Code Pink @ 1957 E St (updated)

As has been covered extensively on this blog (including a call to protest), Karl Rove visited GW on Friday at the invitation of GW's Yong America chapter. Students were poised to protest but apparently ended up having better things to do Friday evening (or choose to do so inside). Code Pink on the other hand was there and made quite a ruckus outside 1957 E St., where the event was held. Here are two videos I took:



Also had a strange run in with "Karl"... I stopped filming when he stood 4 feet away and just stared at me...



There were over a dozen UPD and MPD officers outside to keep an eye on the protesters. It appears GW students have become accustom to such events and take it in stride. Note the student in the bottom left of this picture just sitting and reading a newspaper -- sitting between the cops and Code Pink that is.

UPDATED: Fixed typos, added clarification about lack of protesters outside.

Selling the GW Experience

As I was leaving SMPA 194 on Monday night I was again reminded what a unique school GW is. I had planned on going across the street to see the hoopla surrounding presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's visit to campus, but ran into no less then four U.S. congressmen on my way who were at SMPA for a separate event.

I snapped this blurry picture of Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) posing with GW students.

Pretty special.

Last week I wrote about our outdated admissions website and the lack of current news provided. Even the GW News Center -- the hub of the universities public relation activities -- missed this one. Its not every day eight congressmen (two of whom are GW alums) come to campus...

What can you do about it? Here's a link to the feedback form on the GW News Center site. If you're not happy with the coverage you group or events are getting, or the general lack of proactive selling of the GW brand, let them know...

CNN Profiles GWU Political Bloggers

Politics... the internet... blogs... GWU... perfect storm for a CNN story? (and SMPA 194 blog post...)



CNN International did this great segment on "digital democracy," basically how the internet is being used in the Presidential race, and included several GW students.

The story showed the hundreds of GW students who gathered on Super Tuesday to watch results come in and cheer on their candidates. Several in attendance were 'live blogging' on their personal sites.

It is this type of atmosphere/event that proves GW really is one of the nation's most politically involved campuses. Not that that don't have enough to worry about, but it'd be great if the GW pubic relations and/or admissions office would get videos and stories like this more dissemination. The video I posted above has seven (yes, 7) views right now. Not every campus gets profiled by CNN regrading it's students political blogs...

Perhaps the GWU admissions page could have a section about GWU students in the news that's updated regularly. The site is very static and looks more or less the same as when I applied... and I'm graduating in three months. Let's sell what we've got.