December 4, 2000

I have had a great college experience except for one thing. There are always people in my classes who for some reason believe they are just smarter than everyone else is. They spout long speeches defending some position purposely using big words to show some sort of superior intelligence over the rest of the students. […]

GW has big hopes for the future of interactive learning and the role of the internet in University life. With a new GW portal set to launch in December to give students one-stop-shopping for University resources, David Swartz, chief information officer for Information Systems and Services, said he is going one step further to bring […]

Attention all humans: I would just like to announce that your homes are in grave danger. Your earth is under attack, and did you know your government has failed to defend your piece of it for you? They have decided it is more economically efficient to let your land sink beneath rising sea levels and […]

Last month’s University Police arrest of a fugitive on the FBI’s most wanted list was not the department’s first contact with the man embraced as a friend by GW students, staff and faculty for at least seven years. UPD detained Adrian Freeman Nov. 21 and handed him over to the Metropolitan Police Department after an […]

(U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas – Evidently it takes more than a Texas accent, strapping good looks and a healthy disdain for educated folks to capture the Oval Office. It looks like a generous dose of good old-fashioned luck is also necessary for a candidate to succeed. And our governor is on the hot streak of his […]

Students said they are getting tired of the never-ending presidential election stalemate. With no winner more than a month after election day, GW sentiments matched opinions around the nation – they want a clear end to the voting fiasco. Under federal law, states are required to choose their electors by Dec. 12, but ongoing legal […]

Students watched a screening of Making a Killing, a documentary that accuses tobacco company Philip Morris of spreading tobacco addiction worldwide, in Funger Hall Thursday night. About 100 students attended the event. INFACT, a grassroots corporate watchdog organization, the College Democrats and Students Transforming Irresponsible Corporations, a new politically active group at GW, sponsored the […]

Week 14 Hatchet NFL PredictionsKansas City, New England (Monday night)Seattle 30, Atlanta 10Miami 33, Buffalo 6Cincinnati 24, Arizona 13Denver 38, New Orleans 23Tennessee 15, Philadelphia 13Pittsburgh 21, Oakland 20Tampa Bay 27, Dallas 7NY Giants 9, Washington 7Carolina 16, St. Louis 3San Francisco 45, San Diego 17NY Jets 27, Indianapolis 17Jacksonville 48, Cleveland 0Minnesota 24, Detroit […]

New internet connections in the Gelman Library may be the first step in spreading wireless Web surfing around campus. Gelman technicians plan to conduct experiments with student volunteers to test wireless internet connections, said Blaine D’Amico, manager of Information Technology and a network engineer at the library. The Authenticated Scholars Network Access Port, or aSNAP, […]