AUSTIN, Texas - Many students take spring break as a chance to both unwind and get wound up, traveling to exotic locales to work on tans or purge livers. But have you ever considered Texas for a spring break destination? No, not the whole state, just that beautifully liberal bastion of Austin, home of Whole Foods and mother of the world-famous South by Southwest festival.
AUSTIN, Texas - Once a year the country's top techies escape cyberspace to engage in real-life - albeit often socially awkward - conversations. In the days before the notoriously wild South by Southwest booze and music fest began, people in Austin congregated around power outlets rather than concert stages, discussing the future of interactive media, particularly the World Wide Web.
Reggae music evokes images of dreadlocked Rastafarians - not long beards and curled locks. The stereotype-defying Hasidic Jewish reggae artist Matisyahu will bring his unique sound and atypical reggae image to the Smith Center on April 9. WRGW and the Student Activities Center will sponsor the concert, which station manager Steve Roche said would be the biggest that WRGW has ever sponsored.
AUSTIN, Texas - You're a born rock star - you know it, your friends know it and your parents know it. One day you're going to rule the charts, make millions of dollars, be featured on "MTV Cribs" and sell out sports arenas across the globe while thousands of fans worship your every move.
Everyone at GW seems to understand that housing prices are ridiculous, except, of course, some members of the administration. Once again, the University has increased housing prices and justified the costs as commensurate with fair-market housing prices in Foggy Bottom.
In an example of poor decision-making, Student Association Executive Vice President Morgan Corr unilaterally transferred $2,000 last month to three student groups. Not only are his political opponents characterizing the transfers as electioneering, but the unilateral transfer also continues and justifies perceptions of how egregiously the SA mismanages student funds.
Basketball hate speech I was in attendance at the GW/Duke game in Greensboro, N.C., this past Saturday. While our players conducted themselves with class and were excellent representatives of our University, the same cannot be said of some GW students in the stands.
When George Washington conceived of placing a university in the country's capital, we're told, his aspirations for it were grand. He imagined a magnet school that would attract the nation's most talented youth: a premier university for what was to become a premier city.
Thursday Spring Film Series: "Syriana" Catch the political thriller featuring George Clooney 7 to 11 p.m. Marvin Center Continental Ballroom Sponsored by Program Board The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series Join noted author Diran Adebayo, whose works include "Some Kind of Black" and "My Once Upon a Time.
Omicron Delta Kappa begins application process Omicron Delta Kappa, a community service Greek-letter organization that was founded last year after a three-year absence from campus, is recruiting student leaders. The organization is comprised of leaders of various student organizations, including athletes and Student Association members.
Election postering begins GW's equivalent to Spain's running of the bulls took place early Wednesday morning outside the Marvin Center, as more than 100 students raced from Kogan Plaza to the steps of the H Street building to hang up Student Association campaign posters as the University clock struck 7 a.
The result of four years' worth of planning is coming to fruition next fall as the School of Media and Public Affairs phases in changes to its curriculum. The major change to occur to the school's programming is the consolidation of three majors to two. The changes are taking effect after a task force was assigned to investigate and make recommended changes to the SMPA curriculum; an implementation committee revamped SMPA courses to update the school's programs to stay relevant in the fast-changing world of today's media.
The University answered two question marks about graduation March 17, announcing that it will definitely hold Commencement on the National Mall and it will host Monumental in Union Station. Earlier this month, the National Park Service offered GW the use of the Ellipse for Commencement after it had previously said the site would be unavailable due to construction.
Student Association Executive Vice President and presidential candidate Morgan Corr is being investigated for giving SA funds to a student group before getting its endorsement and for not following SA guidelines when transferring the money. Although he admits that he overlooked an SA bylaw when transferring the funds, Corr defended the transaction by saying it was in good faith.
Audrey Fastuca has been working at an Italian archaeological site for about a year, earning roughly the same salary as a grocery store cashier: $23,000 annually, with no benefits. Fastuca, who graduated from GW last May with a major in philosophy, makes $10,000 to $20,000 less than the majority of GW graduates who have recently entered the job market, according to a Career Center survey.
Community groups want to make sure that when the city conducts an audit of GW's enrollment numbers later this year, every student is counted to determine if a 20,000-person enrollment cap is being exceeded. Tracy Schario, GW's director of Media Relations, said if an audit determines that GW is over its enrollment cap, it could affect the city's passage of the new 20-year Campus Plan that outlines development.
Assault with a Dangerous Weapon 3/18 - 700 block of 24th St. - 1:05 p.m. - case closed University Police officers were dispatched after getting a report of an injured individual. When officers arrived, Metropolitan Police officers were already at the scene.
