As two serious-minded athletes step onto a dimly lit stage, the crowd erupts with cheers. The two men - one draped with an American flag, the other more conservatively clad - make their steady approach toward one another, as "Eye of the Tiger" permeates through the smoke-saturated room.
Every year, sports video game fans anticipate its release. Electronic Arts Sports' hard-hitting Madden football series is back for its fifteenth year and is once again better than last year's version. Madden improves its flaws and adds new features to enhance game play and realism.
Everyone at GW is on thefacebook.com, an online friends network that connects students from several universities through friends, classes and interests. Well, not everyone, yet. But since GW logged on August 21, more than 2,500 students have signed up and are searching their social connections and classmates for familiar faces.
Ladies and gentlemen, the census is in: girls, put some clothes on, and boys, put your collars back down. The sultry D.C. summer is winding down, and fall fashion is bringing more conservative looks into the stores. "Brown is definitely the color for the season," said Derreck Dunning, assistant manager of the Dupont Circle Sisley and personal stylist.
If you're used to lounging on your bed at home while surfing the Internet with a wireless connection, you may find yourself frustrated at GW, where wireless access is confined to specific hot spots on campus. The University currently prohibits students from setting up wireless access points for personal use, but legal alternatives exist to expand your Internet mobility.
Vol. 106
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