By Evelynn Schoenthal The past year uprooted everyone’s lives and drastically changed ways of life due to COVID-19. From wearing masks wherever you go, to staying inside, to working and learning from home everyone has had to acclimate to an extent. However, the impact this pandemic has had on the class of 2024 specifically has…

By Allie Cohen From Thailand to Georgia to D.C. students are beginning to wrap up another online semester. While some students have moved to D.C. and across the DMV area to gain some sense of normalcy, others remain at home – some of whom are halfway across the country or world. Equally as scattered as…

By Grace Eberts This semester marked the launch of an Active Minds Chapter at George Washington University. Previously known as GW HERO, there was a need for a revamping and rebuilding of the mental health student organization at GW. Active Minds GW emerged as an opportunity to draw on the larger resources of a national…

By Alex Teerlinck Earlier this month, H.R. 1 was brought to the House Floor. Seeking to expand voter participation, reduce the influence of big money in politics, and implement long-term anti-corruption measures, the reform measure would counter GOP efforts of voter disenfranchisement. Voting rights and a democracy free of big money influence are essential to…

By Kaleigh Werner, EIC Lifestyle Photo courtesy of usnews.com A panel of Black women in journalism discussed how Vice President Kamala Harris’ race and gender is being singled out as the primary topic of discussion surrounding her in her new role.  The four journalists spoke on Wednesday, February 24th at 7 p.m. EST at the…

By Caroline Dehn, EIC Academics Disclaimer: The GW Local does not endorse candidates, but rather gives them a platform to share their beliefs Charles Aborisade is a junior at GW and the current Student Association Finance Chair. Along with being a member of the Student Association, Aborisade is a member of the GW chapter of…

Seriously… why do we have to fight for this sh*t? By Parisa Akbarpour This semester, I’m taking an anthropology course called Language in Culture and Society, which is taught by Professor Alexander Dent. Prior to the first day of class, our homework was to listen to Toni Morrison’s award speech in 1993 for the Nobel…

Have you ever thought about the laws that govern some major politicians’ online statements? Or the words and footage used by some of the largest corporations? How about the laws that govern commercial speech towards consumers? Or the practices in which journalists gather information? As we live in a media and technology driven time, so…

By Carly Novell, EIC News Professor Jesse Holland last visited campus during his final interviews in February of 2020. In his second semester at GW teaching from his basement, Holland anticipates an eventual return to the traditional classroom environment for his Advanced News Writing classes. After over 20 years in the journalism field and four…

By Davis Burton Man plans and God laughs… And so it went for the Class of 2021, currently set to graduate in the midst of an era that will be remembered as the most tumultuous in generations. To state the obvious: the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in the early weeks of 2020 marked the…