Stories from the February 16, 2006, Print Edition
The 2005 Colonial Cabinet came together at its annual transition dinner earlier this month to pass the torch to their successors, whose selections were officially announced this week. Colonial Cabinet 2006 is a diverse group of GW students charged with welcoming and guiding incoming freshmen through the annual Colonial Inauguration orientation this summer.
Spring rush ended this week, and 95 students can now call themselves new members of GW's 20 fraternities and sororities. The figure is nearly identical to the results of last spring, when 96 students joined the groups. Leaders of the Interfraternity Council, which oversees GW's fraternities, called rush week a success.
Drug Law Violation 2/11 - Mitchell Hall - 12:01 a.m. - case closed UPD officers were notified by CLLC staff about the smell of marijuana emanating from a room. Officers knocked on the door and identified themselves. A CLLC staff member did an administrative search of the room and found 3.
A lit cigarette butt dropped outside of Funger Hall caused floor tiles near the entrance to smolder and forced more than 100 students to evacuate from the building and the neighboring Duques Hall Tuesday afternoon. The fire alarms went off around 1:45 p.m., and four fire trucks arrived shortly thereafter.
Groups appoint students to election committee The Marvin Center Governing Board and Program Board each appointed their representatives to the Elections Coordinating Committee last week; the MCGB appointed senior Timothy Ziese, and the PB appointed senior Kathryn Santo.
Thursday "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" Catch the latest installment of the Spring Film Series 7 to 11 p.m. Marvin Center Third Floor Continental Ballroom Sponsored by the Program Board Sixth Annual Washington, D.C. Student-Alumni Networking Night Mingle with alumni representing a wide array of industries and professions.
Fraternity inducts members in Capitol The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity inducted its new members at a room in the Capitol building last week. Senior Charles Calloway, president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, said that Wilson Livingood, the sergeant-at-arms for the U.
D.C. City Councilmember Jack Evans said it would be impossible to put an end to the disputes between Foggy Bottom residents and the University, and that some people will always be upset with GW regardless of its actions, in an interview with The Hatchet this week.
Administrators will conduct an extensive national search to find a permanent dean for the Columbian Colleges of Arts and Sciences after this month's announcement that current Dean William Frawley will be leaving GW to become president of the University of Mary Washington.
A long walk to an early morning class may be the worst that a student could face on a cold Monday morning. Yet for some professors, a long plane or train ride are what's in store after they roll out of bed. Christopher Arterton, dean of the Graduate School of Political Management, lives in New Haven, Conn.
To be successful, aspiring travel writers need to be determined and must develop their experiential writing skills, a GW alumnus who has been successful in the field told about 70 people in the Marvin Center Monday. Douglas E. Morris offered some secrets to success in the world of travel writing to mostly students in the latest of the "How Do I Become A ." series sponsored by Class Council, the Career Center and the alumni office.
Despite being a month behind on construction, University officials and an owner of TONIC Restaurant said that the new venue, which will be built in the vacant Quigley's building at 21st and G streets, will still open as scheduled by January 2007 or earlier.
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