October 4, 2001

GW’s chapter of Students for a Sensible Drug Policy has captured national attention for the third time in the recent college edition of Rolling Stone. The GW group formed three years ago to take on the national organization’s campaign for “providing education on the harms caused by the War on Drugs,” according to the SSDP’s […]

Indecent Exposure 10/2 – 12:58 a.m. 24th and I streets Open Liquor Law Violations 10/1 – Crawford Hall Referred to SJS 9/27 – New Hall Referred to SJS 9/25 – Eckles Library Referred to SJS Thefts 10/2 – Gelman Library No suspects, witnesses Closed 10/1 – 908 New Hampshire Ave. Referred to MPD Closed 9/29 […]

Students whose family incomes have been affected by the recent terrorist attacks can contact GW’s Office of Student Financial Assistance for immediate financial counseling, Director of OSFA Daniel Small said. “If any students are affected by (the terrorist attacks or the hijackings) and see that their family income is reduced, they should make themselves known […]

GW fraternities and rooms in Fulbright hall show signs of patriotism in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by flying American flags. Other flags fly at Madison Hall and Lambda Chi Alpha.

Enrollment in the School of Engineering and Applied Science jumped 36 percent this year after the school offered more scholarships and improved recruitment efforts, SEAS Dean Timothy W. Tong said. The engineering school enrolled 150 freshmen in 2001, compared to 110 last year after years of decreased enrollment, Tong said. Tong took over last September […]

You want to root for the good guys, but it’s hard to know who they are when the cops begin to resemble the people they pursue. One of the questions the new release Training Day brings up is just how close pursuers come to the pursued. Elevated above the standard cops-and-robbers fare, Training Day (Warner […]

For most Westerners, daily life in communist China remains a mystery hidden by political and cultural red tape. The same ignorance exists the other way, as most Chinese living under communist government are prevented from knowing much about the reality of Western culture. But for filmmaker Dai Sijie, author of Balzac and the Little Chinese […]

Movies AMC Union Station AMC Courthouse Plaza Cineplex Odeon Dupont Circle Cineplex Odeon Foundry Cineplex Odeon Inner Circle Cineplex Odeon Uptown Lowes Pentagon City 6 Music 9:30 Club Black Cat AMC Union Station 50 Massachusetts Ave. N.E. (703) 998-4262 Don’t Say a Word (R) 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 The Glass House (PG-13) 1:10 Hardball (PG-13) […]

It’s a cutthroat business trying to make it in the independent music world. Thousands of bands tour the country tirelessly in hopes of gaining the modest success only few can achieve. The boys in Dispatch have been at it for six years and are only now beginning to see the fruits of their labor. The […]

Posted 11:30 p.m. Oct. 4 MANCHESTER, England – British Prime Minister Tony Blair called on Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban government to “surrender the terrorists or surrender power,” firing the latest salvo in a ever-growing assault of words against the government harboring accused terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden. Blair spoke to his Labor party at their annual […]