George Washington University - Cherry Tree Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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a quaint little pretentious part of town with bars everywhere. The bars there are named things like the Fish Market and The Third Edition, but my favorite is the 7-11, The biggest problem with Georgetown is that the blondes are fake and so is everyone else. No matter where I go I always have a problem with meeting women. Some of the lines that . I’ve tried are: 4 ' most girls don ' t look as comfortable in public with moustaches as you do ' Or ‘Say , didn ' t I see you at the free clinic today? ' Fve developed many new pick-up lines and among my favorites are 4 ‘you’ 11 never guess where 1 keep my pet trout and 4 guess what I’m holding in my hands. The one thing to remember when trying to meet women is to Find out who are the freshmen and tell them youTe a law r student, whether you are or not. Finally, no matter where you go and no matter what you do while you ' re here at G,W. T just remember these words and that ' s ail you need to know: 4 4 Apply to Infected Area, Photos by Rick Gilbert FEATURES 27

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City of Contrasts A t night, before it gets so late that they Washington is a poor city. It is 85 percent turn off the lights, you can see black. The wealthy white minority is huddled spotlighted images of the Lincoln into a ghetto called Northwest. GW is located in Memorial swaying gently in the this ghetto, where few of the majority population A t night, before it gets so late that they turn off the lights, you can see spotlighted images of the Lincoln Memorial swaying gently in the ripples of the Reflecting Pool. Usually not more than a block away, a different mirror reflects a different image. The eyes of the street people see no memorials and reflect no images of national grandeur. Like most Americans and most Washingtonians, the street people live at ground level beneath the Athenian temples. They work each day in the cracks of the monuments, where no tourists ever ventures . , . In this way, the city of Washington, D C. is our nation’s truest Reflecting Pool. The snapshots show only glistening skylines. But look closer. See the faults and crevasses and know that this is what a country truly looks like . Washington is a poor city. It is 85 percent black. The wealthy white minority is huddled into a ghetto called Northwest. GW is located in this ghetto, where few of the majority population are ever seen except as local service employees. For these people, working at GW is the closest they will ever get to a college education. You don’t see blacks on the mall. You don’t see blacks at the 21st Amendment or Odd’s, and these are the only places GW students go. They never see the cracks. ”The city,” that’s why many GW students say they chose to come here. But that’s not true. This heavily guarded ivory tower enclave is not anything remotely resembling ’ the city,” The city is the black population in Northeast, Southeast, and Southwest. White people don’t really go into Washington, D.C., especially well-off white people, and GW students FEATURES 29