August 31, 1998

An electrical fire caused smoke damage in the basement of the anthropology department’s G Street office Thursday evening, the second fire on campus in two days. Thursday’s fire in the 2114 G St. townhouse ignited after the electrical failure of the motor that generates air into the building’s sprinkler system, said Steve Lowe, the facilities […]

If the preseason is any indicator of how the GW women’s volleyball team will fare in its first match this week, the Colonial women should start the season well, head coach Susan Homan said. “I think we’ve had a great preseason, probably the best preseason in three years,” Homan said. “The athletes came in in […]

Graduate students are mobilizing to protest a change in Columbian School of Arts and Sciences policy that would raise the tuition of doctoral students in the dissertation stage $645 per semester. Until recently, doctoral candidates who had completed 72 credit hours of course work but still were working on their dissertations were required to pay […]

Going off to college can be a harrowing experience – from stuffing a van with one’s worldly possessions to tearful goodbyes between parents and their children. But few students at GW have had the experience that faced Gabriela Mojska – the newest player on the women’s volleyball team – as she came to Washington, D.C. […]

The Student Association has streamlined its student groups allocation process to provide a growing number of student groups with funds from its limited budget, SA members said. “When we had 75 to 100 student groups, the system worked fine,” said Mike Gargano, executive director of the Student Activities Center. “Now that we have between 275 […]

GW women ranked ninth in preseason poll The GW women’s basketball team was ranked ninth in the nation in a preseason poll released by the Women’s Basketball News Service last week. The news service also named Noelia Gomez as a preseason All-American. GW returns all 13 players from last season’s team, which went 20-10 and […]

The University canceled all classes between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in an effort to boost sagging attendance at GW’s Opening Convocation, the official beginning of the academic year. The Student Association and the Office of University Special Events decided to cancel classes to encourage students to attend Convocation, a historically under-attended event, officials […]

A win over an experienced team from James Madison University would have been a surprise for a young GW men’s soccer team in its first and only exhibition match of 1998. The Colonials didn’t have that surprise under their hats Saturday, as the Dukes beat GW 3-0 in Harrisonburg, Va. GW suffered the growing pangs […]

Civil rights era luminaries helped cut the ribbon Friday on a Marvin Center exhibit that marks the 35th anniversary of the March on Washington. The exhibit, “Looking Back-Moving Forward: The March on Washington 35 Years Later,” features personal letters, maps and programs from the march donated to GW by Walter Fauntroy, coordinator of the 1963 […]

Belgians have a knack for making waffles, but the musical recipe for Belgian band Hooverphonic’s latest release lacks flavor and leaves a bad taste in the listener’s mouth. Hooverphonic is one of many electronica artists to creep into the mainstream music world in the past few years. Unfortunately, Blue Wonder Power Milk(Epic) – the electronica […]