Women's water polo ends regular season with loss
Three years is a long time to wait. In a collegiate career, it is almost a lifetime.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Lacrosse loses to Denver
On Senior Day, the GW lacrosse team dropped the ball.
Crew hosts annual regatta
GW took fifth place in the overall competition with 103 points while taking fourth in the women's category and fifth in the men's.
Date Wanted
When Jackson Trugman couldn't decide which of his five female friends to take to the Pi Kappa Alpha formal this weekend he told them to apply.
Weekly checkup: Artificial sweeteners
Freshman Angelica Febrillet prefers diet sodas to those with sugar. She thinks it seems to be a healthier choice.
GW Expat: Defining 'czechxican'
I'm sitting in a Prague bar talking to three American expatriates when I learn a word that's part of the expat lexicon here in the Czech Republic: czechxican.
What's the deal with...the ninth-floor elevator in New Hall?
Taking an elevator to the ninth floor of New Hall is not as easy as it would seem for a relatively new building with three working elevators. That's because only two of them make stops on the top floor.
Blind Date: Not the right type
Sophomore Carly Donnelly and junior Jeffrey DeSousa enjoyed a friendly Thursday evening at Luigi's Restaurant.
In advising, questions of how to achieve success
Students, administrators and advisers all agree there are problems with the Columbian College's advising system, but opinions differ on how, and if, the issues can be resolved.
University holds first Relay for Life in Smith Center
About 500 GW students and community members camped out in Smith Center Saturday night as part of a walk-a-thon that generated about $60,000 for cancer research.
NPR host brings radio feel to Lisner
Ira Glass, who began his radio career at National Public Radio when he was 19, hosts "This American Life," and now a television spin off on the Showtime Network under the same name.
Order of the Hippo inducts 12th class of new members
Students, alumni and administrators donned gowns, tuxedos and gold hippo pins Friday night in celebration of a pseudo-secret society's 12th annual induction dinner, which was held at the Law School.
District prepares for pope's visit
Catholic groups on campus and throughout the District are preparing to celebrate this week's arrival of their revered religious leader, the pope.
Students vie for Bhangra title
Fifteen years ago a small group of GW students gathered in a campus dining hall to celebrate Indian dance. That annual event occurred again on Saturday night, but now with several thousand attendees and celebrities at DAR Constitution Hall.
Hobbs named in coaching search
The post-Final Four coaching carousel is spinning and some think GW's head men's basketball coach is aboard, waiting to be plucked.
Bus options abound
Starting May 30, Megabus, a subsidiary of Coach USA, will become the second company to open a route between downtown D.C. and New York's Penn Station that can cost riders as little as $1.
Snapshot: Flying Felipe
The Washington Nationals' Felipe Lopez dives toward Braves shortstop Yunel Escobar and second base during Atlanta's 10-2 win Saturday afternoon at Nationals Park in Southeast D.C.
Black Student Union celebrates 40 years
Members of the Black Student Union celebrated the organization's 40th anniversary Friday night in Marvin Center, reflecting on the group's historic role as a voice for black students at GW.
Hundreds protest Darfur
Among a throng of protesters, one GW student was arrested outside the White House Sunday as he and other demonstrators gathered to protest the genocide in Darfur.
Multicultural Greek Council urges recognition
The Multicultural Greek Council is working with the University to gain more credibility among administrators and other Greek-letter communities on campus.
GW Brief: Former GW Law professor naimed chairman of the FTC
Former GW Law School professor William E. Kovacic took over as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission earlier this month following his appointment by President George W. Bush.
Staff Editorial: Current advising system demands overhaul
If academics are to be the focus of the new GW, new advising must be the first step toward this future.
Justin Guiffre: Changing the course of history
The media is risking its proper place as just a bystander to the process and is having real effects on the presidential campaign's outcome.
Brendan Polmer: Google is forever
I have to deal with potential employers reading about how I wish smoking was still allowed in D.C. bars in order to mask the smell of people's farts.
Samuel Collins Jr.: Business as usual?
It is important that the University take a critical look at the ethics of their business partners and stop placing money before its main objective of educating tomorrow's leaders.
Students cut hair, raise money for kids with cancer
Web Extra Piles of hair and newly shaven heads filled Kogan Plaza as Buzzing 4 Change celebrated five years of contributions to kids with cancer Sunday afternoon.
Business school offers class on creating a virtual world
Web Extra This summer, the School of Business is offering a class that will teach students how to create an online, virtual world where characters can talk, do business and make money.
