Senate approves two election officials, fails one nominee The Student Association Senate approved two students and failed one to sit on the Special Elections Committee, an oversight body that will run an SA special election to be held before winter break. The special election is a referendum for students to vote to approve new governing documents for the SA, replacing the existing constitution.
Hold the door How can student life at GW be improved? Though broad and sweeping student-driven initiatives often produce worthwhile results, I feel that lofty, long-term goals look past some of the simplest and easiest solutions. One of the best answers I can provide for improving student life is to hold the door.
The D.C. Department of Transportation revealed four different possibilities for the future of the Whitehurst Freeway - D.C. drivers' main route from downtown to the Key Bridge in Georgetown - at a public meeting Tuesday. The agency spent almost a year conducting a $550,000 feasibility study to measure the impact of demolishing the freeway, a plan proposed by Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) in January because it is "an eyesore.
In light of a task force report released earlier this year on the state of course scheduling and classroom shortage difficulties, the University has made strides to improve the scheduling process that plagued students, courses and faculty members last year.
There are a handful of residents in the D.C. metro area who claim that the hip-hop scene here is rather hard to find, or that it hardly even exists. While scores of rap and hip-hop artists travel into D.C. every month, playing shows at venues such as the 9:30 Club and the Black Cat, the local, "underground" artists are often left in the shadow of the mainstream touring acts.
The audience of Forbidden Planet's last production, Rocky Horror Picture Show, came expecting the sacrilegious. Perhaps not so for their most recent, Guys and Dolls. But it fits in with company Artistic Director Roxanne Orkin's philosophy. "There's nothing sacred about scripts, we just do what we feel like," she said.
My ongoing search for live music and good booze in the District took me this week to one of my favorite bars in the city, Staccato. But as much as I love Staccato, its one downfall is its not-so-cheap drinks. I was tipped off about the bar right across the street: The Common Share, also located at the base of the dreaded 18th Street hill in Adams Morgan.
If you watch as much VH1 as I do, then you are probably familiar with the story involving the members of Led Zeppelin, a red snapper and a groupie. After performing at the 1969 Seattle Pop Festival, John Bonham, Led Zeppelin's drummer, and Richard Cole, the band's road manager, caught a red snapper while fishing out the window of their room at the Edgewater Inn.
"What's with the black? Looks like you're going to a funeral." "Maybe I am." It's this bleak attitude that characterizes the self-destructive behavior of the Man in Black in the new film "Walk the Line" (20th Century Fox). Everyone is familiar with Johnny Cash - his black wardrobe, aching songs and steely voice; but what drove him to create this dark persona? The movie attempts to explain a man who touched so many lives, yet had a deeply troubled life of his own.
Most people know Albert Einstein as that guy who developed the theory of relativity, or the formula E = mc2. When associating Einstein with the academic world, he is most closely linked to mathematics and physics rather than any right-side-of-the-brain subjects, such as fine arts.
On Friday, the GW women's basketball team may be looking in a mirror. In the season opener against the University of Virginia, GW will be facing a squad that, at quick glance, appears to be very similar to the Colonials. Like GW, the Cavaliers have one senior, Tiffany Sardin - a third-year captain who stepped up her game in the second half of last season.
After Saturday's unexpected scare at the hands of Division II Augusta State, GW men's basketball fans understandably were looking for answers to myriad pressing questions. Yes, the Colonials - whom some experts designate as a sleeper Final Four team - surrendered nearly as many points to the Jaguars as to the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest last season.
After only eight minutes into the GW men's basketball team's exhibition against Augusta State on Saturday, senior Pops Mensah-Bonsu hobbled out of the game with an ankle injury. Director of Athletics Jack Kvancz said the 6-foot-9 forward was diagnosed with a seemingly harmless sprained ankle and will be out seven to 10 days.
Student Association President Audai Shakour narrowly escaped impeachment at Tuesday night's SA Senate meeting in the Marvin Center. Despite Sen. Chris Rotella (CCAS-U), a sophomore, drafting a document outlining 11 reasons to impeach Shakour, not enough senators supported the document for the charges to be carried out.
Following about 10 years of negotiations, GW and the School Without Walls will sign a finalized deal within the next few weeks that solidifies the University's purchase of the parking lot adjacent to the high school, University officials said. Louis Katz, GW's executive vice president and treasurer, said in an interview last week that a finalized deal will be signed "any time now," and then architects can begin to plan construction for the lot.
