February 6, 2003

Local and national politicians discussed the benefits and difficulties of being gay and in politics Monday night in the Marvin Center. Thirty students attended the event sponsored by The Out Crowd, a campus lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organization. “You don’t campaign gay,” said Jay Fisette, a member of the Arlington County Board. “Only about […]

University officials have appointed a committee of faculty, administrators and one student to research the merits of a trimester or quarter academic calendar. Officials said surveys were distributed to School of Media and Public Affairs and Elliott School of International Affairs students this week to gauge opinion for possible expanded course offerings for the summer. […]

A national commission recommended the government make Title IX legislation less rigid last week, an act that could loosen restrictions on some GW men’s sports teams. The restrictions are currently in place in compliance with the 30-year-old law’s aim to ban sex discrimination in education programs, including athletics. The 15-member committee, formed by Education Secretary […]

The federal appeals court’s ruling to reinstate GW housing restrictions has once again turned town-gown relations in Foggy Bottom into a staring contest – and GW should not blink. The ruling upholds the District’s right to regulate the growth of the University, thereby rejecting the University’s argument that such regulation is unconstitutional because it infringes […]

Contrary to popular belief, “Lord of the Dance” is not about a tap-off between Frodo and Gandalf for the Middle Earth jig championship. Rather, “Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance” is a world-famous Irish folk dance show. You may remember the show from its reference on “Friends” as the phenomenon that scares the “be-Jesus” out […]

A federal appeals court issued a decision Tuesday to reestablish zoning restrictions that may leave GW housing and plans for a new business school building in limbo. A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed a zoning order that requires GW to house 70 percent of fulltime undergraduate students, […]

Rumba Cafe Where: 2443 18th St. Cover: We’ll get to that in a moment Dress: A flamenco costume works well Carded: At the table “I hope they don’t find out I’m Jewish,” I thought as I stepped through the plastic tarp that acts as the entrance way to Adams Morgan’s Rumba Caf?. Let’s call the […]

D.C. City Council is considering a bill that would potentially grant University Police unprecedented authority in making arrests on public spaces within the campus boundaries. The new measure could affect students by allowing more crimes to be kept within the University justice system. The “Campus Police Force Cooperative Act 2002,” currently in the City Council […]

Exhibitions Viscom Art Show Dimock Gallery in Lisner Auditorium is hosting an exhibit of graphic art by senior fine arts students concentrating in visual communication. Hours are Tuesday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Friday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Auditions Forbidden Planet Productions Forbidden Planet Productions is having auditions for Neil Simon’s “The Star-Spangled Girl,” directed […]

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