GWU Protests Too Quickly, Too Awkwardly, & Too Much

The GWU just sent the strangest email “statement”:
Statement Regarding Radio Comments About Street Corner Foundation Request to Use GW Venue for Celebrity Charity Basketball Game
Please attribute to Tracy Schario, director of media relations
The George Washington University is surprised and disappointed to learn that its efforts to schedule a celebrity charity basketball game, an event the [...]




Liveblogging a DVR’d "State of the Union"

January 30, 2008.SotU Aired January 28, 2008.

7:15pm. Applause.7:18pm. What up, Nancy Pelosi?7:18pm. Applause.7:20pm. Oh God, I’m watching George Bush’s State of the Union.7:20pm. His voice cracked. I laughed.7:21pm. I keep watching Dick Cheney. Motherfucker ain’t paying attention.7:21pm. Nancy Pelosi looks like a old depressed Misha Barton sucking on a [...]




Cash for Books Horror Stories

I’m a poor sociology major, that means I hate the bookstore for running such a beautifully executed business plan. The plan is to sell books to students at a ridiculously high price because they have to buy them. Then they use the word “cash” a lot, so you give them the book back [...]