Editorial
Flyers Won't Stop Bike Thieves
What has a helmet, two legs and no bike? At least 16 Georgetown students.
Dozens of bikes line the bike racks across campus. The recent rash of bike thefts on campus, therefore, has affected and alarmed a significant portion of our student body.
Smoking Rules Shouldn't Be Hazy
The poet Bryan Bale wrote of being enclosed “within a swirl of moonlit mist,” an experience that many students wading through the dense smoke cloud outside the library at night can understand. There are several areas on campus where some students exhale smoke while others hold their breath. Students should be able to smoke on campus, but non-smokers shouldn’t have to pay the price.
GU's Quick Reaction to Explosive Crisis Was a Welcome Surprise
The university has been criticized on many occasions for taking too long to respond to large-scale issues that need to be dealt with immediately. In regards to the ongoing norovirus crisis, however, the university’s actions have been just the opposite.
Letter to Alumni Should Have Comforted, Not Insulted
For many alumni, the current financial crisis is a catastrophe. Many face losing their jobs, their homes and their financial security.
Don't Force Students to Pay for Tickets They Don't Want
It is an unfortunate but readily observable fact that women’s sports teams at Georgetown do not get the same level of support as men’s sports teams. This is true across the board; the three most-attended sports are men’s basketball, men’s lacrosse and football.
Nation's Capital Must Lead LGBTQ Rights Movement
According to Washington insiders, District of Columbia’s City Council members David Catania (SFS ’90, LAW ’94) and Jim Graham are planning on presenting a same-sex marriage bill to their peers as early as this coming January. And Mayor Adrian Fenty and at least 10 of the Council’s 13 members are committed to passing a same-sex marriage bill.
Environmental Policies Prove to Be Slim Pickens
The ever-charismatic T. Boone Pickens, a Texas oilman and an outspoken voice for changing America’s energy use, recently graced Gaston’s stage.
Some Alumni Still Chime in
The oldest Chime, Frank Jones, at 88 years old, knows the youngest Chime, Max Stoiber (SFS ’11). Alumni fly in to sing at monthly Chimes nights at The Tombs and invite the current “Actives” to sing at weddings and at office Christmas parties. The Chimes are relatively unique in their ability to retain involvement with their alumni.
Clubs Can't Pressure Freshmen
Every fall, Georgetown sees a wave of new students who possess a potent combination of ambition, enthusiasm and almost total ignorance of the various clubs at Georgetown. This leads them to join, enroll and enlist in any and every organization that solicits their participation.
Clubs Deserve a Place to Work
In April of this year, the Student Activities Commission notified student clubs with offices in the Leavey Center that their offices were under-utilized and, as a result, they were going to be converted into storage space and shared meeting rooms. Sophia Behnia (COL ’09), chair of SAC, blindsided the leaders of these clubs with an e-mail on April 12.
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