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Jokes with Jimmy

George Washington students and their parents will be entertained by Jimmy Fallon during Colonials Weekend this fall.

The host of “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” will perform at 7 p.m. and...

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GW Men’s Basketball Adds Three Recruits for 2010-11 Season

Two new forwards and a point guard will hit the court for GW men’s basketball team. Nemanja Mikic, of Novi Sad, Serbia; Chris Fitzgerald of Swansea, Mass.; and Dan Guest, of West Hartford, Conn....

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Beating the Heat

By Jennifer Eder

With recent temperatures rising to more than 100 degrees paired with almost unbearable humidity, it’s hard to believe that just six months ago, there was a blizzard in D.C...

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Visitor Center Relocates

Instead of coming to the Academic Center across from Gelman Library, visitors to campus will be directed to a new space on the ground floor of the Marvin Center.

This relocation will open...

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Giving School a Good Rap

By Matt Lindsay

The four weeks Nigerian hip hop artist Naeto Chikwe, B.S. ’04, spent at the 2010 World Cup, performing at MTV concerts, FIFA parties and private clubs in Johannesburg,...

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Local Royalty

By Julia Parmley

It’s not often dreams come true.

But GW medical student Stephanie Williams’ did on June 20, when she was crowned Miss District of Columbia 2010.

A Miss D.C...

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Quiz Whiz

By Julia Parmley

Know lines from the 1960 film Spartacus? How about the first American to win four gold medals in the Olympics?

GW alumnus John Krizel knows the answer to those...

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Training Future Civic Leaders

By Menachem Wecker

“There is no particular secret to writing speeches,” said John McConnell, former speech writer to President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. “I try to...

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Thou Shalt Not Bear Unprepared Testimony

By Menachem Wecker

“How to testify on Capitol Hill without being crucified,” proclaims the press release announcing adjunct strategic management and public policy professor William LaForge...

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The Competitor

By Rachel Muir

Last weekend, Laurel Wassner, B.A. ’97, came in second in the New York Triathlon. Her twin, Rebeccah, finished first. The sisters...