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The two-day election Thursday and Friday will give students the opportunity to elect their next president, vice president and senators.

What to know about this year’s SA elections

By Rio Matsumoto and Lindsey Leary
April 10, 2023
MPD reported that 92 percent of the listed criminal offenses were property crimes like theft and burglary. 

Ward 2 crime plunged more than any other ward in 2022, MPD records shows

By Rio Matsumoto and Grace Chinowsky
January 30, 2023
FlixBus has offered service in 37 countries since it was founded, originally arriving on the east coast in 2019.

Intercity bus stop offers direct service from Foggy Bottom to NYC, Richmond

By Rio Matsumoto
February 28, 2022
Jeremy Pollok, Tonic's manager, said the restaurant's customer base surged once students began moving back to campus this month.

GWorld vendors usher in returning students as sales start to rise

By Rio Matsumoto
August 30, 2021
Omictin said the commission will vote on applications in a public meeting in September and “expeditiously" distribute the funds.

ANC to dole out $12,000 to Foggy Bottom nonprofits for community relief

By Rio Matsumoto
August 23, 2021
University President Thomas LeBlanc and three other local college presidents announced their support for D.C. statehood ahead of a congressional hearing on the issue Thursday.

Students advocate for D.C. statehood bill despite slim odds in the Senate

By Rio Matsumoto
May 17, 2021
Some members of the Metro Board of Directors expressed support for implementing a $2 flat fee for riding the Metrorail.

Metro officials maintain current service levels with next year’s budget

By Rio Matsumoto
April 26, 2021
Officials are encouraging students to put leftover funds from last spring toward Grubhub services.

Students given more than $1.5 million in dining refunds during pandemic

By Rio Matsumoto
March 31, 2021
Nearly a quarter of Ward 2 residents have received a COVID-19 vaccine.

Local residents troubled by technological glitches on COVID-19 vaccine registration website

By Rio Matsumoto
March 8, 2021
Jeri Epstein, a long-time resident of the West End community and member of the Board of Trustees at Arena Stage, is running unopposed for seat 2A06 in the Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission.

ANC to launch four committees to tackle community issues

By Rio Matsumoto
February 16, 2021
Members of a student effort to support the homeless population of an encampment across from the Elliott School building allege that D.C. is trying to evict the people living there under the guise of cleaning the area up.

Homeless encampment residents threatened by inauguration security levels: local leaders

By Rio Matsumoto
January 25, 2021
The only category of violent crime that saw an increase from the year before was dating violence, up from one case in 2018 to four in 2019.

Violent crimes fell, liquor violations climbed on campus in 2019, report states

By Rio Matsumoto
January 11, 2021
Local leaders said they support the proposed $100 Metro credit.

Federal stimulus could eliminate Metro’s historic service cuts, officials say

By Rio Matsumoto
December 30, 2020
Metropolitan Police Department officials released data showing racial disparities among individuals stopped without a ticket.

Bowser taps alumnus Robert Contee as her pick for next MPD chief

By Jarrod Wardwell and Rio Matsumoto
December 23, 2020
The initiative will include a series of virtual town halls about social justice and economic mobility.

Smithsonian shutters seven museums, National Zoo amid climbing COVID-19 cases

By Rio Matsumoto
November 22, 2020
Take a trip to F Street near the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro stop this Sunday to visit D.C.'s 16th annual Downtown Holiday Market.

Weekend Outlook – Shop at the annual Downtown Holiday Market

By Rio Matsumoto
November 19, 2020
For a lot of students, concern about contracting COVID-19 at a polling place and spreading it to relatives pushed them to vote absentee this year.

Students say pandemic, racial justice pushed them to polls in record high numbers

By Rio Matsumoto
November 2, 2020
The GW College Democrats are hosting five phone banks a week for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and other Congressional candidates in November's election.

Student organizations rally civic engagement away from nation’s capital

By Rio Matsumoto and Abigail Osborne
September 28, 2020
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