by Jesse Stanchak
We're not all Jersey Princesses and Kings of New England here at GW. Some students are genuinely poor- always worried about money, always a dollar short. But even if you can't afford to live your roommate's cushy lifestyle, you can still give yourself a leg up if you're willing to work for it. There are ways to save money or simply not spend any at all. But pride and poverty don't mix. Being less than wealthy means you have to be willing to take risks, compromise your dignity and work harder than people who have an unlimited budget. But if you're serious about it (or just without options) here's how to get ahead.
by Shannon Derby
The air outside is brisk, and as I step out into the sunlight I can already tell that it will be a beautiful day. Perfect weather, in fact, for shopping at an open-air market. I make the short trek from JBKO to the Foggy Bottom Metro station and meet my trusty Features section assistant Jesse down on the platform.
by Sarah Ransbottom
One block away from the Clarendon Metro stop on the orange line.
If you think that D.C. isn't part of the South, the owners of Red Hot & Blue will tell you otherwise. But where can a D.C. townie get a taste of the South? Just a block off of the orange line in Arlington, Va., Red Hot & Blue brings Tennessee to D.C. with its Memphis pit barbecue and signature two guitar-playing pigs. And it's all for a very inexpensive price.
by Liz Bartolomeo
Sweatshirts, T-shirts, car decals and even woven blankets are sold at the University Bookstore reading, "GW 1821." While the Columbian College was founded that year, the transition from the then-Columbian University to The George Washington University did not occur until 1904.
by Liz Bartolomeo
GW football dominated the pages of The Hatchet in the early-1900s. The Hatchet wrote in 1904 that "football is the most important of fall and winter athletics."
by Andrew Novak
During the late 1880s, the Columbian University made remarkable progress in expansion, outreach and academic quality. By the turn of the century, however, much of this progress was erased. The dishonesty of University administration officials created a financial and many believed it would not survive.
by Andrew Novak
Many of the changes experienced by GW in the early-twentieth century were products of a changing America. Much like today, world and national events affected University life and forced GW administrators to cope with new situations.
The average college student doesn't expect his neighbor to be an 80-year-old who wakes up when he is just crawling into bed for the night. But in Foggy Bottom, where a significant percentage of the population is non-student, a "clash of lifestyles" between the two groups is definitely apparent. The University has been under fire numerous times for a perceived disregard of its neighbors, and students continue to have loud parties without thinking about their older neighbors. If GW is to continue to grow, students and the administration need a little help remembering members of Foggy Bottom who are often ignored.
by Tiffany Montague
As a native Washingtonian who has lived in Southeast D.C. all of my life and who has been living in the Capitol Hill area for the last eight years, I was personally offended by Sarah Ransbottom referring to SE's streets as "mean" and "tough" in her article about Las Placitas restaurant (Sept. 2, p. 16). In fact, I have been reading The Hatchet for about five years now, and every time SE is mentioned it has a negative connotation. This account of SE is inaccurate, small-minded and feeds into a mistaken stereotype from those who are not from this area.
by Graham N. Murphy
I have a love/hate relationship with talk-radio - the only form of media that conservatives can rightly claim dominance over. I love to listen to it while driving around in my car while screaming at those talk-radio conservative crack-pots that are so easy to hate, like Rush Limbaugh. Of course I know that Rush and his many clones in talk-radio cannot hear me, but my reaction to their ignorance is something that I cannot control. They just incite so much anger inside of me that I still continue to hold onto the hope that one day, they will hear me screaming at them through my speakers and just shut up. So, one can imagine my amazement when I was driving in New York visiting my parents and my fantasy finally came true. A Rush clone was on the radio, I started screaming, and the radio went dead. I had shut them up! Or had I?
by Ben Delman
People ask me: "So Ben, what's the biggest difference between D.C. and Omaha, your hometown?"
There are of course many answers. D.C. has more people, noise and umbrellas. Honestly, it has been so rainy lately there are fish drowning.
