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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Sweet home Alabama, er, Virginia

“Fairfax is a nice place, I suppose. Convenient to get to work from, it’s got some nice restaurants and a good school system. But no one is really from there.... Read more

By the March 15, 2001

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College Twilight Zone

I’m a believer in equilibrium: Nature abhors a vacuum. People never change. The pendulum swings back and forth. My faith in stasis, however, doesn’t prevent me from having an existential... Read more

By the March 1, 2001

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Downhill disaster

People assume that because I’m from northern Illinois I love snow. They fail to realize, though, that a baffling affection for flecks of frozen water is not genetically inherent just... Read more

By the March 1, 2001

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Clarification

The February 22 editorial “Give US A Break” should have noted that the non-violent protest to which the Kildea/LaMotte ticket objected was the 1999 sit-in organized by the Georgetown Solidarity... Read more

By the March 1, 2001

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Classifieds

CAMP COUNSELORS?New York. Co-ed Trim down- Firtness Camp. Hike & play in the Catskill Mountains, yet only 2 hrs from NY City. Have a great summer. Make a difference in... Read more

By the March 1, 2001

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Hey! Weren’t you in my dream last night?

I never really held any belief in the potency of my dreams. If anything, this stems from the fact that, until recently, I seldom had them and didn’t really want... Read more

By the March 1, 2001

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They come from France …

Everyone, and I mean everyone, hates the people who come back from studying abroad convinced that they have “become” Spanish or have “discovered” that they were born with a French... Read more

By the March 1, 2001

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Writing on the wall

I think it’s exciting when I come into a room and see a bunch of crap up on the board?stuff I know has nothing to do with the class I’m... Read more

By the February 22, 2001

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Music makes the people come together

Napster is almost dead. No one seems to know for sure when it will actually die. In fact, I just went to the Napster website for the first time ever.... Read more

By the February 22, 2001

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Hey! What’s under there? Under where?

It takes a lot to embarrass me. I am the girl who does the kind of stuff you thought little teens made up to submit to Seventeen magazine’s “Poor Me:... Read more

By the February 22, 2001

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Georgetown Voice Comics

A comic.

By the February 22, 2001

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Georgetown Voice Comics

A comic

By the February 22, 2001

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They come from France …

Everyone, and I mean everyone, hates the people who come back from studying abroad convinced that they have “become” Spanish or have “discovered” that they were born with a French... Read more

By the February 22, 2001

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What a difference a year makes

One year ago, I was in a very different place. One year ago, I was nearly dead. One year ago, I was in the hospital trying to keep myself alive.... Read more

By the February 15, 2001

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The irony of beer

Beer is one of the most ugly things I’ve ever seen. It’s yellow and foamy, and it reminds me of a polluted waterfall as it pours over the edge of... Read more

By the February 15, 2001

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Animal house

The scum-sucker is staring at me. He’s hovering underneath the fake pink and green sea foliage, gills furiously slapping against his body, top fin arched high over his beady little... Read more

By the February 15, 2001

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The cost of U.S. policy in Iraq

The United States’ policy towards Iraq has been without a sane “helmsman” for the past 20 years. The United States actively supported Saddam Hussein even while he committed human rights... Read more

By the February 15, 2001

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God I hated growing up

Over winter break, I had a discussion with a guy I had started seeing, Mike, about whether or not it was a wise idea to raise children with religion. My... Read more

By the February 8, 2001

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The whole world in your backyard

I came to Georgetown for the diversity. The place sounded great, the number of international students was impressive and the options for study abroad were numerous. Coming from a relatively... Read more

By the February 8, 2001

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Imperfect, yet perfect: poetry

“And it was at that age … Poetry arrived in search of me. I don’t know, I don’t know where it came from, from winter or a river. I don’t... Read more

By the February 8, 2001