September 24, 2009

Pair of volleyball players earns awards Sophomore Alyssa Valentine and freshman Candace Silva-Martin each earned individual honors from the Atlantic 10 for their play last week, the league announced Monday. Valentine, a setter and last year’s A-10 Rookie of the Year, was named the conference’s Co-Offensive Player of the Week after collecting 129 assists, 25 […]

Thursday Flu vaccine clinic for seasonal flu Protect yourself from the seasonal flu with a free vaccination. Marvin Center Continental Ballroom | 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia Listen to speakers discuss the future of international relations in Eurasia. RSVP required. Elliott School City View […]

David Plouffe, campaign manager of Barack Obama’s presidential run, discussed the difficulties their historic campaign faced and how he overcame them in the Jack Morton Auditorium Monday night. The event, hosted by the GW College Democrats, was sold out. During the speech, Plouffe gave the audience an inside look at Barack Obama as a person […]

With each new year, ambitious freshmen vie to make a name for themselves in the GW arts community. Between body meetings, org fairs and auditions, student theatre groups also vie for the best of these kids. But for Generic Theatre Company, chosen newbies have already been selected to perform in this weekend’s annual production, “The […]

Author Joanne Rendell joined students and faculty at Mount Vernon’s Post Hall Monday night to discuss her newest novel and the genre of “chick lit.” Rendell, author of “The Professors’ Wives Club,” said that while reading novels about academic life, she was dismayed by the lack of female professors as central characters. She also wanted […]

Despite the small turnout at the Black Cat Sunday night, post-rock group Ghost Light’s performance was as heartfelt as if the group was playing for a crowd of thousands. Ghost Light is not a conventional band by any means. The group’s repertoire consists largely of experimentation with “natural noises,” and there is no drummer. Most […]

Two staples of the Foggy Bottom campus may receive new homes this year, according to the University’s capital budget. The University plans to spend $3.4 million to conduct renovations that include relocating both the University Police Department and the Visitor’s Center, though their destinations are not finalized, Alicia O’Neil, senior associate vice president for operations, […]

The University’s first vice president for research, Dr. Leo Chalupa, has hit the ground running this year with his promise to connect various departments in unified research efforts. We are encouraged by the work done so far, and we hope that this is just the beginning of a successful effort to establish research as a […]

A bill intended to cut out the middleman between college students and their federal loan providers passed the U.S. House of Representatives last Thursday, setting the stage for debate in the Senate over the measure that could make significant changes to student aid. If the bill passes, all new federal student loans will come directly […]