All posts by Will O'Bryan
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Georgetown University: Pride and Jesuits
THERE'S RARELY AN upside to a hate crime, though Georgetown University may be that rare exception. In the fall of 2007, a season in which...
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Catholic University of America: Righteous Awakening
DON'T LOOK FOR an LGBT-student resource center on the Catholic University of America campus in Northeast D.C. And don't look for any official student group...
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American University: Nirvana Off Nebraska
AT THE INTERSECTION of Massachusetts and Nebraska Avenues, in the far northwest reaches of the District, sits a campus hard to beat when it comes...
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Robbery at Nellie's
Doug Schantz, owner of Nellie's Sports Bar at 900 U St. NW, was robbed at gunpoint around 1 p.m. Monday, April 19, by two men....
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Watergate's Strange Bedfellows
June 2010 will mark not a milestone, but an anniversary nonetheless, of the Watergate break-in that forever altered the landscape of American politics, if not...
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Positively Powerful
Whitman-Walker Clinic's black-tie spring gala, ''Masquerade on the Mall,'' with the breathtaking backdrop of the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, is bound to be one of...
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Honing in on Honey
The mid-Atlantic is in bloom. Winter's crisp, barren branches are bursting with green. The once snow-buried yards are sun-kissed and welcoming a rainbow of blooms....
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Homegrown Galas
Washington knows galas, from national organizations' star-studded dinners to embassies' glittery fetes. But there's something possibly dearer for locals when the homegrown groups step into...
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Surprised by Parenting
This weekend, I'm heading to my second baby shower -- my first for a gay family. This is not what I expected. First, I'm old...
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Rebate Ready
On your marks. Get set. Wait! That is, if you live in D.C., Maryland or Virginia. If you lived in, say, Ohio, that appliance rebate...
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The Sweet Spot
While Marie Antoinette may (or may not) have offered to let the starving peasants of France eat cake, guests at a wedding -- French peasants...
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Catering to You
Speak with a variety of caterers and you're likely to come away with some reliable maxims. First, there are vast variables in budgeting for a...
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Dollars and Scents
Generally speaking, there are two times in your life you'll be celebrated with flowers. The difference with your wedding is that you'll get to enjoy...
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Singing Through Spring
As late spring sees the end of the 2010 pride season, it will also see the end -- or, at least, the indefinite cessation --...
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Immigration Insult
It's been busy in Washington lately. An ENDA sit-in, White House arrests for DADT, marriage equality, Kathy Griffin, the tea-baggers' return, health care in Congress,...
