September 24, 2007

Media Credit: Ben Solomon/senior photo editor Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Antonio Alfonseca throws a pitch during the Washington Nationals’ last game in Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Sunday. Nationals infielder D’Angelo Jimenez scored a run on the play. After this season, the Nationals will move to a new stadium still under construction on the Anacostia waterfront.

This had to have been the most awkward experience in my life. After about a week of orientation, my fellow classmates and I gathered at a hotel in Nyon, Switzerland (20 minutes outside Geneva) where we would meet our homestay families for the first time. The reception room was spacious and boasted tables of drinks […]

Enrollment in graduate programs at GW, especially those targeted towards working adults and courses available for completion online, has jumped in recent years. Since 2002, there has been a 9 percent increase in students taking graduate classes at GW, according to the Office of Institutional Research. “We want to be a university that is at […]

A large group of students clad in black clothing rallied Thursday to protest the treatment of six black youths imprisoned for a schoolyard beating in Louisiana and instances of racial inequality on GW’s campus. The event began in front of the Multicultural Student Services Center, where students from the Black Student Union and the GW […]

Columbia University’s decision to host Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, while controversial on all fronts, presents an inherent dilemma stemming from our right to free speech. This state leader projects appalling views such as denial of the Holocaust and has a history of humanitarian abuses and suppression of student protests. Yet the true debate centers on […]

In a townhouse on 22nd Street, four students are setting up a model for sustainability. Across town, other students lobby for the rights of fair trade farmers. These are just two examples of a growing socially aware and green movement on GW’s campus. Senior Maggie Desmond, director of green initiatives for the Student Association, is […]

A $75 million upperclassman residence hall slated for construction in October will be the most expensive residence hall ever constructed by the University. The 10-story building, which will be located adjacent to the School Without Walls on F Street, will house more than 400 students. The high price tag is largely the result of increasing […]

Student Association Sen. Richard Fowler (U-At Large) resigned on Friday citing personal reasons. In a letter to Executive Vice President Brand Kroeger, Fowler said he was tired of his name being dragged through the mud by the press and that he was going to advocate for students in new ways. Fowler was not available for […]

As tuition at GW and other private universities continues to rise, some of the school’s neediest students may soon receive more financial aid from the federal government. Congress increased the amount of money available for the Pell Grant by passing the College Cost and Reduction Act Sept. 7. Pell Grants are sums of money given […]

Social activist Felipe Luciano called on the Latino community to embrace other people of color and move forward together during the Latino Heritage Celebration’s keynote address. “Latinos, you have a mission in this world,” he told the crowd at Betts Theater last week. “You are the future of the world and yet we run away […]