After spending nine months as a Marine in Iraq, junior Todd Bowers couldn't stand what he saw in the news when he returned home. Bowers, 24, who has been in Fallujah since August 2004, made his first tour in Iraq from January 2003 to September 2003. He decided he had to go back for a second time because he was haunted by media reports indicating that the situation in Iraq was worsening.
The Residence Hall Association did not conduct a formal survey of dorm residents before persuading University officials to ban smoking in residence halls next year, prompting some students to question the group's methods.
University officials hope changes to pedestrian crossings will improve safety nearly a year and a half after a car hit a student in front of the Marvin Center. Earlier this month, most campus intersections were equipped with timers that tell pedestrians how many seconds they have to cross the street.
Sounds of stepping and clapping filled the stage of Lisner Auditorium Saturday night at the Alpha Phi Alpha Step Show, but the rhythm was heard by only half the expected crowd. Besides catering to mostly empty seats in a 1,500-person venue that was expected to be filled, the eighth annual dance competition also failed to attract half of the acts scheduled to perform.
Many GW students can now say they have been pictured in the same magazine as Jessica Simpson. The student-run entertainment magazine, Verse, covers GW social life but puts famous faces on its cover. Editor-in-Chief Addia Cooper-Henry started the "socialite" magazine last year to expose students to fashion, trends, music and nightlife.
Tuesday Annual celebration and bonfire for George Washington's birthday Includes a cherry pie eating contest 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. University Yard "D.C. 101: Public Education in the District" Panel discussion on D.C. schools 7 to 9 p.m. Marvin Center Amphitheater Sponsored by the Neighbor's Project "Demystifying the Grad School Experience" Discussion about what to expect in graduate school 7:30 to 9:00 p.
New copy center to open in Marvin Center A new copy center set to open Feb. 28 will replace the Pulse Copy Center, which closed in December. FedExKinko's will operate the copy center, located in the ground floor of the Marvin Center. The Pulse, formerly in that location, closed Dec.
A photo caption on the front page of the Feb. 14 issue misidentified a professor. Her name is Sarah Purdy. The article "Slate hit with violations" (Feb. 14, p. 3) misidentified Mary Mai as a former Senate chief of staff. She is the former chief of staff to Student Association President Omar Woodard.
Student Association Senate hopeful Luke Moses proudly made his campaign rounds in Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Hall last Monday in jeans and a sweater. "I need to ask you guys something," Moses asked, standing outside the room of sophomores Caitlin Bearce and Colleen Keller.
The Joint Committee of Faculty and Students is taking more measures to promote its annual scholarship, which last year had a small applicant pool of mostly Student Association members. Of last year's seven $1,000 scholarship recipients, five were students involved in the organization.
Some students attend GW for its setting in the home of power politics. Others are attracted by its School of Business and proximity to Fortune 500 companies. But 40 undergraduates are attending GW to participate in a small program, not even housed on the University's main campus: interior design.
Our view: Gauging student opinion more exhaustively could have resulted in a smoking ban proposal that addressed the needs of all students. Earlier this month, the University, on recommendations made by the Residence Hall Association, enacted a ban on smoking in all residence halls to begin next year.
With elections around the corner, the student body deserves an election with integrity. So far, the Joint Elections Committee is off to a really bad start. The organization that governs our elections is already eroding confidence in our future elected leaders.
George Orwell wrote a brilliant work of political satire entitled 1984. In the past few years the realities suggested possible for 1984 by Orwell have come to fruition. People are "disappeared." Kangaroo courts are being established - all in the name of security, of course.
Last year my campaign slogan was "Stop the Apathy." One of my primary goals for my term as president was to get more people involved in and aware of the Student Association. Throughout the fall, and even more so since we returned in January, the dialogue about the Student Association, as discussed by those not involved, has greatly increased.
Like most of you, I get my SA news Monday to Thursday, Thursday to Monday, from The Hatchet. Last Thursday, for the first time in a while, the SA news actually reported on something the organization is trying to do that would benefit students. Then last Monday, the SA reverted back to its old problems.
Mayor Anthony Williams praised the efforts of a handful of students who have studied and promoted black culture at a Friday luncheon for the group at the Alumni House. The students - eight male and one female - are members of the George Washington Williams House, a living and learning community studying the history of blacks in D.
Affirmative action study met with controversy (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. - A recent study that found affirmative action hurts black students' performance in law school has stirred up controversy among faculty and students at law schools across the nation. The report, published in the Stanford Law Review in December, revealed that many black students are unable to perform well at top-ranking law schools because they were admitted because of racial preference.
With Spring Break just around the bend, the GW student body is hard at work trying to tone up and lean down. While many students make daily or weekly visits to the Lerner Health and Wellness Center ("Hell Well"), for others, it is an annual event reserved almost exclusively for the winter weeks following an indulgent winter break, and preceding what is sure to be an equally enjoyable spring vacation.
B-to-the-E, the latest in trendy beers from Budweiser, recently became widely available across the United States, including on many store shelves throughout the D.C. area. This new concoction, beer combined with caffeine, ginseng and guarana, saw a major push from Budweiser executives after its initial release in October 2004.
"I just heard this great new band, you've got to hear them." "Yeah, what are they like?" "Well they're a mix between rock, bluegrass, blues and some of their stuff is really jazzy." What does that mean? Really, what does it mean? I know what it is trying to describe, but does it really accomplish anything? Yet this is inevitably how most people, myself included, will describe a new band.
Senior Anna Monta?ana appears to be peaking at the right time. After scoring a career-high 26 points in a 65-60 win over St. Joseph's Thursday, she came up big again Sunday. In the GW women's basketball team's 75-66 overtime win over Xavier at the Smith Center, the forward set a new career high for the second straight game, scoring 27 points to go along with five rebounds and five assists.
As Ohio goes, so goes the regular season. The situation might not be as dramatic as the old political adage attests, but with wins at Dayton and Xavier this week, the GW men's basketball team will be two steps closer to its first Atlantic 10 West title since 1999.
You had to feel for Duquesne coach Danny Nee on Saturday. The man came into the Smith Center in the midst of what is now a 6-19 season, and his team was listless. If the Dukes really believed they could win at GW, it was sure hard to tell. It looked more like they had braced themselves for a rough afternoon and were just looking to escape without suffering too much.
Was this one ever really in doubt? Playing its own version of the hack-a-Shaq defense, Duquesne hung around for a little while Saturday afternoon. But it just delayed the inevitable, as the Dukes' 14 first-half fouls did not hamper the GW men's basketball team, which built a double-digit lead before intermission and cruised to its fifth straight win, an 80-57 blowout in front of 4,144 quieter-than-usual fans at the Smith Center.
Baseball Colonials open season 2-2 The GW baseball team dropped the final two games of a three-game series at Georgia Southern University last weekend. After taking the first contest of the weekend 9-5 on Friday, the Colonials (2-2) dropped a 9-8 decision Saturday and fell 6-3 Sunday.
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Posted Wednesday, Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. Music professor Pam Bricker, who was a part of the University's jazz department for five years, took her own life last weekend, an official from the Maryland Medical Examiner's office said Wednesday.
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