Student Association members met Tuesday night with a plan to resolve a constitutional crisis. They were unsuccessful. On Monday evening the SA Student Court invalidated a proposed new constitution that students voted on in a December election. Upon the court's announcement the same constitution that has been in effect for the entire year remains the SA's governing document.
Sigma Chi prepares to colonize The Sigma Chi fraternity will be joining the men's Greek-letter community this spring as colonization begins next month for the group's Foggy Bottom chapter. The University invited Sigma Chi to return to GW's campus in October, after an eight-year hiatus.
Thursday AMSA meeting Learn about membership and events at the American Medical Students Association general body meeting. 6:30 p.m. Marvin Center Amphitheater Parties and Party Substitutes: Russia's Relationship with Democracy in Comparative Perspective Henry E.
Law School students and professors had a few unexpected visitors to their classes Wednesday, and they weren't guest lecturers. Supporters of longtime presidential candidate and convicted felon Lyndon LaRouche intruded on two classes Wednesday afternoon.
Destruction 1/22 - 619 22nd St. - case closed University Police responded to a report of vandalism that occurred at an on-campus townhouse between 4 a.m. and noon. An officer found that two windows in the house had been broken and it appeared that someone had thrown bricks through the windows.
For the last year, they had been political rivals. But in an unlikely union, Student Association President Audai Shakour and SA Sen. Ben Traverse announced plans on creating a committee to recommend changes to Student Judicial Services to create what they hope will be a fairer system.
It's a new year for journalism professor Janet Steele, and once again, she is facing a classroom of students who hope to learn the ins and outs of reporting. But this time, instead of presiding over a room of students in Foggy Bottom, Steele is teaching on the other side of the world in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Americans know and cherish the work of Andy Warhol for his silk-screened images of the famous, among them a turquoise and pink Marilyn Monroe, endless repetitions of Elvis and a somber Jackie O. Warhol's understanding of celebrity, though, went beyond red-carpet glamour and flashbulbs - he knew that with celebrity came great peril, which he had experienced firsthand.
For some bands, there's no place like home. For others, there's no place like wherever they happen to be. Take sonic rebels The Hold Steady, whose convoluted Brooklyn-by-way-of-Minneapolis heritage leaves them without a musical demographic to adhere to. Don't call them Midwest rock even though they sound like The Replacements - and don't you dare say they're the latest New York rock band.
The first weekend back on campus always provides some of the best memories of the year. Everyone is excited to be back, and no one has all that much homework. These two factors yield a result that generally entails a lot of drinking. I'm glad this weekend was no exception.
If you have $5 You won't find Julia Roberts, the hooker with a heart of gold, at the Freer Gallery on the Mall, but you will find "Pretty Women" - an art exhibit of paintings that examine feminine beauty from the collection of founder Charles Freer, who must have been quite a ladies' man.
In a season that has brought holiday moviegoers such award-winning films as "Brokeback Mountain," "King Kong" and "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," Evolution Effects Studio's newest film, "Underworld Evolution," directed by Len Wiseman, seems to be thoroughly outranked and outclassed by its box office competition in this important month leading up to the Oscars.
Everything from Bush-bashing to anti-liberal rhetoric to blasting politicians in general bellowed through the halls of 1957 E Street Tuesday evening at a discussion about National Security Agency wiretapping. The Elliott School of International Affairs and the non-partisan group Americans for Informed Democracy sponsored an at-times heated roundtable discussion with three prominent speakers who sparred over President Bush's domestic intelligence program.
In more than 30 years of working for the U.S. State Department, former-ambassador-turned-GW-professor Edward "Skip" Gnehm has not had very good timing. In the 1960s, his semester in Cairo was cut short by the Six Day War between Israel and several Arab states.
The position of community facilitator will be eliminated from dorms starting next year and replaced with class-specific advisers who will focus more on fostering a sense of community among students and less on disciplinary issues, housing officials said. Under a new system created by CLLC staff, CFs will be supplanted by house proctors in freshman dorms, house scholars in sophomore dorms and house mentors in junior and senior dorms.
Several dozen GW students joined the tens of thousands of anti-abortion activists who rallied on the National Mall Monday on the day after the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision. The 33rd Annual March for Life, sponsored by the March for Life Education and Defense Fund, centered on the slogan "Roe v.
In a rare turnaround, one of the University departments with which students often have the most complaints has articulated a policy for next year that will directly address and mitigate many students' concerns. The Community Living and Learning Center's restructuring of what was formerly the community facilitator program reflects an acknowledgement not only of past student concerns but also creates a system which is better equipped to meet students' needs.
Before most students were even thinking about coming back for the spring semester, Student Association presidential hopefuls were busy planning campaigns that will cover GW in a bevy of election posters but will probably catch the attention of few. There is a serious problem with student government when the only thing that students uninvolved with the SA can cite about the past semester is a presidential sexual harassment case.
It's time to ban smoking around all GWU building entrances so that students and others will no longer have to run a gauntlet of dangerous as well as unpleasant tobacco smoke every time they enter or leave. Here are a few of the reasons why: Actual measurements near doorways at the University of Maryland show that concentrations of tobacco smoke from smokers standing outside reach levels as high as the Environmental Protection Agency's unhealthy (red) level.
Working with historian Joshua Shenk, author of Lincoln's "Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness," Vikram Jayanti's documentary, "LINCOLN," which premiered last week on the History Channel, reveals a side of our nation's 16th president that too few of us ever saw in school.
More CLLC change needed I am one of the unfortunate students who have been negatively affected by the decision to change housing from a credit-based system to one based on class status ("CLLC makes big changes," Jan. 23, p. 1). As a rising junior going into last year's housing lottery, I was in the position, as were many others, of being left with no housing.
Sensitive publishers I was puzzled by The Hatchet's recent editorial on textbook pricing ("Make textbooks affordable, Jan. 19, p. 4), which neglects to explain several important facts about the higher education textbook market. I want to emphasize that publishers are extremely sensitive to the financial pressure that rapid increases in tuition, student fees, room and board, and textbook costs are placing on students and parents.
No team should be more aware of the importance of good free throw shooting than No. 14/15 (AP/USA Today) GW, which made just four of 16 free throws in its loss to Georgia Tech last year in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Anyone who thought that senior Pops Mensah-Bonsu was having a down season will need to reconsider after Wednesday night. Mensah-Bonsu had a breakout game in GW's 94-78 win over Duquesne with a career-high 29 points at the A.J. Polumbo Center in Pittsburgh.
After a win and a loss last weekend, the GW women's basketball team has two opportunities this weekend to get back to its winning ways. The Colonials will host Fordham Friday at 7 p.m. and then travel to Richmond for a 2 p.m. matchup with the Spiders on Sunday.
Posted Saturday, Jan. 28, 5:20 p.m. The No. 14/15 GW men's basketball team bolstered its ranking after erasing a six=point halftime deficit to top the Rams 81-62 in front of an announced crowd of 5,000 at the Smith Center. Junior Danilo (J.R.) Pinnock led GW with 18 points.
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