February 7, 2011

Bars and clubs may have to pay more out of pocket to hire Metropolitan Police security, after the D.C. Council voted to reduce funding to the MPD reimbursable detail program. The program – which allows businesses to hire off-duty officers for patrols in their area – saw its funding cut in half, dropping to $500,000. […]

A prestigious research organization named GW a school with “very high research activity,” an achievement for the University, which has placed an increased emphasis on research since hiring President Steven Knapp. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching – a nonprofit research foundation dedicated to supporting education – placed GW as one of the […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – It had been just three days since the men’s basketball team’s 84-59 loss to Duquesne last week when GW took the court Saturday afternoon on the road against Charlotte. Sixty-seven hours was all that separated the Colonials from one of their worst performances of the season, a sloppy game that featured a […]

As the women’s basketball team walked off the court at Saint Louis Saturday night, it was leaving with something more than a victory. The Colonials were walking away having proved what head coach Mike Bozeman articulated throughout the teams’ recent struggles: They were fighters. With a 49-36 win over Saint Louis, GW (7-15, 2-6 Atlantic […]

A new law targeting city-goers who make loud noise in D.C. is raising concern among area students, who believe the directive is specifically aimed at college students. The law, which went into effect Tuesday, makes it illegal “to make an unreasonably loud noise between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. that is likely to annoy or […]

Applicants with a parent who attended GW are 1.5 times more likely to be accepted into the University, but legacy applicants get less preferential treatment at the University than legacies at other highly selective colleges. A study by a doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education found that students applying to a parent’s […]

The Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day fall just 8 days apart this year, and while you may think that no two days have less in common, you’d be wrong. Although the Super Bowl is not a national holiday – nor is Valentine’s Day, some would argue – sports enthusiasts wait for the big game all […]

Their seasons won’t end for another month, but for both the men’s and women’s squash teams there was a sense of urgency Saturday afternoon against Franklin and Marshall for Senior Day. Every athlete in a GW uniform Saturday wanted to see seniors Mike Bower, Tiffany Hingley and Eliza Ehrlich come away with one last team […]

The relationship between GW and the School Without Walls stretches beyond the two institutions’ similar addresses. The partnership with School Without Walls allows the on-campus high school to take part in graduate teaching internship programs, undergraduate tutor sessions and guest lectures from University faculty. GW even gave $12 million to SWW to renovate its interior. […]

Americans should not expect a case examining the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care law to be fast-tracked to the Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Thursday night. Ginsburg, speaking with NPR’s legal correspondent Nina Totenberg in Lisner Auditorium, said any legal challenges to the law will have to work themselves up to […]