October 19, 2009

The owners of FoBoGro and representatives from the West End Citizens Association came to a deadlock during an Alcoholic Beverage Control Board hearing Thursday, leaving the fate of the store’s alcohol license and hours of operation in limbo. The arbitration hearing arose out of a dispute between WECA and new owner Kris Hart, a GW […]

Players, coaches, faculty and fans brought the slogan “Are you buff enough?” to life on Friday night in the newly renovated Smith Center for the annual Colonials Invasion, celebrating the beginning of the upcoming basketball season. The event, lasting two hours in the Charles E. Smith Center, gave students and visiting parents the opportunity to […]

Hundreds of people gathered Friday to honor the late Ben’s Chili Bowl founder Ben Ali, who was known as much for his big smile and sharp tongue as he was for his chili half-smokes. Ali, 82, passed away Oct. 8 from congestive heart failure. Friends, family and community figures like D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and […]

Earlier this month GW finished its yearly review of its alcohol amnesty policy, much of which was influenced by last year’s passing of Laura Treanor. With as comprehensive a review as the University said it completed, we would expect there to be a director of the University’s Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Education – […]

This past Friday not only marked the start of GW’s annual Colonials Weekend, but also the annual basketball preseason kickoff known as Colonials Invasion. The event proved an overall success, an indication of just how spirited GW students can be despite the oft-mentioned lack of unity. The quality of Colonials Invasion was the primary reason […]

Best-selling author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman will speak on campus next semester, the University announced Friday. Friedman will speak at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 21, but the location of the “lecture” and information regarding tickets is not yet available, Assistant Vice President for communications Sarah Baldassaro said. The event will be free […]

George Washington envisioned a great university in the capital of the nation he did so much to create. He wanted to attract students from all the former colonies so that, together, they might overcome their regional prejudices and forge a new identity as citizens of the nation as a whole. Today, we are that university, […]

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell presented GW alumna and Undersecretary for Veterans Affairs Tammy Duckworth with the inaugural Colin Powell Public Service Award Thursday night at the Museum of American History. The award was presented to Duckworth during the event – titled “A Celebration of Service” – which recognized the role that GW and […]

This is the second column in a three-part series on GW’s medical amnesty policy. Last week, the author discussed need lack of a true amnesty policy at GW. Next week, the author will lay out the basic criteria for a rewrite of the policy, discussing the positive and negative changes made this year. E-MeR-G-ed [i-mur-juh-id] […]