PB books No Doubt for spring concert
Tickets are still available for music group No Doubt’s performance at GW’s Smith Center on April 26 at 7 p.m. The Program Board, which is sponsoring the concert, officially announced the sale of tickets on Saturday.
GW students can buy up to two tickets each for $30 with a GWorld card in the Marvin Center Ticketmaster. Tickets went on sale yesterday at the MC office and online at Ticketmaster.com. Only 500 tickets are available for the student discount.
Tickets will cost $37 for the general public, including shipping and handling. General sale to the public begins Saturday at 10 a.m. Students who purchase tickets through general sale online must enter a password.
The student price will be available until Ticketmaster sells all 500 student tickets, PB chair Alicia O’Neill said.
Post editor kicks off Leadership Week
Leonard Downie, Jr., executive editor of The Washington Post, will host a discussion on “Managing a Newspaper in a Time of Crisis” Tuesday at 8 p.m. Downie will lecture in the Marvin Center Amphitheater, and a book signing will follow.
The lecture kicks off Leadership Week, which runs Feb. 19-23. The event is hosted by the LEAD center and the School of Media and Public Affairs.
Newman Center to host weekly pub talks
Father Rob Panke of the Newman Catholic Center kicked off a series of speakers at Lulu’s Bar at 22nd and M street discussing alcohol and religion. Panke will lead the first of the weekly “Can You Mix Beer and Jesus?” discussions Feb. 19 from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Students must be 21 to attend.
Law students to debate Bush’s order for military tribunal
Students from nine law schools will converge at GW to argue national security issues in front of a panel of experts Thursday, Feb. 24 at 10:30 a.m. The panel will consist of defense lawyers, who will act as judges for the National Security Law Moot Court Competition.
The focus of the 2002 debate will be the constitutionality of President George W. Bush’s Nov. 13 order suspending habeas corpus, instating military detention and the legality of a military commission to try terrorists. The competition includes prize money for the winning team.
The moot court room at the GW law school is located at 2000 H St.
Trivia team takes second at regional competition
Down one man, the GW Academic Competition Club placed second at the College Bowl International Tournament Saturday. The tournament began Friday night and lasted until Saturday evening at the University of Pittsburgh.
Twelve teams competed over two days in categories such as geography, science, math, history, politics and entertainment. The University of Pittsburgh won.
Tournaments are categorized into different circuits, according to level of difficulty. The easiest tournament is called a “trash” tournament, in which questions are about pop culture.
GW qualified for the national tournament in the trash circuit, which will be held at GW on April 21.
Literary magazine seeks submissions
The GW Review, GW’s international literary magazine, is now accepting submissions for its senior contests in poetry, fiction and two-dimensional art. The contest is open to all graduating seniors.
First prize recipients in each category will see their work published in the Spring 2002 issue of The GW Review.
E-mail submissions should be sent to [email protected], and hardcopy submissions should be delivered to Marvin Center room 431.
The deadline for submission is March 8.
GW student bands to perform at MVC
The Alcove Kids, a GW student punk band, and other students will perform at the Mount Vernon Campus Pub Talent Jam on Thursday at 10 p.m. The concert is free.
