Sen. Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-N.Y.), speaking at GW Tuesday night, said the key to the Democrats' success in future elections is to focus on the middle class of America. Schumer spoke to students in an event sponsored by the College Democrats in the Jack Morton Auditorium.
While many turn to products and even surgery to slow the physical effects of aging, Health Care Sciences Professor Gene Cohen thinks he has the answer to holding off some of the mental effects. Cohen has researched how engaging in a variety of creative endeavors, including singing and folk art, affects the health of senior citizens.
The Student Association Senate passed a resolution last week recommending that students have the option to remove their Social Security numbers from their transcripts. The University phased out Social Security numbers from the library and GWeb portal systems last semester, but some students are still concerned about the numbers appearing on official transcripts.
Thursday SA Election Debate Presidential and vice-presidential candidates will field questions and present their views on the issues. Refreshments will be available at a reception afterwards. 7 to 9 p.m. Jack Morton Auditorium Sponsored by The Hatchet and the Student Association Ambassador John W.
The D.C. Zoning Commission postponed its decision on the future of Square 54, the vacant lot across from the GW Hospital, at its meeting Monday night. The proposed mixed-use complex, which includes 84,000 square feet in commercial space, more than 300 residential apartments and business offices, was submitted to the commission last spring.
Let the complaining begin. The official campaign period for the general election began Tuesday and 50 complaints were filed with the Joint Elections Committee that day against candidates who could be running for positions in the Student Association, Marvin Center Governing Board, or Program Board, according to the election oversight body.
The Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority adopted Reading is Fundamental as its national philanthropy last month. The chapter had previously organized community service events such as the annual Kappa Kickball and other fundraisers, but the sorority did not have a nationally supported philanthropy until recently.
Disorderly Conduct 2/11/07 - Thurston Hall - 2:58 a.m. - case closed A University Police Department officer requested to see a student's GWorld card in Thurston Hall. The student became loud and verbally abusive to the officer. He fled the scene, leaving his GWorld in possession of the officer.
Many streets and sidewalks in Foggy Bottom were blanketed with a thin layer of ice and snow late Tuesday that remained in place early Wednesday. Students walking around campus jumped across puddles of muddied slush. Executive Vice President and Treasurer Lou Katz said GW strives to remain fully operational throughout the school year.
Remember that whole intelligent design controversy a little while back? If you don't, it might be worth it to take some time and reflect. This Thursday, for one night only at the Avalon Theatre, you can catch a screening of "Flock of Dodos," a documentary about the so-called controversy.
"Shit, someone just gave me a bottle of booze, sweet!" I was on the phone with Buz McGrath, one of two guitarists from Unearth. The Boston-based metalcore band had been on the road for six days touring with metal legends Slayer. "So far the tour has been going great," Buz told me over the phone while standing outside of the Sacramento, Calif.
Meat Market - sounds like another metro-sexual commercial space trying to appear edgy and raw (pun intended, one assumes). The narrow 17th Street venue is actually a former butcher shop. Interestingly enough, the work of Christopher L. Williams' "Carniceria" and J.
If you have $5 Keep it and take a trip to Anacostia, Md., and head to the Honfleur Gallery at 1241 Good Hope Rd., S.E. Up until Saturday, the gallery will be featuring an exhibit called "No Scratchers" that focuses on the work of local tattoo artists. Honfleur seems to be looking to examine the myriad canvases on which art can exist, even when those canvases happen to by human bodies.
A couple of weeks ago, what began as a few Thursday drinks at an L Street bar ended with my friends and I getting offered a snort of coke by a guy who claimed to be a lawyer (we declined it), a phone number by a guy who claimed to be the bartender's roommate (we deleted it) and a threatening knife by a guy who claimed we had stolen one of his darts (we might have done it - who can remember?).
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14- Something was different when the GW men's basketball team tipped off its 62-56 loss to Saint Joseph's Wednesday night in Philadelphia. For the first time since 2003, and for only the second time in his four-year career, senior guard Carl Elliott did not start the game.
Heading to Halton Arena for the first time Thursday night to play Charlotte, some might think that the No. 8/9 GW (AP, ESPN/USA Today) women's basketball team should be fazed by the 49ers' 22-game home winning streak. For junior Kim Beck, Charlotte is just another team on the schedule.
A sophomore was arrested in The Schenley last Thursday on charges of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. The Metropolitan Police Department took Patrick Cedrowski into custody after he was turned over by the University Police Department at 11:30 a.m.
After almost eight months of searching for a new dean, the Columbian College search committee has released a shortlist of five candidates.
University officials said they do not support a Student Association resolution that calls for more lenient sanctions for marijuana use. Last week the SA Senate voted for the University to examine a less-stringent sanction for students guilty of marijuana violations.
Some College Republicans executive board members said an event the group sponsored honoring traditional marriage should have never taken place. Last week the organization announced an event in which wedding cake and palm cards would be handed out to promote the Republican position in favor of marriage between a man and a woman.
Democratic political strategist James Carville was back in his old venue Monday night, telling students what he thinks about the new Democratic majority in Congress, the Iraq War and the state of politics today. Carville, a Louisiana Democrat who served as an adviser to former President Bill Clinton in his 1992 presidential campaign, spoke to a crowd of 250 students in the Jack Morton Auditorium.
Administrators pushed back the opening of the University until 10 a.m. Wednesday and canceled classes after 5 p.m. Tuesday because of the icy weather in D.C. and the surrounding metropolitan area. The National Weather Service reported about two inches of wintry-mix precipitation - including snow, freezing rain and sleet - around the District, which has created dangerous travel conditions.
This week, Student Association President Lamar Thorpe vetoed a resolution urging administrators to equalize sanctions for alcohol violations and cannabis use. GW officials' apparent refusal to budge on the rejected legislation is not surprising, as the GW chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, which drafted the legislation, never discussed the feasibility of this measure with GW leaders.
It was only four years ago when I first learned to append most of my thoughts about the University with "I'm paying $40,000 a year for this?" Now, incoming freshmen must update their figures in this knee-jerk reaction by GW students to almost any malfunction or absurdity of the University.
Dear President Trachtenberg, I hope this letter finds you well. I hope you're enjoying your last semester at GW as much as I am. At the very least, it seems that your post-graduation plans are in slightly better order than mine. Anyway, as your book, titled "Write Me a Letter! The Wit and Wisdom of Stephen Joel Trachtenberg," suggests, I'm writing you a letter! Your book has been prominently displayed at the bookstore of late - students might recognize it as the one with a cartoon image of you, Buddha-like, atop a mountain peak extending your arm in greeting to a traveler seeking enlightenment.
Involvement in local politics is a reality Kudos to Sam Salkin's column encouraging students to focus more on D.C. issues close to home ("Cast your political net closer to home," Feb. 8, p. 4). The D.C. Federation of College Republicans has been working this year to strengthen our ties with the community and reach out with the D.
Jennifer O'Connor, a New York-based singer-songwriter, adapts her songs to both folk and Indie rock aesthetics with seemingly equal ease. Always a lover of music, she sang as a little kid, but it wasn't until she graduated from college that she began writing her own songs.
GW's men's basketball coach Karl Hobbs decided before Saturday's 84-72 win against Temple at Smith Center that his team, coming off four straight losses, needed a change. Hobbs benched senior Dokun Akingbade and sophomore Rob Diggs, a pair of his big men, for the start of the game.
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