Anthony Dye’s abstract art, hanging in a K Street gallery, is unusual albeit unremarkable. He eschews traditional media and instead uses paint made from mustard, coffee creamer and spinach. For a modern piece, such atypical methods aren’t unheard of, but Dye’s situation is different. He has no choice but to be avant garde. That’s because […]
Freshman Corbb O’Connor has some clear vision within three feet of eyes. But beyond that, he says, his world seems “as if I’m looking through wax paper.” Blind since birth, O’Connor has a genetic condition called Leber’s congenital retinal amaurosis that affects his retinas. O’Connor, a student in the Elliott School, says he can see […]
By most standards, GW alumnus Steve Khadam-Hir doesn’t sound like a world-class hip-hop artist. But despite his lack of rapping skills, his beats are all the rage among fourth graders at Houston’s Eleanor Tinsley Elementary School. “You make an idiot of yourself in front of these kids, but they love it and think it’s hilarious,” […]
A Chipotle burrito is loaded with Vitamin A, has more calcium than a cup of milk and contains more sodium than the government recommends a person consume in a day. Thanks to junior Matt Silverman’s Web site, chipotlefan.com, readers can figure out these facts and countless others about the burrito chain that has captured the […]
A former student who alleged that GW barred him from campus and suspended him from class as a result of his treatment for depression has settled his lawsuit against the school out of court, his lawyer announced today. Jordan Nott filed a civil suit in the D.C. Superior Court in October 2005. He alleged that […]
Posted Tuesday, Oct. 31, 5:24 p.m. A former student who alleged that GW barred him from campus and suspended him from class as a result of his treatment for depression has settled his lawsuit against the school out of court, his lawyer announced today. Jordan Nott filed a civil suit in the D.C. Superior Court […]
Local political leaders and University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg lampooned outgoing D.C. mayor Anthony Williams Wednesday night for what they called his bland personality and frequent travel at a roast honoring him in his final weeks in office. The roast was part of a gala to benefit Southeastern University, a private, non-profit school of 1,000 […]
I couldn’t help but notice the irony earlier this month when, the same weekend I was furiously studying dozens of bizarre, unfamiliar vocabulary words for the GRE, I had also been assigned reread one of my favorites for class, William Strunk and E.B. White’s “Elements of Style.” The thesis of the decades-old book is that […]
New York’s Hunter College settled a lawsuit last week with a student who alleged that the school barred her from her dormitory after she tried to commit suicide. The student’s suit resembles that of former GW student Jordan Nott, who filed a discrimination lawsuit against the University in October 2005. The Hunter College student, known […]
Registration is hard. Looking through those lists of classes involves a lot of careful thought – and there’s always the chance that you’ll choose wrong and end up with a class you hate by the middle of the semester. For those who would rather play guitar or pick up a paintbrush than conjugate verbs or […]