After the GW women's basketball team beat La Salle 81-64 Saturday, the focus was supposed to be on Joe McKeown's milestone victory. But the head coach had to share the spotlight with one of his players, junior Anna Montanana, after an impressive achievement of her own.
At the end of the GW men's basketball team's 72-65 loss to Richmond Saturday, a group of rowdy Spiders fans rushed the floor at the Robbins Center to celebrate. GW head coach Karl Hobbs said that while he was disappointed at his team's continuing struggles on the road (3-17 in regular-season conference road games since 2001), that celebration was an encouraging sign.
Alumni, boosters and the money they donate play an integral role in collegiate athletics. Success generally requires a first-rate coach, quality facilities, solid equipment and the ability to travel. And all those things require money. But as 20th century poet Christopher Wallace once said, "Mo' money, mo' problems," and at universities across the nation, that adage has held true in the recent past.
The GW swimming and diving teams lost to George Mason Saturday afternoon at the Smith Center, with the men falling 141-100 and the women dropping a tight contest 125-117.
Monday Fraternity spring rush kickoff event 6 to 9 p.m. Marvin Center Great Hall Members gallery spring art show Enjoy wine and cheese while mingling with the artists 4 to 8 p.m. University Club, 1918 F St. N.W. Tuesday Faces of Homelessness Learn about the homeless and what students can do to help them 8:30 to 10 p.
The University announced its "Ask GW" initiative this week, a resource that will enable students to ask administrators and professors questions online.
Five Asian organizations on campus held its first annual Winter Cotillion Thursday to establish unity among Asian-American students. A cotillion is a traditional Filipino coming of age ceremony for a girl around the time of her 18th birthday. Similar to a "sweet sixteen" party, a cotillion is a way of ushering a girl into adulthood and presenting her as a young woman to the rest of the community.
Fraternity leaders said they are optimistic about recruiting new members this week, despite a decrease in some groups' rush numbers this fall.
The sound of alarm bells and the flicker of bright lights rouse firefighter William Wimbish from a chair in the Engine 23 firehouse.
When junior Megan Greer was accepted to the University Honors Program two years ago, she adjusted to college life while taking what was then a requirement of three Honors classes per semester.
Most students can't take a swing at an administrator and be commended for it. But most students are not in Rodney Johnson's racquetball class. Johnson, GW's director of Freshman and Parent Services, teaches students in the basement of the Health and Wellness Center Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
Students who still ship their dirty clothes home for their mothers to wash can get a cure for their laundry room phobia.
As politicians and pundits gear up for the November general election, a GW-sponsored voting initiative is aiming to register 260,000 young voters in six states.
A community group seeking to oust D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams from office will start collecting the signatures of voters Monday in an effort to put a recall vote on the November ballot. The group, Save Our City, has 180 days to collect the signatures of 35,000 registered voters, or about 10 percent of the electorate, said Bill O' Field, public information officer for the D.
S&M club under investigation (U-WIRE) AMES, Iowa - Iowa State University's investigation into a campus bondage and sadomasochism club has left the fate of the group in limbo. Club president Harlan "Duane" Long Jr. said university officials informed him that the Cuffs group would not be allowed to hold its first meeting, which was scheduled for Monday, because Judicial Affairs still needs to gather information about the club's activities.
The past four years have been the nadir of the modern Democratic Party. After losing the closest election in American history and subsequently being humiliated in the midterm congressional elections of 2002, the party has hinged much of its hope on the 2004 presidential election.
At midnight a few days a go I received a call from my mom. She called to tell me that New York Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman's documentary on the Israeli "security fence" would be on.
First of all, I would like to say that I am a political centrist, even perhaps leaning a little toward the left. Despite this, I believe The Hatchet's treatment of President Bush is unfair.
The amazing storytelling of J. R. R. Tolkien and the masterful cinematography of Peter Jackson have captivated millions of Americans. But if one examines the background of Tolkien's classic, he will catch the undertones of World War II, when the world and civilization were under siege by the dark force of totalitarianism.
This is a wonderful time to be a student and a college basketball fan. The early-season games are over and the quests for conference championships begin. The Atlantic 10 Conference has always prided itself on providing the very best in intercollegiate athletics. Not just on the basketball court, not just on a baseball or softball field, but on all fields of play and in all aspects of the event. That includes the behavior of our fans.
With perfect grace, I sailed through the air, mimicking the poise of a prima ballerina as I unsuccessfully jumped over a puddle. I wound up ankle deep in a slushy abyss of Mother Nature's winter vomit.
What makes Famous Luigi's famous? Well, fame is a funny thing. Celebrities like Jessica Simpson are only famous because they say so (and because they can create their own reality television shows), and when it comes down to it, Luigi's is just "famous" because the owners say so.
"Is a person an accumulation of past selves, or made new over and over again?" This is the question that plagues 23-year-old Carrie Bell, the narrator and protagonist of Ann Packer's riveting debut novel, "The Dive from Clausen's Pier."
My best friend Leslie, my then-boyfriend Stephen and I went to Hawaii over spring break last year. We all got drunk together, then when my back was turned, Leslie and Stephen hooked up. I was furious with them and they apologized, saying they were drunk and never meant to hurt me. But after we got back he dumped me and started dating Leslie.
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