May 11, 2009

With my first year of college coming to a close, I took some time to sit and reflect upon what made being at GW this year one of my fondest memories. I didn’t really know what to expect when I first found out I would be living in a five-person room at our famous Thurston […]

Before GW had taken over Foggy Bottom, this area was the center of Washington’s German community, known at the time as Little Hamburg. There was even a beer brauerei where the Kennedy Center is. In the 18th century, a Swiss speculator bought up plots of land in what is now Foggy Bottom. The area soon […]

Things were already going poorly for the GW baseball team when the fourth inning began: Not only were they trailing Xavier 3-0, but they had already lost to the Musketeers twice in the previous two days. So when a line drive glanced off the glove of junior pitcher Bobby Lucas only to be caught for […]

Three GW students have tested positive for the H1N1 influenza – better known as the swine flu, the University announced in a statement Saturday morning. The positive tests represent no new cases of the virus at GW, but are instead confirmations of three of the five probable cases that were previously announced. University spokeswoman Tracy […]

Correction appended Mechanical engineering might not be the most colorful major at GW. But leading your own eight-person band on the side might spice things up a bit. Just ask Philippe Chow, who became a mechanical engineering major after trying out two previous majors and another university before settling on his choice at GW. He’s […]

With finals wrapping up and graduation less than a week away, current GW senior and former GW basketball player Jessica Adair finds herself in the same position as many of her fellow seniors: trying to impress someone enough to get a job. The difference, of course, is that Adair will be trying out, not interviewing […]

After an NCAA report released last week found that the GW men’s basketball team failed to meet academic standards, the University announced it will create a committee to evaluate the program and implement new oversight policies, a top administrator said Friday. Robert Chernak, senior vice president for Student and Academic Support Services, said a committee […]

Eckles Library on the Mount Vernon Campus is usually packed with visiting students from the Foggy Bottom campus two times each semester: during midterms and during the reading period for finals. Study rooms, desks, computers and even spaces on the floor are all occupied in the typically commodious Eckles, indicating that many Foggy Bottom residents […]

Administrators are calling a new program to bring freshmen in contact with often high-ranking officials at the University a success, though students interviewed report their experience varied widely, depending on the commitment of the advisor they were matched with. The Guide to Personal Success program, part of the Student and Academic Support Services department, is […]

Kinley Branch, a 6-foot-5 high school senior from Georgia who had signed a National Letter of Intent to play for GW next season, has been released from his commitment, his high school coach said last week. Andrew Sullivan, men’s basketball head coach at Branch’s Stone Mountain High School in Georgia, said that it is his […]