On Friday, I received my financial aid package, which has left me blindsided three weeks before classes are set to resume. Amid the COVID-19 … [Read more...] about Viewpoint: Protect Low-Income Students
Opinion
VIEWPOINT: Promote Political Discourse
This month, a post from a student’s personal blog began circulating in the Georgetown University community. The piece expressed the author’s … [Read more...] about VIEWPOINT: Promote Political Discourse
VIEWPOINT: Advocate for the DREAM Act
In August 2001, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) (SFS ’66, LAW ’69) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced the Development, Relief, and … [Read more...] about VIEWPOINT: Advocate for the DREAM Act
HOLLISTER: Promote Community Leaders
It has now been about one month since police killed George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests began sweeping the nation. In the days … [Read more...] about HOLLISTER: Promote Community Leaders
VIEWPOINT: Decrease Tuition Amid COVID-19
Before I set up my bed or hung up my clothes, I placed a container of fresh dates on the gently whirring AC system of my freshman dorm … [Read more...] about VIEWPOINT: Decrease Tuition Amid COVID-19
STEKOL: Reimagine Justice
The Song of Songs is one of my favorite books in the Hebrew Bible, with an empowered female narrator speaking openly about sexuality and … [Read more...] about STEKOL: Reimagine Justice
VIEWPOINT: Embrace Radical Love
As a queer Black person, I come from a long line of freedom fighters. From the abolitionist Maroons of my family’s home country of Jamaica … [Read more...] about VIEWPOINT: Embrace Radical Love
HOLLISTER: Connect with the Community
Running a campaign is a little like the cooking show “Chopped.” As a campaign manager, I must use ingredients I didn’t get to choose — the … [Read more...] about HOLLISTER: Connect with the Community
MARCINKOWSKI: Prevent Inequity for Premed Students
Let’s set the scene: A first-generation premed student is sitting in her family’s trailer home in Texas with two younger siblings, trying to … [Read more...] about MARCINKOWSKI: Prevent Inequity for Premed Students
VIEWPOINT: Encourage Club Entrepreneurship
I never could have predicted the number of emails I would receive from on-campus clubs with the subject line “Thank You for Your Interest in … [Read more...] about VIEWPOINT: Encourage Club Entrepreneurship