BREAKING NEWS: Authorities investigate student's death
Posted: Wednesday, Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. -- D.C. officials are still investigating the death of GW Law School student Chris Bartok, whose lifeless body was found in the Potomac River two weeks ago.
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BREAKING NEWS: GW student found dead
Posted: Friday Dec. 26, 5:30 p.m. -- The lifeless body of GW Law School student Chris Bartok was found in the Potomac River last weekend, University officials said.
Rizzo murder trial nears end
A federal trial is scheduled to end this week for the confessed murderer of GW student Jonathan Michael Rizzo. After a nine-day break for Thanksgiving, a Massachusetts federal jury began to hear arguments in defense of Gary Sampson, who will either get the death penalty or life in prison for the killings of Rizzo and two other men in July 2001.
2004 presidential hopeful speaks at MVC
Democratic presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun discussed the spontaneity of her decision to run for president and criticized a remark by former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean at GW Thursday. Speaking to about 30 students from the Elizabeth J. Somers Women's Leadership Program at the Mount Vernon Campus, Braun said she originally planned to restore her family's farm in Alabama after her three-year stint as ambassador to New Zealand ended in 2001.
BREAKING NEWS: Jury sentences Rizzo's killer to death
Posted Wednesday, Dec. 24, 1 p.m. After ten hours of deliberation, a federal jury sentenced the confessed murderer of GW student Jonathan Michael Rizzo to death Tuesday.
Journalists discuss radio history
A group of revered radio journalists gathered at GW Sunday to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and discuss the relationship presidents have had with radio. More than 200 people attended the event, which featured journalists Richard C.
D.C. IN BRIEF
D.C. funds arts program The District granted the Shakespeare Theater $20 million for a new stage last week. The money could be the beginning of $100 million worth of funding for D.C.'s art community. Historically, D.C.'s total annual contribution for the arts has been under $1 million, but Mayor Anthony Williams hopes to make funding for such venues more of a priority throughout the next year, The Washington Post reported.
NATION IN BRIEF
Sex offender arrested in dissappearence of U. North Dakota Student (U-WIRE) GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., a convicted sexual offender and a suspect in the kidnapping of University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin, appeared in Grand Forks County Court Thursday for a preliminary hearing on kidnapping charges.
