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The University will raise tuition by 3 percent for the incoming freshman class, but there will be a $6 million increase in need-based institutional grants.Hundreds of students gathered in two Marvin Center ballrooms Tuesday night to watch the election returns and cheer in support of their favored candidates.
On the eve of Super Tuesday's primary elections, students put themselves in the presidential candidates' shoes and held a heated one-hour debate.
If not for GW law student Jason Coates, Washington Post sports columnist Mike Wise thinks he could have been dead.
Students voted Tuesday to increase the student fee from $1 per credit hour to $1.50, setting the stage to give the Student Association a $1 million budget for disbursement.
City lawmakers passed a watered-down version of a bill to give District workers paid sick leave Tuesday, while exempting local colleges who feared the measure would be a financial burden.
The University offered invitations to Democratic candidates as well as several national television stations to hold a debate on campus before three local primaries next Tuesday.
Membership in a Facebook group was the catalyst that brought more than 1,500 students, families and activists together to rally against a violent Colombian terrorist organization.
With the temperature on the rise outside, the race for spots in the Student Association's executive branch is heating up as six candidates begin their runs for SA president and executive vice president.
Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton discussed the politics of nuclear proliferation and his new book during GW's Security First Foreign Policy Roundtable.
Few buildings on campus carry a more infamous name than Thurston Hall. And until recently, prospective students could experience their first taste of the 1,100-student, freshman dorm as part of GW's STAR Tour Program.
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Excavation for the new residence hall on F Street is largely complete, and work is now beginning on a foundation for the $75 million building.Web Extra
The ranking minority member of the Senate Finance Committee is hoping universities will find new incentive to dig millions of families - and GW is being used an example.Web Extra
A screening of a documentary about the displacement of a community of African Americans in the District drew a crowd of more than 100 students and D.C. residents late last week.Web Extra
A doctoral student studying hominid paleobiology has pioneered a method for analyzing reindeer bones, allowing scientists to understand cavemen's eating habits more thoroughly.Web Extra
Last fall GW started a professional science masters program in response to pressure from industry and government leaders to expand the scope and size of the academic science industry.Web Extra
Humor columnist Dave Barry is a matchmaker, but he probably did not know it when he performed before a happy couple at Lisner Auditorium on Wednesday night.Two members of guerrilla performance group Robbing Thieves jam together in Kogan Plaza Tuesday night.
The Panhellenic Association announced the names of the three sororities to which it will consider extending an invitation to found a chapter on campus next fall.
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