December 5, 2002

The following piece contains separate interviews with Spike Jonze, Charlie Kaughman, and Nicholas Cage. Scroll down to see each under the appropriate label. In the midst of genius one expects to go cold. I stared across the table as three sets of eyes fixed upon me. These are eyes that have seen all of the […]

Analyze That by Jeff Frost 4 Hatchets “You. You. Yoooouuuu. You’re good.” Oh DeNiro, he’s such a kidder. In Analyze That, Robert DeNiro and Billy Crystal return for a sequel that should pale in comparison to its predecessor. Instead, Analyze That, the sequel to Analyze This, surpasses the original. Paul Vitti (DeNiro) has been in […]

Three basic marketing classes are currently finishing up a project with Coca-Cola that gives the company feedback about university students’ soft drink preferences and uses GW’s campus as a testing ground for new marketing ideas. The 120 students in Marilyn Liebrenz-Himes’ courses have been researching, surveying and testing the response to Mad River, a fairly […]

Half the GW men’s basketball team had never played in a regular season college game a week and a half ago, but since then the Colonials have managed to tie their longest winning streak in two years. After opening with a loss at No. 14 Connecticut, the Colonials (3-1) won three games in a row […]

Every real punk knows that nothing screams anarchy like a back beat and a bit of barroom piano. OK – so maybe it’s not the most traditional stuff, but The Transplants are definitely a punk rock band. They’ve stripped pretensions out of the genre, opting instead for a quick and dirty sound, unburdened by pop […]

T.J. battles younger brother When GW sophomore point guard T.J. Thompson stepped onto the court in Friday’s win over Mt. St. Mary’s, one of his opponents looked strikingly familiar. That’s because Thompson’s brother, Landy, is a freshman on the Mountaineers. “That was the first time we ever played against each other our whole lives, so […]

Crisp cool air. Freshly fallen snow. Tinsel adorns every corner. All signs of the impending holiday season. And what do I think of when I think holiday cheer? Friends gathered around a fire, gaily signing carols? No. Potato latkes, applesauce and the warm glow of Hanukkah candles? No. Children bundled up in mittens, sticking carrots […]

Any doubts that may have surfaced when GW’s leading scorer Cathy Joens sat out of the women’s first exhibition game and turned in an uncharacteristic 11-point performance against Howard were quelled as the senior guard racked up 50 points in two games last week. Joens scored a career-high 28 points in her team’s win over […]

At first glance, the University’s appeal to the District Zoning Commission to extend the operating hours of the Health and Wellness Center seems like another attempt to impose its whims and further encroach on the Foggy Bottom community. Resident complaints, however, are not legitimate, as the University’s proposal is the most practical solution to a […]

Conservative radio talk show host G. Gordon Liddy traveled across town from his Maryland home to spend the afternoon signing his new book in the GW Bookstore Tuesday afternoon. Liddy, best known for his involvement in the Watergate burglary, hosts a political talk show on 200 radio stations nationwide. Liddy’s book, “When I was a […]