Category: Academics
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The GWL 2020 Finals Guide
By Caroline Dehn, EIC Academics My fellow GW students, finals are here. Back to pulling all-nighters, chugging Starbucks lattes and cramming a semester’s worth of information into our brains in hopes of finishing the semester off strong. Though finals can be a stressful and emotionally draining time, we are here to help guide you through…
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Fresh Face: Skincare Steps For Beginners
By Kaleigh Werner, EIC Lifestyle During the dead of winter it becomes really hard to feel good about yourself. You’re cold all the time, everything is dreary, the sun peers out for a total of 2.5 seconds, there’s no shot of getting a little less pale, and worst of all your face is breaking out.…
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Org Spotlight: Left Middle Right
By Alex Teerlinck Although the election seems like it was ages ago, the polarization and division of American politics is not going away anytime soon. GW students are strong and confident in the world that they want to see, and sometimes conversations with our peers can feel like talking to a brick wall. While there…
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Student Reactions To The New Pass/No Pass Policy
By Kaleigh Werner, EIC Lifestyle From the ongoing nightmare of classes transitioning to online platforms, effects are continuing to linger. Whether it be a pandemic, a monumental election, or the new GW pass/fail policy, we students continue to be bombarded with outstanding circumstances that have been taking away from our usual focus on school. When…
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Change on Campus? Updates to the Special Committee on the Marvin Center Name
By Caroline Dehn, EIC Academics Image Courtesy of GW Today Since 2018, the colonial mascot as well as the naming of the Marvin Center have been brought to attention by the student body concerning their symbolism for colonialism and racism. The GW Board of Trustees recently confirmed a “framework of principles, procedures and considerations for…
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Org Spotlight: Sunrise GW
By Alex Teerlinck Image Credit: Kariann Tan (Sunrise GW photographer) Staying connected with GW during a virtual semester is undeniably challenging, especially if you’re not in DC. Being together in our nation’s capital makes the GW experience what it is, but if there’s one thing I’ve learned as a student here; it’s that our passion…
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Org Spotlight: Timmy Global Health
By Christiana Corporon With the start of a new semester comes new opportunities, new ideas, and of course, new orgs! With 400 student orgs and counting on campus, GW has something to offer for every student. In the midst of a global pandemic as well as a time of exceeding racial unrest, public health organizations…
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Conversation with Professor Kip Lornell: Implications of Jessica Krug Incident
By Parisa Akbarpour Professor Christopher (Kip) Lornell has had an interest in African American music since high school. He began writing articles about blues musicians who ended up in his hometown of Albany, NY as a result of the Great Migration. He came to complete an undergraduate and masters degree in folklore and later a…
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Embracing the Change: How to be Ok With a Virtual Semester
By Alex Teerlinck Many of you, like myself, probably took the news of GW going all online pretty hard. Ever since it was announced on July 27th, the day my private Snapchat story was spammed with complaints, I’ve been passing through a grief cycle — feeling fine one day and incredibly frustrated and helpless the…
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The Online Class of 2024
By Caroline Dehn, EIC of Academics Just like politicians and mainstream media outlets say, we are living in unprecedented times—with the coronavirus pandemic, a new movement for racial equity, and climate emergencies igniting uncertainty across the world. As a result, us college students have a lot on our plates without a blueprint guiding us in…