Thursday Anything But Clothes Run Go to Mount Vernon in a costume for a charity run around the neighborhood. There will be prizes, food and music after the run. 6 to 9 p.m. Mount Vernon Quad Sponsored by Student Movement for Real Change Saturday Spring Fling See Regina Spektor in concert, grab free barbecue, climb a rock wall.
The Student Association Senate-elect Rules Committee approved all of SA President-elect Nicole Capp's vice presidential and directorship nominees late Tuesday night in the Marvin Center, said Senator-elect Kevin Kozlowski (U-At Large), chair of the Rules Committee.
In conjunction with Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention month, the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity raised more than $2,000 for the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network last week. "Phi Psi is very proud of the difference that we have made when it comes to sexual assault," said the fraternity's philanthropy chair, freshman Connor Walsh.
Editor's note: In "Developing GW: Approved plans to change face of University, Foggy Bottom" (April 9, p. 1), a printing error prohibited all of the capital "T's" and lowercase "b's" from being visible on the portion of the story that appeared on the front page.
Shounda Lewis performs at a live slam poetry fundraiser presented by the Organization of Latino American Students in the Mitchell Theater Tuesday night. More than 60 students attended. Credit: Ryder Haske
Veteran journalist Bob Schieffer has spent many evenings featured on television sets across the country on the CBS Evening News. He spent Tuesday evening in front of a class of about 25 broadcast newswriting students in the School of Media and Public Affairs talking about his career and the journalism industry.
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich spoke ab out political reforms he hopes young people will enact Monday night at Jack Morton Auditorium. It is rumored that the conservative Republican is considering a run for the presidency in 2008.
Selecting University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg as the keynote speaker at this year's University-wide Commencement is a total failure to chose a speaker who will leave the senior class with fulfilling insight and positive lasting memories. Moreover, it is tantamount to a public relations suicide attempt.
Students and faculty have lauded GW President-elect Steven Knapp with glowing praise since his hiring was announced last December. Highly touted for his managerial, academic and financial abilities, Knapp is expected to accomplish great things at GW. What most students don't know about Knapp, however, are the more troubling aspects of his record at Johns Hopkins University regarding restriction of free speech.
I suppose that being a columnist means that essentially, I get to complain to a large audience every two weeks. Some people probably read The Hatchet every issue just to see what people are complaining about this time around. With this great power of complaining at my disposal, I have decided to play my card this week.
Pay attention, GW When I attended my last D.C. Zoning Commission Hearing on GW's recently approved campus plan, I asked myself, "where are the students?" Of course many members of the Student Association leadership were there along with GW faculty, administrators and staff; however, the students who complain that the University doesn't do enough to inform the community about its spending and plans could not be found.
Accidents in the District involving fire trucks increased by 25 percent in 2006, and fire officials have responded with an updated driving course for city firefighters. There were 126 fire truck accidents this past year, according to an article in The Washington Post.
Not many student organizations can say that hundreds of teenagers flock to Foggy Bottom to participate in their groups' annual events. But the International Affairs Society can. While the group sponsors a variety of speaker forums, seminars and outreach activities, the most important events it takes part in every year are Model United Nation forums.
Norman Mineta, former secretary of transportation for President George W. Bush and secretary of commerce for President Bill Clinton, spoke about his experiences as a Japanese-American in politics Jack Morton Auditorium Tuesday night. As a child, Mineta said he never imagined entering politics, but he remembered his father telling him, "Being a Japanese-American in politics is like being a nail sticking out on a board - you will always get hammered.
Umphrey's McGee returns to the 9:30 Club Saturday night. Their rigorous touring schedule brought them to D.C. twice in 2006, and they're back this spring in support of their brand new double album, "The Bottom Half." The waking scratch of a muttered "Hello" greets me on the phone.
Popular culture leads us to see the world of music through filtered glasses. Oftentimes, these filters only let through the worst of the worst. In the fray, many artists and even entire genres of music go overlooked. In 1988, a young 23-year-old in Rochester, N.
