OUR VIEW: A policy allowing counselors to share information from confidential sessions with University administrators undermines the ability of the counseling center to effectively service students. The University Counseling Center's efforts to overcome a tumultuous two years - marked by multiple suicides and a perceived lack of efficacy in addressing student mental health issues - could all be undermined with a report of a proposed plan to erode the confidential nature of counselor-patient interaction.
by Tyler Hahn
As we enter into the Christmas season, so do we again inevitably enter into our annual battle against the godless secular left. Each and every Christmas season, the stories of anti-Christmas (more broadly, anti-Christian) attacks grow more absurd. In a widely underreported debacle, Wal-Mart's true colors (primarily Communist Red), have begun to show through.
by Kyle Spector
All Christians should beware: With the relentless attacks on Christmas from the American left, there will soon come a time when it will no longer be socially acceptable or even safe to celebrate Christmas. Holiday cheer will be outlawed, Christmas trees burned and all ornaments smashed.
Law professor re-elected to International Court of Justice GW Law School professor Thomas Buergenthal was re-elected to the International Court of Justice last month. The only American justice on the court, Buergenthal is one of 15 judges to serve on the ICJ, the judicial arm of the United Nations.
When Tulane University sophomore Will Dokurno got on a train from his home in Madison, Conn., to Washington, D.C., he didn't expect to spend two and half weeks at GW without a permanent place to live.
by Sonia Gupta
With hundreds of registered student organizations at GW, chances are pretty good there are a few groups you have never heard of. Each week, the Life section will feature a club you may or may not have known about. From a diplomat from a nearby embassy to someone who carries his home on his back, people from all walks of life play chess in Dupont Circle.
It's that season - the season where you can look for that character with a belly that shakes like a bowl full of jelly. That's right, it's basketball season and it's prime time for GW's unofficial mascot, the hippo. But some students might be wondering why GW's most lovable mascot is missing in action at men's basketball games.
by Geoff Bendeck
Junior Geoff Bendeck, an international affairs major, is finishing his semester studying abroad in Cairo. Twice a month, he has shared his experiences and observations from the Middle East as one of GW's many expats. Next semester, he will return to GW, as the Office of Study Abroad did not approve his request to study in Beirut, Lebanon.
by Jake Sherman
Don't ever ask GW men's basketball coach Karl Hobbs if he is satisfied. Because when it comes to the play of his team, he almost never is.
When asked if he was happy with the No. 19/22 Colonials' (AP/USA Today) defensive performance that forced 19 turnovers in a 75-62 win over Boston University Friday night, he would not give.
by Josey Bartlett
During the next few years Georgetown's waterfront will be under construction - but the completed product is sure to be "the final jewel" of the area, project planners said.
The National Park Service has been planning a $15 million park on the Georgetown waterfront next to Washington Harbour between 31st and 34th streets for almost a quarter of a century, and the group plans to break ground for the project soon.
by Leah Carliner
With the help of four GW students, psychology professor Stephen Forssell has taken the first steps toward a research project that will compare and assess gay, lesbian and heterosexual couples who have adopted and are raising children.
Though issues such as a gay adoption have at times become politically divisive and shrouded in rhetoric, Forssell said his team is trying to get to the truth.
by Michael Barnett
Tom Cole may be a newcomer to the House of Representatives, but that doesn't mean he can't school some of his more veteran colleagues. Cole, a Republican congressman from Oklahoma, headed up a political consulting firm and had a brief teaching stint at GW before being elected to the House in 2002.
by Will Dempster
Monday's matchup against area rival Maryland is arguably the most important game of the season for the Colonials. Saddled with what many observers classify as a soft schedule, GW has a perfect opportunity in this year's revised BB&T Classic to add a signature win toward obtaining an at-large NCAA Tournament birth in March.
by Joanna Shapes
After shooting 8-of-11 from the floor and scoring a career-high 20 points in the Colonials' 68-60 victory at Villanova on Dec. 1, sophomore Kim Beck is prepared for what comes next: taking on the No. 1-ranked Tennessee Lady Volunteers Wednesday night at 7 p.
by Jake Sherman
When the buzzer sounded at the end of last year's contest with Maryland, the scoreboard showed 101-92 as the GW men's basketball team topped the then-No. 12 Terps. The Colonials were an unranked squad that upset then-ranked. No. 9 Michigan State the day before.
by Jessica Calefati
GW is considering a plan that would have students seeking counseling sign waivers that permit information about sessions to be shared with University administrators in some circumstances, Insider Higher Ed, an online news site, reported Friday.
by Sarah Krouse
Coast Guard Vice Admiral Thad Allen, head of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort, said at a GW-hosted panel discussion Friday that the government should work to improve the involvement of non-governmental groups in emergency assistance efforts.
While many non-government organizations and faith-based groups have assisted the victims of Katrina, Allen said that in the future he wants to see the permanent placement of these organizations in emergency response teams.
More than 100 students received free HIV screenings and information about HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases in the Marvin Center last week as part of World Aids Day activities. The screenings, sponsored by the Student Health Service, Student Global Aids Campaign and the Neighbors Project took place Wednesday and were performed by the organization Teen Connection.
by Chris O'Connell and Cary Wormser
University administrators have recommended the closing of the human sciences department, an interdisciplinary psychology program, in an effort to condense the number of doctoral programs at the University.
The human sciences department is one of two programs that may be fully cut, along with the geosciences department.
by Brandon Butler
The Student Association court will hear a case Tuesday evening that will determine if the results of last week's special referendum that may install a new constitution will become official.
On Nov. 29, sophomore Paul Roos filed a case with the Student Court blaming the special Joint Elections Committee, a two-member group overseeing the election, for gross mismanagement of the election due to insufficient promotion of the election.
by Clayton McCleskey
Faculty were permitted to begin moving in starting after Thanksgiving break, but Matt Lindsay, a University spokesman, said that most are waiting until next month so that they don't confuse their students during finals.
by Brandon Butler
After four months of delays, Student Association members are considering trying to extricate themselves from an $11,000 contract with a Web site development company hired this summer to create President Audai Shakour's Colonial Trader online portal.
by Marissa Levy
The School of Media and Public Affairs has shifted direction in its search for a permanent director, and is now looking for candidates with practical work experience in the news media field.
SMPA no longer requires candidates to have a doctoral degree to be eligible to apply for the director position, said professor Steve Roberts, chair of the director search committee.
by Jake Sherman
The BB&T Classic, which will be played Monday night at the MCI Center, has undergone significant changes in its 11-year history. This season the tournament will feature George Mason, American, Navy, Howard, GW and Maryland in the first all-local tournament in recent memory.
by John Trybus
Since GW announced last month that it will offer Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps students priority registration, other ROTC groups are arguing that they deserve the privilege as well.
Students in the Army ROTC and Air Force ROTC programs are pushing for priority registration to be extended to them as well.
by Jake Sherman
Posted Monday, Dec. 5, 11:30 p.m.
Updated 1:36 a.m.
The Colonials, led by sophomore Maureece Rice and junior Danilo Pinnock, beat the Maryland Terrapins 78-70 at Monday night's BB&T Classic at the MCI Center. Monday's win marked the second year in the row GW has beaten Maryland in the Classic.
