Posted Sunday, Feb. 27, 11:18 p.m. As D.C. residents gear up for a snowy Monday, GW students are being encouraged to monitor the status of the University as classes may be cancelled on Monday. The National Weather Service is predicting 6 to 10 inches of snow to fall on the city through Monday night. The snow is expected to begin around 1 a.m. and the heaviest snowfall should be between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Presidential candidates will participate in a debate Monday at 8 p.m. in the Jack Morton Auditorium Name: Charles James "C.J." Calloway Year: Junior Hometown: Raleigh, N.C. Major: International Finance Clubs/Activities: Tsunami Campus Relief Effort, director of operations and administration for the Black Student Union, treasurer of the George Washington Williams House for African American Culture, former Colonial Cabinet member, former Peer Leadership Mentor.
Nine student groups will perform at Lisner Auditorium Friday night to raise money for the tsunami relief effort. The variety show, Live Aid 2005, will feature groups such as South Asian dance group Bhangra, improvisational comedy troupe Recess and piano rock band The Sunday Mail.
On the first day of class, professor Dennis Schell handed out two different syllabi to students in his abnormal psychology class. Half of the students received a syllabus requiring them to do more writing assignments than their classmates. Several classes this year are part of the Writing in the Discipline program, the second component of the University Writing 20 Program.
At 6:30 a.m. Friday, a half-hour before he and his fellow Student Association candidates would be permitted to display posters around campus, sophomore and Elliott School Senate hopeful Govindraj Kilambi was ready to run. He arrived that morning with only a light jacket on top of his short-sleeved polo shirt, which he wore in the 26-degree weather.
As the sounds of bells from University Yard chimed at 7 a.m. Friday, more than 50 Student Association candidates and their supporters rushed the Marvin Center to begin putting up their campaign posters. Friday was the first day that candidates were allowed to display campaign material at the student union, along with the Academic Center, the Law School and other locations around campus.
Student Association senators and presidential candidates are putting pressure on the University to adopt a medical amnesty policy, one of the most talked about topics of this campaign season. The desired policy would ensure that students who call University Police or EMeRG, for medical assistance are not sanctioned by Student Judicial Services.
Undergraduate - At-Large Vick Jayadeva: Hi, my name is Vick Jayadeva and I am running for undergraduate senator at-large on the Students First team. Some of the major issues that I would like to address in the Senate are amnesty for certain drinking violations, an online waitlist for booked classes and all-hall access for GW students.
A newly created student group is attempting to increase the number of voters in this week's Student Association election. UVote was started in late January by freshmen Gina Fernandes and Maggie Beckham, who said they felt the low voter turnout of previous years was "appalling.
After three years of classes, exams and internships, Brianna Taylor had a bachelor's degree from the University of Nevada and was ready to put it to use. She had long dreamt of law school, but at 21 years old, she packed her bags and left her Las Vegas home for the one place she knew she wanted to be: Siberia.
Relaxing after a workout, senior Nina Lesser-Goldsmith candidly talked over coffee in the Ivory Tower food court about an emotional tale involving a love affair, discontent and manipulation. She was not talking about the latest episode of "The O.C." but rather a tale that many students her age can identify with - the divorce of her parents.
What do garden hoes, hammers, men in designer jeans and class suck-ups have in common? They're all tools, according to many GW students. Just as popular '90s flicks like "Clueless" integrated the Valley Girl phrases "whatever" and "as if" into last decade's vernacular, a new generation of young adults has again refreshed the English language.
In this, the 21st century, we find that our possibilities are endless. Women can be doctors, men can be soft-spoken, but the ancient dilemma remains: how does Jane meet Johnny? Once you've hit the bar scene hard enough to leave a bruise, you come to realize meeting someone in a drunk tank maybe isn't the best idea.
The process of endorsing a candidate for the Student Association presidency is a difficult task. Such an election draws some of GW's most enthusiastic and committed students toward the opportunity of serving students as their highest representative. This year is no different; each candidate we interviewed showed a passion for solving student issues and the dedication to the job required of a president - who gifts an entire year simply for the opportunity to execute an often thankless job.
This page originally intended on composing a staff editorial for this edition discussing the reasons we opposed the ballot referendum to increase the Student Activities Fee by $1. Our ability to do so, however, was negated by Student Association President Omar Woodard's veto of the referendum legislation.
Unlike the contentious battle for Student Association president, the executive vice presidential race is uncontested. When the votes are eventually counted, Morgan Corr - running on the Coalition for Reform slate - will be next year's executive vice president.
Each year, the student body struggles with many of the same questions. It's always the same story. Student organizations need more money. Students want better representation on campus. This year's Student Association election will be unique because students will directly determine an important SA policy for themselves.
