Posted Sunday, Feb. 27, 11:18 p.m. As D.C. residents gear up for a snowy Monday, GW students are being encouraged to monitor the status of the University as classes may be cancelled on Monday. The National Weather Service is predicting 6 to 10 inches of snow to fall on the city through Monday night. The snow is expected to begin around 1 a.m. and the heaviest snowfall should be between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Posted Thursday, March 7, 1 a.m. Executive vice presidential candidate Morgan Corr will be disqualified from this week's Student Association election if three new violations against him are upheld.
Posted Tuesday, March 1, 12:50 p.m.
Two elderly people were taken to GW Hospital and scores more were treated for smoke inhalation and other injuries after a large fire engulfed a floor of the St. Mary's Court senior center Tuesday.
Student Association President Omar Woodard vetoed legislation Friday that would have asked students to raise the SA fee and make changes to the organization's constitution.
After refusing to meet with GW administrators for four years, two Foggy Bottom community groups recently agreed to enter formal development discussions with the University.
GW will buy the former Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house for around $3 million and convert it into student housing, officials said Friday.
The University is trying to make summer courses more attractive to students in order to boost enrollment and reduce class sizes during the spring and fall, officials said last week.
Nine student groups will perform at Lisner Auditorium Friday night to raise money for the tsunami relief effort. The variety show, Live Aid 2005, will feature groups such as South Asian dance group Bhangra, improvisational comedy troupe Recess and piano rock band The Sunday Mail.
On the first day of class, professor Dennis Schell handed out two different syllabi to students in his abnormal psychology class. Half of the students received a syllabus requiring them to do more writing assignments than their classmates. Several classes this year are part of the Writing in the Discipline program, the second component of the University Writing 20 Program.
Hundreds of students march for AIDS treatment
About 500 GW students joined students from around the country Saturday to participate in the first national youth march against AIDS. Demonstrators marched nearly two miles from Lafayette Park to the Capitol to call for increased funding for medical research and other measures to help end the pandemic.
Juniors shut out of New Hall, Ivory Tower
Campus housing officials are unsure how many upperclassmen did not receive a room assignment Sunday. Housing selection for rising seniors and juniors began at 8:15 a.m. Sunday and ended at 10 p.m. The most popular option for upperclassmen was single-occupancy rooms, which ran out earliest.
Students wins $20,000 on "The Price is Right" Senior Adam Croce won $20,000 on the "The Price is Right" when the mens' Ultimate Frisbee Team attended a taping of the game show Feb. 20. The team was in San Diego for a tournament, which was cancelled due to rain, and decided to travel to the Los Angeles CBS studio.
Monday "Transgendered Today: A Panel Discussion" 8 to 9 p.m. Thurston Piano Lounge Sposored by The Out Crowd Tuesday "The U.S., Iraq and the Middle East" Discussion featuring panelists from The Wall Street Journal and the Elliott School of International Affairs faculty.
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