Monday, April 9, 2001
Young kicks off lecture series
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young talked about the positives and negatives of government-sponsored faith-based initiatives Thursday night at Lisner Auditorium as the featured speaker at the inaugural Richard W. Snowdon Lecture.
BZA finalizes campus plan
The D.C. Board of Zoning Adjustment finalized GW’s campus plan Thursday, including restrictions GW lawyers called "heavy-handed." The board already outlined most of the final conditions in discussions leading up to Feb. 13, its last public hearing on the plan. The campus plan is a statement of the University’s property boundaries and uses until 2009.
GW faces housing crunch
Members of the class of 2003 said they are uncertain where and with whom they will live next year after 40 percent of sophomores who wanted on-campus housing left the lottery without a room last weekend.
CRs shoot for gun safety
Members of the GW College Republicans rose at dawn Saturday to learn about gun safety and shoot a few rounds at the National Rifle Association headquarters in Fairfax, Va.
PB books The Roots for Spring Fling
The Program Board booked the rap group The Roots to perform at this year's Spring Fling, an annual daylong event that will take place April 21 on the Quad.
University renames Riverside Towers
GW residence hall Riverside Towers will get internet access, cable TV and a new name, GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg announced Thursday in the building’s basement.
SPOTLIGHT: Old fasioned uptown still in style
Originally Published 04/09/01 It bills itself as Washington's premiere movie palace. Having hosted every major star from the silver screen, as well as a handful of presidents, members of Congress and other dignitaries along with the greatest films of all time, the Uptown Theatre earns the designation.
CONCERT REVIEW: Ween rocks D.C.’s 9:30 Club
In this musical era most rock bands book gigantic arenas, complain about "piracy" MP3-trading and insist upon security that demeans the average concertgoer to the level of a criminal. But one rock group still considers its fans and generates an effort to please them: Ween. An all-inclusive pass to jam with Ween uncensored was issued to a sold-out audience Thursday night at Washington D.C.'s 9:30 Club. Flash photography, drunken fans and recording devices littered the tiny venue as the rock band dove into more than two and a half hours of sweaty, inexhaustible musical fun.
