November 9, 1998

It’s easy to believe Tom Penders when he says he has stumbled into a perfect opportunity. Easing back in his slick brown leather chair after an early-season practice, he rattles off the reasons he spurned a lucrative television broadcasting offer and became the 23rd coach of the GW men’s basketball team. “This is a job […]

In a patch of woods just a few clicks from the Lincoln Memorial, a squad of soldiers maneuvers silently under the moonlit sky through the imaginary jungles of the 38th parallel, frozen in statuesque immortality. Down the trodden footpath is the V-shaped wall that points to Saigon, triggering memories and flashbacks of a later generation […]

“The world I know is a world too slow.” Appropriate, even natural feelings of a 16-year-old music prodigy growing up in a town of 2,100. Esthero knew she had to get out, and she did. It is challenging to describe the music of Esthero. It accommodates an element of every style – blues and rap, […]

Noelia Gomez stands at the foul line – the game-clock has expired, it’s a one-and-one situation and she needs both shots to win the game. The first attempt hits the front of the rim, the backboard, and falls in. With teammate Marlo Egleston’s intense gaze upon her, Gomez concentrates, bends her knees and releases with […]

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This season the GW men’s basketball team welcomes a group of five diverse freshmen. Albert Roma, Dorien Brown, Andry Sola, Jason Smith and Valery Khamenia represent three different nationalities and three separate positions on the court. “I’m impressed with our new players,” GW head coach Tom Penders said. “There are days when three or four […]

GW Law School Professor Jonathan Turley will appear before the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Monday morning as impeachment hearings get underway on Capitol Hill. Turley was contacted by Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) to participate in the legislature’s determination of an impeachment standard. Turley, who has become a familiar face on political […]

The GW women’s basketball team is preparing for a season that could bring them national attention – head coach Joe McKeown has his entire NCAA Tournament team from last year back and ready to compete at the next level. At the heart of this season’s journey for the Colonial women is the “Spanish Connection” of […]

Disruptive construction noise from ongoing renovation of Gelman Library’s sixth floor has forced the relocation of some classes that are held there to Lisner Hall. But University and library administrators say they have not heard complaints about classes that have been disrupted by the noise. Peter Rollberg, associate professor of Slavic studies, is moving his […]

To make a run in March, GW must have experienced veterans that step up in big games. With senior tri-captains Shawnta Rogers, Yegor Mescheriakov and Seco Camara, the Colonials will be in good hands. New head coach Tom Penders has taken over a team that lost to Oklahoma State University in disappointing fashion in the […]