Monday GW Winds Chamber Recital 7:30 p.m. Dorothy Betts Theater, Marvin Center Tuesday GW Chamber Ensemble Concert 7:30 p.m. Dorothy Betts Theater, Marvin Center Wednesday Midnight Breakfast Breakfast food, give-aways and activities to help ease final exam stress 10:30 p.
Freshman organizes glasses drive Freshman Ayano Ioroi is calling on students to donate eyeglasses and sunglasses for her summer service trip to Ghana, where she will educate villagers about proper eye care. She hopes to collect 300 pairs of glasses and raise $300 before she leaves for the African country with the Unite for Sight volunteer project.
"Sex fest arouses controversy" (April 28, p. 3) contained a stylistic error. "Pro-abortion student group" should have been written as "abortion rights student group," per Associated Press Style.
GW's seven a cappella groups sang for top honors Thursday night at the annual Battle of the A Cappella Groups. The Troubadours, a co-ed group, took home the top prize of best all-around group. Emocapella, the GW Pitches, the GW Vibes, Shiluv, the Sirens and Sons of Pitch were the other groups competing in seven categories for the third annual event, organized by the Class Council.
At a writing conference on the first anniversary of former student Hasan Hussain's death, freshman Saif Inam described his best friend with one word: "revolutionary." "He expressed to me that he wanted to write against oppressive institutions," Inam said.
Students could win up to $100 Tuesday by participating in an online scavenger hunt. The New Age Investor, a company aimed at educating young adults about money management and financial decision-making techniques, is sponsoring a virtual Wallet Hunt for GW students as a marketing ploy.
The "not-so-secret society," GW's Order of the Hippo, held numerous events in the past week with the help of University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg. While the group provides networking opportunities for students interested in forging relationships with University administrators, the Order of the Hippo showcases a potential GW double standard.
Over the past few weeks, the battle over judicial filibusters has spread like wildfire. Everyone has an opinion, and few have has hesitated to share it. The religious right has thrown barbs saying that Democrats are opposed to religion - the very reason they are opposing the appointment of a number of the president's judicial nominations.
Advice for advising When I received an e-mail today from the Student Association asking me to complete a survey about advisers at GW, I thought, "Wow, maybe someone else has noticed that advisers here suck." Although I usually avoid surveys, I was glad to complete one on something that I have strongly felt is lacking since I was a freshman at GW.
The GW baseball team climbed atop the Atlantic 10 West standings this weekend, sweeping a three-game series against Dayton. Saturday, the Colonials won a rain-delayed game 3-1 and then took both ends of a doubleheader Sunday. "We have been playing good ball lately," head coach Steve Mrowka said.
The University of Rhode Island Spring Invitational, held in Portsmouth, R.I., at the Green Valley Country Club, resembled a professional major in some ways. Rain inundated the course, shortening the event to 18 holes. The Colonials now feel like they are wearing the green jacket.
With the regular season title up for grabs, the GW women's lacrosse team fell short at Temple Sunday, losing 11-10 in overtime. The team secured a spot in the Atlantic 10 Championship last weekend and will be the three seed in the four-team tournament. "Overall they are disappointed," head coach Chrissy Lombard said.
Softball The GW softball team recorded 15 hits, a season-high, beating Atlantic 10 foe Temple 7-3 in the first game of a double-header in Philadelphia on Sunday. Sophomore Elana Meyers finished 4-for-5 with a homerun and three runs scored. Temple captured the second game 3-1.
For the past month, employees of the Gelman Library have been caring for a mother duck that is keeping 12 of her eggs warm next to the building.
Forty-three business school students learned the true meaning of real-world experience over the past 13 weeks, as they conducted marketing for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Two sections of BADM 120 received a budget of $2,500 to bolster the image of the government group that is involved with performing post-Sept.
ior Adam Levine throw a party at The Exchange Saloon, they know what attracts students to the 17th and G streets bar - location, location, location. "(The Exchange) is an ideal bar for GW students. It's very close to campus so when people go out they don't have to walk very far," Levine said.
Hillel is circulating a questionnaire as part of the first step in creating a kosher meal plan for next year. Rob Fishman, interim director of Hillel, said the questions are being sent via e-mail to students and parents on the Jewish center's listserv to see if there is sufficient interest in kosher food.
A soggy Fountain Day on the Mount Vernon Campus forced a Saturday performance by guitar player and singer Howie Day to be held indoors before a smaller-than-expected crowd. The event, held annually to celebrate the end of the semester as well as the turning on of the Mount Vernon fountain, was expected to draw more than 1,000 students.
The party's promoters said they had the players' permission to use the pictures for the palm card, which if true could put Mensah-Bonsu's remaining year of collegiate eligibility in jeopardy.
Contrary to popular belief, GW does not have a secret society. Rather, it has an administration-sponsored society - the Order of the Hippo - that does not make great efforts to keep its meetings and rituals a secret. The society's open secrecy only fed the curiosity and contempt of a handful of students who staked out an Order of the Hippo meeting Friday night at the Media and Public Affairs building.
Officials said they have been noticing a shifting dynamic in Foggy Bottom for the past few years and that this year, both the community and the University are "really starting to see these changes."
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