Sophomore Stephanie Greenleaf spends a good portion of her time on campus in the Marvin Center - eating at J Street, studying and occasionally hanging out in the Hippodrome. But to her, the building just doesn't feel like it's supposed to. "I feel like it's not the student center it could be," Greenleaf said.
The Order of the Hippo, the GW administration-sponsored secret society, has come under fire for alleged hazing violations prior to an initiation ceremony last Friday night. The Greek-letter groups on campus have decried the activities as blatant hazing, and the University has responded by opening an investigation centering on the individuals who may have perpetrated these acts.
Freedom of expression is a right guaranteed by the U.S. constitution, but with traditional methods of protest and expression of opinion becoming more and more obsolete, it's no wonder that many people find standing around with signs poking into the air a waste of time and symbolism.
Think you know GW? Sure, you may know we were founded in 1821, that Colin Powell and Jackie Onassis are graduates or that a hippo is our unofficial mascot. What you probably don't know is how much this University has changed in the past ten years. Since 1994, the number of enrolled freshmen has increased by about 70 percent, from 1,568 10 years ago to 2,669 now.
He turned a small girls' seminary into a four-year accredited college for young women. For fifteen years, Peter Pelham held the reins of power at Mount Vernon College - today the Mount Vernon Campus of the George Washington University, where, as president and visionary, he meticulously constructed a great institution from very little.
Disorder of the Hippo Remain consistent I was appalled to read about the Order of the Hippo in Monday's Hatchet ("Hippo Hype," May 2, p.1). As a leader in the Greek Community, I am well aware of the University Hazing Policy that applies to "all student groups and organizations of The George Washington University.
by Alan SIegel Sports Editor I would like to announce my retirement from college. I turn 22 Friday. As Danny Glover laments in "Lethal Weapon," "I'm too old for this shit." Please trust that I explored my options - I had plans. I planned to enter the NBA Draft, but the league has no interest in a 5-foot-8 inch, slower-than-Sherman Douglas point guard who has not played organized basketball since the eighth grade.
Students planning to stay in the city over the summer are in for plenty of D.C.'s hot, humid weather. Fortunately, those looking for a break from the heat will not have to go far to cool off. There are two swimming pools open on campus throughout the summer that many students said they did not know about.
SA sends out course and advising surveys The Student Association and administration jointly sent out course evaluation and academic advising surveys via e-mail over the last week. The course evaluation survey, co-funded by the University and the SA, is a 50-question poll completed by students that gives feedback to professors and departments on courses and teaching style.
Fraternity sponsors book sales in Kogan The Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity raised more than $7,000 for Turning the Page with its third annual Carpe Librum, a three-day book sale held last week in Kogan Plaza. Organizations, businesses and individuals donated the books.
Everyone's favorite gigolo is coming back in one of this summer's most anticipated sequels, "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo" (Columbia Pictures). Rob Schnieder is reprising his role as Deuce, the world's most unlikely male escort.
Hidden behind a green folding panel in the East Building of the National Gallery of Art's reception room is a collection of 13 rarely exhibited Roy Lichtenstein drawings, contributing to the museum's collection of Lichtenstein's comic strip-styled pop art.
Before taking the stage Saturday afternoon for the Mount Vernon Campus' Fountain Day, pop musician Howie Day executed his normal pre-show rituals. After two cocktails, a layer of Chapstick and one last glance in the mirror, he was set to hit the stage in Lloyd Gym.
It is often said most people fear public speaking more than death. In spite of this, a group of 15 students is meeting twice a month to make their mortality a higher priority. The GW Toastmasters, founded by sophomore Ben Meiselas, is one chapter of an international organization claiming more than 200,000 members in 80 countries.
4/30 - Off Campus - 12:25 a.m. - open case University Police officers escorted a student into his girlfriend's apartment near campus after the male student said she hit him several times. The male quickly gathered his belongings and left. He did not press charges.
