Thursday Spring Film Series: "The Producers" Catch Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in their Broadway roles on the big screen. 7 to 11 p.m. Marvin Center Third Floor Continental Ballroom Sponsored by Program Board Faculty authors signing reception Join three GW faculty authors at this reception and book signing.
Web site still not ready, officials 'disappointed' Student Association President Audai Shakour's administration acknowledged fault in its role in the production of the Colonial Trader Web site at a town hall forum Monday night in the Marvin Center. The Colonial Trader Web site, a pillar of Shakour's presidential campaign last year, was officially launched after a semester-long delay two months ago under the domain name www.
Sigma Chi welcomes 41 members GW's newest fraternity held a pinning ceremony last week to officially welcome the 41 men that make up its founding father class. "It was primarily a symbolic milestone for the organization," said Dean Harwood, assistant director of the Greek Life.
Junior Caitlin Carroll said she plans on bolstering staff development, particularly with new writers, and publishing more special issues and outside projects next year as The Hatchet's editor in chief. Hatchet staffers voted Carroll, the features editor, to the newspaper's top spot last week.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that the government can withhold federal funds from colleges that bar or limit military recruiting on their campuses. Monday's decision put an end to a decade-long fight led by a coalition of law schools, including GW's, that were trying to strike down the statute as unconstitutional.
Former professor Paul Spiegler, who served as a lab coordinator and taught introductory biology to non-science majors last semester, died of prostate cancer over the weekend. Spiegler, who earned his master's degree from GW in 1959, has been teaching here ever since, said biology professor Robert Knowlton.
Liquor Law Violation 3/4 - Thurston Hall - 9:44 p.m. - case closed A male student entered the building and indicated to University Police officers on duty that he had a knee injury. Officers notified EMeRG and while waiting for them to arrive, the subject told officers that he was involved in an altercation at a local bar while playing pool.
"Tsotsi," honored as the best foreign film at Sunday's Oscar ceremony, brings the theme of redemption to the slums of Johannesburg, South Africa. The title character is a 19-year-old gang leader in one of the largest townships, living day by day, victim to victim.
The Evening Star Caf? 2000 Mount Vernon Ave. Alexandria, Va. Tucked between Old Town Alexandria and Crystal City lies a little refuge known to many as The Evening Star Caf?. And while I heard it has scrumptious food, I naturally came for the booze. Pulling up to The Evening Star Caf? might throw you a bit off guard, as it lies pretty much in the middle of a residential area of suburban Virginia (you can take a cab from the Crystal City Metro stop) - but don't turn around.
Now that "Brokeback Mountain" has reinvigorated the cowboy genre, acclaimed "Don't Come Knocking" (Sony Pictures Classics) director Wim Wenders turns his camera, as he did with his film "Paris, Texas," to the American West. Shot mostly in Utah, Montana and Nevada, the film vividly captures the small towns of the West.
Coldplay is the rock band from outer space - or at least that is what their music would have you believe. With their futuristic production, some of which sounds like it could have been lifted from "2001: A Space Odyssey," Coldplay likes using its music to portray the idea that it has the unique ability to "look at Earth from outer space," as the band states in the opening line of their 2002 song "Politik.
If you have $5 Trying to save up for your jaunt to Cancun Friday? Too cheap to even leave campus? Head over to the Marvin Center Thursday night at 7 or 10 p.m. to see "The Producers," part of the Program Board's free spring films series, in the Continental Ballroom.
In the past month there has been enormous controversy surrounding the election of Hamas to lead the parliament in Palestine. Such concern is legitimate in light of their record of violence and their own founding charter, which calls for the destruction of Israel.
Few topics have fostered more campus discussion than the University's proposed move to a four-by-four curriculum. Indeed, even fewer topics have had more ink spilled on them in the pages of The Hatchet over the past few years: a quick scan of the paper's online archives reveals that more than 35 articles, columns and editorials have been written concerning the topic since it first emerged in November 2002, six of them (now seven) written in the past seven months.
On serious denial about drugs After reading the article "A way of life: when smoking marijuana is a lifestyle" (March 6, p. 9), I have but few words to say to the two people featured in the article: quite frankly, you are both delusional. To believe you do not have a drug problem is ridiculous and to think that you will simply be able to quit because you graduate is even more ridiculous.
"The lucky ones die first." So reads the tagline for "The Hills Have Eyes," Alexandre Aja's remake of Wes Craven's 1977 version of the same name. The film concerns nuclear weapons testing by the U.S. government in the desert of New Mexico during the 1940s, 50s and 60s.
