DC Sports Roundup

The George Washington Men’s Basketball Team won in over time on Wednesday evening against Charlotte. The final score was 92 to 88. Damian Hollis had 25 points on the night and scored two crucial free throws that saved the Colonials from losing in regulation. This was the third in conference victory for GW. The team will need to win its final two games if they want any chance to make the Atlantic 10 conference tournament. Their next game is tomorrow at Charlotte.

The GW women’s Basketball team did not fare as well. They lost on Wednesday at Charlotte, 57 to 59. The Women have their final regular season game at home this Sunday, against Temple. Tip off is at 1 pm.

Keeping with basketball, the Washington Wizards won last Friday at New Jersey, but then lost at home on Saturday against San Antonio, and again on Wednesday against Philadelphia. With 13 wins and 44 losses on the season, the Wizards have the worst record in the Eastern Conference. They play at home tonight against Chicago.

And finally, in Hockey, the Washington Capitals split the week with 2 wins and 2 losses. The Caps lost at home last Friday against Colorado, 4 to 1. They redeemed themselves with a strong 5 to 2 win against Eastern conference rival Pittsburg on Sunday. The Capitals gave up a one goal lead in the third period in Tuesday’s game against Philadelphia and ended up losing 2 to 4. Finally, with rookie goaltender Michal Neuvirth in net, the Caps held on to defeat the Atlanta Thrashers last night. The final score was 3 to 2. Donald Brashear earned his 10th major penalty for fighting with his second period bout with Eric Boulton. The Capitals’ next game is tomorrow at Boston.

-Joe Lewis

Tim Miller Shaves SA Senator-Elect Dylan F. Pyne

Freshman Dylan Pyne wagered that he would shave his mustache if he was elected CCAS Senator to the Student Association. Pyne won and Tim Miller, Executive Director of the Student Activities Center, which overseas the SA shaved Pyne live on air.

Footage by WRGW Reporter Jenn Neuner.

What to do this Weekend...

If you're feeling funky tonite slide on over to the 9:30 Club to see George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic. You may or may not remember their song "Atomic Dog" that was featured in a classic Doug episode. You either remember it, or you don't. If I could have found a Youtube link, I would have posted it. Tickets are $40.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/music-events/george-clinton-and-parliament-funkadelic,1043537.html

Another relic from childhood, 'The Lego' is being celebrated in McLean, VA. The task: build an 8 foot-tall Yoda out of Legos. You can do this from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.  on Saturday, Feb. 28 and from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, March 1. Check out this website: http://www.shoptysons.com/events.asp?id=9472&month=2&day=28&year=2009

Did I mention it was free? Getting to Tyson's Corner may be the tricky part, but granted -- it was be well worth the trek.

Kris Kristofferson is going to be at the Historic Sixth and I Synagogue. This is not a shameless plug, for the Synagogue since I am recently employed by them. It's Kris Kristofferson. Come on, he was the original maverick. Tickets are $49.50.

Check out Sixth and I's website for more details:

http://www.sixthandi.org/

If you feel like staying close to the few blocks of Foggy Bottom and Georgetown, well don't. There is far too much coolness to be had and done in this city.

Check The Washington Post's City Guide for new and changing  and FREE things to do.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/dc-events.html?nid=roll_findlocalevent

-Shawn Willis

Student Association Elections 2009!

1:00 Now back in the WRGW studios, we thank you for joining us for SA election coverage.  From all of us at the news department, thanks to all who participated in our election coverage - from our news staff:  Lex Ratner and Alex Laska running operations downstairs, Jenn Neuner and Roxanne Martin as our roving reporters, and our panel Jesse Regis, Jared Pliner and Mallory Thompson - to our special WRGW guest commentator Steve Glatter - to Adam Rosenbloom who helped us get on air - and of course, all of the wonderful guests that joined us throughout the evening.  Please watch the newsblog over the coming days for the certified election results from the JEC and tune in to News In-Depth this Sunday from 12-1 and News at 6, every weekday.

12:20 Boyer says he's moving forward and not looking at past things.

12:17 Boyer says as far as he's concerned, the results are not final.

12:16 Boyer says that he is a huge supporter of Lifton.  Boyer believes that the numbers suggest he will be the next president.

12:15 Kyle Boyer joins us.

12:11 Hearsay near the JEC table says Kyle Boyer needed 2 more votes to break the 40% margin.

12:11 Dylan Pyne has Tim Miller shave his mustache live on air.

12:08 Julie Bindelglass joins us.

12:05 Callahan points out that the JEC still has to certify the results - this means that there is a slight chance that if Boyer's total breaks the 40% there may be no need for a runoff.

12:03 In the runoff:  Kyle Boyer within .05% of winning the election outright.  And 21.3% of the total, Julie Bindelglass.

12:03 There will be a runoff.

12:01 Glatter comes in with breaking news that the last of the law school ballots have been counted.

11:59 Wesley Callahan joins us.

11:55 Glatter says that it will probably be 30 minutes before the presidential results are announced.  Dan Sadlosky joins us.

SA Presidential Candidates Julie Bindelglass, Jordan Phillips, and Senate Candidate Soham Gupte

SA Presidential Candidates Julie Bindelglass, Jordan Phillips, and Senate Candidate Soham Gupte on this edition of WRGW News at 6. Click the link below to hear the conversation.

