Entries from January 2008

January 31, 2008

Law & Order: GWU

In GW Campus Crime this week:

United States Secret Service notified University Police after a GW student was found wandering Connecticut Avenue ‘conscious but incoherent.’ The underage male was transported to GW Hospital for medical treatment.
An on-duty officer working a night shift at the front desk of the Medical Faculty Associates’ Building called MPD after he [...]

January 31, 2008

GW Votes Returns

Because GW is located in the hub of American politics, it is no surprise that so many students here are interested in the upcoming elections. Some attend rallies, some help with campaigns, and another group of students have found a totally different way to get involved.
The Student Association has launched GW Votes, a website dedicated [...]

January 31, 2008

SA Executive Vice President Brand Kroeger

Last week, WRGW News was joined in studio by Student Association’s Executive Vice President Brand Kroeger. He told WRGW’s Jared Pliner, Sam Collins and Mallory Thompson about what the SA is working on – from lowering SA fares to GW Votes – and the truth about GW Feed. This is a condensed version of the [...]

January 31, 2008

Silver Line Project in Jeopardy

Forty years since the conception of a rail line to connect Washington D.C. with Dulles Airport, the project is still being debated.
Up until last week it appeared that the 23-mile long rail project would move forward, relieving traffic congestion while boosting the local economy by attracting visitors to the area. Now lawmakers are in a [...]

January 30, 2008

Movie Review: There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood is one of two films leading the pack of Oscar nominees this awards season.
It has a total of eight nominations in categories including best picture, best actor for Daniel Day Lewis and best director for Paul Thomas Anderson. Anderson previously directed such critically acclaimed films as Magnolia and Boogie Nights.
The film’s [...]

January 28, 2008

Washington Art Landmark Leaves After 27 Years

A 100-foot tall landmark will soon be leaving Washington for another home.
The Awakening, a statue created by artist J. Seward Johnson, Jr. is headed nearly twenty minutes away. The massive piece depicts a man attempting to crawl out of the earth and is located on Hains Point in DC.
The sculpture was placed there in [...]

January 28, 2008

GW FEED Becomes Student Org, Suffers Setback

At long last, after a turbulent, controversial and highly publicized beginning, GW F.E.E.D. is becoming an official student organization. The initiative, dedicated to fighting hunger among the District’s homeless and launched last semester by SA Senator O.G. Oyiborhoro, was met with discernible hostility upon its inception.
The Hatchet reported in September that the SA Senate [...]

January 28, 2008

Warhol Masterpieces to Come to GW

A little bit of pop art is on its way to GW. GW’s own Luther W. Brady art gallery, located on the second floor of the SMPA building, will soon receive about 150 original Andy Warhol photograph to add to its collection.
The works that will be given to GW are part of nearly 30,000 original [...]

January 23, 2008

Take One Down, Pass It Around….

Two eateries on the GW campus have recently recieved liquor licenses.
Wow Wingery’s menu of burgers and wings will soon be complimented wtih draft beers and bottles. Students can expect Wow to carry alcohol within three to four weeks.
Tonic, the relatively new restaurant on the corner of 21st and G Street, has had a rockier road [...]

January 23, 2008

Battleground Poll

It’s only been a few weeks since dozens of incorrect New Hampshire Primary polls made pundits and news organziations look foolish by calling Barack Obama victorious by a wide margin. Now, GW may have a more accurate way of predicting who will win Presidential primaries and caucuses.
Last week, the university became a sponsor of [...]