Carrie Bradshaw and Mr. Big meet again . well almost. Director Tom Dey would like to believe that hilarity ensues in the boy-meets-girl, boy-loses-girl comedy "Failure to Launch," but that's not always the case. In Paramount Pictures newest film "Failure to Launch," Trip (Matthew McConaughey), is a handsome, successful, commitment-phobic playboy who is still living in the home of his aging parents (expertly played by Kathy Bates and football great Terry Bradshaw).
Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne have followed through on a 2001 pledge and donated $2.7 million to the School of Medicine and Health Science for the creation of a cardiovascular institute in their names, the Medical Faculty Associates announced last week.
A litigious law professor said he will threaten legal action against the University unless it decides to take at least some action on a student's proposal to ban smoking within 25 feet of GW-owned buildings. Carlye Austin, a GW graduate student and member of the local group Smokefree DC, is leading an effort to rid GW buildings of the "gauntlet of smoke" that lingers by each entrance.
GW denied any wrongdoing in a response it filed Monday to a lawsuit from a former student who alleges the University breached his confidentiality when he sought depression treatment. In a civil suit filed in the D.C. Superior Court in October, former student Jordan Nott alleges that GW policies discriminate against students with mental illness and stigmatize those who seek help.
Greek-letter life officially expanded Monday with the Panhellenic Association's announcement of its newest member: sorority Pi Beta Phi. It is the second Greek-letter organization to join GW this year. The Interfratenity Council expanded in October by adding the Sigma Chi fraternity.
ESPN "SportsCenter" anchor Scott Van Pelt's fascination with GW senior Pops Mensah-Bonsu was love at first sight, lust at first sound. During Mensah-Bonsu's junior year, Van Pelt watched the GW men's basketball team play Rhode Island on TV. Coincidentally, Mensah-Bonsu had a career-high 25 points and 16 rebounds that game and Van Pelt took an immediate liking to the center's athletic and energetic style of play.
Senior Sam Farber has been the voice of GW men's basketball on WRGW, the University-financed Internet radio station, for a historic season. But ESPN announcer Mike Patrick, a GW alumnus, in many senses is the history of Colonials broadcasting. A 1966 speech and drama major, Patrick came to GW from his West Virginia high school in search of an extracurricular club and began a tradition of broadcasting GW men's basketball games in 1964.
Forget their 16-0 regular season conference performance. GW men's basketball head coach Karl Hobbs seems not to remember all those wins. "We're not much more talented than any team in the league," Hobbs said, echoing his comments from earlier in the year that the now-No.
GW gets Temple in friendly arena CINCINATTI - The Colonials are 3-0 in the U.S. Bank Arena, where they will face Temple Thursday at noon in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Tournament. On March 11 last year, the Colonials topped Temple 77-58 in the semifinals of the A-10s, which they ended up winning for the first automatic bid in program history.
The effects of GW's nationally ranked basketball team, which has been in the top 10 for close to a month, could have lasting effects for the University - and not just in the Smith Center. Administrators said the greatest effect of a highly ranked basketball team is the sense of pride and unity it breeds throughout the entire school - but there are also reverberations for merchandise sales, media coverage and possibly even admissions figures.
PHILADELPHIA - The saying goes "two out of three ain't bad," but for the women's basketball team, it was the third that mattered the most. After defeating No. 18 Temple twice this season, the Colonials fell to the Owls 59-54 in the Atlantic 10 Conference championship game Monday night.
The price of the least-expensive room in residence halls will increase by $900 next year as a result of an overall percentage increase in housing costs and the decision to collapse pricing into fewer rate categories. GW's Board of Trustees approved a 1.7 percent overall increase in the amount of revenue GW should bring in from room and board costs at its Feb. 10 meeting.
Posted Thursday, March 9, 2:15 p.m. For GW, it was only the second loss of the season, but a jarring return to earth after going on a 18-game winning streak that lasted for nearly three months.
Posted Friday, March 10, 3:23 p.m. President Bush will speak at GW Monday, the second time in his presidency he has come to the University. His first visit to campus was on Oct. 15, 2002, when he delivered a speech on minority homeownership in the School of Media and Public Affairs building's Jack Morton Auditorium.
Posted Friday, March 10, 6:23 p.m.
GW law professor Jack Friedenthal, who chairs the Senate's Athletics Committee, is looking into the process of how the University admits athletes. Friedenthal was formerly dean of the GW Law School. Faculty members are wondering what the process is of admitting athletes and said they have concerns about anything that affects the reputation of the University.
Students at U.S. universities are speaking out through their school newspapers in response to the international uproar over the Danish editorial cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad, founder of the Islamic religion. A student editor at Harvard University was suspended from the position after printing the highly disputed cartoons.
Posted Sunday, March 12th, 7:02 p.m.The GW men's basketball team was given an eighth seed in the NCAA Tournament and will face UNC-Wilmington in Greensboro, N.C., in a first-round matchup. The eighth seed is the men's program's highest seed in its history.
