"I was asleep on the couch one day and (my dad) got a hot dog and ran it through my mouth. When I woke up he acted like he was zipping his pants." Thus ends the search for the source of Johnny Knoxville's crude humor and violently slapstick comedy. As Knoxville explained in a recent Hatchet interview, his father was his first inspiration.
It's 2 p.m. on a weekday. Where are you? Your seat in Econ. 11 has been vacant all semester. Why? Because "Passions" is on, and you just have to know what is going to happen today to the denizens of Harmony. It's your dirty little secret. "Passions" is a soap opera for the 21st century.
Mark Twain's words couldn't be more pertinent when discussing art and its preeminent detractors. "Out of Context - A View from the Hill" is the transfixing new art exhibit on display in D.C.'s Zenith Gallery. Artists Raymond Wiger and David Morgan present a tonal ultimatum to the United States Senate, offering pieces directly responding to Attorney General John Ashcroft's covering of a nude statue at the Department of Justice with a $7,000 drapery last January.
Imagine an old lounge singer strutting across stage trailing a silk scarf that conveniently covers her Adam's apple. Her large blond wig is secured by a rhinestone-covered bow. Her accompanist is furiously pounding the keyboard. She looks into the audience, brings the purple-topped microphone to her lips and opens her mouth.
Front Page 1333 New Hampshire Ave, NW Getting in: Carded at the door Dress: Business casual to barely care Cover: None "So what time do you want to go out? Eleven, 11:30?" I asked, making Thursday plans. "I have to be in bed by 12. Let's go at eight.
Ghost Ship by Matt Windman The poster for the new film Ghost Ship features a large skull rising out of a cruise liner. It was probably designed to scare pre-adolescent children (it desperately screams “I’m scary! Come see me!”). To anyone who’s actually made it through puberty though, it comes across as a tad ridiculous.
I believe your generation's mission came into greater focus on Sept. 11, 2001. The events of that tragic day shocked and horrified us all, causing an entire nation to wonder how this could have happened and what we could do to help in its aftermath. Sept. 11 also gave a new generation cause to wonder what differences it could make in the future of our country and our world.
It began as a typical enough Tuesday night. I had been up 38 straight hours studying for the day's exams and was enjoying a soothing World Series baseball game made even better than usual by the lack of sleep, which was causing me to hallucinate that the Red Sox and Giants were battling it out for the championship.
The recent car bombing on the Indonesian Resort Island of Bali demonstrates why we should be worrying about the "war on terror" and not Iraq. With regards to Iraq, what has changed in the past five years? Nothing, Hussein still tries to develop weapons of mass destruction.
By his recent activities - "providing estimates of the number of civilians needed to act as a human shield"("Prof travels to Iraq," Oct. 21, p.1) - professor Tom Nagy has proven himself a tool in the hands of Saddam Hussein. Despite his purported concern for Iraqi children, Nagy and his cohorts engaged in activities that will ultimately risk the lives of countless Iraqi civilians in the event of an upcoming war.
I was absolutely appalled to read the comment made by a student regarding professor Tom Nagy's humanitarian mission ("Prof travels to Iraq," Oct. 21, p.1). This so-called "highly partisan crusader who is trying to fill the minds of his students with blatant propaganda" is one of the few professors at this school that is so passionate about a cause that he would actually put his life in danger.
The University Police Department would like to applaud the efforts of A. Chace Wessling, who took it upon herself, as a GW community member, to ensure the safety of another individual who might have been in danger. In the Oct. 3 editorial ("Don't sit on the sidelines," p.5), Wessling explains how she saw someone who appeared to be under the influence of alcohol and in potential danger and took action by escorting that individual to safety. This instance is a perfect example of what UPD means when we say community members should take it upon themselves to be additional "eyes and ears" for the department.
As of fall 2003, students will find it easier to transfer credit from their local community college than from Oxford University, after GW stops accepting credit from non-affiliated study abroad programs. The Office of Study Abroad said they will only award credit for GW affiliated study-abroad programs starting in the fall.
Students will have the chance to get involved in community service this weekend with "A Night to Give Back" Friday and "Make A Difference Day" Saturday.
