Four successful Hispanic women spoke about female and cultural empowerment to a 25-person crowd in the Marvin Center Wednesday night as part of the third annual "Hispanic women of excellence" event. Wendy Pena, president of Lambda Pi Chi, which co-sponsored the event, said the panelists were meant to encourage Hispanic women to excel academically.
Iraqi translator Humala Aqrawee, who works for the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, addressed two dozen students in the Marvin Center Wednesday night. At the event, organized by sophomore Stan Dai and senior Cassandra Waite, Aqrawee thanked U.S. soldiers for their support in Iraq.
While GW's 10,000 undergraduates are only a small fraction of the 40 million youth voters eligible to cast a ballot this November, they know how to flex their political muscles. Below are the stories of some students who not only promote their political messages at GW but also work on a national level to make their candidates a winner in November.
With his debut film "Primer," which he wrote, directed, edited, scored and starred in, newcomer Shane Carruth proved that for literally no more than a few thousand dollars, a young filmmaker can make an intensely interesting film and win the highest honors at the Sundance Film Festival to boot.
For those who have not yet soaked in the images of porn star John Holmes, Landmark's E Street Cinema will be screening 1976's "The Lollipop Girls in Hard Candy" in glorious, orgasmic 3-D, as part of its $6 weekly film series "Midnights on E." Infamy can lead to misinterpretation of the essence of a man like Holmes, who you might better recognize as Johnny B.
Throughout their 23-year existence, the Beastie Boys underwent otherwise unthinkable metamorphoses in both musicality and style. Today, New York City's favorite sons are so far removed from any conventions, expectations or previous incarnations of themselves that they defy any characterization outside of simply being the Beastie Boys.
After nearly four decades of reclusion, lying in bed and sitting in his sandbox, Brian Wilson finally felt the world was ready for his own "teenage symphony to God." SMiLE, which was to be Wilson's follow-up to 1966's Pet Sounds, caused conflict with the other Beach Boys and eventually led to a personal torment and breakdown of the creative spirit behind the band that invented a sound of summer.
"Anna in the Tropics," Arena Stage's latest production, had a praiseworthy reputation. As the 2003 winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the American Theatre Critics Association Steinberg Award, expectations were high, but scarcely met. Set in the cigar-making factories of Tampa, Fla.
With "Team America: World Police" (Paramount), the new film from "South Park" co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the filmmakers echo 1998's "South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut" using an alternative medium. This time, their palette is puppets and their targets are action films, Hollywood actors, nationalist hubris and Kim Jong Il.
"Primer" (THINKfilm) is a film that, for some time now, has been riding the fame of winning the 2004 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize. As disgraceful and hollow as that description might seem, that's most likely how one would quickly describe it in a sentence.
Every artist has a muse, and for Alexander Calder and Joan Mir?, it was each other. Friends for the duration of their careers, these two greats of modern art are reunited in the Phillips Collection's latest exhibit, "Calder Mir?." Calder, a sculptor, and Mir?, a painter, met in Paris in 1928.
"Around the Bend" (Warner Independent Pictures) is one of those movies that has serious flaws but makes up for it with heart. Directed by first-timer Jordan Roberts, "Around the Bend" brings four generations of the Lair family men together. The cast is the heart of this movie, and the fact that this cast includes Christopher Walken ("Catch Me If You Can") and Michael Caine ("The Quiet American") will probably give audiences a reason to see it.
Thursday Miriam's Dialogue Students meet with soup kitchen attendees to discuss poetry and literature 8:15 to 9 a.m. Miriam's Kitchen Sponsored by Miriam's Kitchen Showing of "Anchorman" 7 and 10 p.m. Marvin Center Continental Ballroom Sponsored by Program Board Saturday Octoberfest Food, games, hay rides and pumpkin painting 2 to 5 p.
Sorority soccer tournament raises money for charity The Beta Theta Pi fraternity hosted its third annual Beta Cup, a sorority soccer tournament and fundraiser. The event raised about $14,000 for the Martha's Table charity, a local organization dedicated to helping underprivileged children and families.
Senate considers ban on office assitants The Senate will consider legislation Tuesday that would eliminate the Student Association's work-study office assistants and charge students a copy fee for printing test and syllabi files in the SA office. The bills, which were introduced Tuesday night, have been referred to the Senate's Rules Committee.
Colonials Weekend organizers anticipate this year's festivities will draw about 7,000 parents, siblings, friends and alumni to campus. If projections are correct, the 2004 Colonials Weekend will surpass previous year's attendance figures by several thousand.
Two men at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict argued Tuesday night in the Marvin Center over the state of negotiations between the factions, agreeing only that no resolution is near. Yossi Alpher and Ziad Abu Zayaad presented their views on peace in the Middle East to an audience of around 60 at an event sponsored by Hillel and the Student Alliance for Israel.
by Bryn Lansdowne Campus News Editor Sophomore Stephanie Cook cannot go out with her boyfriend's parents when they come to town, and she has a hard time even walking through campus without getting looks from her peers. Cook, a black woman, is one of many college students dealing with the obstacles of an interracial relationship.
