September 2, 2010

Former White House press secretary and new School of Media and Public Affairs fellow Joe Lockhart discussed the changing scene of political communications at Jack Morton Auditorium Wednesday. In a conversation with SMPA Director Frank Sesno, Lockhart – who served as the White House press secretary for former President Bill Clinton – described the changes […]

The University’s total library expenditures are only about one-fifth the size of Harvard University’s, the library with the largest research budget in the nation, according to 2007-2008 data from the Association of Research Libraries. During the academic year the ARL studied, GW’s total library expenditures amounted to $23,490,425 – a figure that ranks as the […]

The GW men’s soccer team wasted no time getting on the board during the opening match of the D.C. College Cup – its first regular-season match – Wednesday afternoon, but an aggressive George Mason squad battled back with a flurry of second-half goals, topping the Colonials 3-1. Just after kickoff, Colonials sophomore forward Seth Rudolph […]

Nearly 3,000 students have already submitted applications for the GW Class of 2015, echoing a nationwide trend of increasingly early submissions for students eager to get a leg up in the exceedingly competitive college admissions cycle, a senior administrator in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions confirmed last week. GW’s Early Decision application is still two […]

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 […]