Stories from the November 7, 2005, Print Edition
When Merve Kavakci tried to take her oath to enter the Turkish Parliament in 1999, other members of the national assembly shouted "get out" for 45 minutes. One of only a handful of women in the 550-member body, the Elliott School of International Affairs professor expected some opposition from her fellow parliamentarians, but she wasn't prepared for everything that happened.
"It's one of those things that definitely gets people's attention," said Gary Joynes, a D.C. native who has lived in the Statesman, with many student neighbors, for four years.
Junior Geoff Bendeck, an international affairs major, will spend two semesters studying abroad in Cairo and Beirut, Lebanon. Twice a month, he will share his experiences and observations from the Middle East as one of GW's many expats. "I don't know, I'm not really from anywhere, my passport says U.
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