March 11, 2010

Correction appended Disorderly Conduct 3/4/2010 – Fulbright Hall – 1 a.m. – Case closed University Police responded to a report of objects being thrown from Fulbright. On arrival, a complainant stated that he was walking down the sidewalk and observed an object being thrown. The complainant thought the object was a beer can, while officers […]

The new Foggy Bottom Grocery will open its doors Thursday for a soft opening intended to give recently hired employees experience running the store. Though the opening is only for invited “family and friends,” owner Kris Hart said his operation’s grocery area will be welcoming walk-in customers over spring break. The deli will open when […]

Recruit commits Now that the focus of the GW men’s basketball team has begun to shift ahead, one question about next year’s team will be what head coach Karl Hobbs and his staff have in the recruiting pipeline to follow up this year’s stellar freshman class. Nineteen-year-old GW recruit Nemanja Mikic is at least part […]

The U.S. Census Bureau has teamed up with the GW Housing Programs and GW’s department of Government, Community and International Relations to streamline the process of counting students, the University’s top government relations official said last week. All students in GW residence halls will be given census forms to fill out from their house staff […]

Correction appended GW’s School of Business jumped 14 spaces in this year’s BusinessWeek magazine rankings to No. 51 in the nation, the University announced last week. The overall ranking is based on student satisfaction surveys, post-graduation achievements and general academic quality. GW was also given an academic quality ranking of No. 23 based on average […]

You may not have been to an art gallery recently, but that doesn’t mean you haven’t seen Suzanne Opton’s war photography. The soldiers in her pictures have blank stares and vacant eyes; their portraits seem to look past the viewer. And now, they are part of Opton’s newest series titled “The Soldier Billboard Project,” which […]

The chairperson of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will address graduates of the GW Law School during Commencement Weekend in May. The law school announced Wednesday afternoon that Mary Schapiro, a law school alumna and the first woman to head the SEC, will join three alumni and a Welling professor at the University’s graduation […]

Five for Fighting attracted a crowd diverse in ages and music tastes to Lisner Auditorium Tuesday night with its delicate and distinct soft-rock. The group, made internationally famous for pop-station favorites like “Superman” and “100 Years,” is one of those bands whose popularity spans more than one decade, and whose concerts are truly a mix […]