SA Presidential Candidates Julie Bindleglass, Jordan Phillips, and Senate Candidate Soham Gupte

WRGW's ELECTION COVERAGE

Tonight WRGW will be broadcasting LIVE from Columbian Square, where the JEC will announce the results.  Be sure to tune in starting at 9pm for continuing election coverage.

Also, we'll be liveblogging the entire event, right here at wrgw.wordpress.com!

WRGW Welcomes Candidates to Wednesday News

Yesterday WRGW welcomed more Student Association and Program Board candidates to the air.

First was Sammy Lopez, candidate for SA President, followed by Louis Laverone, candidate for EVP.  Next up was Calder Stembel, PB Chair hopeful.  The show wrapped up with SA senate candidates Dan Sadlosky, for ESIA-U, and Caleb Raymond, for CCAS-U.

Check out the audio below to find out more about these candidates and their platforms.

Candidates Join Wednesday News

JEC Oversees Candidate Violations

Walking down H Street by the Marvin Center, you may have noticed long lines of yellow tape inscribed with the words “Campaign Limit” marking off several different areas. In these marked-off areas, candidates running for election this season – both for SA positions and otherwise – are not allowed to put up posters or distribute campaign materials. Failure to comply with this rule may result in the candidate acquiring a candidate violation, six of which will eliminate a candidate from the race. But this is only one of many different ways in which a candidate can accumulate a violation.

According to the Joint Elections Committee, a violation occurs when a candidate breaks one of the rules laid out by the JEC charter, the text of which can be found on the JEC’s website at www.gwelection.com. Violation occurrences include postering in the wrong places, hanging up a poster directly on top of that of another candidate, sending out unsolicited messages to students, campaigning before the campaigning period begins, and handing out campaign materials that have not yet been approved by the JEC.

So far, roughly fifty violation complaints have been filed to the JEC, which looks carefully at each and every case to determine probable cause; probable cause is determined by looking at whether something actually happened – there needs to be evidence of an intended violation – and whether it should be tried. When a violation is tried, the JEC decides whether or not to give the candidate one of the six violations he or she can accumulate before being disqualified from the election.

Within the first 72 hours of a complaint being filed, said complaint is only made known to the candidates, but once probably cause is determined, the complaint goes on public record: these complaints, and the proceedings, can also be found on the JEC’s website.

-Alex Laska

GW is Getting More Expensive

The tuition is increasing, the housing is increasing, and possible mandatory fees may be in our future. Money is on the mind and many GW students and their families are concerned about their economic future.

Students are well aware that GW has one of the highest tuitions in the nation and many do not understand how it can be increasing, especially in times like these. The University recently announced that tuition will increase 3%. This increase will not affect current GW students because  of the fixed tuition. Although the GW administration has also increased financial aid spending, many students will still be forced to find ways to pay the full tuition - possibly with help from loans and outside scholarships.  According to The Hatchet, GW administrative officials believe that the university is in a strong financial state and is doing everything possible to help students in this financial crisis.

Although board costs will remain $3,400, the price of housing will increase. The cost of housing depends on which residence hall you live in. The nicer the dorm, the more money the more expensive the housing cost. The average increase will be $200.

There has also been much speculation over a mandatory $50 library fee. At the moment the fee is optional and students can retrieve their money at any point throughout the school year. The fee has been a hot topic in SA meetings and the current student election.  Due to student's ability to opt-out of the fee, the library's budget is unpredictable and can vary year to year.  If the fee is made mandatory, it would be used toward renovating Gelman to make it more study-friendly.

-Roxanne Martin

Polls Are Open!

Don't forget to vote today or tomorrow. This year, voting will be done online through www.gwelection.com. It only takes a couple of minutes.

Here's this year's list of candidates:
President
Julie Bindelglass
Kyle Boyer
George Brunner
Justin Hollimon
Sammy Lopez
Jordan Phillips
Nick Polk

Executive Vice-President
Arthur Goodland
Louis Laverone
Jason Lifton

Undergraduate At-Large Senator
Michael R. Komo
Michael Shea
Connor Walsh

Graduate At-Large Senator
Justine Adelizzi

CCAS Undergraduate Senator
Erik Ashida
Jason Aul
Paul Blair
Logan Dobson
Melissa Gindin
Josh Goldstein
Christophe Hollocou
Daniel Keylin
Anthony Marenna
Amahd McDonald
Abishek Pansari
Dylan Pyne
Caleb Raymond
Carl Sceusa
Brian Teubner

CCAS Graduate Senator
Natalie Kaplan

SoB Undergraduate Senator
Nate Andorsky
Christopher Clark
Brendan Curran
Brandon Feldman
Alexander Johnson
Philip Risman

SoB Graduate Senator
Sally Schiff
Alan Susi

GSEHD Senator
Charles Shorette

ESIA Undergraduate Senator
Max Bayer
Daniel Boehmer
Soham Gupte
Travis Korson
Daniel Sadlosky
Monica Sanchez
Justin Snyder
Giovanni Tomasi

SEAS Undergraduate Senator
Jon Binetti
Zahin Hasan

SEAS Graduate Senator
Mohit Chhaya

CPS Senator
James Baker

Marvin Center Governing Board Undergraduate
Ethan Elser

Program Board Chair
Tiffany Meehan
Calder Stembel

Program Board Vice-Chair
Wesley Callahan