A leader of the world's largest foundation emphasized the need for a long-term commitment to fighting global health issues at a presentation at 1957 E Street Friday. Rajiv J. Shah, director of strategic opportunities for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, spoke on the challenges of effective global health and detailed the foundation's strategy for fighting problems.
Welcome to the Zach Ahmad Show. Every year The Hatchet gives departing editors and apparently the occasional staff writer a little less than a page to say whatever happens to be on their minds. The practice is inherently self-indulgent, typically boring and never as clever as the writers would like to think.
I remember reading these departing seniors columns in years past, filled with wistful anecdotes, contemplative ruminations and plenty of nostalgia. The seniors were headed off into the "real world," and their columns suggested a certain elder wisdom, a Zen-like view of The Hatchet past, present and future.
Before the lacrosse team's Friday home matchup against La Salle, the players of GW's women's lacrosse team were laughing, dancing and exchanging high-fives. The Colonials' behavior was replicated after their 16-8 win. Two days later, GW's jovial attitude seemed to be gone.
More than 1,500 runners, joggers and walkers from all over the D.C. area came out to West Potomac Park early Sunday morning to support the Sallie Mae student loan fund in its effort to help America's youth afford college, or just to catch up on exercise. The event, the Sallie Mae 10K, entered its 23rd year on Sunday.
Women's Crew Women's crew rounded out its regular season with a fourth-place finish against No. 1 Princeton and Massachusetts and No. 20 Tennessee. The Tigers took first place in the Varsity Eight, Varsity Four and Novice Four races. Tennessee won the Second Varsity Eight race.
Carrying blankets, pastries and high hopes, about 35 GW students left Kogan Plaza Saturday afternoon to join a nationwide, overnight rally against the abuse of children in war-torn northern Uganda. "It's been going on for 20 years. No one's been paying attention to it whatsoever," said senior Jacqueline Burgess, founder of the GW chapter of Uganda-CAN.
As the University revs up to begin the process of renewing its accreditation status with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, a representative from the organization spoke to students and faculty Thursday about what this means for GW. The Middle States Commission conducts a voluntary accreditation program for degree-seeking colleges and universities in the Middle States region every 10 years.
Monday Fly High with Finals Come fly a kite, grab a cookie and enter your name to win a $100 travel voucher with the Student Activities Center and STA Travel as part of Stress Free Zone. 2 to 4 p.m. University Yard Sponsored by SAC and STA Travel Tuesday Flawed Succession: Russia's Power Transfer Crises Join Carl Linden, professor emeritus of political science and international affairs, for this discussion.
Alito to judge 2007 moot court competition The GW Law School announced last week that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will be one of three jurists in the February 2007 moot court competition. This year, Chief Justice John G. Roberts presided over the competition.
The photo caption accompanying the article "Sentimental for the District" (April 27, p. 7) erroneously stated that the band The Sentiment used to practice in New Hall. Also, due to an error by the band, photographer Ty Walker was not given credit for a photo taken of the band that appeared on page 7.
In response to $12 billion in student aid cuts passed by Congress in February, two Democratic lawmakers proposed a bill last month to cut in half interest rates on federally subsidized student loans. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) and Sen. Dick Durbin's (D-Ill.
Although you'll rarely catch any students saying it, every now and again President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg goes off and does the right thing in exactly the right way. While he's certainly made his share of ill-fated and often bizarre missteps, Trachtenberg took the high road when he announced his plan to retire at the end of the next academic year and make way for fresh blood at the top of the University food chain.
What is Augustana? The easy answer is the band that opened for Ben Lee and Aqualung at Saturday's Fountain Day at Mount Vernon. As for what the word means, even the band doesn't know. "We were told it means 'small glimpse of hope' in Latin," bassist Jared Palomar said. "But we're not for sure."
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.
Junior Jeffrey Parker, a history major from Winston-Salem, N.C., spent the spring semester in Oxford, England, after also spending the fall term there. Twice a month, he shared his experiences and observations from England as one of GW's many expats. This is his last column, but he will be spending the summer in England.
Could Republicans be shaking their "good ol' boys" image? Some say the Republican Party's female presence is undergoing a resurgence, even if statistically they are still very much in the minority. The number of Republican women elected to Congress has increased slightly over the last two congressional election cycles, starting with 44 in 2000, and rising to 55 in 2004.
About 15,000 people crowded the National Mall Sunday afternoon urging the U.S. government to take action against the genocide occurring in the Darfur region of Sudan. Speakers at the rally included 2006 U.S. Olympic gold-medalist Joey Cheek, Oscar-winning actor George Clooney and Nobel Prize-winning author Elie Wiesel, along with many other political activists and lawmakers.
While a proposed budget originally called for $4 million to be cut from academic expenses next year, the University announced last week a final budget proposal that will cut $1 million to $2 million from academics. The University's deans have not yet made final decisions about which programs will experience these cuts.
In a city full of politicians, lobbyists and lawyers, farmers are not commonplace in Foggy Bottom. But for the second season, area farmers are bringing their ripe selections to the neighborhood's Freshfarm Market. On I Street directly behind the Foggy Bottom Metro, the market runs Wednesdays from mid-April through mid-November and sells a variety of fruits, vegetables, cheeses, meats and breads, all produced by local farmers.
A large crowd turned out to the Elliott School Friday to hear a discussion about South Africa's transition from its former apartheid regime to a democracy. Deputy Chief of Mission from the South African Embassy Diederick Moyo and former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Princeton Lyman applauded South Africa's peaceful transition that has taken place over the past decade, while many other African nations remain locked in a continuous cycle of violence.
Student organizations and leaders take home honors The Student Activities Center handed out more than two dozen awards over the last week to the most successful student organizations and leaders on campus. During the Greek Night of Achievement on Sunday night and the SAC Excellence Awards last Thursday night, awards given out included top student organizations, gold level achievement awards for Greek-letter organizations and Greek-letter man and Greek-letter woman of the year.
D.C. City Council chairman and mayoral candidate Linda Cropp focused on black women's progress in politics while speaking to her sorority members Friday at the Marvin Center. Cropp, a member of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, attracted a crowd of about 30 people to the Marvin Center Amphitheatre.
The gender gap in the salaries of professors is partially unexplainable, according to a study by a professor of higher education at the University of Iowa. Before Paul D. Umbach adjusted for factors that might skew the sample such as benefits accrued from seniority, outside support for research and demand for professors in individual disciplines, the mean salary for women was 21.
For centuries, Christians have followed the New Testament Gospels of the Apostles Mark, Mathew, Luke and John - but what about Judas? Recently the discovery of what historians and theologians are calling the Gospel of Judas has caused a stir in the Christian community.
Aramark will no longer be the University's main food service provider beginning May 31, administrators announced Monday during a meeting of student group leaders. Sodexho, the company's national competitor, will replace Aramark and is set to make changes to campus dining options by constructing new venues and making replacements in J Street.
An electrical malfunction in the Empire Apartments on 20th and F streets created massive amounts of smoke in the building, forcing residents to evacuate and several fire trucks to respond Wednesday at about 10:40 a.m. Electrical panels in the basement of the building most likely sparked due to flooding, D.C. Fire spokesman Alan Etter said at the scene. He said the electrical insulation in the basement caught fire, causing the smoke.
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