Underground hip-hop's most notorious masked emcee will pay a special visit to GW Friday for the "Live from the Ballroom" series, WRGW's first major concert of the semester. "Hip hop heads in the community are really excited for MF Doom. He's not someone who tours a lot.
Fur Nightclub 33 Patterson St. NE Unless you are an active participant in the D.C. club scene or subscribe to the right club promoter's listserv, you probably have not heard of The District's newest posh nightclub - Fur. As someone who belongs to the latter category with a duty to present and dissect nightlife for my constituents, I forwent my usual scene to venture to the four-month-old "four luxurious clubs in one.
Members of the Bokamoso Youth Theatre portrayed the gritty realities of AIDS, domestic violence and death at Betts Marvin Theater on Feb. 5. The performers came from a center for at-risk South African teens to act out issues that plague their hometown of Winterveldt, South Africa, an area that has struggled with poverty, illiteracy and illness.
Liverpool has had a reputation for breeding young, talented musicians who push the envelope, claiming rock groups such as The Beatles, The La's and The Coral. Next in line may be the psychedelic five-piece act The Zutons. So what is a Zuton, you might ask? A clear definition may be hard to come by, but perhaps that's exactly what the band intended.
The Warner Theatre has received a pulsing, lusty valentine, courtesy of the peerless Broadway choreographer/director Susan Stroman. "Contact," her 1999 Tony Award-winning "dance play," is still the most contemporary landmark work in the American Musical theatre.
It is no secret - in fact, it is openly admitted and understood that the world of martial arts cinema rests almost entirely on the shoulders of martial artists. It is one of the few genres which still valiantly defends the archetypal concept of the hero, and for that, I am personally grateful.
Currently wrapping up its two-week engagement at the Kennedy Center's Opera House, American Ballet Theatre performed Giselle and a program of works created by Michel Folkine including Les Sylphides and Petrouschka last week. This week, the company is moving on to the famed Swan Lake.
Students to vote on fee increase, Board of Trustees representation Students will be asked on the March election ballot if they want to pay an extra dollar per credit hour to the Student Association. The SA Senate passed a bill Tuesday night that will put a referendum on the ballot asking students to support an SA fee increase from one dollar to two dollars per credit hour, up to 15 hours, to fund student organizations and SA expenditures.
Fraternity rings in Chinese New Year The Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity is celebrating the Chinese New Year with a Chinese dinner Sunday. The fraternity members will have dinner at China Garden in Rosslyn, Va., and is inviting interested students to meet at the Sigma Phi Epsilon house on Townhouse Row at 12:30 p.
Thursday Ace Your Interview Interviewing workshop 3 to 4 p.m. Marvin Center Room 301 Sponsored by The Career Center Baja Fresh Fundraiser Fifteen percent of purchases will go to GW's Alternative Spring Break service trip to Heifer Ranch in Arkansas 4 to 9 p.
GW graduate participation in the Peace Corps reached an all-time high this year, with the University ranking third among the nation's medium-sized schools for producing volunteers. GW moved up four spots in the medium-sized school category in the United States Peace Corps' annual rankings, "Top Producing Colleges and Universities.
Sophomore Alex Buder transferred to GW last year hoping to complete a double major in art and political science within four years. He had enough credits to accomplish his goal, but what he did not have was the money. Buder, whose parents' Massachusetts hospitality business has been hit hard by a stumbling economy, cannot afford to spend four years here and will graduate a semester early, in December 2006, with one major.
GW's avid Howard Dean supporters have a chance to show their pride and support once more, as he seeks the chair of the Democratic National Committee. Former Indiana Congressman Tim Roemer announced this week that he will pull out of the race for the party's top post, leaving Dean the only candidate for this weekend's election.
The same number of students accepted bids to join a fraternity or sorority during this year's spring recruitment period as last year. The weeklong recruitment for all of GW's 12 fraternities and two of the eight sororities ended Feb. 5 with 96 students accepting bids.
His allegations of defamation, trespassing and unjust bargaining have all been dismissed by a judge. He owes the University more than $36,000 and his bank accounts were frozen. Now, after four of his five complaints against GW have been dismissed, Donald Kreuzer, neighbor to the 729-bed Ivory Tower, is making one last stand.
Metropolitan Police officers arrested an Ivory Tower resident Monday on suspicion of dealing marijuana and mushrooms. A Community Living and Learning Center search turned up a substantial amount of marijuana, mushrooms, a scale and a large amount of cash, University Police Chief Dolores Stafford said.
Burglary 2/5 - Dakota Hall - open case Three laptops were stolen when the door of a triple was left unlocked. Destruction 2/2 - Ivory Tower - case closed While on patrol, a University Police officer found broken glass from a fire extinguisher container and a damaged exit sign on the fourth floor.
Coach Karl Hobbs knows his GW men's basketball team always has its hands full with Richmond. The Spiders have defeated the Colonials three times in a row dating back to January 2004, with the most recent loss coming on Jan. 22. Richmond coach Jerry Wainwright "always has something up his sleeve," Hobbs mused earlier this week.
The loss still stings GW women's basketball coach Joe McKeown. Well, two losses actually. "I wasn't sure if you were talking about the Eagles or La Salle," said McKeown, a lifelong Philly fan. In the grand scheme of things, the Colonials' 65-53 loss to the Explorers last week probably hurts more than the Birds' Super Bowl collapse.
The GW community got its first taste of the new Washington Nationals when the University-sponsored Kalb Report brought team president Tony Tavares to the National Press Club Monday night. Tavares said he expects 2.5 to 2.75 million spectators to attend games during the team's first year of play at RFK Stadium, located in Southeast D.
