“After 22 months of build up, both candidates claim that change will be coming on Tuesday. So with hundreds of paid campaign staffers, millions of volunteers and expenditures reaching into the billions, we have to ask: What happens to all of that energy? What about Wednesday?”
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The Opinions Page
May 21, 2012
University eyes patent potential in professors’ research
Director of the GW Institute for Nanotechnology Michael Keidar spent the last three years developing a cancer cell-killing medical device that he said could revolutionize the disease’s treatment worldwide.
Kelsey Rohwer: “Undergraduate” is not a dirty word
The problem with growing up is that there is always someone telling us we are not old enough. And yet, you would think that as young adults, we would finally be over it.
Calendar
Doug Cohen: The reality of student debt
What’s not to love about graduation season? It is filled with senior send-offs, family get-togethers and free food.
Patrick Rochelle: Give Colonials an on-campus pub
Snapshot
Staff Editorial: A stronger stance on student security
GWids are the equivalent of students’ social security numbers on campus.
Staff Editorial: A new transfer student community
Transfer students do not enroll at GW for the Mount Vernon Campus experience. They come here to take advantage of city life in Foggy Bottom.
Professors call on graduates to lead a daring future
As camera flashes flickered over a sea of tassels, two Columbian College of Arts and Science professors urged graduates to cast their fears aside and forge fresh paths to success.
Hatchet Expat: Saying ‘adios’ to life abroad
I never understood why people refer to cities as if they were human until I left Sevilla, Spain. My feelings toward leaving my newfound home are so complex, it's as if I am leaving the love of my life.
As a person who lived through the 60s, I haven’t felt the hope and the excitement that I have experienced this past election cycle. I was worried what I would do if the unthinkable happened. Your thoughtful column, coming from my son’s generation, has given me hope that won’t be destroyed no matter what happens on Tuesday. Keep the faith!