A UPD officer observed several males arguing outside Guthridge Hall. One of the individuals told the officer that another individual had a gun. A search of the individual produced a pellet gun. The individual was arrested for possession of a dangerous weapon.
Complaints about the Mount Vernon shuttle and dining options on the Mount Vernon campus dominated discussion Tuesday at the Student Association's second Town Hall meeting.
Celebrating their fifth anniversary, the sorority seeks to educate the community about cultural and political Latino issues. The event will feature artwork by Latino artists, traditional Latin American cuisine and an opportunity to meet and network with D.C.-area professionals, sorority president Reyna Larios said.
GW is partially reconstructing the state-of-the-art Mount Vernon Campus tennis facility less than a year after it opened last spring, leaving the tennis teams possibly searching for another place to hold home meets this season.
Our minds are concentrated on one thing, but if they wander for a split second, we end up thinking about something completely different in a matter of moments, even with football.
With no new freshmen recruits, the 2002-03 women's basketball team does not have to waste its first two weeks of practice breaking down the mechanics of their offense and working out defensive strategies. They do, however, need all their returning players back on the court.
A collision spoiled the GW men's crew team's trip to Boston for the Head of the Charles last weekend. The collision with a Brown University women's boat sent a GW rower and a Brown rower to the hospital and rendered both teams unable to compete.
The GW women placed 26th in the Championship Eight, an event comprised of the top 40 women's crews at the Head of the Charles regatta last weekend.
Study abroad officials said this week that GW will stop accepting academic credit from programs unaffiliated with the University next fall.
Journalists defended their coverage of the D.C.-area sniper shootings and denied any role in harming the investigation during a Kalb Report forum at the National Press Club Monday night.
While this weekend's "Make A Difference Day" is a chance for students to help the community, many students perform community service year round through GW service organizations such as Neighbors Project.
Hundreds of students, faculty and Foggy Bottom residents descended upon Kogan Plaza to enjoy an array of vegetables, fruits and hand-made goods at the Farmer's Market Wednesday. Organizer Josh Singer called the turnout "unbelievable," hailing the event as a "great success.
T.G.I Friday's resumed its usual practice of accepting Debit Dollars on Tuesday and is negotiating with the University over $7,000 in lost revenue.
Three times as many students have been evicted this year from University housing for drug possession compared to about this time last year.
A Metropolitan Police cruiser struck a female freshman while she was crossing 23rd Street near Hillel Tuesday night at about 10:25 p.m. The Hall on Virginia Avenue resident, who was taken to GW Hospital by ambulance, received a few stitches above her left eye and a cut on her leg but was still awaiting additional X-rays Wednesday night, friends said.
The U.S. Court of Appeals will hear a GW appeal against D.C. zoning restrictions Thursday, including a provision forcing the University to house all freshmen and sophomores on campus. The court will hear appeals from both the D.C. and GW representatives after a district court ruled in a split decision in April.
As a freshman last year, Graham Murphy decided to do what many GW students have considered doing but have never actually done. He started his own student organization.
Unionized food workers voted to approve a three-year contract with food service provider Aramark Wednesday, after about five months of negotiations. Aramark responded to most of the workers' demands concerning higher wages, better health care benefits and more efficient grievance procedures in the new contract, union representatives said.
Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah spoke about the future of Afghanistan in the wake of the U.S. war on terrorism in the Jack Morton Auditorium Monday, calling fundamentalism a "threat to normal life."
Posted 2:36 p.m. Oct. 25 (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON--Police believe they have caught two men responsible for the Washington, D.C. area sniper attacks that have terrorized residents for the past three weeks and drawn national and international attention. The suspects are John Allen Muhammad, 41, a Persian Gulf War Army veteran who had lost custody of his children, and his 17-year old companion, John Lee Malvo, an illegal immigrant from Jamaica.
Posted 3:15 p.m. Oct. 27 (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON--Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.) died tragically on Friday morning when his small propeller plane crashed in Eveleth, Minnesota, killing eight people. Wellstone, a populist Democrat, spent his entire life working on behalf of his progressive ideas.
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