Year after year, student organizations subject themselves to the Student Association's allocations process hoping to garner enough funding to operate. While every student organization involved in this process adds its own unique aspect to campus social life, events or debate, one organization stands above all in its importance to the campus community: the Emergency Medical Response Group.
American democracy is rotting at its foundation. The efficacy of U.S. government is decaying to the point where it faces a severe crisis of legitimacy. While politicians of both parties toil in inside-the-beltway frivolity, Americans now suffer needlessly under the weight of their government's sheer ineptitude when its help is needed most.
When an enormously popular professor is inexplicably cut loose by the University after 17 years, there is bound to be a groundswell of support for him. When that professor is a sex educator who engaged his students in conversations about pubic hair and orgasms, The Hatchet is bound to write an article about him.
In an ironic twist of events, Gulf Coast Culture Day - an event created by the Student Association and Program Board to raise funds for hurricane victims - rapidly dissipated after five minutes of light rain. After weeks of planning, the legacy of Gulf Coast Culture Day is the SA's ignorance in failing to utilize the abilities of the smaller student organizations that reside toward the bottom of its budget.
On a recent warm fall day at Gravelly Point Park in Northern Virginia, Steve VanMetre is crouched on a grassy field with his two young daughters and a camcorder, tracking a tiny dot in the sky coming his way. "Here it comes, girls," he says. "Cover your ears.
D.C. might not be an outdoorsman's paradise, but this big city has more to offer than concrete jungles and asphalt gardens. The nation's capital is actually an extremely outdoor-friendly city, with miles of trails, parks and waterways. So, interested in crossing a stream rather than 23rd Street? Or want to ditch the cab for a bike? Here is the third in a series of stories profiling some of D.
Forget the first 10 people you met at GW - not everyone is from Long Island. Or New Jersey, for that matter. Or even Pennsylvania. Though many times you may hear students asking one another "Nassau or Suffolk County?" GW really does attract students from interesting locales all over the country and the globe.
How can you save yourself from waiting-line boredom and Princess Peach at the same time? Order something at Pita Pit. The Ivory Tower eatery keeps a Nintendo and monitor on its counter for customers to play the original "Super Mario Bros." while they wait for their order.
The Hatchet launched a new version of its Web site this week, enhancing the site's layout and design to help ease visitor navigation. The site, at the same address, www.gwhatchet.com, will feature a more organized, user-friendly look with drop-down menus and a redesigned masthead at the top of the page.
Six representatives from the Semester at Sea program came to campus Thursday to discuss GW's potential affiliation with the ocean-bound study abroad program. University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg and several other administrators sat down with the members of the Institute for Shipboard Education, which runs Semester at Sea, to address the program's academic, financial and safety aspects, said Peter Konwerski, executive director of administrative partnerships.
University to take part in cab meter study GW is set to participate in a study to find out how meters would affect cab fare rates across the city. Last week 24 D.C. cabs equipped with meters hit the streets to compare cab fares between the current zone fare system and metered costs, said Kathryn Newcomer, director of the School of Public Policy and Public Administration.
Former president of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, David Austin, recently found out that he will be deployed to Iraq as a truck driver for the D.C. National Guard.
EMeRG leaders said they are caught in the middle of a political fight between the Student Association and GW administrators that could put students' health at risk. For the last three years, the SA Senate has not given EMeRG, the student-run Emergencey Medical Response Group, the amount of money its members have initially requested.
Law student Oliver Miller was working with other students on publishing a magazine in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina destroyed their work. Now he is taking classes at GW's Law School and has decided to publish the magazine in the District, but with a different focus.
Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany received GW's highest honor Thursday from University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg. Gyurcsany, who was issued the President's Medal, has been prime minister of Hungary since September 2004 and has been praised for promoting democracy in Hungary; enunciating a pro-Atlantic and pro-European policy; and for keeping Hungary a member of the European Union and NATO.
The University's master of business administration program jumped from a ranking of 37 to 31 in the Wall Street Journal's business school guide released last month. The rankings are determined by surveying more than 3,000 business recruiters and based on three factors: the perception of the school and its students, the projected future financial support the school will have from its graduates and how attractive the graduates of the school are to business recruiters.
From the Mount Vernon shuttle drivers driving an empty bus to and from the two campuses at 4 a.m. to the 90 housekeeping employees that work across the GW campuses between 10:30 p.m. and 7 a.m., employees are hard at work at night.
D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams said he supports GW's initiatives for developing the old hospital site and thinks Foggy Bottom community members should ease up on their criticisms of the University.
Students receiving federal work-study grants are given priority over those who would like to work for free in some D.C. public school tutoring programs through GW's Office of Community Service. Officials in the community service office said they are more accommodating to work-study students who are interested in both the Jumpstart and D.
It may have been a cloudy, rainy day on the mall Saturday, but that did not keep a cluster of solar-powered homes between the Capitol and the Washington Monument from operating. For the past two weeks, 30 different teams from universities around the country and abroad have been assembling their portable, environmentally friendly homes on the Mall for the Solar Decathlon.
The GW volleyball team seems to thrive under pressure but still has trouble finishing when it counts. The Colonials made strong comeback attempts this past weekend in their efforts against Atlantic 10 rival Duquesne and newcomer Saint Louis but lost both matches 3-1.
The women's soccer team saw their winning ways in the Atlantic 10 abruptly end this weekend, with losses against Dayton and Xavier dropping the Colonials to 1-2-0 in the conference. Two Xavier goals early in the first half resigned GW to their second straight shutout loss at home Sunday.
Good time's never been so good? Not this year, Caroline. With the Boston Red Sox out of the picture, the baseball playoffs suddenly became just as riveting as the Washington Capitals-New York Rangers game Monday night. The century-old rivalry between the Red Sox and the New York Yankees is good for baseball no matter what people west of the Mississippi River tell you.
On the coldest day of the school year to date, the GW softball team kept warm by running the bases and making plays in the field. The Colonials followed up an 8-0 win over overmatched Georgetown with a 5-1 victory over Howard on Sunday in the GW Fall Opener at Mount Vernon.
Men's soccer The GW men's soccer team dropped two straight games in Ohio to extend their losing streak to four games. GW lost to Xavier 2-1 on Oct. 9. With the loss, the Colonials fall to 3-5-2 overall and 0-2 in the Atlantic 10. Sophomore Abimbola Pedro scored his first goal of the year in the first half to give GW its only offense.
The crack of dueling swords, emphatic stomps and primal yells known as kiai permeated the Lloyd Gym on the Mount Vernon Campus at a Kendo tournament this weekend. Despite being smaller in number and less experienced then teams in past years, students in the GW Kendo Club proved themselves at the first tournament they hosted on campus, placing among the top three in both skill levels.
A new bill could force suspects arrested or detained by federal authorities to give samples of their DNA for storage in a central database. Current law permits federal authorities to collect DNA samples from individuals convicted of crimes to store in an FBI registry.
Posted Tuesday, Oct. 11, 6:05 p.m. Updated Wednesday, Oct. 12, 5:40 p.m. A GW student was arrested Tuesday evening and charged with assault with a deadly weapon for reportedly using his feet to inflict serious head injuries on another GW student.
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