The National Labor Relations Board upheld the adjunct and part-time professors' union in a unanimous decision Dec. 28. However, the University has now filed a petition to the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. for a review of the NLRB's decision, prolonging again the recognition of a union.
University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg told top administrators that GW should establish a degree-seeking program in the translation and interpretation of languages important to national intelligence. The proposed program would focus on "strategic languages" such as Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Farsi and Korean.
Ever since (and before) GW's part-time professors voted to form a union in an October 2004 National Labor Relations Board election, University administrators have opposed its existence. Even after certification, and subsequent legal rulings stipulating the legality of the union, GW continues to drag out the process through legal filings and other technicalities.
Altruism rarely caters to the college student's budget. While we are asked, as citizens, to donate to charitable causes - as undoubtedly we would - we often discover ourselves short on what is needed most: time and money. We are an age group marked by our idealism and sense of purpose, but our anemic bank balances, our frenetic schedules and our fear of debt also mark us.
GW is internationally known for its student achievers - among them are those interning at the White House, the U.S. Capitol, other government agencies, international organizations, non-profits and numerous volunteer programs. I am therefore pleased, yet not surprised, that GW has been selected by the Partnership for Public Service as one of six schools in the nation to pilot the Call to Serve Campaign, a program designed to develop interest among students in pursuing careers in the federal government upon graduation.
Same old Gelman I noticed your "thumbs down" for the Gelman Library and its "club" atmosphere. I received a bachelor's degree in accountancy from GW in 1986, and it appears nothing has changed in 20 years. Back then, you could get no serious studying done in the "fishbowls" on the fourth, fifth or sixth floors; you had to go to the "stacks.
It's official: The Hatchet has sold out - to a pizza place. OK, we haven't actually sold out (though I am entertaining offers), but readers may harbor that sentiment after seeing the front page of this Thursday's paper. The Hatchet, starting this Thursday and continuing for every Thursday of the semester, will feature a small color advertisement for a restaurant running along the bottom of its front page.
Conservative political pundit and best-selling author Ann Coulter is slated to speak at the University Feb. 10. The Young America's Foundation, Coulter's scheduler, confirmed the scheduled speech.
After a nearly two-year hiatus, Foggy Bottom's community-based newspaper is back to serve as an outlet for concerned neighbors. In 2004, 73-year-old resident Ellie Becker, then editor of The Foggy Bottom News, announced she would be retiring and that the paper would no longer be printed.
One of the central figures in the Jack Abramoff scandal that has shaken Washington in recent months, Adam Kidan, is a GW alumnus. The New York businessman attended GW as an undergraduate in the 1980s and, according to Newsday, became acquainted with Abramoff, who attended Georgetown Law School, through their involvement with the College Republicans.
The University Police Department underwent an on-site review by a national accreditation group earlier this month and will find out in March if it meets the requirements to become an accredited law enforcement agency. If accredited, UPD will join the group of less than 1 percent of campus police departments that are nationally recognized by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, a voluntary accreditation agency that assesses law enforcement agencies of all levels.
Walk into Ben's Chili Bowl on a typical weekend and you may feel like you've stumbled upon a neighborhood block party. Just after 3 p.m. on a chilly Saturday afternoon - a time when most restaurants are caught in a between-meal lull - the old-school diner in Northwest Washington is filled with customers from front to back scarfing down plastic red baskets of hot dogs and chili cheese fries.
Junior Jeffrey Parker, a history major from Winston-Salem, N.C., is spending the spring semester in Oxford, England, after also spending the fall term there. Twice a month, he will share his experiences and observations from England as one of GW's many expats.
Students have sporadic schedules. A little class here, a little sleep there - thank goodness there is something regulating the day. On Foggy Bottom, 12:15 and 6 p.m. is fight song time. The top of Bell Hall, a fitting locale, is home to the University's bells (well, they sound like bells) that play the fight song twice a day.
As a new semester begins and students are buying textbooks, the Student Association is still unable to welcome them back to school with the Colonial Trader Web site, a campaign promise from President Audai Shakour. The online trading Web site is now more than four months delayed and may never see the light of day.
The University finished renovating offices within its Student Accounts, Human Resources and Payroll departments earlier this month in order to make them more customer-service friendly for students, faculty and staff, officials said. Nancy Haaga, GW director of Auxiliary and Institutional Services, said the suite of offices for the three departments, located on the first floor of Rome Hall, can now be accessed by a new entry in the main lobby of the building.
Tuesday Artistic Expressions of the Jewish Renaissance See original artwork expressing various aspects of Jewish life at the turn of the 20th century. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Gelman Library 710 Sponsored by the I. Edward Kiev Judaica Collection GW NORML Meeting See what the GW chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws is up to.
Law professor tapped for FTC post Professor William Kovacic of the GW Law School was sworn in as a commissioner of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission Jan. 4. The Senate confirmed Kovacic, now one of five commissioners serving on the FTC, Dec. 17. All of the commissioners must be nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate before assuming their positions.
After visiting seven universities to examine their implementation of four-class, four-credit systems, a task force of GW faculty, administrators and student representatives is set to decide by March whether to recommend such a plan. If the plan is recommended, it will then be discussed by each of the schools within the University, the Faculty Senate and GW's senior staff.
A former GW student has filed suit against the University, GW Hospital and eight campus administrators because he was suspended from classes, removed from his dorm and barred from campus after he sought treatment for depression and suicidal thoughts.
When many GW students take a part-time job, it involves answering phones, filing documents and stuffing envelopes. But when Kemp Kernstine found a part-time job, he ended up overseeing an integral part of a research project funded by the U.S. Air Force. Kernstine, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering with a concentration in aerospace engineering, is the leader of a project supervised by professor David Chichka.
The hearings are over, the verdict is in, and after a two-month judicial process, Student Association President Audai Shakour has been cleared of sexual assault and sexual harassment allegations.
Senior Pops Mensah-Bonsu gave Steve Pikiell a bear-hug hello. Classmate Mike Hall slapped the Stony Brook head coach's hand and patted him on the back. The coach, who spent four years as a member of GW coach Karl Hobbs' staff, got all the love he was going to get before the first tap, because after the ball went up, the Stony Brook Seawolves went down.
Most GW students return to campus after a month of relaxation. The women's basketball team showed on Sunday how they spent their winter break: winning. The Colonials' 64-58 victory over visiting Xavier gave GW its eighth straight home win and ninth triumph in their past 10 games.
Simmonds ties personal game-high assists Senior Jessica Simmonds had seven assists in the Colonials' 64-58 win over Xavier. She attributes the assists to Xavier's doing a good job double-teaming her and preventing her from shooting. She also made a note that her "teammates are always open.
Although the Colonials suffered their first and only defeat of the season over winter break, the team has solidified its place as one of college basketball's elite squads. Let's take a look at some of the trends and events that have marked the team over the past month.
Men's basketball No. 15 GW 98, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore 72 Dec. 17 Using a 20-4 run midway through the first half, the Colonials (8-0) defeated the Hawks of the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore 98-72 to secure the team's best start to a season since the 1950s.
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