The problem with making a film about the War in Iraq is getting people to actually watch it, filmmakers Richard Robbins and Tom Yellin say. With so much political debate surrounding the ongoing conflict, it is difficult to ask an audience to understand or sympathize with the human aspect of the war.
If you have $5 Buy a snack on Saturday night and take in a movie at American City Diner at 5532 Connecticut Ave. N.W. The movie Saturday is Casablanca, the 1942 classic about Americans in Northern Africa during World War II. Humphrey Bogart plays Rick, the surly bar owner with the heart of gold for Ingrid Bergman's Ilsa.
Graduation looms, which means that it's crunch time to find a job, a husband, and the youth, beauty and self-respect you've wasted away in your time here at George Washington. It's also time for you to convince your parents that you've been doing more than just drinking beer for the past four years - so take them to a wine bar and show 'em you've been drinking wine, too! This past weekend, I did just that.
Joe Rogan is a multi-tasking comedian, perhaps most popularly known as the host of Fear Factor. He is an announcer for Ultimate Fighting Championship and once played a sarcastic handyman with prickly five o'clock gruff constantly on the sitcom classic "NewsRadio.
Disorderly Conduct 4/7/07 - Potomac House - 1:00 a.m. - case closed The University Police Department responded to a noise complainant. Officers knocked on the door of the room, and a female individual answered. She said she was not a student, and she did not have an ID.
The only professional softball player that freshman Amanda Gabriel can name is Olympian Jennie Finch. But in the past 14 games, Finch's trademark pitch has been successful for the GW rookie pitcher. The riseball, a pitch that rises as it moves toward the batter, has led the young pitcher to 14 strikeouts in two games last week en route to earning Atlantic 10 Co-Rookie of the Week honors.
Center. The council will give donors - who are historically hesitant to give to the athletic department - a new "twist," Kvancz said. In its infancy, the plan still worries Kvancz and Chernak, they said in separate interviews. Chernak stressed that the group will not be a policy advisory body and emphasized that the Faculty Senate and Board of Trustees committees will continue to have oversight with athletics.
Former GW point guard Carl Elliott ran the 40-yard dash in 4.7 seconds during a workout with the NFL's New York Giants Monday, he said Wednesday. The test was supposed to put the Brooklyn, N.Y., native through a series of football-related tests, Elliott said, but the test-givers were occupied elsewhere.
University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg will address graduates next month as the keynote speaker in his final Commencement ceremony as president of GW. The outgoing president confirmed Wednesday morning that he will headline the graduation event on the National Mall May 20.
The news that President Trachtenberg will be this year's Commencement keynote speaker drew mostly criticism yesterday from students, parents and faculty members.
A man working at a campus construction site last week allegedly assaulted and threatened the life of a Mount Vernon shuttle bus driver, according to a police report and interviews Wednesday.
If you have $45,000 to spare, you could have unprecedented access to athletic administrators to advise them on departmental policy.
From his temporary home in Ghana, more than 5,000 miles away from Foggy Bottom, junior Chris McLaurin writes to prospective applicants about his favorite GW professors. "Classes at GW are not just boring lectures with stuffy academics," he wrote from the coastal African nation.
From Media Relations Director Tracy Schario to Vice President of Communications Mike Freedman, with other officials carbon-copied
Every year millions flock to the nation's capital not to become enriched in US history, but to bask in the beautiful spring weather that is welcomed by trees full of little white flowers. The annual National Cherry Blossom Festival takes place in Washington DC from the end of March to the middle of April.
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer will speak at Commencement with keynote speaker University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, the University announced Thursday evening.
Ridiculous. It's the first word that comes to mind as I leave the theater with a goofy grin and my chest hurting from laughing for more than three hours straight. The airwaves are clogged with celebrities gushing about how much fun they had making their new movie, but in the case of "Grindhouse" I'm inclined to believe them.
Last Thursday night, HR-57 was filled with people laughing in the face of brain cancer. Perhaps I should say, in the name of brain cancer. The small venue is typically aglow with spicy jazz, but this weekend it's being set ablaze with laughter. Along with The Warehouse Theater Complex (1021 7th St.
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