November 17, 2005

I’m lucky. For some deranged reason, since the sprightly age of 7, I have known what I want to do with my life: become a writer. Fast-forward 11 years and that same interest motivated me to apply to GW’s journalism program in the School of Media and Public Affairs. When I was accepted into the […]

Before a crowd of about 70 students, former Republican vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp gave a speech on poverty and capitalism in the United States but did not address the major issues facing the GOP. Kemp, who unsuccessfully ran for vice president with Bob Dole in 1996, is a former professional football player, member of […]

University officials said they hope to increase the number of students participating in the six-year bachelor’s and law degrees program next year. The BA/JD program, in its second year, has five students enrolled this year and hopes to attract 15 incoming freshmen to participate in the program next year, Admissions Director Kathryn Napper said. “We […]

This week could not be worse for Student Association President Audai Shakour. While Student Judicial Services investigates allegations of sexual impropriety brought against him, some members of the Senate have drafted articles of impeachment outlining various alleged failures of leadership on the part of Shakour. While the results of the sexual misconduct investigation are a […]

About 200 students were forced to confront the issues of poverty and unequal wealth distribution during the Oxfam Hunger Banquet Tuesday night in the Marvin Center. “This is a dramatized version of what goes on in the world because of poverty,” said freshman Talia Recht, a human services major and volunteer involved in the project. […]

You don’t have to look far to see the seeds of disaster being planted all around us. They can be found throughout Southeast Asia and Europe; even throughout time, where the lessons we should have learned stretch as far back as 1918. We have ignored them at our own peril for far too long. The […]

Greek Week ends with $2,800 raised Greek-letter organizations will donate about $2,800 to the American Red Cross, contributing to the relief efforts stemming from the hurricanes that decimated the Gulf Coast earlier this year, said junior Jennifer Nedeau, the Panhellenic Association vice president of marketing and public relations. Some of that money, raised during this […]

Denver citizens voted earlier this month to legalize marijuana use for some residents, a success that has activists planning further initiatives. On Nov. 1, a measure that made possession of marijuana legal for citizens over the age of 21 passed with 54 percent approval. However, the substance is still illegal under state and federal law, […]

First, he told students it would be ready in August. Then, he said it would be ready in October. Now, Student Association President Audai Shakour is assuring students that the Colonial Trader Web site, a pillar of his campaign, should be ready by late November. Despite paying $11,000 to Web site developing company SwapSwop in […]

The D.C. Department of Transportation revealed four different possibilities for the future of the Whitehurst Freeway – D.C. drivers’ main route from downtown to the Key Bridge in Georgetown – at a public meeting Tuesday. The agency spent almost a year conducting a $550,000 feasibility study to measure the impact of demolishing the freeway, a […]