Stories from the January 30, 2006, Print Edition
Monday REAL Conversations - Affirmative Action: Defending Democracy or Discrimination? 7 to 9 p.m. Marvin Center 413 Sponsored by the Student Activities Center and the Organization of Latino American Students Tuesday The Struggle for Soviet Jews in American Politics Speech by Fred Lazin, visiting lecturer from Israel's Ben Gurion University.
GW students in top 10 in studying abroad participation GW has the 10th-largest percentage of students studying abroad in the country, according to the Institute for International Education. During the 2003-2004 academic year, the latest in which statistics are available, 41.
A front-page teaser for an article in the Jan. 26 issue erroneously stated that the Corcoran Gallery of Art's Andy Warhol exhibit is open until Feb. 7. It is open until Feb. 20, as stated in the article.
Students and parents could start paying higher fixed interest rates on student loans next year if the U.S. House of Representatives passes certain legislation when it reconvenes this week. The Deficit Reduction Act is an omnibus bill that includes provisions for cutting a total of $40 billion in federal funds for programs such as student loans, Medicare, Medicaid, agriculture and digital technology to decrease the national deficit over the next five years.
The School of Media and Public Affairs has narrowed its search for a new director to six candidates and hopes to have one chosen by April. Selected from an original pool of about 24, the six possible permanent directors will each have an interview with the chair of the search committee, professor Steve Roberts, who is in charge of fielding applications for the position.
The early bird gets the worm. Or, in this case, the internship. It may only be January, but the start of the semester already has students scrambling for summer job opportunities, and Anne Scammon, GW director of student employment and experiential education at the Career Center, said students should be doing exactly that.
A cashier at the Gallery Gourmet Market in the basement of Ivory Tower was detained Sunday night after University Police was called due to inappropriate remarks he made to customers. GW spokeswoman Tracy Schario said the man was "clearly very drunk."
What does it take to make the front page? A panel of Washington Post editors and reporters addressed that question - and more - at the West End Neighborhood Library Saturday morning. Six Washington Post journalists addressed a 50-person audience consisting mostly of Foggy Bottom residents at the program, titled "The Front Page - How National Headlines Impact Us All.
Junior Zej Moczydlowski, a member of the men's rugby team, knows a thing or two about taking hits, but that didn't alleviate the shock of plunging into near-freezing temperatures Saturday. "It feels like you're getting punched in the chest because it's so cold," said Moczydlowski, who along with 20 members of the GW men's and women's rugby teams participated in the Polar Plunge in the Chesapeake Bay this weekend.
William Frawley, dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, is among three finalists being considered for the presidency of the University of Mary Washington in Virginia. Last week Frawley attended two forums on the UMW campus giving students, faculty and administrators an opportunity to meet him and ask questions about his vision for the university's future.
The Elliott School of International Affairs will be one step closer to adding a new major that focuses on African development, politics and health if the Joint Committee of Faculty and Students approves the proposed program next month. While the Elliott School already offers a regional concentration and the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences offers an Africana Studies minor focusing on the humanities of the country, there is no Africana studies major at GW.
A special election will be held in March to fill the vacant seat on the Foggy Bottom Advisory Neighborhood Commission because a commissioner moved out of the neighborhood last month.
Local newspaper editor Davis Kennedy may only have one staff of reporters, but that doesn't stop him from publishing four different community newspapers every week. Kennedy has been the publisher and editor of the Current Newspapers for almost 13 years, and with the creation of the Foggy Bottom Current in December, he handles bringing the neighborhood news to four popular D.
The Georgetown University College Republicans hosted Take Back Georgetown Day Saturday, kicking off what featured speaker Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard and Fox News called a "war of liberation" against the university's perceived liberal majority. Barnes joined keynote speaker Rep.
Posted Wednesday, Feb. 1, 12:56 a.m. A fire on the first floor of The York apartment building at 20th and F streets severely damaged a room late Tuesday night. Firefighters arrived at the scene around 11:30 p.m.
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