Archives: October, 2006

Mike DeVito — October 31, 2006, 5:58 pm

Happy Birthday to Us

Happy Halloween everyone!
Halloween is one of my absolute favorite holidays. Every year I look forward to Oct. 31 with great anticipation. For the past two years, though, it’s not just the holiday – it is also a very important birthday.
Two years ago today, The Daily Colonial published its first issue ever. I served as Editor-in-Chief, […]

Mike DeVito — October 30, 2006, 12:21 am

It all hits at once…

Just a quick note today - I’ve noticed over the past two years at The Daily Colonial, big breaking news stories seem to come in bunches. Nothing big and unexpected for a while, and then all of a sudden two or three stories hit.
That seems to be what happened this weekend with Red Auerbach, Joan […]

Mike DeVito — October 25, 2006, 8:14 pm

Shame, shame

In my big review of the stats that produced the last post, I found a very, very disturbing fact about GW students:
A lot of you still use Internet Explorer.
Here’s a nickel kid - get a better browser.
Seriously, though, as a public service, the OmbudsBlog officially advises everyone to switch. Not only will it make our […]

Mike DeVito — October 21, 2006, 11:57 pm

Stats

Sorry you haven’t heard much from me yet this semester - most of my Daily Colonial time has gone to tweaking the new site (notice the blog box is reprogrammed today) and writing a new constitution for our rapidly-growing organization.
So, today I wanted to answer a question I get a lot of email about, from […]

Riki Parikh — October 16, 2006, 11:19 pm

Full Disclosure

Today, we ran an article about former Virginia governor Mark Warner announcing that he will not run for president in 2008.
For full disclosure, it should be noted that I am an intern for Warner’s political action committee, Forward Together, and have been there since February.
I did not assist in the writing or editing of today […]