Cinematic Treatment
Another Colonialist editor and I were having a discussion last night, part of which included talk of the nature of contemporary fiction, specifically in movies. I suggested that a currently growing trend seems to be a slight break from the uber-realism and the recapitulated fantasy (political movies and comic book remakes), two of the most [...]
Don’t Steal from GW Deli You Rich Idiots
Moments ago, I walked into GW Deli to find normally tired but well-spirited Joe really down on himself. He was upset because over the past three days, he’s caught four different people stealing from the Deli. He said he takes it personally whenever something like this happens and especially gets angry when it [...]
Oh God, Pick GMail
Remember when, GW? Remember when you used to use the CMail client to access your academic email? Do you remember the terrible load times? What about when attachments failed? And don’t forget the new quota pop-ups every other week! It’s the kind of nostalgia I normally only feel when [...]
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 [...]
Hair: A Review.
This past weekend, Forbidden Planet Productions presented their rendition of Hair. I had never seen this play before this past Sunday evening. I hadn’t even heard of it, or at least cognized its existence until earlier this semester when audition flyers began appearing campus. To summarize before I begin, I entered the theater slightly skeptical [...]
Hair: An opinionated follow-up for those interested in continued reading.
(Allow me to take this time to remind readers that the Colonialist attempts to be in no capacity unbiased. Nor do they (I) attempt to restrict themselves (myself) to conventions of length. Know this; read on).
This play was fascinating to me; like many works depicting the conflicted and turbulent period of the late 60’s / [...]
Caulk Those Borders!
Our new friend Ethan Rubin of My Phenomenon [URL is "myphenomenons," interesting dualism] sent us this link to this hilarious ad for some asshole named Tom Tancredo (pictured). Tancredo is apparently “bold enough to say it,” but “it” is more terrible and funny and fearmongery than anything I’ve seen in the past hour. [...]
Registration Open Thread
My registration went off with out a hitch on Friday, but I know every year people are angry about one thing or another. Use this post to comment about how your registration went. Good? Bad? Ugly? Nonexistent? Glitchy? Delicious? Fluorescent? Use your own adjectives in the comments!
7,000th InfoMail brings GW Alert
The seven thousandth GW InfoMail was sent today introducing a new desktop based alert system. In the event of an emergency, a little red box pops up in the corner of your screen and explains the situation. However, the alert system snubs “the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels” by neglecting to develop [...]
Letters to the Blog: UW20
We received this in our inbox this morning. Let us know what you think in the comments section.
“What is GWU thinking getting rid of themed writing classes? I personally feel like it is a great way to go about learning to write at a college level. My prof is great, I’m learning tons, writing [...]
