March 6, 2000

All four candidates in this week’s Student Association run-off elections said they are targeting freshmen and supporters of candidates who did not make the run-off. One candidate has re-worked his campaign’s focus. This is now going to be an election about change, presidential candidate David Burt said. Burt, who said he got his clock cleaned […]

Loud cheers and hoots filled the room as more than 300 people watched a drag show hosted by GW Pride Friday night in the Marvin Center Ballroom. The gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender student group hosted the show to culminate Out and About Week, a celebration of gay awareness. The purpose of the show was […]

One of GW’s newest organizations allows students to train their minds and bodies while practicing the traditional Japanese art, kendo. It’s a Japanese martial art, said freshman Shinya Deguchi, founder of the Kendo Club at GW. It looks a lot like fencing. The difference lies in the motions of the swords, he said. Fencing is […]

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GW students who decline to answer a controversial drug offense question on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid will still be eligible to receive financial assistance because of a recent U.S. Department of Education decision. Previously, applications of students who neglected to answer question 28 – a question asking whether students have been convicted […]

PHILADELPHIA – Atlantic 10 Player of the Week Petra Dubovcova helped lift the GW women’s basketball team to Monday’s A-10 Championship game against rival Xavier after defeating La Salle and UMass at the Liacouras Center Saturday and Sunday. Dubovcova scored 37 points in the two games to return GW (25-4) to the final for the […]

Gregg Rickman, a leading expert on the role of Swiss banks during World War II, spoke about the role of Switzerland and Swiss banks in the Holocaust at Hillel Feb. 29. Rickman was previously the legislative director for former Sen. Alfonse D’Amato (R-N.Y.), the former chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. […]

Two freshman Student Association senators broke the tradition of the freshman curse last week by winning SA Senate positions for next year. Josh Rothstein and Joe Ardito, who both won Columbian School Senate seats, broke the trend of freshman senators who fail to stay involved with the SA after their first year. The problem in […]

Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) discussed trade, social security reform and the overall value of his life experiences with the GW College Republicans Wednesday night. Kolbe, who was the first Republican to serve southern Arizona, offered insight from his 16 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. He identified trade and social security issues as his […]

A group of 15 students met Thursday night to discuss issues ranging from pre-marital sex to homosexuality with two Catholic chaplains. The inability to discuss (homosexuality) is a big problem of the church, said Jason Franklin, publicity chair of GW Pride. Franklin spoke to the group at the event, which was part of GW Pride’s […]