MPD arrests drifter for attack of elderly Foggy Bottom woman A homeless man was arrested May 7 in connection with the beating and robbery of an 83-year-old woman next to campus two weeks ago. According to a press release on the Metropolitan Police Web site, officers detained 46-year-old James Aloysious Dorsey for allegedly assaulting a female acquaintance in an unrelated incident.
A letter to the editor ("Remain consistent," May 5, p. 5) incorrectly stated that Congress passed HR 1207, which "withholds federal student financial assistance from students who have engaged in hazing."
GW's development in and around Foggy Bottom is often a highly controversial subject. At GW's request, an outside consulting firm recently recommended that the University utilize its largest undeveloped tract of land, Square 54 - the vacant lot on I Street between 22nd and 23rd streets - strictly for retail, commercial and residential purposes.
Springtime at GW has arrived and senioritis is more rampant than genital herpes in Thurston Hall. The weather is finally tolerable, the cherry blossoms are in bloom and it is once again nice to be outside. After a cold and dreary winter, spring emerges with a new sense of life, beauty and tube tops.
Struggling back to normalcy after enduring a horrible apartment building fire is truly an uncomfortable and somewhat emotional endeavor. I was on my floor when I heard the pitiful cries for "help" from my neighbor (during an April fire at Saint Mary's Court at the corner of 24th and G streets.
Following a series of discussions, land use experts suggested Thursday that GW develop a variety of retail, residential and office facilities on the site of its former hospital and use other campus space to meet its housing and academic needs. Specialists from the Urban Land Institute, a development research organization, conducted a three-day redevelopment study last week of Square 54, the vacant lot on I Street between 22nd and 23rd streets.
Foggy Bottom businesses are preparing for a loss in revenue as students start to leave campus for the summer. During the past academic year, GW had about 24,000 undergraduate and graduate students - not to mention thousands of staff and visitors - on campus patronizing local businesses with cash and GWorld cards.
The Jack Morton Auditorium hosted General Electric's Chief Executive Officer as he announced the company's new environmental initiative and spoke on corporate environmental responsibility. Jeff Immelt, who heads up the largest company in the world by market share, spoke in front of a packed hall filled with business school students, press and corporate investors and supporters.
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Liquor Law Violation 5/7 - Mitchell Hall - 1:00 a.m. - case closed After receiving a report of an injured person in the dormitory, University Police found a female sitting on the inside stairs near 7-Eleven. She had vomited and had abrasions on her face and shoulders.
In the wake of a contentious emergency Faculty Senate meeting last week, GW's Board of Trustees will meet Friday to determine if faculty and staff pay raises will be put off six months until January 2006. At last Monday's meeting in the Marvin Center, University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg led a discussion concerning the proposed salary increase.
Updated Thursday, May 19, 7:32 p.m. Months after its cancellation was announced, CNN's "Crossfire," which has broadcasted from the Jack Morton Auditorium for three years, will end its 23-year run with its final show June 3, a Friday.
Graduates can look forward to meeting CBS's "60 Minutes" correspondent Andy Rooney at Sunday's Commencement ceremony - they should just remember not to ask for his autograph. Rooney, who said his decision to speak at Commencement was influenced by the fact that his granddaughter will be part of the 2005 graduating class, said he refuses to give autographs because they are "nonsense."
Senior Matt D'Alessio and his father had dreams of biking 3,000 miles from coast to coast, traveling across Appalachia, over the Mississippi River and through the Rocky Mountains. D'Alessio's father died on Easter at the age of 52, but the New Hampshire native and soon-to-be graduate pledged to continue as planned.
When freshman Audrey Levandowski decided to rent "Chocolat" from Hippo Video on May 2, she expected to pay the typical $3 charge for a one-night rental. What she did not expect was being billed $30 a day for the next three days after she already returned the movie.
