UPDATE on Shooting Near Campus

Dorms are blocked off, and MPD has swarmed campus as a suspect in a shooting that occurred near 28th and M streets. The suspect(s) were caught at 24th street. There are unconfirmed reports that dorms are being blocked off, and traffic (both foot and car) are being diverted from the scene.

At this point, almost an hour after the event, there has been no official GW Alert, Crime Alert, or Campus Alert. Stay tuned to WRGW News for more information as this story develops.

BREAKING NEWS: Suspects caught in 28th and M Shooting

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Unconfirmed reports that the suspects in the Georgetown shooting have been caught at 24th street in Foggy Bottom, near campus.

GW has yet to send out a Campus Alert.

Stay tuned to WRGW News for more information.

Flash Floods Disrupt Classes

A GW InfoMail released minutes ago indicates that classes in Ross Hall have been canceled as a byproduct of flash foods in the District.

PEPCO, an electric service provider for the tri-state area, turned off electrical power feeds to Ross Hall due to flooding over the banks of the Potomac River. All classes located in Ross Hall have been canceled for today and this evening. The Himmelfarb Library has also been closed.

The InfoMail states that PEPCO has no estimated restoration time yet.

The flash flood warnings issued by the U.S. Meteorological Service for the District have been anything but routine this afternoon. The InfoMail noted that the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station has also flooded, but remains open. No word yet on what effect this is having on service at that station.

The Georgetown neighborhood is also seeing substantial flooding. The Hoya, Georgetown University's student newspaper, reports that Washington Harbour Shopping Plaza (more commonly known as the Georgetown Waterfront) is currently under multiple feet of water. The levee separating the area from the Potomac broke this morning. Buildings in the area have been evacuated.

Keep watching WRGW News for updates on the impact of this severe weather on the District and on GW's campus.

National Pinball Museum Opening in Georgetown

The F.A.O. Schwartz in Georgetown may be gone, but something equally fun - and throwback - is replacing it: a pinball arcade.

Describing the new installation as an arcade, however, may be an understatement.  Filling nearly 14,000 square feet of space in the Georgetown Shoppes, owner and curator David Silverman prefers to think of the collection as a museum, and not without merit; Silverman's personal hoard of over 850 pinball machines spans nearly three centuries of gaming.

The National Pinball Museum, though, is not all fun-and-games.  Silverman views the pinball machines both as entertainment and totems of the culture in which they were created; to seem them is to catch a glimpse of American history that is slowly fading away.

The museum's experience is designed to be an interactive one, with 40 of the machines open to the general public for play.  Silverman also intends to offer educational programs at the museum, including classes on pinball electronics, woodworking, and art design.

Admission is $13.50 for adults and children over 9 years old; those younger are free.  The museum's Georgetown opening is December 4th, and is open from 10am to 8pm.  For more information and tickets, visit www.nationalpinballmuseum.org.

Georgetown Hosts a Music Summit

The Future of Music Policy Summit is currently taking place at Georgetown University. The three-day event started Sunday and goes through Tuesday October 5th. The summit includes presentations from artists and others in the music business, such as Damian Kulash, the front man of OK Go, and Tim Westergren of Pandora.Facebook, Google and YouTube Music will also be sending representatives.

Tonight, there will be all-ages benefit concert at the Black Cat night club on 14th Street. Damian Kulash, Hank Shocklee of Public Enemy, and Jonny 5 of Flobots will perform, among others.

Students may register for the entire conference here: http://futureofmusic.org/events/future-music-policy-summit-2010. The price is 20 dollars. This could be a great opportunity for GW students thinking of trying to make their way in the music market when, or even before, they graduate.

GW vs. GU Snowball Fight

If not the Dupont Circle snowball fight, come represent for the Colonials against the Hoyas in a George Washington vs. Georgetown snowball fight at Rose Park on 26th and O St at 6:00 p.m.

On the evening of the school's record third snow day in a row, students from both schools will duke it out in the snow to gain school bragging rights during this unforgettable week of D.C. Snowmageddon.

Already more than 500 students plan to attend as word has spread through Twitter and Facebook of the crosstown snowball battle. Colonials and Hoyas alike have been trading trash talk before tonight's snowball fight via Facebook. Even the Washington Post, NBC D.C., and the Los Angeles Times have caught on to the snow showdown between the schools.

If interested in representing the Buff and Blue, meet fellow Colonials in Kogan Plaza at 5:30 p.m.

Protests Take Over GW

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Hundreds of protesters took to the streets this past weekend during the International Monetary Fund/World Bank meetings that took place just steps from campus.

Mayhem overtook the streets of Georgetown on Friday night as upwards of 400 demonstrators, clad in black clothing and handkerchiefs chanted against the globalization policies of the organizations which the protesters believe harm poor countries, but benefit wealthy ones. Despite torrential rains, the march began at Washington Circle at 9pm and continued through the streets of Georgetown. The route was chosen because according to organizers, they see Georgetown as a symbol of excessive wealth. Dozens of law enforcement officers on motor scooters, bikes and even horses followed the protest anticipating vandalism because it has been an issue in past protests. Two were arrested for the alleged assaulting of a police office and one bystander was struck in the forehead with a brick, intended to shatter the glass of the Abercrombie & Fitch storefront. Two other storefronts were vandalized before law enforcement dispersed the crowd.

Saturday's protest took on a calmer town as demonstrators gathered near Murrow Park across the street from the IMF. The march became confrontational when protesters showed at the delegates upon their arrival. Police, clad in riot gear, forcefully dispersed the protesters who by then had began shouting at police and shaking the barricades.

- Jesse Regis

New GU Party Policies Stir Resentment

Many GW students may not find themselves partying at Georgetown this year. The new semester marked the rise of strict new rules and regulations for any parties that occur on the campus of Georgetown University, despite the university’s decision last spring to allow kegs in the dorms.

These regulations include: Students who hold a party on campus over the weekend must register the party with the university by 10am on Thursday. The hosts of these parties can only have one keg per party and are prohibited from using equipment designed for use in high risk drinking games. Party size is also limited based on the size of student’s residence and ranges from about 25 to 50 people. Also, Georgetown University administrators are now authorized to notify parents of students who are under-age and are charged with a second alcohol offence.

Furthermore, the Current reports that on October 1st, another rule was implemented stating students throwing parties must attend an hour-long educational information session.

These new regulations have caused a lot of anger from the students of Georgetown University. Students have begun rallying together to change the rules. One example can be found online. Pat Depoy created and is president of the facebook group, “Work Hard, Play Hard – GU Students for Stopping the Madness.” “It is absolutely ridiculous, but we (GU students) aren’t stupid. All of the bigger parties have just moved off campus and into nearby town houses.” says Tori Fosdal, sophomore at Georgetown University and member of the facebook group.

As of now, the group has over 1,650 students who are want change to the universities new policies.

- Connie Dekis