As a District mediation board decides whether Catholic University’s same-sex dorms violate the city’s Human Rights Act, we’ll leave it to the university’s student-run newspaper to help determine whether or not the segregated dorms actually prevent binge drinking and hook-ups, as administrators hope.

Photo by Alan Cordova The Tower, the student newspaper of Catholic University, is reporting that the D.C. Department of Health has confirmed an outbreak of Norovirus on the Northeast campus. More than 23 students have been confirmed to have fallen ill due to the virus since January 21. An outbreak of Norovirus affected more than 130 Catholic students in 2006. More recently, an incidence of the virus affected some 200 students at Georgetown University…

Written by DCist Contributer Josh Kramer The Eagle – American University: >>AU students lamented losing their Hollywood Video this week, which is holding a giant closing sale and selling all of its movies. It’s unclear what will become of the space, conveniently located next to the AU shuttle bus stop and the Tenleytown-AU Metro station. >>Sgt. Zachary Tellier, a 1998 AU graduate, was killed by enemy fire while fighting in Afghanistan on the 29th of…

Thanks to a tipster for forwarding us an invite to a seemingly bizarre press conference to be held this Friday by Jeffrey S. Abramson, part of the Abramson clan who runs The Tower Companies, a relatively major local developer that was responsible for such projects as Washington Square at Farragut North and the Millennium Building at 19th and K. Abramson, it seems, would like to build a new monument. A monument to “Invincibility.” From the…

Sunday. Usually, a quiet, contemplative day in the Blogosphere. But not here in the Ist-a-Verse. Nonono! Just look below and see all of the wild and crazy stuff our staffs are up to. In Austin, bands are beginning to confirm for SXSW and the rumor mill is up and running. Good thing, too, because we all know how much Austinites love live performances. Austin also found itself in the national spotlight, with Longhorn Legend…