College Media Network

Monday, August 27, 2001

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Adema shows off hard rock talent

by Andrew Phillips and Peter Joseph

Hardcore, hard rock, and rapcore are the intermingling styles that have surfaced at the forefront of popular music throughout the past few years. Every few minutes another hard rock band is born, has its run and disappears only to be replaced by yet another band that sounds remarkably like Korn did four years ago.

Jay and Silent Bob make their final strike

by Dan Riesser

Acclaimed writer-director Kevin Smith returns to the silver screen with Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Dimension Flims), a hilarious comedy that serves as the final chapter in the saga of his famous trash-talking slackers from New Jersey. Smith broke into the film industry with his independent feature debut Clerks, the now famous tale of a day in the lives of two slacker convenience store employees.

Praise for Bubble Boy

by Peter Joseph

Bjork loses eclectic touch, Puddle of Mudd wallows in the past

by Andrew Phillips and Peter Joseph

As Bjork's stylistically singular, entirely idiosyncratic music moves forward, an expectation follows that she will reach a musical plateau. If her album Vespertine (WEA/Elektra) is the musical zenith of past efforts it has been made out to be, we kindly suggest she take a few steps back and find a new path to perfection.

Hail to the buff

by Beth Brown

Spotlight: Graduate student works to clean D.C. streets

by Shannon Derby

DCD: Tea time at teaism

by Salma Khalil

Originally Published 08/27/01 Teaism restaurant 800 Connecticut Ave. August 24, 2001 12:05 p.m. Hungry and thirsty on the Friday before school starts, I picked the wrong time to buy textbooks from the GW Bookstore. I knew I could not contain my hunger waiting in a line that wrapped down the stairs.

Soccer teams adjust to field

by Sean Lee

Column: The bulls and boys of summer

by Lauren Silva

While studying abroad at Oxford University this summer I took an early August vacation to Madrid and visited the Plaza de Torros to see a bullfight. While the boys of summer rule the fields back home, bullfighting season is Madrid's summer pastime.

GW remembers sophomore’s life

by Annie Mercogliano

A shock rippled through a GW community scattered around the country July 28, when sophomore Jonathan Rizzo was reported missing in his small Massachusetts hometown.

Freshmen settle into GW

by Blythe Purdin

Minivans and SUVs flooded a closed F Street Thursday, as GW's largest class in history prepared to make the University their home.

GW student murdered, killer confesses to crime

GW sophomore Jonathan Rizzo was found dead after disappearing for two days last month near his hometown of Kingston, Mass. Police arrested Gary Sampson, a 41 year-old resident of Abington, Mass., for Rizzo’s and two other unrelated murders July 31.

GW comes alive during first week

by Seth Goldman

A popular half-baked comedian and sex doctor will help GW kick off a new year during Welcome Week through Sept. 3. Comedian Dave Chappelle, known for his stand-up routines and roles in movies such as "Half Baked," will perform Sept. 1 in the Smith Center.

Ray Charles slated for Family Weekend

Interns enjoy summer in D.C.

Americans arrested overseas

University leaders welcome freshmen

by Becky Guyon

Student drafts bill

by Jason J. Safdi?

Summer 2001 Recap

Students study business in Paris

by Mira Katz

Staff Editorial: `Cell’-ing out

Staff Editorial: Worth the Wait

Letter: Excessive Fee?

Covering a Campus Tragedy

by Russ Rizzo

Death for killer a just punishment

by Larry Glasser

Quote of the Week

Washington Recap: Sept. 4, 2001

by Zeb ECKERT

A weekly roundup of top news briefs from the nation's capital.