Since the disaster in Southeast Asia, the world has seen an outpouring of charity and generosity from many artists. The latest group to latch on to this beneficial cause is D.C.-bred rockers The Walkmen, who will bring their critically hailed, chaotic sounds to the gymnasium of their former alma mater, St.
What do you get when you put a pop culture icon on an island with elaborate costumes and 20 tons of wax? The answer: basically the same things you'd get with any Hollywood horror flick. "House of Wax" (Dark Castle Entertainment) doesn't stray far from the genre's foolproof formula - carefree college students, a deserted rural town, graphic mutilations - the whole deal.
When considering the last place to cover as the Bar Belle, I wanted to go somewhere super fabulous and nouveau. But a 30-page paper and dreary precipitation hampered my plans. Unwilling to traverse far or flatiron my hair, I ended up at the bar at Pizzaria Paradiso.
Often overshadowed by New York, D.C. is hardly perceived as a hot spot for theater. However, countless national awards and successes tell a different story. The D.C. area is home to more than 75 unique, cutting-edge theater companies and venues-the problem is that nobody knows about half of them.
Students took a break from studying for finals during Midnight Breakfast, held in the Marvin Center Wednesday night. Tim Miller, director of Student Activities Center, said the University anticipated a 3,000-student turnout at the 1980s-themed event. Faculty, staff and administrators served french toast, scrambled eggs and hash browns to students at the feast, which was co-sponsored by the Marvin Center, SAC and three student organizations.
As students begin to pack up and head home for the summer, some may realize that the overdue library books piled up in their dorm rooms are going to cost them a pretty penny. More than 2,400 people owe $25 or more in Gelman late fees, while 1,380 library customers owe at least $50 to GW's main library, circulation department head Barbra Tschida said.
Some students view semester-end course evaluations as an opportunity to praise their favorite professor or criticize their not-so-favorite professor. But many students rush through the evaluations, skeptical of whether their opinions make a difference.
Retrospectively, it's somewhat humorous. The most madness in March entailed watching the NCAA selection show and wondering not if GW would get in, but whom and where they would play. Also, a columnist from a newspaper in Connecticut wrote a column about Jim Nantz and his first tournament as a play-by-play announcer.
BETHESDA, Md. - For the first time in 22 years, the GW baseball team was swept by Georgetown during the teams' annual season series. The Colonials dropped both ends of a home-and-home, losing 9-5 Wednesday at Shirley Povich Field and 10-8 on Tuesday at Barcroft Park.
The spring sports teams had a tough act to live up to. The GW basketball team made history, qualifying for their first NCAA tournament since 1999, and support for the GW athletic program was at a high. The golf team has exceeded expectations and is having its best season since 1947, while the lacrosse team is a contender for the Atlantic-10 tournament title for the first time in its short history.
I've had a recurring conversation with my dad for the last four years, usually right around the time I get my grades back at the end of the semester. It goes something like this: "Brian, you need to get better grades than this." "But dad, the most important things I'm learning here aren't in the classroom.
"The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it." - George Bernard Shaw The dichotomous nature of students at universities like GW is not well documented. I was thinking about this as I finished a 15-page research paper on the evolving nature of self-reliance in Chinese energy security policy - all the while nodding my head to 50 Cent's "The Massacre" and the latest west-coast tracks by Sly Boogy.
Student Judicial Services has received multiple allegations of hazing stemming from what is believed to be an initiation ritual of the Order of the Hippo members last week.
Steve Trachtenberg did not go to the Graduate School of Education and Human Development's council meeting last Friday with crowd-pleasing news. The group of administrators and faculty had submitted a proposal for GW to erect a new building for their school, and Trachtenberg was telling them to get in line.
Updated Sunday, May 8, 4:30 p.m. A homeless man was arrested Saturday in connection with the beating and robbery of an 83-year-old woman next to campus last week.
Warner, a Democrat who graduated from GW with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1977, is unable to run for another term because of Virginia law. Many political observers and media outlets see the former Thurston Hall resident's next step as vying for the White House.
