Stories from the February 13, 2006, Print Edition
Monday What can the New Testament tell us about 1st century Judaism? Join Ithamar Gruenwald, Tel Aviv University authority in Jewish mysticism, for this discussion. 4 to 5 p.m. Marvin Center 308 Sponsored by the Judaic Studies Program How Do I Become a Travel Writer? Get the inside scoop from alumnus Douglas Morris on how to travel the world - and get paid for it.
CLLC offers housing podcasts Students can now turn to an unusual source to learn the ins and outs of the housing selection process: their iPods. The Community Living and Learning Center has created specific audio files that students can access on their portable MP3 devices that provide answers to questions about the ongoing selection process.
In the Feb. 9 issue, The Hatchet misspelled the name of Dayton basketball player Chris Alvarez (p. 1).
A study released earlier this month by a Student Association special committee based on student surveys found that academic advising is inefficient and needs improvement across most GW programs. The report, which was delivered to each of the eight colleges that make up GW, cited unknowledgeable advisers, long wait times to meet with advisers and lack of individual treatment during advising sessions as major problems.
Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts Jr. is not used to having 1,500 students as an audience at his hearings, but on Thursday the nation's top jurist was at center stage, presiding over the GW Law School's Moot Court competition at Lisner Auditorium.
Despite announcements from several residents in the past few weeks that they would enter the race for the open Advisory Neighborhood Commission seat, it will be filled automatically at next week's meeting after only one resident filed his paperwork in time.
Foggy Bottom resident Donald Kreuzer, who accuses GW of trespassing by building Ivory Tower on top of his house, pleaded his case in the D.C. Court of Appeals Friday in hopes of having the decision that dismissed his lawsuit in 2004 reversed. Kreuzer, a doctor who works in the Watergate complex, has accused GW of trespassing by building Ivory Tower over his three townhouses on 23rd Street and Virginia Avenue, using unlawful "blockbusting" tactics to force him out of Foggy Bottom and building a dorm that is a "nuisance" to the community.
The GW Board of Trustees voted Friday to raise tuition for the 2006-2007 academic year, in the lowest percentage increase in more than two decades. Although the percentage increase may be small historically, it will still make GW one of the most expensive schools in the country next year. The board raised tuition for undergraduate students by 3.9 percent for the incoming freshman class.
Conservative author, lecturer and television personality Ann Coulter described Islam as a "car-burning cult" in her speech to the GW College Republicans in the Marvin Center Friday. Coulter, a former corporate and public interest lawyer and ex-Washington congressional aide, is widely known for her rabble-rousing commentary and outspoken criticism of the Democratic Party and liberals.
The University announced Friday that the D.C. City Council voted to give GW the School Without Walls parking lot in exchange for $12 million to renovate the school. At Friday's Board of Trustees meeting the University announced that the council approved the measure last week.
As the University prepares to structure next year's incoming freshman class, complete admissions figures from last year show that GW has become an increasingly competitive school. Last year, GW accepted 37 percent of the students who applied -a sharp decrease from 1997, when it accepted 49 percent of applicants, and 1988, when it accepted 76 percent of applicants.
Posted Wednesday, Feb. 15, 3:01 p.m. A lit cigarette butt dropped outside of Funger Hall caused tiles near the entrance to smolder and forced more than 100 students to evacuate from both the building and neighboring Duques Hall Tuesday afternoon, firefighters at the scene said. The fire alarms went off in both buildings at around 1:45 p.m., and four fire trucks arrived shortly thereafter. Students returned to the building at 2:15 p.m.
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