A combination of yelling, laughing and victory cries come from Munson Hall room 809. The Redskins are facing off with the Packers in a heated battle. Their destiny is in the hands of sophomores Kyle Slavin and Douglas Park.
Slavin and Park spend about an hour a day procrastinating from studies by playing NFL Blitz on Nintendo 64. This is no normal study break - it is an addiction.
Prying open the closed door of the University judicial system - if only slightly - would provide educational benefits to students, show us the system does work and improve relations between students and SJS.
Continuing his quest for the NBA, former GW guard SirValiant Brown will try out for a developmental league this weekend, according to his father who was reached at his Springfield, Va., home last week.
So what if men's basketball practices are closed. Were you gonna go? The latest move by the men's basketball coach is hardly new. But his reason is. I've heard Karl Hobbs doesn't want anything distracting his young team during practice.
GW crew teams competed in the 37th annual Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Mass., last weekend. Both coaches said the elite racing fields in this international race provided much needed experience for their young teams.
Thomas Blankvoort led the Colonials golf team to a 14th place finish in a field of 16 teams at the Pirate Fall Intercollegiate Monday and Tuesday in Greenville, N.C.
Attempted Pickpocketing 10/18/01 - Medical Faculty Association A male student was in an elevator when another passenger in the elevator appeared to have a seizure. When the student's attention was diverted to the apparently sick man, another passenger attempted to take his wallet. The seizure came to an abrupt end, and the man walked out of the elevator along with the man who had attempted to snatch the wallet. No identifiable suspects Closed
Students make sandwiches for homeless A Night to Give Back will feature a variety of volunteer activities as part of Volunteer Week on Friday. The event begins at 7 p.m. with a panel of former "Road Rules," "Real World" and "Big Brother" cast members who will discuss community service, volunteerism and their own experiences with non-profit organizations.
EcoConference 2001 hosted 1,500 students from around the country on GW's campus, including more than 50 students from GW, Oct. 19 to 21. The goal of the event was to teach students how to get involved with environmental issues and give them the tools to be effective in their activism, said senior Amanda Fisher, president of Free the Planet GW. "The theme was that we're the next generation, but we have the power now as students to fix the problems we see around us," Fisher said.
Volunteer Week inspired students to participate in community service events run by the Neighbor's Project and other organizations this week, which will end with national Make a Difference Day. The events kicked off with speaker Robert Egger, founder and executive director of D.C. Central Kitchen, a food program and culinary arts school. Egger addressed a group of about 40 students to discuss the importance of leadership in volunteerism.
Efforts to create an acceptable sexual harassment policy at GW were once again stymied at a meeting between President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg and the Faculty Senate last month.
With the University poised to return to court to fight new D.C.-imposed housing requirements, students and officials have differing opinions on whether city restrictions will benefit students.
Managers of Cone E. Island, an ice creamery in 2000 Penn, said they are concerned they will see a drop in sales as a result of the opening of Ben and Jerry's Oct. 9 in the basement of the Marvin Center, although business has not dropped yet.
From the news reports since Sept. 11, GW appears to be an unpopular place to come next year - terrorist attacks, anthrax scares and a heightened state of paranoia are not the ideal atmosphere for classroom learning. But judging from application trends since the attacks, high school students have not been deterred. As of Oct. 14, undergraduate applications totaled almost 4,000 in comparison with 2,600 last year - a 51 percent increase.
Author Daniel Flynn told about 50 GW students the case of convicted murderer of a police officer Mumia Abu-Jamal is not an example of racial profiling, as many Abu-Jamal supporters believe.
University decisions not to break from policy for naming public areas and funding student travel have agitated close friends of Jonathan Rizzo, who passed away last summer.
On The Line's feeble attempt at feel-good romance is enough to leave audiences longing for a refund of their time and money. Ten-year-old girls holding free movie tickets might be into the film, but everyone else should steer clear of this unabashed vehicle to promote 'NSync's Lance Bass and Joey Fatone.
Director Richard Linklater has tilled the mental plane in films such as Before Sunrise, Slacker and Dazed and Confused. But in his new, computer-illustrated feature, Waking Life, Linklater delves deeper into the subconscious than ever before, exploring dreams, reality and the blurred line between the two.
The Hatchet's take on eating, drinking, dancing and enertainment establishments in the DC metro area.
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