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Viral Radio

By Menachem Wecker

When Arizona State Senator Linda Gray (R) seemed to suggest in an interview with the WRGW program The Political Pulse that abortion was to blame for the recent shooting...

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Helping Our Students in Egypt

Update Feb. 2: GW has received updated information that 12 of its students participating in study abroad programs in Egypt have safely left the country. The remaining two students...

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Egyptian Uprising

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Cairo in the past week, many galvanized by the popular revolt in Tunisia earlier this month that unseated longtime ruler Zine al-Abidine Ben...

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A Fiscal Failure

Jan. 31 2011

The economic financial crisis that left more than 26 million of out work, 4 million without homes and caused $11 trillion in lost household and retirement savings was...

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Analyzing the Address

With approximately 48 million watching, President Obama called for more unity and optimism in his second State of the Union address on Jan. 25.

But while the president touched on a number...

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Springing into a New Season

Outside it might still be winter, but it’s a new season for sports at GW.

With everything from gymnastics to water polo and lacrosse in play, it’s one of the busiest times of the year for...

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Recognizing Research

GW is one of 14 institutions to premiere in a section for schools with “very high research activity” in the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s 2010...

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Singing in the Spotlight

GW junior Ryan Thornton has sung the national anthem a dozen times in front of a crowd.

But he still gets a little nervous each time.

“You’re honoring the nation, and you have a...

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From Virtual World to Real World

Early on in the award-winning film The King’s Speech, Colin Firth as the future King George VI struggles to deliver a speech to crowds in London. It’s a painful scene where he stutters and...

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Soldier Scholar

By Rachel Muir

In the southern Afghan province of Zabul, there is rarely electricity, no plumbing and one paved road. The ultra-conservative region, which shares a border with Pakistan, is...