Our View: The University should level with students about budget cuts. Mired with budget deficits, the University has been forced to cut several academic programs. Earlier this month, administration officials announced the end of the Earth and Environmental Science major.
A recent Federal Trade Commission report recently announced that individuals between 18-29 years of age living in the District of Columbia are the most at-risk group for identity theft in the United States - placing GW students squarely in the highest possible risk category.
It was a lovely affair. There was a strict dress code in effect. We had a delicious meal together. We wiped our mouths and spilled our drinks on beautiful linens. There was even a slideshow. If you were drunk, they let you speak. The event was held at the Four Seasons Hotel to celebrate passing power from the old to the new Student Association.
It appears GW students are pampered. Freshman year, the University provided housekeeping for my 2,400 classmates, my roommate and me. As a student employee at the University, my base pay rate has shot up twenty-five cents. I'm now looking forward to seeing instant replay on the brand new Smith Center basketball scoreboard in November.
While there are few certainties in life, we know one thing for sure: the stakes of the upcoming presidential election are incredibly high. President Bush and Senator Kerry have offered the American people two vastly different visions of America's future. The man elected in November matters; he matters to us as Americans, and he matters to us as women.
Resources available This letter is written in response to sophomore Alison Devenny's and another unnamed student's concerns about the availability of eating disorder resources at the University Counseling Center ("UCC Faulted over anorexia," Oct. 7, pg. 1).
The GW men's soccer team played its first two conference home games this weekend, both of which went into double overtime. After tying defending Atlantic 10 Champion Rhode Island Friday, the Colonials fell to Massachusetts 2-1 Sunday. The matches were mirror images of each other, as no team scored until the second half in both games.
Juliene McLaughlin and Kaimana Lee are from different worlds. But at GW, the two sophomores share a common interest: volleyball. McLaughlin, an outside hitter, hails from outside of Toronto. Lee, a setter, is a native of Hawaii. Both players have been bright spots on the GW volleyball team, a squad that has struggled this year.
Monday R.E.A.L. Conversations: Interracial Dating on Campus 7 to 9 p.m. Somers Hall, 1st Floor Lounge Sponsored by the Student Activities Center "Unprecendented: the 2000 Presidential Election" Documentary film about the 2000 presidential election; followed by discussion 7 to 9 p.
Two residence hall eateries close shop The Hall on Virginia Avenue Diner and Thurston Dining Hall quietly shut their doors for the last time in May. Once popular venues in freshman residence halls, the shops shut down last semester because of decreased revenues.
The article "Fraternity rush numbers increase" (Oct. 7, p.3) incorrectly stated that Phi Sigma Kappa has seven pledges this year. Phi Sigma Kappa has 10 pledges, the same amount it had last year.
About 300 people came to the Marriott Wardman Park Saturday night to bid on the painted and sculpted pandas that lined the streets of the city this summer. The panda sculptures, which were on display through a program called PandaMania, were auctioned to benefit the D.
by Christina Dunsmore Hatchet Reporter Despite a ruling against their cause in May, the anti-smoking group Smokefree D.C. is still determined to prevent smoking in the city's bars and restaurants. The group was disappointed with a May ruling by Judge Mary A.
Student Health Services will have only 20 to 25 flu shots to offer to students this year after a worldwide shortage put the vaccine in high demand. SHS Director Isabel Goldenberg said her department planned to make 2,500 shots available this year. At least 500 students paid $15 apiece to receive flu shots last year.
Former GW professor Miguel Angel Rodriguez resigned as Organization of American States secretary general Friday afternoon amid charges that he accepted bribes as president of Costa Rica. "I do not want to subject the organization to a cruel and protracted persecution of its secretary general, not only in the courts but also in the media.
A new voter registration group promises to leave young voters satisfied on election night - regardless of the outcome of the presidential race. Votergasm.org, a non-profit, non-partisan organization, is taking a "different kind of get-out-the-vote approach," said Michelle Collins, co-founder of Votergasm.
Interning on Capitol Hill for a hometown representative is a popular pastime for many GW students. In order to get the job, however, they may have to jump a few hurdles. Internship coordinators at offices where many students hail from, such as New York and New Jersey, and for popular congressmen, are often very selective.
About 96 percent of students are registered to vote in the upcoming presidential election and 80 percent have applied for an absentee ballot, GW Votes organizers said last week. The organization calculated registration statistics from a series of straw polls of students and by talking to 1,500 students living in residence halls.
"When you lose your best friend, you don't know what to do," said senior Sherri Weinstein, recalling her feelings in October 2001, when her best friend Adrienne died from primary liver cancer. But after discovering that primary liver cancer, also known as Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC), is one of the most overlooked and under-researched forms of cancer, it didn't take long for Weinstein to realize that something had to be done.
Georgia Brown's 950 15th Street (202) 393-4499 Georgia Brown's is traditional Southern food with a gourmet twist. The ambiance is warm and homey. During brunch hours, live jazz is performed. The menu is divided into "acts," the pre-show boasts drinks like "low country" Bloody Marys, white chocolate and Georgia peach Martinis.
You would think after the events of the last few years there would be a lot less to laugh about today. After all, we live in fairly serious times. But Jon Stewart would tell you that we don't just live in serious times; we live in "absurdly serious times.
As you get older, you begin to acquire new tastes. Beer and red wine become savory when they used to taste sour. Politics becomes interesting when in the past it was a bore. And sexually you become more willing to orally communicate, both verbally and physically.
The GW men's basketball team has disciplined three players for their involvement in an Oct. 1 altercation at Lulu's Mardi Gras. Metropolitan and University police are investigating the incident and could still charge the players with assault.
Administrators are forming a task force to explore alternatives to using Social Security numbers as the University's means of identifying students.
The Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution minor is the latest casualty of academic budget cuts that are reshaping the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. Robert Churchill, a professor of philosophy and former chair of the program, said the elimination of the minor is due to a lack of money and the unwillingness of the University to fund the curriculum.
Charley Silkwood led his band last week during the final song of the night: a cover of the Rolling Stones' "Beast of Burden." His audience did not clump together, looking up in admiration as they swayed to the smooth, rolling tunes pumping out of his speakers.
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