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Thursday, February 28, 2002
Arts: Sorry Thurston, Josh Harnett says NO SEX for 40 Days and 40 Nights
Topless women, photocopied fannies, lesbian action, masturbation, handcuffs, pornography and fake orgasms .believe it or not, all can be found in "America's first sex comedy without the sex." In 40 Days and 40 Nights (Miramax), Josh Hartnett (Pearl Harbor) plays Matt Sullivan, a handsome but bitter 20-something recently dumped by the love of his life.
BAR BELLE: Dream
Dream Where: 1350 Okie. St, NE Food: nope Dancing: you betcha Pluses: down right cool Minuses: can get pricey The Bar Belle apologizes for her brief respite. She needed a week to detox from a hard-played weekend. But baby, she's back in the saddle again. A little dumber maybe, but it's nothing a little gingko biloba can't fix.
No Kilt, No Glory: Mel fails in moving beyond Braveheart
There is a good movie in We Were Soldiers. Somewhere in the two hour 20 minute Mel Gibson war flick, there is a shred of redeeming value. With that much screen time, there just has to be. The film attempts to recount the experiences of war wives, widows, young gunners on the front lines and old weathered lieutenants.
Breakfest is back in a big way at Old Ebbitt Grill
Old Ebbitt Grill 675 15th St., N.W. (between F and G streets) (202) 347-4801 Just once on a Sunday morning, roll out of bed and throw on something other than your sweatpants. The Old Ebbitt Grill offers a titillating array of breakfast preparations and lunch specialties.
Staff editorial: CNN at GW
Bringing CNN's "Crossfire" political TV talk show to the School of Media and Public Affairs' Jack Morton Auditorium is a brilliant move on behalf of the show's producers and University Vice President for Communications Mike Freedman. Having "Crossfire" on campus beginning April 1 Monday through Friday will furnish the University with unprecedented media coverage and name recognition.
Staff editorial: Housing glitch
While GW's first online housing lottery went off without catastrophe, Housing Services and the Community Living and Learning Center should have been better prepared to handle glitches that did occur. Students went most of the day without knowing which rooms were being taken, and at least a handful of students were booked to rooms that were already full.
Letter: Unilateral diplomacy
I was very pleased to read Nizar Wattad's incisive and thought-provoking Feb. 25 Hatchet forum piece ("Israel's perilous path to war"). Wattad has done the GW community a great service in bringing to light the Palestinian side of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a side he correctly asserts is too often neglected or glossed over in this nation.
Letter: Room cost hidden
I think that the Community Living and Learning Center and the University are being dishonest with students about housing prices for next year. The new housing prices were not posted on the CLLC Web site until Friday afternoon, two days before the rising junior/senior lottery.
Letter: E-voting practices
The right of a student to vote for their leaders by means of a secret ballot is vital to any democracy. Unfortunately, the Joint Election Committee has little respect for students' privacy.
A-10 Tournament Preview: Top-seeded Colonial women have some unfinished business
The Colonial women will not enter this weekend's Atlantic 10 tournament undefeated, as it seemed they would until last week. But they remain the team entering Philadelphia's Liacouras Center the No. 1 seed for the sixth time in coach Joe McKeown's 13 years.
A-10 Tournament Preview: Davidson proves a model leader
When she's not raising a $100 at the GW athlete date auctions like she did earlier this month, Lindsey Davidson is raising the level of play on the women's basketball team. The spunky junior, who struggled earlier this season, is hitting her stride in time for the Atlantic 10 Tournament, which starts Saturday for the top-seeded Colonials. Head coach Joe McKeown said Davidson plays a crucial role on an injury-riddled team.
Rosey Knows Sports: Olympics stands for Sports, Peace and Inclusion
The showcase event in every Olympics is the Opening Ceremony. This year's was a true spectacle involving athletes and the 5,000 volunteers who had been working for months to perfect the show, which was the precise mix of art and sport. It was truly remarkable.
Women’s tennis swept by Maryland
The University of Maryland swept the GW women's tennis team 7-0 in three and a half hours Wednesday at the Mount Vernon Campus. The loss moves GW's record to 3-5.
Features: Toning up in time for spring break
Walking onto the second floor of the Health and Wellness Center after classes, you see every bicycle, treadmill, stair machine and elliptical being used - and a line of people waiting their turn. It's that time again. It's time for the "Spring Break is three weeks away and I have to fit into my bikini" fever.
University cuts health plan
The discontinuation of the GW Health Plan Thursday marks the beginning of a downward spiral for small healthcare plans around the country. With increased costs in prescriptions, advertising and medical costs, experts say health plan rates for larger companies will likely increase in the future.
Poor communication delays new gwu.edu
GW hopes to unveil its new Web site within a month after communication problems led to some unforeseen critique, the University's chief information officer for technology said. "We haven't killed it. We're simply going to refine it and get it out there," said Dave Swartz, CIO of Information Systems and Services.
CLLC ousts honors floor
The only sophomores living in New Hall next year are those with disabilities or who bought their way in, Housing Services said. GW told 40 Honors Program students Tuesday night they may not live in New Hall rooms.
CNN moves to campus
CNN's "Crossfire" will call GW home beginning April 1, when the political talk show will begin broadcasting daily from the Media and Public Affairs building, GW announced Wednesday.
Votes run smoothly
The votes are half in. Day one of GW's first-ever online Student Association election went smoothly despite a few snags, pollsters reported Wednesday. At least three voting stations went down for a total of three hours, and the GW Law School ran out of paper ballots twice throughout the day.
Around Campus
Larry king hosts Web cast from GW cardiac care lab Hippodrome to host GW dance marathon ISS searches for webmail glitch 'Monsoon Wedding' screened in Lisner Auditorium Major and career workshops
Crime Log
Two students reported that the same man sexually assaulted them last summer. They have not made a decision as to whether they will pursue criminal charges. Closed Theft 2/19 - Lafayette Hall At about 9:20 a.m. a student noticed that his and his roommates laptops had been stolen.
New Hall power loss traps student in elevator
An hour-long power outage in New Hall Tuesday night trapped one student in an elevator and left other residents in the dark and dependent on laptop computers for work. University Police responded to the scene to escort students after emergency lights and call boxes failed to work.
Students assaulted by man on D.C. bus
Two students were assaulted by a man who appeared to be drunk and "delusional" on a D.C. Metrobus last week on their way to a Southeast D.C. elementary school. The students, tutors for GW's Heads Up program, said the aid of an unidentified "Samaritan" helped them escape the incident unharmed.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: PB race pits friends against one another
Generally regarded as a more low-key race, this year's Program Board Executive Chair election pits friends against each other as three candidates vie for votes among the same peer group.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Election results delayed
Posted 6 a.m. March 1 Winners for the Student Association, Program Board and Marvin Center Governing Board elections will be announced at 10 a.m. Friday, election officials said at about 4 a.m. after hours of delays counting paper ballots.
WEB EXCLUSIVE: SINGER WINS SA PRESIDENT
SA President: Josh Singer SA EVP: Eric Daleo PB Chair: Bryan Gless PB Exec. VC: Devon Tutak
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Singer wins close SA election
Posted March 1 12:30 p.m. Junior Josh Singer's "Working for Us" slate worked for him. Singer won the Student Association presidential election by a margin of eight votes over junior Phil Robinson, 867 to 859 Friday. More than 2,100 students cast their ballots in the first online elections as Singer took 40.