During this weekend's Commencement ceremonies, graduates will be praised for their achievements. Soon, they will be memorialized in bricks - or books, if the sentiment strikes them and they fill out the necessary form. Every year, GW commemorates its students by etching the name, degree and graduating year of all graduates, free of charge, on a brick to be laid on campus.
Ticket sales indicate that GW's annual gala at Union Station on the eve of Commencement will be sparsely attended for a second consecutive year, despite a well-advertised decrease in admission prices. Monumental Celebration, a traditional bash for graduating seniors, their families and friends, was attended by about 3,000 people last May, a 1,500-person drop from the year before.
When senior Michelle Lee graduates on Sunday, most of her family will not be in the audience cheering for her - they will be graduating as well. Michelle is the youngest member of what is believed to be GW's first group of four family members to graduate together.
Three distinguished professionals receiving honorary degrees will accompany CBS correspondent Andy Rooney in addressing graduates at the May 22 Commencement. Miami Herald publisher Alberto Ibarguen, Army medical researcher and doctor Philip Russell and Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist Mildred Dresselhaus will each speak for a few minutes at the ceremony on the Ellipse.
Senior Demetria Tipps introduced the guest speaker at her high school graduation four years ago. But at Sunday's Commencement ceremony on the Ellipse, Tipps will have a chance to address her graduating peers - and the thousands of friends and family also in attendance.
"How GW are you?" asks the MyGW Web site's quiz, which countless bright-eyed, eager freshmen take each summer at Colonial Inauguration. With choices such as "Ride the Metro after midnight" or "Visit the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial," how could one spend four years of his or her life here and not be GW? The National Mall is a GW student's backyard; the White House is a next-door neighbor.
The graduating class of 2005 is full of honor-roll students, presidents of student organizations and students who will go on to exciting places and careers. In search of students with more than an impressive GPA, The Hatchet spoke with faculty and students to find 10 intriguing graduating seniors.
When GW graduate Jen Tobia wants to see some of her fellow alumni, all she has to do is hop on the Metro. "It's fun when you have friends who live along the Orange line, because they're all willing to meet up," she said.
The University began executing arrangements for 22,000 students, guests, faculty and administrators Monday, preparing for Sunday's Commencement ceremony on the White House Ellipse. Approximately 300 students have been hired to work the week's festivities, which will see some changes from previous years.
The GW baseball team will return to the Atlantic 10 Championship for the sixth straight year after sweeping a three-game weekend series against La Salle. The Colonials took game one and three, both by a score of 1-0, and out-slugged the Explorers 11-8 in game two at Barcroft Park in Arlington, Va.
After months of speculation, men's basketball head coach Karl Hobbs and women's head coach Joe McKeown announced this year's recruiting class. On May 10, Hobbs announced the signing of Chester, Pa., native Noel Wilmore as the team's final recruit for next year.
Each May GW students pack the Ellipse for Commencement activities. This year's crop, however, is a bit different; they have experienced and seen a lot. They were mere freshmen on September 11. In the less-important arena of GW sports, they also sat through a 10-game men's basketball losing streak - one which if it happened today would result in GWhoops.
Posted Tuesday, May 17, 2:18 p.m. The Connecticut Sun waived former women's basketball standout Anna Monta?ana Monday, four days before the WNBA official roster cut down. Monta?ana went unselected in last month's WNBA draft, but was invited to attend Sun training camp.
Posted Wednesday, May 18, 11:32 p.m. Just two weeks ago, it did not seem that the GW baseball team would be able to attain an important perennial goal: reaching the 40-win mark. The Colonials had 30 wins with only 10 games left. Winning out would be an impossible task for most teams. Someone forgot to tell the Colonials this.
Posted Friday, May 20, 11 p.m. In another development that will impact administration-faculty relations, the University's thousands of part-time professors will unionize, following a verdict from the National Labor Relations Board this week. The decision brings an end to seven months of deliberations over disputed ballots from a vote unionization vote that took place in October.
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