SA alienated Former House Speaker Sam Rayburn was once quoted as saying, "You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too." The supposed leader of our University student body has demonstrated that he does not follow elementary parking laws.
by Joshua Meredith
The GW volleyball team was an unfriendly host for its invitational tournament at the Smith Center last weekend, winning all three of its matches in the GW Invitational without losing a single game. Senior captain Sarah Hokom led the Colonials with a combined 21 kills and 38 digs, earning the tournament's Most Valuable Player award.
by Alan Siegel
The GW men's soccer team is not expecting the 2003 season to be a rebuilding campaign, despite losing five seniors from last year's NCAA Tournament squad.
by Charles Vundla
The GW women's soccer team split a pair of games at the Eurosport Hoya Classic last weekend, beating cross-town rival Georgetown 2-1 on Sunday after falling to Virginia Commonwealth University 1-0 on Friday.
Beating the Hoyas was particularly sweet for the Colonials after losing to Georgetown in their last three meetings.
by Jeff Nelson
The GW cross country team began its season at the Maryland-Eastern Shore Lid Lifter on Saturday, with the men placing second out of six teams and the women placing fourth out of five teams. GW's top runners did not compete in the race, as they are preparing for Saturday's Mount St. Mary's Invitational.
by Anthony Moniello
The GW men's soccer team recorded its first victory of the season on Saturday, defeating Radford University, 4-2. In their first home game, the Colonials had support from a crowd of about 200 people at the Mount Vernon Athletic Complex.
Bomb scare closes International House University Police prevented students from leaving International House Sunday morning for two hours after being notified by the U.S. Secret Service about a "suspicious" package in the State Department. At 10 a.m., Metropolitan Police cordoned off 22nd Street between G Street and Virginia Avenue after they were advised that a suspicious person left a package in the hallway of the State Department complex, which is across the street from International House.
Monday University Club ribbon-cutting 11 a.m. University Club; 1918 F St. NW Prolific Art Galleries poster sale 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Marvin Center 3rd Floor Terrace The GW Review information session 8 p.m. Marvin Center room 431 South Asian Society first general body meeting 8 to 10 p.
by Christopher Kline
A ceremonial ribbon-cutting for Townhouse Row Thursday was symbolic of an anticipated expansion in Greek-letter life on campus, administrators and student leaders said
by Michael Barnett
With few public events planned to mark the second anniversary of September 11, observance of the terrorist attacks will be relatively low-key this year.
by Andrea Nurko
l?H??ersity must replace the third- and fourth-floor basketball courts in the Lerner Health and Wellness Center, after a soccer ball set off the sprinkler system more than a week ago and caused the floors to flood.
Assistant Athletic Director for Athletic Facilities Tony Vecchione said replacement is likely to begin this week on the third floor, which will take about a month.
by Michael Barnett and Andrea Nurko
More than 200 students evacuated Munson Hall Sunday night after a gas leak was detected in the building. After determining the residence hall would be closed until Monday, University officials told students to stay with friends for the night but said there were enough on-campus beds to accommodate anyone who could not secure alternative sleeping arrangements.
by David Levine
Following U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's foreign policy address Friday, hundreds of students, professors and administrators packed the Elliott School of International Affairs building to celebrate its inauguration.
by by Conor Kennedy
GW students watched as a doctor, his patient and his patient's husband sat on the Lisner Auditorium stage, which was temporarily converted into a doctor's office.
by by Ari Levitus
Nearly 200 students gathered in the Hippodrome Saturday to start the year off in style at the Black Student Union and Organization of American Latino Students kickoff event.
by Michael Barnett
The alleged vandalism of a car belonging to a student living in historic Foggy Bottom has underscored the tensions between longtime residents of the neighborhood and students renting townhouses there.
by Zach Ahmad
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan and peacefully resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict top the administration's agenda in a foreign policy speech at Lisner Auditorium Friday.
by Anthony Moniello
Despite intermittent rain and muddy conditions, the National Football League kicked off its season with a spectacle of a concert on the National Mall Thursday night. More than 100,000 people filled the Mall between the Capitol building and the Washington Monument, as Aerosmith, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige, Method Man and Aretha Franklin rocked the nation's capital in a salute to the United States' armed forces.
by Doug Croxford
Pentagon employee David Laychak, 40, left behind two children and a loving family when he lost his life on Sept. 11, 2001. To honor him as well as the other 183 victims of the Pentagon attack, the Army Corps of Engineers issued an open call last year for the design of a memorial; 1,100 entries were received.
White House tours to resume The White House will give tours to the public starting again later this month, pending visitors receive security clearance from a member of Congress and White House security. White House officials canceled public tours after Sept.