It's 11 a.m. on a Saturday outside Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington at 16th and L streets in Northwest. Two groups stand outside, their ideologies diametrically opposed. In a prayer circle of about 15 people on the tiny lawn in front of the clinic, two anti-abortion protesters kneel at both sides of a sidewalk leading to the clinic's entrance, holding rosaries and praying silently.
When the house lights dimmed on Arena Stage's world-premiere performance of Cuttin' Up, the audience heard a familiar radio personality telling them how to be an appropriate theatre audience. The voice told everyone not to eat, crinkle candy wrappers or talk during the performance - common sense to most of the audience who had probably been to many performances in their lifetimes, but it might have been new information to a specific part of the audience.
New Orleans-based funk outfit Galactic is bringing its unique brand of party music to D.C. in what is being dubbed "a NOLA style blowout." Two shows at the 9:30 Club will round out the band's "10 Year Invasion" tour, and will be littered with special guests, pumping improv and classic covers.
Judy Miller, the former New York Times reporter who has been criticized for articles she wrote in the buildup to the invasion of Iraq, said Monday night that removing Saddam Hussein from power "was a good thing," and America would have gone to war regardless of her articles.
Before a crowd of about 70 students, former Republican vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp gave a speech on poverty and capitalism in the United States but did not address the major issues facing the GOP. Kemp, who unsuccessfully ran for vice president with Bob Dole in 1996, is a former professional football player, member of the House of Representatives and secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
For the typical college student, Saturday nights are the time to kick back, relax and have a good time. But for senior Daniel Lee, Saturday nights mean the overnight shift at GW Hospital's Intensive Care Unit. From 7:30 p.m. Saturday to 7:30 the next morning, Lee assists nurses, works with patient charts, monitors rooms, answers calls, and assists with the cleaning and transport of deceased patients.
This week could not be worse for Student Association President Audai Shakour. While Student Judicial Services investigates allegations of sexual impropriety brought against him, some members of the Senate have drafted articles of impeachment outlining various alleged failures of leadership on the part of Shakour.
You don't have to look far to see the seeds of disaster being planted all around us. They can be found throughout Southeast Asia and Europe; even throughout time, where the lessons we should have learned stretch as far back as 1918. We have ignored them at our own peril for far too long.
I'm lucky. For some deranged reason, since the sprightly age of 7, I have known what I want to do with my life: become a writer. Fast-forward 11 years and that same interest motivated me to apply to GW's journalism program in the School of Media and Public Affairs.
University officials said they hope to increase the number of students participating in the six-year bachelor's and law degrees program next year. The BA/JD program, in its second year, has five students enrolled this year and hopes to attract 15 incoming freshmen to participate in the program next year, Admissions Director Kathryn Napper said.
About 200 students were forced to confront the issues of poverty and unequal wealth distribution during the Oxfam Hunger Banquet Tuesday night in the Marvin Center. "This is a dramatized version of what goes on in the world because of poverty," said freshman Talia Recht, a human services major and volunteer involved in the project.
First, he told students it would be ready in August. Then, he said it would be ready in October. Now, Student Association President Audai Shakour is assuring students that the Colonial Trader Web site, a pillar of his campaign, should be ready by late November.
Denver citizens voted earlier this month to legalize marijuana use for some residents, a success that has activists planning further initiatives. On Nov. 1, a measure that made possession of marijuana legal for citizens over the age of 21 passed with 54 percent approval.
NASA administrator Michael Griffin said in testimony before Congress early this month that his agency is reformulating its outreach efforts to college students to prepare a new generation to explore space. Griffin cited poor math and science test scores and the inability to produce an abundance of science majors as factors in deciding to form new ideas for outreach.
Almost half of all college seniors took at least one course from another postsecondary institution before enrolling at their current institutions, according to the annual National Survey of Student Engagement released last week. Education experts call the act of taking classes from multiple institutions "swirling," and it has them concerned because the findings indicate that transfer students participate in fewer activities that supplement their learning experiences.
Posted Saturday, Nov. 19, 12:33 a.m. The University of Virginia had 43 rebounds en route to a 66-53 win over the GW women's basketball team in both teams' regular-season opener. The Cavaliers (1-0) took advantage of poor passes and eight missed free throws by the Colonials (0-1) to secure the win. Virginia is 25-4 in season openers. Sophomore Kim Beck was five-for-eight from the floor and led the team with 13 points.
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