February 20, 2007

University Police officers posted public safety advisories in Mitchell Hall this week after residents experienced six false fire alarms in one week, often in the middle of the night. UPD Captain Frank Demes said that at least five of the false alarms in Mitchell were malicious. Officials also held a mandatory meeting for Mitchell Hall […]

While most of the campus was sleeping early Friday morning, a contingent of die-hard Student Association want-to-be members was wide awake. Dozens of students gathered in Kogan Plaza and at the stroke of 7 a.m., a mad scramble began across H Street in an effort to grab prime real estate on the Marvin Center’s exterior […]

By day, junior Sabrina Patel can be found in the library studying linear programming, network models and queuing theory for her systems analysis major in the engineering school. But by night, her work gets much more scandalous. Patel, often clad in barely-there lingerie, a bikini or S&M apparel, has spent the past year flaunting and […]

Karl Hobbs should have his players’ families come to games more often. In front of his parents, freshman Damian Hollis scored a career-high 15 points on six- -of-seven shooting Saturday against Temple at Smith Center. College basketball games are not unfamiliar to Essie Hollis, Damian’s father. Essie played at Atlantic 10 rival St. Bonaventure during […]

GW as a whole consumes an unhealthy amount of pork. No, I’m not talking about the delicious carnitas in Chipotle burritos. I’m talking about the ungodly amount of money spent by the Student Association on frivolous projects that benefit a few at the expense of all. Over the years, the SA executive has developed an […]

Huerta, Rotella: SA outsider and insider join forces Michael Ray Huerta for President Student Association presidential candidate junior Michael Ray Huerta said he is an “SA outsider,” but he’s not ashamed of it. “Look at the people who are running for president who have been involved (in the SA), what have they done for you?” […]

Karl Hobbs said Saturday’s 84-72 win over Temple at Smith Center was not a must-win. The win does accomplish a few things, Hobbs said, but he refused to look too far into the future. “First and foremost, it makes us 16-8, 7-5 in the league,” he said. “Depending on what the results are today, we’re […]

The Board of Trustees voted at their Feb. 9 meeting to approve an online Doctorate in Nursing Practice program to start next fall. The program will be the fourth entirely online DNP program in the country, according to Ellen Dawson, the chair of the department of nursing. Trustee Lydia Thomas said similar programs across the […]

U-At Large (Two seats available) Richard “Dick” Fowler (Student Union) Kevin Kozlowski (Student Union) Jackson Trugman SEAS-U (One seat available) Elfine Natalia Peterson Tjio (Student Union) CCAS-U (Six seats available) Eugene Beckley (Student Union) Meghan Cassin (Student Union) Will Luton (Student Union) Francis Murray (Independent Voice) OG Oyiborhoro (Student Union) Nina Pedrad (Student Union) Joshua […]

School took a break for Presidents’ Day weekend, but the GW women’s basketball team did not. The No. 9 (AP, ESPN/USA Today) Colonials beat Charlotte and St. Louis to improve to 23-2 on the season and 12-0 in the Atlantic 10. The 64-59 win over Charlotte Thursday broke the 49ers’ 22-game home winning streak. The […]