The Truth About Campus Crime

As students studying in the heart of that nation’s capitol, we quest for the daily assurance that we are safe in our dorms and in our classes, on the Metro and in the streets. But recently, with three reported sexual assaults, a seemingly high number of burglaries on campus and hateful symbols popping up [...]

GW Announces New Emergency Alert System

On October 29th GW introduced GW Alert, a new emergency communications system, to its campus community. The new system is a downloaded program that, when activated, sends a “crawler” across the bottom of a computer screen – informing the user about possible emergencies at the university.
The program, provided by ActiveAccess, has a few flaws, which [...]

“Hippo Video” Finds a New Home

GW has never seen a hippo move so fast – Hippo Video that is. The automated video rental machine has moved from its oasis in Gelman Library to the Ivory Tower food court following a request by Stephen Knapp who thinks the library should be a place of scholarship – not video rentals.
The GWorld accessible [...]

Take the Bus this Thanksgiving

The Thanksgiving holiday is fast approaching and many GW students will soon be heading home for the holiday. GW has several bus options to make travel a little bit easier.
For those students using Dulles International or Baltimore-Washington airports for their travel plans, the Student Association is providing its Colonial Coach bus service the Tuesday and [...]

DC Mayor Announces Change in Cab Fare System

Students who come to GW for the first time are often surprised by the DC cab fare system. Cab drivers currently utilize a District zone map – where the final fare corresponds with the number of zones driven through on a given trip. Passengers who are new to the city and unfamiliar with this [...]

Swastika Vandalism Hits GW

The highly publicized case of a Jewish student who complained about swastikas showing up on her door has abruptly come to a close, after she admitted to putting the symbols on her own door. The shocking news was discovered on Monday, November 5th, through secret security cameras that were set up in Mitchell Hall, the [...]

New UPD Crime Statistics Released to Public

While we do our very best to bring you the very latest each and every week about crime around the district and here on the GW campus, it is difficult to put those statistics into an annual perspective.
In compliance with the Cleary Act of 1990, which requires universities receiving federal aid to disclose information about [...]

Jaywalkers Beware

According to last week’s crime log, UPD reported 11 incidents of theft. But UPD has partnered up with MPD to focus on another type of crime – jaywalking.
As cited in an email sent to all university students, the reason for this “pedestrian safety wave” is because of the “increase on the number of people [...]

The Station is Filled with Tea

 
And we wish we were kidding. As of Saturday afternoon, we have 2,735 bottles in the station. Please come to WRGW and get a free case of Lipton White Tea. We’re begging you.

Pictures from Dupont’s Infamous Drag Race

 
(above) DC’s Mayor Adrian Fenty greets the crowds prior to the race.
(left) One of the hundreds of participants dressed in full drag and of course, high heels, running for the finish line.
(below) GW student and director of FFP’s Rocky Horror Picture Show, Paul Rozenburg, runs the race.