November 15, 1999

The bust A group of serious-looking men and women dressed in business suits, casual clothing, police uniforms and army fatigues quickly went to their third floor destination in Thurston Hall Wednesday afternoon. Fear penetrated students within earshot of the group’s first words. Police, search warrant, an officer yelled after a few loud knocks on a […]

After dropping a meet to Atlantic 10 rival Virginia Tech last Saturday, the GW men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams bounced back with a win over La Salle Saturday at the Smith Center. Hosting their first home meet of the season, the teams took 20 out of 24 races, routing La Salle 129-111 (men) […]

I don’t have a television obsession. I have TV commitments. On Sundays, it’s Felicity and The Practice. Ally McBeal takes the 9 p.m. slot on Mondays. I’ll even admit to watching Beverly Hills, 90210 on Wednesdays. And of course, it’s Must See TV on NBC on Thursdays. Perhaps it’s the ideal form of procrastination. Or […]

The Indian Student Association’s Diwali celebration offered a glimpse of Indian culture with brilliant colors, inspired music and the occasional trivia question Saturday night. Students, parents and Foggy Bottom residents gathered for the celebration in honor of Diwali, which means Festival of Lights. Diwali has its roots in Hindu mythology, though it is celebrated throughout […]

The men’s water polo team ended its season by placing seventh in this past weekend’s Collegiate Water Polo Association Eastern Championship. GW began the tournament with an enormous challenge against No. 1 UMass. We started off really flat, said Coach Scott Reed. UMass took advantage of that fact as the Minutemen’s offense exploded during the […]

New Kids On the Block had the Right Stuff in the early 1990s, or at least two million fans who attended the Magic Summer Tour and bought 60 million records and videos seem to suggest that they did. As the decade comes to a close, New Kids On the Block clones, like the Backstreet Boys, […]

Another wave of girl power is starting to hit mainstream America, but instead of platforms and hot pants, these women push the envelope with activist lyrics and counter-culture beauty standards. Throughout the last quarter of this century, women musicians have been banging on their drums, strumming their guitars and singing louder and louder to make […]

Well, what a week. GW kicked off the basketball season with a light show on the scoreboard, we lost a losing coach and Sports Illustrated dragged our man Tommy P. through the mud again. But first things first. Let’s talk basketball. Has GW ever seen so much offense? The men and women’s teams scored a […]

I am deeply saddened by the actions of the Student Association Senate Wednesday morning. When I decided to run for Student Association president last year, I was determined to bring about change in an organization that was the ridicule of the student body. The students voted for me because they had faith in my leadership. […]

In the beginning, there were Julie and Eric, a docile Alabama dancer and a buff New Jersey thug aspiring to be a model. The television gods at Bunim-Murray Productions plucked them from obscurity, set them up in a spacious (but austere by later seasons’ standards) New York loft and proclaimed that their sappy country-mouse and […]