"Love and a cottage?" Miss Sterling's eyes glaze with boredom as she lifts her chin with contempt. "Give me indifference and a carriage of six," she declares icily on stage, fingering the pearl bracelets encircling her wrists. Like almost all of the other characters in The Folger Theatre's production of the 18th century comedy The Clandestine Marriage, Miss Sterling (D.
One might call the upcoming Washington, D.C., premiere of the final Star Wars movie "Episode III: Revenge of the Altruists." On May 12, one week before the film's nationwide release, "Star Wars: Episode III" will premiere at a charity event benefiting the Children's Defense Fund.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - Eight young people living in a 30-foot RV. They're not jumping off buildings for a reality television show; they're sharing their reality with others. The group has traveled half way across the country for a program entitled "Road to Hope," discussing their experiences with HIV/AIDS under the theme "Does HIV Look Like Me?" The speakers, who completed their second of five weeks of traveling from Washington, D.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - As students across the country prepare for final exams, making time for that "Halo 2" break is becoming more difficult. But students may soon be picking up keyboards and game controllers for their finals in place of No. 2 pencils, according to recent research conducted at Abilene Christian University.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - Students applying to law and graduate school next year will have extra assistance from cyberspace, thanks to a powerful new research tool. A new Web community called GradSchoolNumbers.com aims to make the application process less stressful for prospective students.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - One of the biggest threats to a student's concentration may have to do with how often he or she checks their e-mail, according to a new report. A survey of 1,100 people carried out by researchers at King's College in London, commissioned by Hewlett Packard, found that distractions from a barrage of incoming e-mails and text messages exhausted subjects and lowered their productivity.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - One of the biggest threats to a student's concentration may have to do with how often he or she checks their e-mail, according to a new report. A survey of 1,100 people carried out by researchers at King's College in London, commissioned by Hewlett Packard, found that distractions from a barrage of incoming e-mails and text messages exhausted subjects and lowered their productivity.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - Former Vice President and 2000 Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore joined the judicial filibuster debate last week. Gore gave a speech but that was the headline of a series of rallies organized by MoveOn.org, a liberal organization that encourages political activism through the internet.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - Cadet enrollment in Reserve Officer Training Corps programs remains strong at Washington area universities, despite the downward trend in nationwide enrollment, according to ROTC officials at Georgetown and the University of Maryland.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - An unlikely suspect was identified and charged last Tuesday as the author of the racist hate mail that caused an evacuation of minority students at Trinity International University outside of Chicago. Alicia Harden, a 19-year-old black student, was attempting to scare her mother into letting her transfer to a Mississippi school when she wrote these letters, two to other black students, and one to a Hispanic student, according to officials.
Posted Sunday, April 8, 6:14 p.m. The Colonials (32-16,12-6 Atlantic 10) have won five consecutive A-10 series and will look to clinch a spot in the A-10 championship next weekend when they host La Salle on Friday and Saturday at Barcroft Park.
Posted Sunday, May 8, 7:26 p.m. Updated Tuesday, May 10, 12:55 a.m. The freshman was seen wielding a plastic BB gun in the residence hall prior to his arrest, which occurred at about 3 p.m.
Posted Tuesday, May 10, 2:01 a.m. Updated Friday, May 13, 1 a.m. Student Judicial Services may punish Tau Kappa Epsilon pending an investigation into the actions of one of its members, who apparently fell from the fraternity's house. Tracy Schario, GW's director of media relations, wrote in an e-mail earlier this week that SJS is investigating the incident that occurred early Tuesday morning. SJS has been in contact with GW's Office of Greek Life and the Tau Kappa Epsilon national organization.
Posted Wednesday, May 11, 11 a.m. The GW baseball team won its third straight game Tuesday, defeating George Mason 6-4 at Spuhler Field in Fairfax, Va.
Posted Wednesday, May 11, 2:03 p.m. Updated Thursday May 12, 4:43 p.m. CNN's "Crossfire," which has called GW home for three years, will go off the air this summer, and the show that was planned to replace it will be discontinued as well.
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