Students host mock CSI workshop at crime museum
Four current and former graduate students are teaching a program that helps visitors at the Crime and Punishment Museum step inside the mind of a crime scene investigator.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Thousands attend sixth annual Foggy Bottom block party
More than 125 tables and thousands of members of the Foggy Bottom community gathered on the Eye Street Mall Sunday to celebrate the neighborhood and the University.
Delta Tau Delta to recruit after four-year suspension
Officials from Delta Tau Delta have started recruiting students to help recolonize the fraternity at GW, four years after the organization was suspended for hazing.
Snapshot: Presidential Power
University President Steven Knapp tests his grip at a GW Physical Therapy booth during the Foggy Bottom/West End Neighborhood Block Party Sunday afternoon at the Eye Street Mall.
Univ. offers mobile mammograms
Cecilia Salinas and her husband, Jaime Galdames, received help on Friday from the GW Mammovan, a breast exam clinic on wheels.
Lewis performs raunchy act at Lisner
Comedian and actor Richard Lewis promised an audience at Lisner Auditorium Saturday night that their lives would seem better and "your vaginas will be fuller and your penises will be longer" after they saw his performance.
Writer addresses annual YAF event
Author and activist Nonie Darwish spoke about the threat of radical Islam on Thursday as part of the Young America's Foundation Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week.
Staff Editorial: Don’t jump the gun: Consider all factors in arming UPD debate
How much thought have you given to arming the University Police Department? How much thought do you think it requires? A few seconds? Aren't you either for it or against it?
Andrew Clark: Democrats fuel economic crisis hype
Deregulation has failed. The free market has collapsed. The era of economic capitalism is over. If you've been listening to the pundits, that's all you have been hearing about our economic crisis.
Virginia Wei: Editing the Writing Center
The GW Writing Center is a great resource when this dreaded time comes, but there are some serious flaws in its policies that are especially problematic for international students.
Frank Broomell: Root for the hometown team
It is a time of year when Saturdays and Sundays become black holes in which no work gets done.
Making time for meditation
Walking in step with their breaths in a circle along the walls of the Health and Wellness Center, students begin their Mindfulness Meditation class listening only to the creak of the floor and the chime of a bell.
On the defensive
SLAM! Although this may sound painful to the untrained ear, aikido students know the louder you hit the mat when you fall, the safer you'll be.
Slice of Life: Feeling foreign: exchange students’ take on American college culture
Each semester a fresh batch of students ships off to study abroad. It is a rewarding experience, as those of you that have lived overseas know. But trying to navigate life in another culture can be a challenge.
Long-distance puppy love
For freshman Elise Chen, home is only a phone call away. It's keeping in touch with Sammy, her collie-lab mix, that's the problem.
Skipping town: GW TRAiLS combats urban malaise by getting outdoors
Climbing rocks. It's not just what members of GW TRAiLS do with their weekends. It's also how they feel about it.
Senior Day gets physical
Women's soccer coach Tanya Vogel always wants her team to win. But Sunday's match against Charlotte meant something more: It came on Senior Day, which would be the last time her seven seniors played at home.
Soccer still on top without Stadler
Men's soccer coach George Lidster's plan going into this weekend's games was relatively simple: Score goals. On Sunday, it got a bit harder.
Hussein trial judge visits GW
The chief investigative judge for the trial of Saddam Hussein said that the legal proceeding for the former Iraqi dictator was "the biggest turning point in Iraqi history" on Thursday at the Jacob Burns Law Library.
University reduces class capacities
A top University official said last week that GW is reducing class sizes to improve its ranking in US News & World Report's annual list of the nation's best universities.
SMHS addresses recent probation
Following widely reported news last week that an accrediting body had put the School of Medicine and Health Sciences on probation, school officials appeared before the Board of Trustees on Friday.
Williams draws big laughs
"What the fuck is buff?" asked comedian Robin Williams during a sold-out show in the Smith Center Friday. "Supposedly, it's the color of George Washington's teeth."
Joe Laliberte: A not-so-booming legacy
Our generation is, for lack of a better term, getting screwed.
