As a resident of New Hall… oops I mean Philip Amsterdam hall, I can hear every morning the loud protests of the group on G St. I also remember last year, the very same signs being used, with different names taped onto them, in front of the new CVS next to the Marvin Center....
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One of the (many) things that bothered me about those who absolutely were revolted by the Presidency of George W. Bush was when they would shout, wear T-shirts, etc proclaiming that Bush was “Not my President”. That bothered be because, apart from being just plain untrue from a governmental standpoint, it seemed to signify...
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So, according to my facebook events today is the day that no one is supposed to buy gas today, and that it will somehow cause gas prices to drop:“Don’t pump gas on may 15!! April 1997, there was a “gas out” conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a...
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Drawing your attention away from Valerie Plame’s hottness, there’s a protest (and, apparently, counter-protests for you war-mongering conservatives) going down right now to…uh…comemmorate the fourth anniversary of everybody’s favorite boondoggle. Oh, and Happy St. Patrick’s Day! A few highlights/thoughts: 1) Estimates of about 2,000 counterprotestors. That’s the most right-wing bigotry concentrated in any one...
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Today is Valentine’s Day and, as anyone with a Facebook account at GWU must know, our student body was preparing to celebrate the holiday of love in the strange way that those professing to be “politically active” often do: by protesting. What’s important, though, is what actually went down on campus today—almost nothing at...
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