When people say Rwanda, the word violence inevitably comes to mind. But professor Steven Livingston hopes the world will soon think of peace, reconciliation and coffee when the African nation is mentioned. Livingston, a political communications professor and the interim director of the School of Media and Public Affairs, will be leading a trip to Rwanda to observe the politics, history and fair trade issues facing the country today - namely by studying the vibrant coffee industry.
An indictment in the gruesome murder of 2003 GW graduate Imette St. Guillen could come any day now, according to Boston's WCVB-TV. Since March 13, a Brooklyn grand jury has been hearing evidence concerning Darryl Littlejohn, a bouncer at the New York City bar where St.
AUSTIN, Texas - My spring break story begins on Saturday, March 11 in Austin at 11:30 a.m. I had decided only two weeks earlier to travel there for the South by Southwest festival and was on something of a budget. I made a deal with my parents to pay for the airfare, but I only had about $600 to spend for the week.
Keep an eye out for these artists next year. The Hatchet predicts great things. Artist: Head Automatica Hails From: New York Genre: pop-punk, alt rock, electronica Sounds like: The Rapture, The Killers with better vocals, a more interesting Interpol Hatchet says: The unlikely pairing of Daryl Palumbo (Glassjaw) and Dan the Automator (Gorillaz, Handsome Boy Modeling School) works like peanuts in chocolate pudding: unexpected, not entirely welcome at first, but surprisingly delicious.
They were at SXSW; now they're coming to D.C. Hot acts straight from Austin, Texas, to the District. At the Black Cat (811 14th St. N.W.) The Gossip, Panther, Her Daily Obsession - Thursday. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, the Duke Spirit - Friday. Art Brut - Sun.
NORFOLK, Va. - When senior Jessica Simmonds transferred to GW from Providence after her sophomore season, she did not anticipate being the only departing player in her final game. As the team's lone senior, Simmonds' role this season extended from just bringing in fouls under the post to bringing her team together as a leader.
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The euphoria that was the 2005-2006 GW men's basketball season came to a disappointing yet somewhat expected end with a 74-61 loss March 18 at the Greensboro Coliseum to the top seed in the NCAA Tournament, Duke University. With the buzzer, the careers of four core members of the GW men's basketball team ended.
The Registrar's Office has done away with the printed class schedule booklets for the fall 2006 semester and instead wants students to rely on its Web site to help plan their schedules next semester. The change is the most recent in technology advancement GW has made so that students and parents can complete all administrative services online, GW Executive Vice President and Treasurer Lou Katz said in an interview earlier this month.
A GW alumnus and Athletic Department donor was indicted last week on federal charges that he organized and ran a gambling ring that bet on college basketball and other sports. Herbert David Meyers, a GW Law School graduate, and two associates are accused of handling 50,000 gambling calls out of Potomac, Md.
GW men's basketball head coach Karl Hobbs has been granted permission to speak with the University of Cincinnati about the team's coaching vacancy. Hobbs said in a phone interview Wednesday that the Bearcats have already contacted him. The fifth-year head coach has been mentioned for several coaching openings, including ones at Indiana and Missouri.
Hip-hop artist Talib Kweli will be performing Saturday, April 8, as part of Program Board's Spring Fling. The concert, which will take place on University Yard, is listed on Kweli's MySpace.com profile. Program Board Chair Tyler Coffey said a contract is close to being signed.
Ask senior Justine McCarthy how she ended up living in a house with nine Kappa Sigma fraternity members, or how she got a $300 fridge for $25. She will answer with one word: "Craigslist." Over the past 11 years, Craigslist has become students' one-stop shop for jobs, off-campus housing and various goods and services.
Remember being a pre-freshman sitting down at Colonial Inauguration for hours trying to select classes you knew little or nothing about? Those days are over, starting with the incoming class of 2010.
An intruder gaining access to confidential information on a Georgetown University server has led to a Secret Service investigation, but technology officials here said students shouldn't be worried that GW's servers are prone to attacks as well. In early March, Georgetown announced that that the Secret Service is investigating an attack on a server containing personally identifiable information, such as names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of more than 41,000 individuals who may have received services from the D.
Posted Thursday, March 23, 10:21 p.m. GW men's basketball head coach Karl Hobbs is not going to Cincinnati. Murray State head coach Mick Cronin was announced as the head coach of the University of Cincinnati after the Bearcats' 65-62 loss to South Carolina in the NIT Thursday night. The announcement comes only a day after Hobbs said he was contacted by the Bearcats to talk about the vacancy.
The University of Delaware has been rife with controversy since late February, when the Wilmington News Journal learned that a Delaware graduate student has ties to skinhead organizations that are known for their white supremacy. Robert Huber, a Ph.D student of physics who has taught physics at the university, has been exposed as a member of skinhead groups and bands that write racist lyrics.
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