Posted Monday, March 13, 5:24 p.m. President Bush stressed the need to strengthen Iraqi police forces and combat the use of improvised explosive devices in a speech Monday at the Marvin Center's Betts Theatre.
Posted Monday, March 13, 7:54 p.m. The women's basketball team received a number seven seed and will face No. 10 Old Dominion in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The teams will play in Norfolk, Va., on Sunday. Norfolk is also the location of Old Dominion.
Posted Wednesday, March 15, 8:47 p.m. The GW men's basketball team is getting used to its surroundings in the 23,500-seat Greensboro Coliseum in North Carolina. It's a different beast for GW as the practices are open and the media is as abundant as So Low sweatpants in the Health and Wellness Center. Pops Update: Senior Pops Mensah-Bonsu practiced this morning and participated in the open warm-up with his knee heavily wrapped in an Ace bandage. It's not yet known to what extent he'll play Thursday.
Posted Thursday, March 16, 9:40 p.m. A 28-10 run over about four minutes coupled with two clutch Carl Elliott free throws down the stretch brought the Colonials and the Seahawks to overtime, where Elliott got two more free throws to give GW the scrappy win.
Democratic and Republican lawmakers are criticizing President Bush's proposed education budget, which calls for vast cuts in higher education spending and an end to the Perkins Loan program. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings appeared before the U.S. House of Representative's appropriations subcommittee Mar.
The Supreme Court has affirmed a law that halts federal financing to universities that do not give military recruiters equal access to students that other employers receive. The law, passed in 2004, puts millions of dollars at stake for schools that continue to turn away military recruiters.
Posted Thursday, March 16, 9:42 p.m. The Colonials defeated the University of North Carolina-Wilmington Seahawks 88-85 in overtime Thursday night in Greensboro, N.C., in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. With both teams tied at 36 going into halftime, GW slumped into an 18-point deficit.
Posted Friday, March 17, 3:46 p.m. The University answered two question marks about graduation Friday, announcing that it will definitely hold Commencement on the National Mall and it will host Monumental in Union Station. The University also announced that in the event of severe weather, the University hopes to use the Verizon Center, previously called the MCI Center, as an alternate Commencement site.
Posted Friday, March 17, 6:10 p.m. GREENSBORO, N.C. -- GW Coach Karl Hobbs looked relaxed Friday afternoon. The night before, the fifth-year coach picked up his first tournament victory in an overtime battle with the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. The accomplishment for Hobbs and the program cannot be measured just yet. He is 22 years behind the guy that will be coaching a few feet down the sidelines from him Saturday.
Posted Friday, March 17, 6:10 p.m. GREENSBORO, N.C. -- A lack of tickets for the GW men's basketball team's second-round NCAA Tournament game with top-seeded Duke is causing consternation for fans looking to make it to Saturday's 1:10 p.m. game.
Posted Friday, March 17, 6:10 p.m. Despite the history behind the program and the overall prowess of this Duke Blue Devil team, they are not unbeatable. And while it is possible that Duke would win eight or nine games out of 10 in a matchup against the Colonials, there are a number of things GW can do to win this game.
Posted Saturday, March 18, 3:43 p.m.
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The buzzer in basketball signals finality and after a 74-61 loss to top-seeded Duke Saturday afternoon in North Carolina, it signaled much more for the George Washington men's basketball team.
It signaled the absolute end to the collegiate athletic career of four players that re-established GW as a place to play and ultimately succeed in college basketball.
Start the slideshow!Posted Saturday, March 18, 3:43 p.m. The GW men's basketball team is out of the NCAA Tournament after Duke's 74-61 win in the second round of the Tournament Saturday afternoon in Greensboro, N.C. The No. 1-seeded Blue Devils maintained a two-digit lead over the Colonials for most of the game in what was one of GW's worst shooting games of the year.
Posted Sunday, March 19, 5:19 p.m.
NORFOLK, Va. -- The George Washington women's basketball team entered their first round match-up in the NCAA Tournament knowing they would have to play not only against the five Old Dominion Lady Monarchs on the floor, but also against their approximately 6,500 rowdy fans.
Sunday, none of that seemed to matter.
Posted Tuesdy, March 21, 10:23 p.m.
NORFOLK, Va.--Shanna Zolman had 19 points and standout Candace Parker had 15 points as the Tennessee Volunteers beat the GW women's basketball team 66-53 to knock the Colonials out of the NCAA Tournament. The Lady Vols are heading to the Round of 16 for the 25th consecutive year.
Senior Jessica Simmonds led GW with 14 points and freshman Jessica Adair had 13 points and 11 rebounds for GW.
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