, 2005

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I’m doing just fine, thank you very much

I can hardly believe that it’s been almost a year now since I coached Georgetown to its final, heartbreaking loss under my tenure.

By the January 13, 2005

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Carrying On: Pondering mortality over sweet potatoes

The food grew cold as my family stared quietly at one another around the dinner table.

By the December 2, 2004

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A traditional Swedish-Japanese Thanksgiving

Being a Japanese-Swedish combo family means American traditions such as Thanksgiving should be meaningless.

By the December 2, 2004