September 2, 2010

The uncompleted waterfront park along the Potomac River in Georgetown recently received a $50,000 donation from the park’s energy provider that will go toward finishing the park, the president of a group supporting the park said Tuesday. Construction for the Georgetown Waterfront Park stalled in 2009 after the park’s contractors ran into costly obstacles, according […]

Women’s basketball releases non-conference schedule The women’s basketball team announced its non-conference schedule Wednesday, a slate of games highlighted by home games against Auburn and George Mason as well as a trip to Miami, Fla., to play in the Wyndham Miami Holiday Tournament. The Colonials will open their season in Minneapolis, Minn., with the Best […]

For the first time in its history, D.C.’s only public college will offer housing to its students, in hopes of creating a more traditional college experience for the university’s commuter students. The University of the District of Columbia, or UDC, opened its first dormitory rooms this semester. The apartment building is around a block from […]

While some students may have fallen short of fulfilling their summer projects, artists from GW and D.C. drew inspiration from their vacations to produce Classroom 102’s current summer-inspired exhibit in the Smith Hall of Art. The exhibit, titled “Between Time: Fine Arts Summer Initiative,” runs until Sept. 9 and focuses on what D.C. artists produce […]

The Residence Hall Association hosted its annual Target Takeover event last night, amidst controversy over the retail giant’s political contributions. The Target Corporation, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., has come under fire for contributing $150,000 to the political action committee Minnesota Forward. Minnesota Forward gave money to campaign ads for gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, who supports […]

Hidden among Gelman Library’s textbooks and scholarly journals is a small but growing collection of one of D.C.’s loudest and proudest cultural traditions – the International Counterculture Archive’s D.C. punk rock collection. The library’s D.C. punk rock collection features recordings, memorabilia and DVDs of bands like Fugazi and Bad Brains. The project is the brainchild […]

Those hitting the campus bookstore this week may notice at least one big change-more than a quarter of the books usually sold for GW classes are available for rent at a lower price this year, in a new program designed to reduce the amount of money students spend on textbooks. “Rental adds to our offerings, […]

The much-anticipated degree audit system – which gives students the ability to track their progress toward their degrees without the help of an advisor – cleared another hurdle Tuesday. DegreeWorks, an online program that calculates which courses a student must complete in order to graduate, was previewed on Tuesday for various University administrators. The system […]

As GW continues to top lists of the most expensive universities in the country, a recent article in the Washington Post said that students and their parents could potentially save money by buying property in D.C., rather than live in University housing. Although this would not be an option for freshmen and sophomores due to […]

Although the majority of West Hall’s residents are freshmen, a significant number of upperclassmen also call GW’s newest Mount Vernon Campus residence hall home. Of the 287 residents in West Hall – formerly Pelham Hall – 94 are upperclassmen, said University spokeswoman Jill Sankey. Several of the students had previously lived in Foggy Bottom, but […]