April 24, 2008

Ryder Haske/assistant photo editor Sophomore Anthony Acosta shows off some tricks Wednesday on his skateboard next to the School of Business at Duqu?s Hall.

Acclaimed physicist Stephen Hawking called for renewed interest in the study of outer space and science, in a speech commemorating the 50th anniversary of NASA at the Jack Morton Auditorium on Monday. The Cambridge University professor and renowned author said society is increasingly regulated by science and technology, but few students are pursuing scientif careers […]

Senior theater major Daniel Kenner may be best known for directing Generic Theater Company’s “Crave,” but there’s more to this Rhode Island native than just splatter paint and stream of consciousness. Completing what may have been one of GW’s most talked-about productions of the year, Kenner’s theatrical endeavors certainly don’t end here; he plans to […]

Web Extra If you ask someone to describe a Behemoth, they might respond with a weird glance, maybe a smirk or snicker, and then a definition along the lines of a mythical creature of superior strength that is mentioned in the Bible. But there exists another Behemoth, not an animal from biblical times, but an […]

You could call Tim Guillot ambitious, but that would be an understatement. Guillot, a senior majoring in music with minors in theater and creative writing, will soon perform in the self-written, self-directed musical “Always & Never.” The show is his senior thesis, and its only performance is this Sunday. The musical is about two brothers […]

Ron Burgundy has nothing on me, seriously. I am kind of a big deal. And you know what, Ron? People don’t even know my real me. But that is all about to change. Ladies and gentlemen of the George Washington University, amid all your finals and pending graduations I know the one thing on your […]

If you have $5 The GW music department is hosting “A Musican Salon featuring the Pianoforte” on Tuesday, April 29 in the Marvin Betts Theater (Marvin Center) at 7:30 p.m. The program will feature a range of pieces from Bach and Scarlatti to Romantic and Contemporary composers. The performance also features several of the music […]

University Police Department Chief Dolores Stafford recommended in a national safety report she co-authored that college police officers should carry firearms. The document released last week by the International Association for Campus Law Enforcement Administrators states that “sworn law enforcement agency . should have access to a range of force options including lethal (firearms).” Stafford […]

A committee to revise academic advising in the University’s largest school will release a series of recommendations in the next few weeks on how to overhaul the system. The report is the culmination of a year’s worth of monthly meetings to identify problems with advising in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. It was […]

The University is planning to drastically change GWorld technology for the first time in the campus card’s 10-year history, a senior administrator said this week. For about three months, administrators have been analyzing upgrades to the GWorld system, and could make major changes as early as next fall, Executive Vice President and Treasurer Lou Katz […]