Arts: Recess’ unorthodox humor lightens crowd
Cross-dressing sex fiends, touching man-rabbit romances and depraved improvisational antics - who could ask for anything more in a comedy show?
Monday, September 17, 2001
Week’s releases disappoint
Stale musical styles seen on new CDs by Bad Ronald, Billy and Liza and Bis.
Staff Editorial: Closed-door policy
GW should keep residence halls open now that the IMF and World Bank meetings are canceled Sept. 27 through Oct. 2.
GW keeps classes canceled
GW students should continue with their plans for the weekend of canceled classes later this month even though the IMF and World Bank postponed their meetings.
Campus, city receive threats
Several bomb threats on campus and around D.C. have caused disruptions since last Tuesday's terrorist attacks, but none have materialized.
Services offer solace
Religious organizations around campus observed a national day of prayer and remembrance Friday, which President George W. Bush proclaimed last week. Student gathered at the Newman Center, Hillel and the Quad to mourn and remember victims of Tuesday's terrorist attacks.
News briefs
Class awards student essays and posters; SA creates Points for Help; Sigma Epsilon Alpha member charged with assault
Students address intolerance
Freshman Yasmine Rouai sat on the gray carpeted floor in the Academic Center with her back against the cold, white wall. She played with her dark hair as she spoke somberly about the events of the past few days.
U-WIRE International Desk: U.S. students, Africans mourn abroad
Posted 5:42 p.m. Sept. 17 NAIROBI, KENYA - Terrorist attacks of three years ago in Nairobi, Kenya, were rehashed last Tuesday afternoon as Kenyans listened to news of assaults on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In August 1998, terrorists associated with Osama bin Laden bombed U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Nigeria's capital Dar, killing 224 people and injuring more than 4,000. For many Kenyans, a sympathetic cry went out Tuesday for the innocent lives lost.
U-WIRE International Desk: Europe and NATO rally support for U.S.
Posted 5:30 p.m. Sept. 17 MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - The U.S. is working to secure international support for possible retaliation against the perpetrators of the worst terrorist act in history. While authorities continue to speculate who is to blame, consensus seems to have settled on Saudi-born international terrorist Osama bin Laden. In an unprecedented move, NATO voted last week to evoke Article 5 of its charter, which stipulates that an attack on any NATO member is an attack on the group as a whole.
Commentary: Watching the violence from abroad
Posted 5:30 p.m. Sept. 17 MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - When I heard the news, I ran to the nearest television in the Student Union's bar. In a special report, the BBC played the now familiar video of the airliners as they plunged through the towers of the World Trade Center, plumes of flaming jet fuel punching their way through the buildings seconds later. The film, etched into the minds of the world, continued as the two towers fell to the streets of lower Manhattan from where they had been raised 30 years before.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: GW re-opens residence halls
Posted 12:35 p.m. Sept. 18- GW announced it will keep residence halls open Sept. 27 through Oct. 2 after the IMF and World Bank officially postponed their meetings and Metropolitan Police lowered their expectations for demonstrations that weekend.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Cosby sentenced to 900 days
Posted 12:35 p.m. Sept. 18- Former GW basketball player Attila Cosby was sentenced to 900 days in jail Tuesday for sexually assaulting an alleged prostitute last year.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: ‘Crossfire’ begins GW broadcast
Posted 6 p.m. Sept. 18- CNN's "Crossfire" began a week of live broadcasts from GW Monday with debate on U.S. military preparedness and hate crimes against Muslims and Arab-Americans after last Tuesday's terrorist attacks that left New York City's World Trade Center in rubble and the Pentagon crippled.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Judge denies pleas from Cosby attorney
Posted 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18 A D.C. superior court judge sentenced former GW basketball player Attila Cosby to more than two years in jail Tuesday, saying the violent nature of his crime overshadows any testimony to Cosby's good character or potential.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Gephardt pledges unity in GW ‘Crossfire’
Posted 11:15 a.m. Sept. 19 CNN's "Crossfire" aired live from the Media and Public Affairs auditorium Tuesday night featuring House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt from Missouri, Rep. Jane Harmon (D-Calif.) and terrorist experts Eric Holder and Larry Johnson.
Pentagon prepares to send forces abroad
Posted 6:50 p.m. Sept. 19 The Pentagon secured plans Wednesday to shift an arsenal of combat and supply aircraft to the Persian Gulf, the first clear sign that an organized military response to last week's terrorist attacks could be soon underway. While those aircraft remain in the United States, the decision by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is considered an integral first move in preparing for the arrival of combat forces.
