May 5, 2005

Students planning to stay in the city over the summer are in for plenty of D.C.’s hot, humid weather. Fortunately, those looking for a break from the heat will not have to go far to cool off. There are two swimming pools open on campus throughout the summer that many students said they did not […]

(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – One of the biggest threats to a student’s concentration may have to do with how often he or she checks their e-mail, according to a new report. A survey of 1,100 people carried out by researchers at King’s College in London, commissioned by Hewlett Packard, found that distractions from a barrage of […]

Some students view semester-end course evaluations as an opportunity to praise their favorite professor or criticize their not-so-favorite professor. But many students rush through the evaluations, skeptical of whether their opinions make a difference. “Many of the cases where students don’t take the evaluation process seriously are because students are under the illusion that professors […]

Fraternity sponsors book sales in Kogan The Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity raised more than $7,000 for Turning the Page with its third annual Carpe Librum, a three-day book sale held last week in Kogan Plaza. Organizations, businesses and individuals donated the books. The fraternity started the book collection in the greater D.C. area a few […]

(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – Cadet enrollment in Reserve Officer Training Corps programs remains strong at Washington area universities, despite the downward trend in nationwide enrollment, according to ROTC officials at Georgetown and the University of Maryland. Over the past two school years, ROTC enrollment at schools all over the country has fallen more than 16 percent […]

BETHESDA, Md. – For the first time in 22 years, the GW baseball team was swept by Georgetown during the teams’ annual season series. The Colonials dropped both ends of a home-and-home, losing 9-5 Wednesday at Shirley Povich Field and 10-8 on Tuesday at Barcroft Park. “Georgetown really came out and hit the ball well,” […]

Hidden behind a green folding panel in the East Building of the National Gallery of Art’s reception room is a collection of 13 rarely exhibited Roy Lichtenstein drawings, contributing to the museum’s collection of Lichtenstein’s comic strip-styled pop art. The drawings, primarily of graphite and colored pencil, are all studies he completed in preparation for […]

(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – An unlikely suspect was identified and charged last Tuesday as the author of the racist hate mail that caused an evacuation of minority students at Trinity International University outside of Chicago. Alicia Harden, a 19-year-old black student, was attempting to scare her mother into letting her transfer to a Mississippi school when […]

The University is investigating allegations of hazing and underage drinking among members of GW’s secret society The Order of the Hippo. Student Judicial Services has received multiple allegations of hazing stemming from what is believed to be an initiation ritual of the Order of the Hippo members last week. Late on the night of April […]

Before taking the stage Saturday afternoon for the Mount Vernon Campus’ Fountain Day, pop musician Howie Day executed his normal pre-show rituals. After two cocktails, a layer of Chapstick and one last glance in the mirror, he was set to hit the stage in Lloyd Gym. The singer/songwriter, who was recruited by the Program Board […]