Stories from the January 23, 2006, Print Edition
Monday What I Didn't Learn in High School Sex Ed Make sure you know how to play it safe with your partner. 8 to 9 p.m. Marvin Center 310 Sponsored by the Out Crowd Tuesday Freshman Feast Dig into an all you-can-eat Chinese food feast and see a performance by the Chinese Performing Arts Troupe.
Media Relations director heads PR chapter Tracy Schario, GW's director of Media Relations, was named the 2006 president of the National Capital Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America last month. Schario leads the group's largest chapter in the country with 1,200 members, which comprises about 5 percent of the national membership.
Samson Hall reopened Friday morning after a small explosion resulting in no injuries sent ambulances, fire trucks and hazardous materials vehicles swarming to the building at about 5:50 p.m. Thursday. University officials initially termed the explosion a "very small, adverse chemical reaction.
Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Dorothy Miller lost her position as vice chair after annual elections for the group took place last week. Miller, a longtime opponent of GW's expansion, has served on the Foggy Bottom ANC for 13 years and was voted vice chair last January by the other commissioners.
The article "Resident revives Foggy Bottom newspaper" (Jan. 17, p. 6) incorrectly stated that the Foggy Bottom News is distributed through the Dupont Current. The Foggy Bottom News is actually distributed as a paid advertisement through the Foggy Bottom Current, a weekly paper established last month.
GW graduates are known for their political prowess. One has climbed to the ranks of the Senate leadership, and another is being talked about as a possible Democratic presidential candidate. But alumnus Mitchell Barak has his sights set on an entirely different political arena: the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem.
The University has upgraded the Mount Vernon Campus' Internet access system to the same quality as Foggy Bottom's, allowing greater security and a faster connection. Over winter break, the University upgraded the technology systems on the Mount Vernon Campus, requiring all students to obtain new technology equipment before gaining Internet access.
Students will not receive their housing lottery numbers this year based on the number of academic credits they have. They'll instead be issued numbers based on their class and will select from a pool of dormitories specifically designated for certain classes.
It begins again. With the Student Association elections more than five weeks away, seven students have announced they will be seeking to run for president in early March. The group includes those who call themselves SA outsiders, veteran members of the SA, former senators, current senators and members of the executive branch.
The Panhellenic Association, the group that oversees the eight sororities on campus, announced Saturday the three organizations that are finalists to become GW's newest sorority. The three finalists are Kappa Alpha Theta, Pi Beta Phi and Chi Omega. These organizations were chosen from the 15 national Greek-letter organizations that applied.
They may not be the best athletes or have the biggest muscles, but some members of GW's Computer Science Department could hold the keys to the gold medal for the U.S. Olympic swimming team. Professor James Hahn, chair of the Computer Science Department, along with graduate students Samir Roy and Jean Honorio, have developed a software program that can capture a swimmer's movement underwater in three dimensions.
Vol. 108
An Independent Student Newspaper
Serving The George Washington University Community Since 1904