Tyson Trish saw a lot as a GW student in the 1990s. But he never experienced anything in Foggy Bottom resembling what he saw in Sri Lanka last month. A beautiful beachfront was transformed into a field of concrete debris. Entire villages were destroyed and replaced with overcrowded camps.
Former CIA Director James Woolsey addressed a full crowd at GW's Jack Morton Auditorium Tuesday to defend U.S. military action in Iraq. Woolsey, who led the CIA from 1993 to 1995 and is an advisor to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said the Bush administration ousted Saddam Hussein from Iraq because of his brutal regime and not to procure oil.
Comedian and social activist Dick Gregory mixed humor with tribute when he celebrated the progress of blacks Tuesday night at the student-sponsored Black History Celebration. The pioneering black comedian is known for reaching both black and white audiences since the 1960s.
Columbian Square looked more like a makeshift theater Wednesday night when students performed stand-up comedy at the second annual GW's Funniest College Student Competition. A platform stage was set up in the middle of the Marvin Center's Columbian Square, where nine students competed for the title of GW's Funniest Student and a chance to compete with students from other D.
Mounting student angst with, and contempt for, J Street culminated in the passage of a bill in the Student Association Senate that could lead to a one-day boycott of the Aramark-run establishment on March 7. Offering a number of steps - including specific meetings with University administrators and Aramark officials - to address student concerns ahead of the boycott, student leaders should be commended for taking concrete action to address student concerns about food service.
After reading the long overdue and inspiring article, "Getting dirty for a cause (Feb. 3, p. 1)," it is nice to see that there are some students who think that recycling is worth more than a five cent return from your beer can. Coming from the hippie commie pinko city of San Francisco, I have always been appalled at the lack of respect and motivation to preserve nature and recycle out here.
Is President George W. Bush still the "Right Man," as author and presidential speechwriter David Frum branded him in the wake of 9/11? Public dissatisfaction with the Iraq War damaged this image, and perhaps undermined Bush's place in history. However, after the success of the Iraqi elections and a powerful State of the Union address, Bush may have re-established himself as the right man, at the right time.
As rewarding as it is to see the positive words of Will Dempster in The Hatchet's Jan. 27 ("Fix the inept Senate," p. 4) issue and Kathy Elie's Letter to the Editor ("Keep focus," Feb. 3, p. 5) of this past Thursday, actions and results speak louder than words.
Since the White House propaganda shop began its work in 2002 to sell the Iraq War, so often it has seemed America exists in a bizarro world, an Orwellian universe where up is down, good is bad and hot is cold. The Bush administration has led us down a freakish Yellow Brick Road, but instead of encountering lions, tigers and bears (oh my!), we find phantom WMDs, myths of Osama-Saddam links and Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo-style torture (oh dear!).
In light of a recent op-ed written by the highly misinformed president of the Interfraternity Council ("Join a real fraternity," Feb. 3, p. 5), the members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Washington City Rho chapter feel the need to clear up the many misconceptions and lies that circulated in last week's Hatchet.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - Last Monday, tens of thousands of pro-life activists gathered on the National Mall to protest the thirty-second anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade. The crowd, made up of protesters from around the country, marched in frigid conditions from the White House Ellipse to the Supreme Court, to voice their annual call for the 1973 decision to be overturned.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - Jury selection in the Michael Jackson molestation trial was delayed one week after a reported death in the family of the singer's attorney. On Feb. 14, prosecutors and Jackson's defense team will begin choosing 12 jurors and eight alternates from a pool of 250.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - With a majority of the votes and his opposition quitting the race, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean will most likely become the new Democratic National Committee Chair Feb. 12 when Democrats vote to replace out going Chairman Terry McAuliffe.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - For students all over the country, Super Bowl Sunday is not just an ordinary day of watching football. "The Super Bowl is so much more than just the game, it's a huge national cultural event" said Ali Crystal, 20, a student at the University of Maryland.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - Last week, SBC announced a $16 billion acquisition of AT&T, pioneering a new standard for wireless communication service in the United States. "Today's agreement is a huge step forward in our efforts to build a company that will lead a communications revolution in the 21st century," said Edward E.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - The American Psychological Association announced last weak that psychologist Gerald (Jerry) Jacobs, Ph.D. will work with the APA in its effort to assess the mental health needs of the Tsunami survivors. Jacobs is the Director of the Disaster Mental Health Institute and a professor in the doctoral Clinical Psychology Training Program at the University of South Dakota.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - College students bored with the taste and effects of regular beer can put their lips to "B-to-the-E," the newest creation by America's number one selling beer company, Anheuser-Busch. The concept: Beer with caffeine. "Sounds like it's going to suck.
Student Association senators overwhelmingly passed legislation Tuesday night calling for a March 7 boycott of J Street if Aramark, the University's food service provider, does not respond to student needs.
University officials are warning students to closely monitor their GWorld accounts after a CVS employee stole $1,378 from 16 students last month. The current system does not adequately protect users from fraudulent charges, University Police Chief Dolores Stafford said.
The D.C. Department of Health closed 15 local restaurants in the past three years, including three using the GWorld system, because of sanitation problems including rodent infestation, cooking at the wrong temperature and using unclean equipment.
Since at least 1990, GW has never had a year without passing a tuition increase. The year 2005 will be no different for sophomores and juniors, who may pay as much as $32,515 in tuition next year.
Updated Saturday Feb. 12 6:49 P.M. The GW men's basketball team has had problems with Richmond in recent years. Coach Jerry Wainwright's quickly changing defensive style and disciplined play has led to four Spiders' victories in their last six match-ups with the Colonials.
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