University officials broke up a Riverside Towers party earlier this academic year that included about 70 people and underage drinking – a somewhat common occurrence on a college campus. But this type of incident has become more significant because of a change in federal law that requires University Police to count incidents like this differently. […]
I am sitting at my computer scared to type, scared of what I might reveal. Or worse what I won’t reveal before I leave GW. I can’t hide anymore. GW never quite fit me right. I had too much peasant stock in me. My Italian immigrant relatives gave up any security they had on that […]
Metropolitan Police officers and National Guardsmen arrested peaceful protesters in front of Francis Scott Key Hall Monday, the third day in a weekend filled with rallies against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Protesters who wanted to be arrested as a symbolic act negotiated with police. A group composed mostly of members of the […]
Metropolitan Police and National Guard officers arrested peaceful protesters in front of Francis Scott Key Hall Monday, the third day in a weekend filled with rallies against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Protesters who wanted to get arrested as a symbolic act negotiated with police. A group composed mostly of members of the […]
This article is the second in a three-part series The stench of marijuana smoke and thick humidity hung heavy amid a flood of protesters who infiltrated GW’s campus Sunday. Whispers of Seattle echoed like a game of telephone from one group of protesters to another. Thousands of protesters arrived, each group with a different message […]
GW evicted slightly more students by the middle of this academic year because of drug violations than in the recent past, according to the CORE Survey released by the administration Friday. The CORE Survey, which is conducted by numerous colleges and universities nationwide, tracks student use of drugs and alcohol. In the fall, GW’s Center […]
Jackson Muamba, a 17-year-old basketball player from northern New Jersey, died of a heart attack on the court a few years ago. Recently, Brad Merriman, a 15-year-old basketball player from Indiana collapsed and died during practice. Autopsies later revealed that these young people suffered heart attacks, a rarity for youths. But the American Medical Association […]
The birth of a new century came and went, but one more millenianial celebration remains – the 40th anniversary of the birth control pill. The pill, which is the colloquial name for oral contraception, is the most popular form of reversible birth control for American women under the age of 35. When taken correctly and […]
First-person narrative The day was Good Friday, 1999. Outside LaGuardia Airport in New York, the sun blanketed me like warm flannel sheets. When my parents arrived late, which is highly unusual, I already began to suspect something was wrong. My father hugged me extra tight, and my mother squeezed my shoulder. We hopped into the […]
WASHINGTON – Frequent binge drinking increased on college campuses in 1999, according to a Harvard School of Public Health study released Tuesday. But as the number of frequent binge drinkers rose, so did the number of students who abstain from drinking alcohol. According to the study, one in five college students reported they refrained from […]