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From GW Alert:

UPD and DC authorities are investigating the death of a GW student in Ivory Tower. As the investigation proceeds, the area has been secured by authorities. Please check Campus Advisories for further updates

The Hatchet has some more information:

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police Department, Sgt. Kenny Bryson, said that officers responded to an unconscious person this morning, and later requested a squad that investigates natural death. Bryson added that the death is likely not a homicide or suicide.

Schario said the victim was a female junior born in 1989 from New York State living in a quad, and the death was reported by a roommate. She said,  “I do not believe it is being investigated as a suspicious death.”

The roommate reportedly found the girl at 8:30 a.m., about an hour before the Alert DC message was sent out.

Our thoughts go out to her friends and family.

If you have any more information, please let us know.

Site Update: This post was written Saturday morning and warranted a heartfelt discussion then (as well as now).  However, we have been having server problems and the post finally made it’s way up today.  We apologize that we were not available as a place for discussion when discussion was most needed.

The Hatchet has acquired more details:

Roommates discovered Treanor’s body in her bed at 8:30 a.m. on Friday morning and immediately called 911. Her nose and pillowcase were bloody, and she hadn’t changed her clothes from the night before. EMS and police units eventually arrived on 23rd Street, and a representative of the Medical Examiner’s office pronounced her dead at 10 a.m.

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Ann-Marie Treanor says she still has no idea what killed her daughter, but wonders whether Laura’s prior medical conditions may have played a role.

She said in an interview Friday night that her daughter had recently complained of painful headaches and chronic bruising, and had been treated for Lyme disease in the fall - though Laura was not taking prescription medication at the time of her death, she said. She had also been diagnosed with hand, foot and mouth disease - a condition that affects the skin - in October and had seen a local hematologist. Roommates said the week before her death, Treanor showed them her palms, which had become largely black and blue.

A campuswide memorial is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Smith Center

• Generic Theatre Company is having their general body meeting Friday at 6pm in Lisner Downstage (across from J St).
• 14th Grade Players are having their general body meeting Friday at 8pm in Lisner Downstage (across from J St).
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To inspire you to come to the receSs show, here is a video from our last show:

Security officers will be positioned at the entrance of most residence halls.  All students will be expected to swipe in at every hall and must sign in all approved guests and visitors.

Visitors who are not members of the GW community (and do not have a current GWorld Card) and visitors who are not approved Inaugural Overnight Guests WILL NOT BE ALLOWED entrance into the residence halls from Monday, January 19 at 9 pm to Tuesday, January 20 at 7 am and again from Tuesday, January 20 at 9 pm to Wednesday, January 21 at 7 am.

Those are some strong words (and awkward colors) from the University.  I’m not sure if they comprehend how many people they are going to be turning away at the doors of residence halls.  The administration can’t be stupid enough to think that this is going to change the mind of students who have told friends that their floor is open.  If they plan to be strict with their policy, they are leaving at least one hundred kids with out a place to stay.  Where do they think they will go?

While I understand there is a security issue involved, they must have some sort of back up plan.  What are they going to do when the guards at Thurston are turning away hordes of visitors from eight hours away?  Will GW really leave guests out in the cold?

It wouldn’t make for excellent press when Gelman Library is filled with homeless travelers borrowing the GWorld of any person who will let them.  While I know students should have followed the regulations, what is the University’s back up plan when most people haven’t?

Let us just hope that they have chosen to use strict language but not so strict screening practices as Tuesday nears.

All information is preliminary and unconfirmed, but if anyone has any information please let us know.

Pictures and more info to come.

Colonialist out.

But then compare that to the name written on the windows of the building.  “Hey do you want to go watch ‘Cheaper by the Dozen 2′ at The Fishbowl?”  “Hey, I’m over at The Fishbowl memorizing all the possible first moves when you roll a 3-6 in Backgammon.  Come on over.”  “I’m at The Fishbowl and I’m really lame.”

Now, which one of these names sounds cooler.  It’s no contest.

It is your job to make sure people know it isn’t okay to call it The Fishbowl.  If you hear your friend say the F-word, correct them.  Remind them that they suck if they call it the Fishbowl.  If they don’t want to suck, they better not use that name again.

If we all start using the name The Bitch, in three years GW tour guides are going to have to start calling it that.  I very much look forward to that day.

Until then, I’ll see all of you cool kids at The Bitch, and I’ll see all of you dorks at The Fishbowl.

You dorks.

KIRK EDIT: Somehow, Travis is confused.  The building on 2145 G Street is called Titty Jungle.

And that’s not it.  How about: Mary J. Blige, Garth Brooks, Sheryl Crow, Renee Fleming, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Heather Headley, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, John Mellencamp, Usher Raymond IV, Shakira, James Taylor, will.i.am, and Stevie Wonder.  Among those reading historical passages will be Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington.  A gay bishop named Reverend V. Gene Robinson will give the invocation.

Oh, and the Obama family will be there.  Yeah, President Obama.

Sounds fun right?

He’s closing Guantanamo a week later.

You’re welcome.

Where have we been?  Well, the economy hit us hard and once we got back on our feet this Maddof asshole took our hedge fund money.  It’s been hard, but we’re working through it.

We also have been busy transitioning into the real world.  The writers of this fine blog have less than six month left at this institution and writing about how angry we are that there aren’t enough New York Times papers at Ivory Tower seems a bit… well, boring.  However, after our three month unannounced hiatus, we have decided to keep the blog truckin’ along.  It’s not going to be updated as frequently as it used to be, but it will continue to survive.  That is, unless it doesn’t.  Your comments are what make this worthwhile.  If you are more active in telling us how you feel, the task of writing is less difficult.  Please keep commenting.  Go ahead!  Comment right now!

The Colonialist has been a website for around 15 months now and we are thankful that you guys have allowed us to become a campus institution.  While we feel bad that we left you guys out in the cold the past few months, we’re sure you didn’t mind too much.

Yeah, it’s been nice.  We should… yeah we should get together or something.  Yeah just call.  Or text.  Okay, yeah, that sounds great.  Okay, great to see you!