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Intersection at 23rd and F streets reopens after two-car accident
Traffic on the corner of 23 and F streets is now running in both directions after a two-car accident closed the northbound lane for over an hour Thursday evening. There were no injuries to either of the drivers or passenger in the striking vehicle, a red Honda.
Students experience inequality at Hunger Banquet
The Office of Community Service hosted its annual Hunger Banquet Wednesday night, attracting approximately 70 guests on the premise of free food and a night free from J Street.
Guthridge Hall passageway will close Monday
The pedestrian passageway that runs under Guthridge Hall will close Monday, Nov. 23 and remain out of service until Spring 2010, according to an e-mail Thursday from Residential Property Management.
Pro-Choice Caucus quotes GW study in Stupak amendment fight
Vigil held to remember hate crime victims
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November 19, 2009
Students frustrated by GWeb problems
Freshman Joseph Song woke up at 6:30 a.m. on Monday so he could be one of the first students of the day to register for classes. But like many students, Song ran into technical problems with the GWeb registration system that keep him from getting the classes he wanted.
MPD drug raid yields five arrests
Two students are facing drug charges after police seized marijuana, cocaine and drug paraphernalia from a Foggy Bottom townhouse last month in a raid that yielded five student arrests.
Colonials beat BU, move to 2-0
BOSTON - With the game clock nearing expiration in Tuesday's first half, freshman Lasan Kromah officially announced his presence on this Colonials team. He did not say it with words, but instead etched it with a dagger, connecting from downtown on a pass from classmate Bryan Bynes and sending GW into the break with a six-point advantage and a crowd-kill
Few reforms seen on dining issues
The Student Association's Dining Services Commission has met only once this semester and has made almost no progress on the changes to dining for which students have asked. Last year, the DSC pushed for lower prices, prompting Executive Vice President and Treasurer Lou Katz to ask Sodexo, the food service provider in the Marvin Center, to reconsider its
Professor provides pizza, debate in dorm
Steven Kelts balanced three boxes of pizza in one hand as he carefully removed his GWorld from his wallet and swiped into International House.
Where does Boyer get off saying that he knew nothing about the Unity Ball until he saw a flyer in his mailbox?
Either he is lying, or completely out of touch, neither of which is acceptable. As a member of a student org on campus, I was aware of the Unity Ball event well in advance, easily within the first few weeks of school, and my org didn’t even participate in the planning. We certainly were not alone in our knowledge of the event either.
How could Kyle not have heard a thing about it when many who were involved in student orgs already did? Why should I, a student with no involvement in the SA, know more about the biggest waste of money this year (arguable after the Float, but thats a different gripe…) before the EVP of the SA?
While I’d be among the last to defend Vishal’s merits, I don’t think he has any almighty power to keep such a large-scale event completely secret from the EVP when so many people outside of SA knew about it. How out of touch Kyle had to be to know nothing about it I can only guess.
Once again, either Kyle completely misled us on this, or he was pathetically disconnected; which is worse, I’m not actually sure…
I think it’s a testament to the true failings of Vishal that even Boyer wasn’t in the loop. You heard it last night at the debate; he didn’t talk to anybody! Nick said so, Kyle said so, and Julie said so. There’s a reason half of his cabinet resigned this year, and it’s because he chose to pursue these projects by himself. I was there, I know Unity Ball was never raised as a major issue before the entire senate.
The only candidate who could have stopped this gross misuse of student funds is Bindleglass, because she really got the wool pulled over her eyes when she allocated the funds for it.