Stories from the February 2, 2006, Print Edition
Thursday GW Aid Come see student groups in this variety show, with benefits going to earthquake victims in Pakistan and victims of the violence in Darfur. 7 to 9 p.m. Marvin Center Betts Theatre Tickets $10 at Ticketmaster, $12 at the door Sponsored by Class Council Crossing Borders with Scientific and Technological Knowledge Panelists from the State Department and the Center for International Science and Technology Policy.
Senate closer to election agreement The Student Association Senate took another step towards being ready for a looming SA presidential election at Tuesday night's meeting in the Marvin Center. The body offered new rules to govern the election and agreed to abide by the constitution that has been in effect for the entire year.
A fire on the first floor of The York apartment building at 20th and F streets severely damaged a room in the building late Tuesday night. Alan Etter, D.C. fire department spokesman, said Wednesday that the fire was started by a candle left burning on a shelf in the apartment.
Washingtonians know they've hit the big time when they can afford to buy a house in Sheridan-Kalorama, a tiny suburban community near Dupont Circle in Northwest D.C. known for its elite residents. Bounded by Rock Creek Park, Massachusetts Avenue, S Street and Dupont Circle, a home in this affluent neighborhood averages 5,400 square feet.
GW's political wonks turned out and tuned in at the Hippodrome Tuesday night to spend the evening watching President Bush's annual State of the Union address. About 100 College Republicans, College Democrats and non-partisans attended the event. The watching party in the Marvin Center was sponsored by the CRs, CDs and the Call to Serve campaign, a new group on campus aimed at recruiting GW students to go into public service upon graduation.
More than a dozen student groups will join together Thursday to do what they can to improve the lives of those affected by last year's earthquake in Pakistan and the ongoing violence in the Sudanese province of Darfur. With a variety show and slide presentation called GW AID, students hope to raise money for the two causes. The show is a spin-off of last year's GW LIVE AID event, which benefited the areas devastated by the December 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean.
Nobel Peace Prize nominee and U2 singer Bono will speak at the Washington Hilton and Towers tomorrow evening as part of the Nation's Capital Distinguished Speakers Series. Recently named Time Magazine's Person of the Year, Bono has distinguished himself in the past year as a humanitarian, promoting awareness of global poverty and AIDS.
Disorderly Conduct 1/24 - Marvin Center - 9:40 a.m. - case closed University Police officers identified an individual acting suspiciously in the building. When an officer asked the individual for identification, the individual became verbally irate. The individual eventually gave the officer identification but had no stated purpose for being in the building and was told to leave.
Never before has a torpedo fish's stunning mechanism for seeking its prey simultaneously caught the attention of biologists, chemists and physicists. But soon the secrets of this unique sea creature - and the complexities of life's molecular structures - could be revealed on the fourth floor of Corcoran Hall.
Despite being sold in November, the Allen Lee Hotel on 23rd and F streets will continue to operate as it has for the past 100 years until late 2008. At the end of last year, the quirky, run-down and relatively inexpensive hotel was sold to Abdo Development, a prominent D.C. construction and development company, for about $3.6 million. In the past, GW has tried to purchase the Allen Lee to use it for campus development.
The University announced Wednesday that the Pi Kappa Alpha and Sigma Nu fraternities will be receiving University-owned townhouses in the fall, replacing the Kappa Sigma and Phi Kappa Psi fraternities.
Diehard GW fans span a variety of forms, from a recent graduate who used the team as a way of bonding with his peers to a retired professor who has been following the team with his family for half a century. Like many close-knit groups, they grew close through their shared suffering and have learned to savor every success - however small - their beloved Colonials achieve.
Posted Friday, Feb. 3, 7:50 p.m. William Frawley, dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, was named president of the University of Mary Washington Friday. He was one of three finalists for the presidency of the Fredericksburg, Va., school. He will be formally welcomed to the school's campus on Feb. 6. "It is a great honor to be entrusted with the leadership of this fine institution," Frawley said in a statement released by the University of Mary Washington.
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