Baseball streaks toward postseason
Sophomore shortstop Tom Shanley knew the GW baseball team had a shot at an Atlantic 10 West crown this season. But he did not expect the degree of success the Colonials have enjoyed down the stretch.
Monday, May 17, 2004
Summer movie previews
If your car's air conditioning is busted like mine or if you just need an excuse to get out of the heat, cinema makes a more-than-adequate sanctuary, and the summer movie season is just beginning. Here's a quick look at some films that have been or are being released this month.
Upcoming area concerts
After being cooped up indoors for the past six months, it's finally time to get out. If you're sticking around D.C. this summer, take some time out to bask in the ultimate concert season. From big names to long rosters, here is a sneak peak at who's playing the District's largest venues.
Group questions trustees’ business practices
A GW alumni group is questioning the business practices of several University Board of Trustees members and is gradually posting information about each member on its Web site.
Monumental celebration draws smaller crowd
About 2,000 less people went to the University's annual Monumental celebration this year, a dramatic attendance decline that will lead officials to consider ways to make the event more attractive to students and their families.
GW NROTC graduates: Serving in a new world
When this year's graduating Naval Reserve Training Officers Corps class came to GW four years ago, most U.S. troops were not engaged in combat. Since then, with the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, hundreds of thousands of soldiers have been sent to conflict-ridden areas, and several GW graduates will undoubtedly be risking life and limb as they embark on their military careers.
City mulls later Health and Wellness Center hours
Students may be able to exercise in the Health and Wellness Center until 1 a.m. if the city approves a GW request to allow the facility to keep longer hours. The center currently closes at 10 p.m. on all days except Sunday, when it shuts its doors at 8 p.
Crime Report
Liquor Law Violation 5/11 - Medical Faculty Associates Building - 1:30 a.m. case closed An individual waiting for the Mount Vernon shuttle was "clearly intoxicated" and taken to the hospital for treatment. Referred to Student Judicial Services 5/9 - 2109 F St.
Graduates celebrate on the Ellipse
GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg conferred honorary degrees on four distinguished speakers - oncologist Luther Brady, physicist Leon Lederman, Shakespearean scholar and former GW professor Gail Kern Paster and former Gen. John Shalikashvili.
GW to enroll between 2,550 and 2,580 freshmen
Next year's freshman class will swell to almost 2,600 students, as a higher-than-expected yield rate caused the number of incoming students to exceed University officials' admissions expectations by about 200.
Sen. Lieberman leads interfaith Baccalaureate ceremony
The service traditionally marks the beginning of graduation weekend and has been sparsely attended in recent years. But about 500 graduates, family members and friends packed the Virginia Avenue church on Friday.
GW in brief
Elliott School to house Starbucks Students will no longer have to go to the Marvin Center to get a Frappuccino on campus when Starbucks opens a new shop at 1957 E Street this fall. The University will not incur any cost for housing the chain coffee conglomerate, which, along with Subway will be paying rent to occupy the residence hall's first floor, said Louis Katz, executive vice president and treasurer.
Six individual schools hold celebrations
After a Scottish bagpipe player led graduates of the School of Public Health and Health Services to their seats in Lisner Auditorium, Dean Ruth Katz offered words of wisdom to those in attendance. "Being proud on a day like today is not sin and not vanity," she said at Saturday's celebration.
GW may keep free newspaper program
The University is still deciding whether to eliminate a program that provides students with free copies of three major newspapers in residence halls, said one GW official who stated last month that the program would be cut. The Hatchet reported April 26 that Johnnie Osborne, associate vice president and chief financial officer of Student and Academic Support Services, wrote in an e-mail that the Collegiate Readership Program would be eliminated amid budget cuts for next year.
Professors call for new science facility
University officials said they will consider building a new science facility to address concerns by professors who said current facilities are dilapidated and do not provide enough space. At a meeting two weeks ago, the Faculty Senate urged President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg and the Board of Trustees to look into the construction of a new science building on the former GW Hospital site, located on the 2200 block of I Street.
