In the best summer Georgetown news since Georgetown fired Marriott, a Georgetown student banned from campus evaded DPS by jumping out of a window only to be caught in Ohio.

The Hoya scooped us on this one, but that’s OK because it’s such a good story. According to their anonymous sources, Winston Weatherspoon (MSB ‘08) has been banned from campus for some reason. He was visiting his girlfriend in her Henle apartment when DPS heard and called for twelve Metro squad cars. Then, he jumped out the window and got away, only to be caught in Ohio of all places. Apparently, there’s no escaping the long arm of MPD.

The best part of this story, besides Winston’s budding acrobatic career, is that he doesn’t give a damn. His Facebook status has been, since the incident, “Winston is thankful all his bones are intact” and “Winston is thinking Winston 3 - DPS 0. Step your game up!” Who hasn’t wanted to call Darryl Harrison out on his weak game?
Julie Green Bataille, special assistant for public affairs, was not amused.

-Will Sommer, blog editor

The last time I was on a Chinatown bus, the driver punched one of the passengers and was sprayed with Mace for it. New Jersey cops showed up and it was a hassle. Clearly, there’s room for a better bus company.

DC2NY is hoping to enter fill that not-dangerous niche in the bus industry by offering $40 round-trip tickets to New York. That’s only $5 more than the other companies, and DC2NY is promising a free drink and wifi. Plus, the bus stop at McPherson Square is closer to Georgetown.

DCist questions how reliable the wifi will be, but a more likely problem is that after a few trips the buses will become as miserable as the every other lines’.

Plus, new competition might incite more gangland warfare.

Via the Eagle
-Will Sommer, blog editor, member of the international busset