November 4, 2004

“It doesn’t do good to become dependent on anyone in this life,” says the title character (Jude Law) early on in “Alfie” (Paramount). This is one of the many slick nuggets of advice he dispenses while narrating his bumbling life as a 30-something British bachelor in Manhattan. Alfie has it all – expensive clothes, a […]

At 9:21 p.m. on Tuesday night, freshman Adam Pienciak spots two students wearing Kerry-Edwards T-shirts on H Street as he heads to his room in the Hall on Virginia Avenue. “Great job, guys,” he says to the Democrats, as networks begin to call states for both President Bush and his Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry. […]

Thursday Nov. 4 KMFDM 9:30 Club Industrial-metal band KMFDM just might get political the night after the election, which is not all that surprising, considering the same band that declared “A Drug Against War” and WWIII will be performing only blocks away from The White House. “If Bush gets re-elected, we are going to pack […]

The election may bode ill for Democrats, but it was a triumph for the 10 GW alumni and one former professor who were seeking re-election in Congress. In an election that saw few representatives lose their seats, three alumni failed to unseat incumbents in the House of Representatives. A current student, junior James Gilbreath, failed […]

Baseball is on the public mind as the season wrapped up last week with a record-setting October surprise as the Boston Red Sox, the American League’s notorious underdog, won the World Series for the first time in 86 years. And now, Washingtonians can look forward to cheering for a team of their own at the […]

A team of medical personnel from the GW Hospital traveled to the Grand Cayman in early October to provide medical relief following Hurricane Ivan. The Grand Cayman, one of the three British-dependent Cayman Islands in the Caribbean, was left in ruins after the hurricane struck in early September. Winds of more than 155 miles per […]

(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – The potential of a military draft has acquired limited attention in the presidential election, but a new Web site addresses the issue with humor in an attempt to reach young voters. The Web site, www.ENJOYtheDraft.com, features Bush’s twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna, in military fatigues, “Spring Break Fallujah 2005”, and a trip […]

The Chinese American Student Association transformed the Hippodrome into a glitzy catwalk last Friday for its seventh annual date auction. About 100 students showed up for the auction, which had a Masquerade theme. The proceeds from the event will fund the club’s future events and will be donated to Feed the Children, a program that […]

For the third year in a row, the GW men’s soccer team has kept its fans on their toes until the final weekend of regular season play. In the past two years, the Colonials started off each season with a string of losses, digging themselves into a hole so deep that they were forced beat […]

Students in the University Honors Program are raising concerns over the requirements they must meet and the courses being offered to fulfill them. Honors students must take two honors pro-seminars in their freshman year, and typically take at least one honors course per semester as upperclassmen. Students are also required to have a course load […]