Few students have time to meet and interview all the candidates for SA president, and candidates don't have time to meet every student for a personal interrogation. As a Hatchet columnist I had the chance to do so. I'm not a student organization endorsing a candidate who will help them next year; I'm a single student who wants candidates who will look out for GW as a whole.
A better GW does not only mean making the Student Association better. If the Student Association can successfully advocate for students to get them a better GW, then the SA will be strong. To do this, the Student Association cannot fight the University at every turn; getting a better GW for students means working collaboratively with the administration for the mutual benefit of students and the University.
Students wins $20,000 on "The Price is Right" Senior Adam Croce won $20,000 on the "The Price is Right" when the mens' Ultimate Frisbee Team attended a taping of the game show Feb. 20. The team was in San Diego for a tournament, which was cancelled due to rain, and decided to travel to the Los Angeles CBS studio.
Monday "Transgendered Today: A Panel Discussion" 8 to 9 p.m. Thurston Piano Lounge Sposored by The Out Crowd Tuesday "The U.S., Iraq and the Middle East" Discussion featuring panelists from The Wall Street Journal and the Elliott School of International Affairs faculty.
The GW women's basketball team came into last weekend knowing wins over Duquesne and La Salle would produce a division title for the fifth time in six seasons. The Colonials trailed at halftime in both games but used tremendous second half efforts to pull out victories and lock up the Atlantic 10 West regular season title.
DAYTON, Ohio - With the game tied at 59 and the clock ticking down Saturday afternoon, the situation looked bleak. Dayton had the ball, seemingly poised to take the game's last shot and re-capture the Atlantic 10 West lead. But GW sophomore Carl Elliott did not let that happen.
John Chaney is old, ornery and ostentatious. But is he crazy, evil and a detriment to college basketball? Like many high-profile coaches, he has always toed the proverbial baseline. He has brilliantly thrived with one foot in bounds and one out. But it seems as though one act last week, one simple set of directions, one elbow, has morphed Chaney into Jack Torrance from "The Shining.
GW will buy the former Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house for around $3 million and convert it into student housing, officials said Friday.
Student Association President Omar Woodard vetoed legislation Friday that would have asked students to raise the SA fee and make changes to the organization's constitution.
After refusing to meet with GW administrators for four years, two Foggy Bottom community groups recently agreed to enter formal development discussions with the University.
The University is trying to make summer courses more attractive to students in order to boost enrollment and reduce class sizes during the spring and fall, officials said last week.
About 500 GW students joined students from around the country Saturday to participate in the first national youth march against AIDS. Demonstrators marched nearly two miles from Lafayette Park to the Capitol to call for increased funding for medical research and other measures to help end the pandemic.
Campus housing officials are unsure how many upperclassmen did not receive a room assignment Sunday. Housing selection for rising seniors and juniors began at 8:15 a.m. Sunday and ended at 10 p.m. The most popular option for upperclassmen was single-occupancy rooms, which ran out earliest.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - As President George W. Bush took his second oath of office, many Americans breathed a heavy sigh of relief that the campaign rhetoric and chaos that swept across America would be, for at least a moment, silenced. But just a few short blocks from the White House, inauguration did not bring closure to the 2004 election-rather it signaled the start of entirely new campaigns for the top seats in student government.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - Students from across the country gathered in Washington DC on Saturday to draw attention to the HIV/AIDS crisis. Organizers from the Student Global AIDS Campaign said about 5,000 participants from more than 100 colleges and universities marched from the White House to the Capitol.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - D.C. health officials have apologized for using a Northwest Washington elementary school as the venue for a cat sterilization clinic and have banned using schools for any similar events in the future. The nonprofit organization, Alley Cat Allies, spayed and neutered 500 cats in John Eaton Elementary School's cafeteria over the weekend of Feb.
Practice makes perfect In between the Colonials' embarrassing 19-point loss at Xavier and their Saturday last-second win over Dayton, they had two days to let the loss settle in their minds. Coach Karl Hobbs said he ran his hardest two practices of the year on Thursday and Friday.
Posted Monday, Feb. 28, 8:57 p.m. Men's basketball head coach Karl Hobbs may or may not lead the Colonials to the NCAA Tournament next month, but GW officials didn't wait that long to make a decision about his future. The University extended the fourth-year head coach's contract through 2011.
Posted Tuesday, March 1, 12:50 p.m.
Two elderly people were taken to GW Hospital and scores more were treated for smoke inhalation and other injuries after a large fire engulfed a floor of the St. Mary's Court senior center Tuesday.
Posted Thursday, March 7, 1 a.m. Executive vice presidential candidate Morgan Corr will be disqualified from this week's Student Association election if three new violations against him are upheld.
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