A few weeks ago, I logged onto my e-mail account only to find a message advertising "Thurst-tees." The e-mail proudly proclaimed that this year's freshman class has had the most EMeRG alcohol response cases in the University's history. To commemorate this momentous occasion, a group of young entrepreneurs produced these cleverly named T-shirts, paying tribute to the location where most of the medical emergencies took place.
Lady Colonials After numerous seasons of playing in the shadow of the men, GW's women's basketball team has established itself as a serious contender in the NCAA tournament. If only more students would take notice and help to boost attendance at women's games.
Classroom, campus, city - it's practically our school motto. Emblazoned in promotional brochures, the words urge us to take advantage of all that Washington, D.C. has to offer. For many students, this means participating in a for-credit internship through a school-sponsored service learning program.
Cinderella had all the reasons for going to University away from home: an evil stepmother, abusive stepsisters and a rather unfair workload at home. If she had gone away to college, however, it wouldn't have been to GW. Besides her small budget, the reason is pretty simple - the girl needs her ball, and she won't find one around here.
The University Police Department ended its investigation into the 21 reported thefts that occurred in Townhouse Row during winter break this week with no answers to what happened. UPD attempted to follow all possible leads regarding the thefts, but could not identify the thieves, according to a statement released Tuesday from UPD Chief Dolores Stafford.
After one of the top liberal-arts colleges in the country decided to ban Wikipedia from history research citations, GW isn't planning on following suit. History professors at Middlebury College, a liberal-arts school in Vermont, unanimously voted in January to prohibit students from using the online encyclopedia for anything more than background research.
Robert Chernak, the senior vice president for Student and Academic Support Services, has a job that oversees hundreds of University employees that range from athletics to admissions. Chernak answers to University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, but at least twice in the last year, he has answered to someone else: anonymous posters on a college basketball message board.
Going undefeated in the conference does not happen often. In fact, in his 18 years as the head coach of the GW women's basketball team, Joe McKeown has made the Sweet 16 and even the Elite Eight, but has only gone undefeated in the Atlantic 10 twice. That is why McKeown, who was named A-10 coach of the year, wants to cap off his team's run, during which the Colonials have won 18 straight games, with the conference tournament title.
D.C. zoning commissioners further delayed a decision on the Square 54 mixed-use complex Monday night and asked GW to reduce the project's height. GW applied in spring 2006 to build a commercial and residential building complex on Square 54, the vacant lot across from the GW Hospital.
A group of students held a protest Wendesday to convince administrators to re-evaluate the foreign suppliers they use to produce University apparel. Activists of the Progressive Student Union say that at least 16 of the factories on GW's list of merchandise suppliers are sweatshops.
Disorderly Conduct 2/25/07 - The Vern Express Shuttle Bus - 2:53 a.m. - case closed A GW student and a male unaffiliated with the University got into a verbal argument on the Vern Express shuttle bus. The male subject alleged he was cursing at no one in particular.
Thursday Future Free Cuba? Join in this discussion about the future of Cuba after Fidel Castro 9 to 10:30 a.m. Marvin Center Amphitheater Sponsored by the Conflict Resolution Forum Facebook/MySpace: How Profiles Can Affect Jobs This workshop will examine privacy concerns and the workplace stemming from these popular social sites 4 to 5 p.
The Joint Elections Committee doled out multiple penalties Tuesday night to Student Association presidential candidates Marc Abanto and Nicole Capp and executive vice presidential candidates Nick D'Addario and Brand Kroeger. The JEC gives penalties to the candidates found violating the group's charter rules.
The Alpha Delta Pi sorority is gearing up to celebrate its 85th year on campus and the 10-year anniversary of the sorority's recolonization. The sorority's Anniversary Celebration will take place March 3 at the Hotel Washington. The celebration will include a reception for approximately 40 alumnae from the sorority's GW chapter as well as current Alpha Delta Pi members, according to a press release.
In the article "Student alleges assault in Academic Center" (Feb. 26, p. 1) The Hatchet erroneously reported that a UPD crime alert was posted the day after the incident. It was posted the day of the incident. In the same article, UPD Chief Dolores Stafford's name was misspelled.
Have you ever heard that one guy . oh . what's his name? Well, with Mike Silverman, That1Guy is hard to forget. Now, the classical musician turned inventor has turned the world of bass on its ear with his quirky instrument, as he storms into town in support of his new live DVD, "Live in the Land of Oz.
Though "An Inconvenient Truth" won both Most Thoroughly Depressing Movie (best documentary) and Least Terrible Song From a Movie (best original song) during this year's Academy Awards, anti-Bushites still seek a unifying rallying cry. With the Thermals latest offering, "The Body, The Blood, The Machine" (Sub Pop 2006), imaginations are fired and hackles raised.
"I don't really like the place," our friend told us as we walked down U Street toward our destination. "I was really sick last time I was there, so all I could drink was water. And my back hurt from standing the whole time." When we reminded him that this experience had nothing to do with the bar itself, he replied, "I just thought I should warn you.
If you have $5 Pocket it and learn how to make a movie. Tonight at 7, you can go to Funger Hall to attend a panel discussion, "Film Your Issue," where you can learn about an international competition that invites young people to create digital shorts about issues that are relevant to them.
