ndeterred by Sunday night's snow, Tantric rolled into D.C. to open for the band 3 Doors Down on its winter tour, which consists of nine dates along the East Coast and in the South. The guys are promoting their new album As We Go which is scheduled to hit stores on Feb.
Alex Greenwald and Jacques Brautbar of Phantom Planet had a verbal exchange Saturday that will probably resonate through the ages. "How many college kids can you fit into at Olsson's?" "This many!" Exactly one day after the band appeared on "Late Night with David Letterman," Phantom Planet took the stage at Olsson's, a small book and music store located near Dupont Circle, to promote its new album.
It's a good thing for Alec Baldwin fans that the actor transferred from GW when he did. Otherwise, he may have been a wannabe politician surrounded by horrible actors. Baldwin, who attended GW in the late 1970s, majored in political science and even ran for Student Association president in 1979.
One would hope that there was more to "The Big Bounce" (Warner Bros.) than its trailer let on, but that's just not the case. All of the film's laughs manage to fit in its 30-second trailer, and the story isn't expanded much further than the premise provided by its previews.
Where: 237 2nd St. N.W. (one block west from Capitol Hill) Prices: $12 all you can drink (Saturday) Girls: Catholic and fresh Rating: 3 1/2 out of 5 On a Saturday night deep into winter, when you've visited all the local spots, listened to "Living On A Prayer" at Madhatter's 15 too many times, done the Adam's Morgan circuit and just can't get excited about going out anymore, it's time you venture out to My Brother's Place.
3 Doors Down blasted the doors off the DAR Constitution Hall Sunday night with a southern rock furor. Their vibrant performance with the more youthful bands Tantric and Shinedown made for an eclectic mix of alternative rock. The band began its set with an elaborate light show, but the crowd didn't brighten up until two songs in, when lead singer Brad Arnold broke into the music.
If you're reading this, then you may be a little too old for "The Perfect Score." Well, that depends - do movies filled with stereotypes, awkward love scenes and impassioned speeches about "finding yourself" still do it for you? If you're mentally stuck in high school, then "The Perfect Score" is a serviceable, if trite, teen comedy/coming of age/heist flick.
Last season, the San Francisco Ballet flocked to the Kennedy Center, leaving their indelible footprints on the opera house stage with a performance laden with uniform consistency. If SFB represents the best teamwork to be found on the dance scene, the American Ballet Theatre of New York is the varsity players of the form.
Last year the administration proposed a mandatory summer session for rising juniors that could have generated up to $11 million in perpetual revenue for GW, according to University projections. Although the plan may have had the ability to solve a number of revenue-related issues for the University, it was met with nearly unanimous opposition from a variety of student and faculty groups.
Reflecting on last Monday, the day that has been nationally set aside as a dedication to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his dream, evoked mixed feelings. On one hand, it was a beautiful sight to see hundreds of students come together and go into the community to make a positive change.
Apparently GW Hatchet contributor Paul Kendrick missed his talking points from the Democratic National Committee, for he is one of the few remaining liberals who still has enough political nerve to take issue with the state of the American economy. Economic growth, soaring investor and consumer confidence and home ownership rates, and more than 500,000 jobs recovered in the third quarter alone - most of which were the direct result of the Bush tax cuts - are not convincing enough evidence to silence his reflexive repulsion to Bush's economic policies.
"Are you crazy?" That was just one of the many responses I heard from my friends and family when I told them I would be traveling to Israel during winter break. The other question I was asked a number of times was "Are you sure you want to go to Israel?" Yes, I was sure.
Pandering to students When The Hatchet routinely runs accounts of the serious consequences of excessive and often underage drinking in its Crime Log, it is ludicrous that the Hatchet editorial board irresponsibly declared underage drinking "a seemingly insignificant issue" ("Intriguing Lawsuit," Jan.
Thursday Colonials tailgate party Cheer on the women's basketball team before it plays Duquesne at 7:30 p.m. 5:30 to11:30 p.m. University Club, 1918 F St. N.W. Winter Cotillion Tickets $15, available at Ticketmaster 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. Marvin Center Grand Ballroom Sponsored by Asian cultural organizations Friday Community service organization fair Noon to 2 p.
