Stories from the October 9, 2006, Print Edition
Monday Former NAACP Youth Director Speaks Come see Brandon Neal speak about youth activism and his political experiences. 8 to 9:15 p.m. Marvin Center Amphitheater Tuesday Year Two Career Seminar: Sophomores Learn how the Career Center can help you implement a plan to obtain major-related internships and jobs.
Professor Entman receives distinguished career achievement award Media and Public Affairs professor Robert Entman received the Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association. Entman, who came to the School of Media and Public Affairs last spring, is working on his next book, "Media Bias Scandals.
Soon smokers on campus may have to do more than just go outside to have a cigarette. A cross-departmental initiative to evaluate second-hand smoking on campus began this summer with representatives from the Offices of Risk Management, Residential Property Management, Facilities Planning and GW Housing Programs.
Junior Dan Kirkwood was misidentified as a senior in the story "Fifteen miles on the C&O Canal." (Oct. 2, p. 9). The column "Drink, vomit, hospital" (Oct. 2, p. 4) incorrectly stated that EMeRG instituted the new medical amnesty policy. EMeRG was not involved in the institution of the new policy.
Sixty-two percent of people think the country is on the wrong track, according to a new GW poll conducted in September and released last week. The George Washington University's Battleground political poll released Thursday found that more than half of the 1,000 participants said the country was headed in the wrong direction.
When freshman Simone Smith visited GW on a campus tour last spring, she decided almost immediately that Mount Vernon was the place for her. "Visiting the Vern is what made everything click for me," she said. Smith is one of 376 students who listed Mount Vernon as a first or second choice for a housing assignment.
University officials are planning to hold Commencement on the National Mall for a second year. "The current plan is to hold Commencement on the National Mall, and we are proceeding along those lines," said Michael Freedman, vice president of Communications, in an e-mail.
GW's Licensing and Trademarks office hosted its first annual Vendor Fair Thursday in the Marvin Center's Grand Ballroom. GW established its Licensing and Trademarks Program in 1991, which serves to regulate and protect the commercial use of the University's federally trademarked names and identifying marks both on and off campus.
Twelve members of the GW College Republicans organized a counter-rally to an anti-Bush protest outside the White House Thursday. The students gathered in front of the Marvin Center at 11 a.m. and walked to Farragut Square, where they had a per11 a.m. and walked to Farragut Square, where they had a permit to protest, said College Republicans President Gary Livacari.
Taste of Africa, a showcase of African culture sponsored by the Organization of African Students, drew nearly 175 people Friday night in the Marvin Center. The purpose of the event was to showcase all of Africa, said Abena Akomeah, the president of the OAS.
The Graduate Public Health Student Association was the largest of 13 GW groups that participated in the 20th annual AIDS Walk Saturday. D.C.'s AIDS Walk is a 5K fund-raising event for HIV/AIDS treatment beginning and ending in Freedom Plaza, at 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.
Students helped organize community service projects in D.C. Saturday for a national service day to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi's birthday. The national organization South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow sponsored the event, called "Be The Change." SAALT focused the day on commemorating the famous non-violence leader, and its title is derived from Gandhi's words, "We must be the change that we want to see in the world.
Pending legislation in the D.C. City Council would require retailers to display signs stating which eggs are from caged chickens. Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham proposed the Increased Consumer Information for the Sale of Eggs Act, which, if passed, would be the first of its kind in the nation.
In the wake of last week's congressional sex scandal, the GW community is garnering national attention through its ties with Capitol Hill. ABC News released several e-mails Sept. 28 between Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) and pages working in the House of Representatives.
After the cancelation of the University's free newspaper program and annual preseason basketball pep event, officials say budget cuts could be worse in future years.
University officials said they expect to release $1 million for academic spending late next week, pending a census by the Office of Institutional Research. Last year the University withheld $2 million from the academic budget, but said half of that amount may be available to University academic departments pending a review of enrollment numbers.
CNN news program "Reliable Sources" taped for the first time at GW Friday in front of a full-capacity live audience that left 90 people on standby, Director of Media Relations Tracy Schario said. The show is hosted by Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz who discusses the job of journalism and how the media influences the news.
Posted Wednesday, Oct. 11, 8:13 p.m. A 2005 Elliott School graduate was kidnapped in the West Bank Wednesday and released later that day. A previously unknown group, calling itself Ansar Assuna, told Reuters it kidnapped Michael Phillips, 24, in Nablus, West Bank, as leverage for the release of imprisoned Palestinian women and minors.
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