In an attempt to ease the strained relationship between GW and Foggy Bottom residents, the University is devoting more resources to improving community relations. GW established the Office of D.C. and Foggy Bottom/West End Affairs earlier this month to create a neighborhood liaison department.
Liquor Law Violation 10/10 - Thurston Hall - 1:10 a.m. - case closed Front desk officers called for more backup and EMeRG. when a male student was carried through the front door. A student informed University Police that the male had consumed alcohol for the first time and was having difficulty speaking and standing.
Student organizations will be getting $13,000 less in allocations this year, according to a final budget passed by the Student Association Senate Tuesday night. After a nearly month-long process that included an audit of all student organizations, an opportunity for groups to protest their funding and an eight-hour special Senate meeting last week, the body's Finance Committee made final changes to original proposals this week.
GW men's basketball coach Karl Hobbs likens the first day of practice to a new automobile. "It's a day where you are taking the car out for the first time," he said. "All you're doing is testing the speed." When the Colonials begin practicing Saturday, the fourth-year coach said his highly touted team will start simply: with heavy doses of running and drills aimed at "getting the guys back into basketball shape.
The GW women's basketball team will begin practicing Saturday, and head coach Joe McKeown's task will be tougher than in years past. McKeown has to incorporate four freshmen and five sophomores into the lineup after the loss of four seniors last spring. Two of the players, Cathy Joens and Ugo Oha, were selected in the WNBA draft before being cut in training camp.
The 2004 presidential election is only weeks away and campus division is visible. During the first two debates, the College Democrats and College Republicans screamed at each other during a rally in J Street. However, the most divisive issue on campus may not be the election, but a different type of race.
A former GW engineering professor was arrested Tuesday for allegedly embezzling over $600,000 in federal funds from a program on GW's Virginia Campus. The University uncovered the plot and launched an internal investigation, albeit well into the scheme. After an aggressive effort to bring the alleged offender to justice, the University must make a concerted effort to convince the federal government that their dollars are being put to good use at GW.
The University Police Department recently released its annual report detailing crime statistics on campus. The report detailed a significant rise in alcohol violations and a general decline in most other offenses. Acts of vandalism, however, saw a sharp upturn.
Those activist judges are back at it. What are they up to now? Taking 'God' out of the Pledge of Allegiance again? Overturning the ban on partial-birth abortion? No. This time it is actually serious. A wrongly convicted man is set to die because of this "judicial activism.
Many students have been troubled by the negative attention the GW basketball team has recently received. Few, I believe, have been more troubled than me. At a University without a drop of credibility with regard to school spirit and invested interest in student life, we need to save our last durable thread of the authentic college experience from the throes of collapse.
Hard fought rights Ms. Ferruggia and the "'W' Stands for Women" group should be aware of a few facts before throwing their support behind President Bush in this year's election. Women in the Bush White House earn 78 percent of what their male counterparts make (Washington Post).
A former GW professor was arrested Tuesday and charged with embezzling at least $600,000 in federal funds from the University. Federal officials are accusing Nabih Bedewi, who headed GW's National Crash Analysis Center until June, of funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars into his private company.
More off-campus businesses might accept Colonial Cash now that the University has signed a multiyear contract with Blackboard that will provide the technological support needed to expand GWorld operations.
University Police officers cited 52 percent more students for drinking violations in 2003, according to recently released crime statistics.
Jon Stewart is coming to GW. The anchor of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" will bring his news-mocking monologues to Friday's edition of CNN's "Crossfire," which is filmed in GW's Jack Morton Auditorium. Heather Clapp-Date, a programming coordinator for GW, confirmed that Stewart would be appearing on the Friday show, which will be attended by a booked audience comprised of students, parents and alumni in town for Colonials Weekend.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - On Sept. 23, a Planned Parenthood center geared specifically toward serving the lesbian community opened in Falls Church, Va. While this was not the first center in the country to offer services to lesbians, it was the first to open with a specific clientele in mind.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - Traditional and non-profit universities fear their reputations may be crushed by a bill being debated in Congress. The College Access and Opportunity Act, introduced in May, would make it easier for students to transfer academic credits from fast upstart, for-profit schools, like DeVry University or ITT Technical Institute, to more traditional universities or non-profit colleges, like the University of Virginia or American University.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - As the presidential election began heating up in August, thousands of college students across the nation headed back to school, many greatly concerned about large tuition increases -- troubling not only for the students, but also for their parents who often foot the bill.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry spoke directly to voters about Iraq, health care, jobs, abortion, and taxes in the second presidential debate held Friday at Washington University in St. Louis.
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