Honors fraternity looks for recruits The Phi Sigma Pi coed national honors fraternity will hold an informational "meet night" Tuesday. The event will be held in the Marvin Center Continental Ballroom from 8 to 10 p.m. The fraternity holds social programs and fundraising activities throughout the year.
The Student Association Senate canceled its Tuesday meeting because of inclement weather. The Senate planned to vote on the Finance Committee's mid-year review of student group funding, but will now vote on it Feb. 3. "Students are going to have to wait another week for the Senate's decision on their appeals," SA President Kris Hart said.
If you don't gamble and you're not from New England or the Carolinas, then Super Bowl weekend might be tough to stomach. I'm looking forward to Sunday as a Patriots fan, but for non-New Englanders, it might feel like the second-coming of Colonial Inauguration.
Former CIA Director James Woolsey and GW professor Leon Fuerth kicked off a series of town hall meetings about the war on terror at the Elliott School of International Affairs building Tuesday. The event, "The War on Terrorism and the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the World," was the first of a series of conferences on terrorism that will be held throughout the week in 10 cities on three continents.
GW and Georgetown universities have a number of positive things in common - similar academic programs, a prime location and famous faculty. But both schools also share attorneys in their similar fights against city-imposed housing and enrollment orders. In recent years, both universities have embarked on ambitious expansion campaigns - acquiring property, building new academic and residential facilities and increasing enrollment.
Simple Assault 1/25 - 3:03 a.m. - Kogan Plaza open case A female student reported that two males approached her, and one came up from behind and dropped a condom down the front of her shirt, asking, "What are you doing tonight?" Robbery/Purse Snatch 1/22 - 12:55 p.
GW students will study computer and Internet security starting in about a week when the University opens a new lab in Phillips Hall. The lab will feature a "completely confined" network for security testing, meaning outside sources cannot access it. Students will hack into or infect the computers and then figure out how to patch the security holes.
While some GW students will spend this summer interning for a politician, sophomore James Scott Gilbreath will be campaigning to become one. Gilbreath, a Democrat, is running for a seat in the Texas House of Representatives. He believes that Republican partisanship in Texas has grown out of control, leading many politicians to abandon their constituents.
Sophomore Ryan Kelly's roommate woke him at 6 a.m. Monday morning as soon as he found out school was canceled. Kelly said he slept for the rest of the morning before catching up on schoolwork and talking to his friends. "I basically just called all my friends who go to school up in New Jersey and rubbed it in their faces," Kelly said.
More than 300 freshmen are currently taking a variety of courses specifically designed for the Class of 2007. The newly expanded Deans' Seminars classes are open to all first-year students in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences.
Men's tennis remains winless Old Dominion swept the GW men's tennis team 7-0 Friday. The No. 3 doubles team of junior Matt Treadgold and freshman Daniel Balke won the only match of the day for the Colonials, but only the top two doubles teams and top five singles matches count in the final score.
When the St. Louis Rams tied the New England Patriots late in the Super Bowl two years ago, the game appeared to be headed into overtime for the first time in NFL history. One GW senior wearing a "No Overtime" T-shirt kicked his television in disgust. But it wasn't because he was a Patriots fan.
At least 50 students' computers were infected with the MyDoom virus this week, after thousands of messages swarmed GW's e-mail system and slowed delivery.
A University committee is set to begin researching an optional winter session and expanded summer programs as ways to generate additional revenue, officials said this week. The more conservative proposals come after administrators recently backed away from a mandatory summer session, following strong opposition by faculty and students this fall.
Several major candidates in the Democratic primary have formulated policies that would allow students to attend a public university tuition-free for one or two years. Others said they would make college more affordable through federal loans and tuition tax credits.
No referee or video replay could overturn this one. Playing in front of the largest Smith Center crowd in more than a year, the GW men's basketball team earned possibly its biggest win this season, winning by its largest margin of victory in over two years.
Sophomore Isaac Njako and junior Alex Green watched television in Kogan Plaza Wednesday. Members of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity braved the cold to raise money for cancer patients. The fraternity will sit in Kogan again Thursday. Redskins cheerleaders will join the men from noon to 2 p.
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