Implement Smoking Policy Precision

Georgetown’s smoking policy is not explicit enough to be easily followed or enforced.

Barry Cripples D.C. Council Credibility

By Editorial Board | Mar 05 2010

Barry has betrayed the Ward 8 constituents he was elected to advocate for and protect. Anything short of a full removal from the council will let him off too easily.

Senate Egos At Heart of Stalemates

By Sam Harbourt | Mar 05 2010

What U.S. senators trust most is not ideology, policy or even loyalty. Rather, they have an absolute confidence in their unique ability to solve the country’s problems.

March 5, 2010: Thumbs Down

By Editorial Board | Mar 05 2010

Monkey Business: A Russian chimp with chronic smoking and beer-drinking habits has been sent to rehab to deal with his addictions. Thumbs Up

Health Care a Moral Imperative

By Sam Schneider | Mar 05 2010

In the 21st century, health care is essential to ensuring the unalienable rights laid out by our founding fathers.

Out of Their Element: Return Wildlife to Their Natural Homes

By Conor Finnegan | Mar 04 2010

Much of animal behavior is still not understood, but the abnormal strains we put on wild animals like are both harmful and avoidable.

Age of Indulgence Requires Greater Appetite Control

By Patrick Deneen | Mar 02 2010

We live too much in a “food positive,” as well as a “sex positive” age — one in which we tend to defend self-seeking satiation of appetites as the individual right to do with our bodies what we want.

Open Safety Discussion to Outside Input

Walter Schubert’s letters show that the LGBTQ community — and the greater national community — knows what happens at Georgetown.


Snuggle Up to Successful Studying

As finals week approached last semester and my time spent in Lauinger increased, I grew weary and fainthearted without my Snuggie and the reassurance it provided me.


Drawing the Short Straw: Embracing Differences

I used to see my height as a handicap, but over the years I have grown to accept it. My stature does not define me.


Bridge the Catholic Divide

Students who support Catholic-based viewpoints and those who take a more liberal stance ought to talk with each other, not just at each other.


Riot Mars Berkeley's Image

At the end of the day, students at California’s public schools must sacrifice along with the rest of California’s taxpayers.


Closing in on Collaboration

Although no concrete proposals came out of the health care summit, the fact that the two parties even agreed to sit in the same room and engage in a frank discussion made it a successful meeting.


March 2, 2010: Thumbs Down

Helping Hand: Georgetown University Information Services partnered with the World Bank to transfer high-resolution satellite imagery of Haiti onto portable hard drives to help officials assess the damage and rebuild in the aftermath of the earthquake. Thumbs Up


The Art of Self-Branding

Sometimes I think we put too much importance on the image of a J.Crew girl, a Gap person, a Benneton fan. Those pre-packaged looks are often unrealistic for the everyday consumer.