Monday Afghan Aid 2006 Come enjoy free hookah and henna tattoos on the quad while learning how you can help the Afghan Widows and Orphans Fund. 1 to 5 p.m. University Yard Sponsored by the Delta Phi Epsilon Foreign Service Sorority and the Afghan Student Organization REAL Conversations: White Privilege What is it? Does it exist? Come check out the year's last REAL Conversations session.
SMPA mulls director candidates School of Media and Public Affairs faculty members will meet Tuesday night to discuss recommendations from University officials who have met the final four candidates for the school's next permanent director. While Columbian College Dean William Frawley said last month that he hopes to have the process complete by the end of April, Steven Roberts, SMPA professor, said he expects a new director to be chosen by the end of the spring semester.
A few dozen people evacuated Duques Hall early Friday afternoon when fumes from a mechanical room crept into classrooms, causing some students to feel lightheaded and two to receive treatment from EMeRG. Around 1:20 p.m. Friday, a few students in a psychology class on the first floor told their professor they felt faint and dizzy.
A professor is teaming up with Johns Hopkins University and Tulane University in a five-year initiative to improve public health education in East Africa. The initiative aims to jumpstart the health system in Africa by improving public health education programs in order to produce qualified and experienced public health officials.
Facebook officials are denying a report that appeared in a BusinessWeek story last month saying that the Web site is for sale with an asking price of $2 billion. The story, citing "senior industry executives familiar with the matter," reported that Facebook rejected a $750 million bid and is holding out for the $1 billion offer.
Students will only have to walk a few feet from campus to buy authentic crafts and foods - potentially with Colonial Cash - from countries in South Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America once a new store created by a division of the World Bank opens next month.
GW is attempting to offset increased University operational costs by devoting less University budget money to financial aid and instead shifting some of the costs of financial aid to donors. By raising money through the University's advancement office, GW can grant more financial aid from the University's endowment and less financial aid from tuition dollars, said Senior Vice President of Student and Academic Support Services Robert Chernak.
The lower number of classes and reduced time spent in each class in a possible four-by-four class structure would be profitable for the University, but would not improve academics, according to a report issued by Faculty Senate representatives to the four-by-four task force.
The University is unlikely to heed the call of two groups of campus activists calling for GW to divest from companies that do business with Sudan and Israel. The push for the University to divest from companies with ties to Israel, led by campus activists for Palestinian rights, is the second major divestment campaign on campus.
Need an apartment? Now the Student Association and Bradley Buslik say they can help. A senior in the School of Business, Buslik was named the SA's director of off-campus housing this month and will be showing and renting apartments to students for no additional charge to the student.
GW Hospital may take over the day-to-day operations of the emergency room at Greater Southeast Community Hospital - D.C.'s only full-service hospital east of the Anacostia River - if the two groups develop a contract, which is in the early stages of discussion.
Faculty Senate representatives recently released a report to the four-by-four task force charging that GW will not benefit academically if the University implements proposals for a four-by-four curriculum. The proposed setup, according to the Faculty Senate, would only increase University profits without significantly improving academics.
Last Monday, I left work early to attend the massive immigration rally on the National Mall. When I want to make my voice heard, I usually prefer other avenues over large demonstrations, but three reasons compelled me to skip class and join 180,000 others in a peaceful rally for the rights of immigrants: I'm an immigrant, I'm a naturalized American Citizen and I'm a New Mexican.
Don't excuse McKinney Paul Kendrick's piece "Crashing at the Capitol" (April 13, p. 4) is probably the most ridiculous thing the Hatchet has published this year. His bizarre attempt to justify Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney's criminal assault on a police officer stinks of the same self-loathing evidence used by white liberals in any situation when race surfaces as an issue.
The sheer number of panel discussions, guest lectures and expert news appearances on Iran's nuclear program in the past month is indicative of the magnitude of the threat this nation poses to the world. Nearly every speaker presents the threat in a similar manner, underlining the irrational leaders of this Muslim nation.
Last May, junior Cherelle Kantey and her boyfriend, Chris, celebrated their one-year anniversary over a romantic dinner in D.C. The two met at a defunct nightclub called Heaven 12 months earlier, and were well past "I love you's" as they exchanged gifts across the table.
Senior Kunal Johar, the Hatchet Geek, is a computer science major and co-founder of www.computerhelpdc.com. Twice a month, he will solve typical computer problems students face. E-mail the Hatchet Geek your computer queries at hatchetgeek@computerhelpdc.com.
Some of the best high school basketball players in the country played at the Smith Center Thursday when GW hosted the 33rd annual Capital Classic High School All-Star Game. The tournament, which is considered one of the most prominent high school showcases in the nation, gave a preview of some of the members of college basketball's incoming class.
If first impressions are as important as people say, then Damian Hollis is going fit in just fine on GW's basketball court. Hollis, a 6-foot-7 forward from Sunrise, Fla., rarely let the smile fade from his face while playing in the prestigious Capital Classic High School All-Star Game at the Smith Center April 13.
The GW baseball team came into this weekend's series against the St. Bonaventure Bonnies starting off on the right foot and ending up on a sour note. After a tough loss to the College of William and Mary Tuesday, the Colonials looked to extend their four-game Atlantic 10 Conference win streak.
For the GW golf team, there never seems to be a letdown. In the Navy Invitational, the freshmen were the key in a fourth-place finish. Freshman Lewis Sturdy carded a one-under-par 70 Saturday. His performance tied him for third in a field of 84 golfers at the Naval Academy Golf Course in Annapolis, Md.
In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the National Archives and Records Administration has released two "Memorandum of Understanding" documents detailing a program to secretly withdraw and reclassify documents held by the federal government.
Malcolm A. Kline is not someone who would be easily mistaken for a liberal. If his photograph on a flier announcing his speech at the University of Maryland a few weeks ago says a thousand words, they are all conservative. His expression is imposing, accented by one raised eyebrow, a bow tie and a half-smoked cigar.
Two key Democratic lawmakers are promoting a bill to cut the interest rates for student loans in half in response to large budget cuts made to student aid earlier this year. The "Reverse the Raid on Student Aid Act," introduced Apr. 13 by Rep. George Miller and Sen.
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