Craig Brewer knows that it's hard out there for a pimp, or a film director. The road leading up to 2005's "Hustle & Flow," the film that catapulted him into the big leagues, was not an easy one. When financial woes put the film in an uncertain place and anxiety attacks overcame him, he looked toward that old familiar place: music.
It may not seem like it, but spring is upon us. And with the warm weather approaching, many great bands are coming out of hibernation to descend upon D.C. in their tours this month. Tomorrow night (March 2), GW's own Jukebox the Ghost will perform at Potter's House in Columbia Heights in order to warm up for their show the following night at the famous New York City independent club/restaurant Piano's.
Creating a vagina-friendly world, where V-day symbolizes everything but victimization is robustly achieved through Eve Ensler's award-winning production, "The Vagina Monologues," put on last Saturday at Jack Morton Auditorium and sponsored by Health Outreach Peer Educators and the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance.
In the recently founded world of new age emo, a band's third release can expand or crumble their existing fan base. Jersey rockers Senses Fail, released their third album to deaf ears, ripping open their loyal fan base at the seams, while the *NSYNC of emo-pop, Fall Out Boy, have launched themselves into celebritydom, managing to hold onto their loyal fans and garnering new ones of all ages.
While it's important to avoid sweeping generalizations, it's prudent to draw small, if not fully formed, conclusions from particular situations. For instance, last Friday, at the Arlington Drafthouse & Cinema (which was moonlighting as a comedy club on weekends), I learned from Todd Barry and Leo Allen that comedians are only funny when they want to be, which is to say, only when they're performing.
It's not very often that an artist gets to collaborate with one of his or her biggest influences, and it's even less often when those two collaborators are both legendary forces in music. This coming Saturday, March 3, bluegrass banjo prodigy B?la Fleck will be performing at the Warner Theatre with visionary jazz pianist Chick Corea.
This Friday and Saturday nights, the No Fear Tour will be reeking havoc on D.C.'s 9:30 Club. The lineup features metal bands He Is Legend, Chimaira, Dragonforce and headliners, Killswitch Engage. Chimaira just completed a new album tilted "Resurrection," which will be released on March 6 and promises to be as intense and harrowing as metal can get.
Students lamented the conditions of their D.C. public schools and shared ideas for improvement at a hearing for Mayor Adrian Fenty's proposed takeover of the D.C. Public School system. The hearing last month, which about 50 students, parents and administrators attended, allowed students to share their experiences in DCPS with the City Council and their expectations for the city's Public Education Reform Amendment Act.
Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said the department is still working on "getting it right" to a sold-out crowd in the Jack Morton Auditorium Tuesday night. In a relaxed conversation with Media and Public Affairs professor Frank Sesno, Ridge talked about the Iraq War and state of homeland security.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will speak at Lisner Auditorium next Thursday to discuss Middle Eastern affairs and his controversial book about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The 39th president will speak from 1 to 2:15 p.m. as part of the third installment of the Middle East Policy Forum, a series of lectures put on by the Elliott School of International Affairs.
A man was arrested early Tuesday afternoon after he allegedly forced himself into a first-floor room in Ross Hall where a meeting of faculty and students was taking place.
Marc Abanto almost didn't come to GW. In fact, it wasn't even on the junior's list of potential colleges at first.
NASA awarded $256,000 to GW's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to research a laser technique to measure flame qualities. CARS, which stands for Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering, is a laser technique that makes remote measurements in the temperature and gas qualities of flame.
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development spoke about economic development, homelessness and racial segregation in housing assignments across the country Tuesday night to a group of about 100 students. The event, sponsored by the College Republicans, marked the first time in at least seven years that a sitting member of the U.
Many people may have forgotten about the two Israeli soldiers whose capture last summer made a month of headlines and led to the next chapter in the Arab-Israeli conflict. But Tuesday night at GW Hillel, the families of the two kidnapped soldiers who catapulted Israel and Lebanon into a month-long deadly conflict spoke about their loved ones who, after eight months, have still not come home.
For about six hours Monday night, residents of the Aston and other buildings between N and L streets and 21st and 24th streets were in the dark. Pepco, D.C.'s electricity provider, regained power at about 11:15 p.m. after electricity went out at about 5:30 p.
VIRGO: A surprise email or phone call that comes early in the day may be a key to some unexpected good fortune. While you can often be a kind optimist, the planetary energies will help you to express your dissatisfaction with the latest suspense flick "Zodiac.
Sophomores Nicole Capp and Brand Kroeger will be next year's Student Association president and executive vice president, the Joint Elections Committee announced Thursday night in the Marvin Center.
CINCINNATI, March 3 --Despite a slow start and sloppy play to begin its first game in six days, the GW women's basketball team took control late in the first half and the second half to coast to a 61- 45 victory over No. 9-seed Dayton Saturday afternoon at Cintas Center here in Ohio.
Updated Friday, March 2, 12:08 a.m. Sophomore Nicole Capp and sophomore Brand Kroeger will be next year's Student Association president and executive vice president, the Joint Elections Committee announced Thursday night at about 11:40 p.m. in the Marvin Center.
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