Stories from the October 16, 2006, Print Edition
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University Police Officer Yolanda Myles cruises her usual route through campus Friday night, checking the more remote areas for unreported trouble. "Friday nights really aren't as bad as you'd expect them to be," the officer said. She said that even on the weekends she averages about five calls per night.
The Luther W. Brady Art Gallery is showing off its most recent acquisitions in an exhibit this month. The exhibit, which began earlier this month, showcases 15 of the gallery's most recent additions to the gallery that has been a part of the university since 2001.
It was a typical spring morning last April when Reed Kavner walked into Student Health Services for what he thought was a pulled muscle or a pinched nerve. "I'd been doing some heavy lifting at my job at CNN. and I figured that was where the pain came from," said Kavner, who at the time was a freshman majoring in journalism.
Cosmopolitan Magazine will decide Tuesday between a GW freshman and 49 other finalists for their first-ever "Bachelor of the Year" award. Featured in Cosmopolitan's "Man Hunt 2006" section in November's issue, freshman Cory McCrummen represents South Carolina as one of the "hottest, sexiest, single dudes" in the country.
Sophomore transfer student and Israeli national Adi Timor found herself in an uncomfortable situation last month at a dinner party. At the event, hosted by George Mason University's Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, she found herself sitting across a dinner table from a Palestinian man.
Students in an Introduction to Theater Production class had an unexpected guest speaker Thursday: actress Emmy Rossum. Rossum, who has appeared in films like "Poseidon," "The Day After Tomorrow," and "Phantom of the Opera," has been named the celebrity ambassador of YouthAIDS and spoke with students about the organization's goals of informing youth about the dangers of the disease and to teach them about preventing it from spreading.
Two GW organizations co-hosted a panel discussion on how Latina women can become successful in the business world while also giving back to the community. The fourth annual "Hispanic Women of Excellence" panel spoke to an audience of about 25 in the Mount Vernon Hand Chapel on the topic of their struggles and how they have succeeded as Hispanic women.
GW alumnus and former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner announced Thursday he would not run for U.S. president in 2008. Talk of the former Thurston resident's national ambitions has floated around since he was term-limited out of the governorship in fall 2005. Many members of his Forward Together Political Action Committee were eager to help him win the election.
President George W. Bush dedicated the United States Air Force Memorial Saturday, making it the last branch of the U.S. military to receive a memorial in the D.C. area. Built adjacent to Arlington Cemetery, the Air Force Memorial features three stainless steel spires that curve up 270 feet into the sky.
As GW searches for a new president, Gallaudet University police arrested more than 100 students and alumni Friday night after three days of the students blockading campus gates in protest of the school's incoming president. The country's only deaf liberal arts college had been shut down since Wednesday.
GW's top leadership will look very different beginning this July. Chairman of the Board of Trustees Charles Manatt announced at Friday's board meeting that he will step down from his position when his term expires at the end of June.
GWTV may be back on the air, but that doesn't mean the student organization is back on track. Two years ago GWTV was a student organization producing original content by students with the aid of faculty advisors. For the first six weeks of classes this year, channel six was a blank screen.
More than 100 people have been nominated to assume GW's top post after University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg steps down in July 2007.
Celebrity guests determined the best appetizer, entr?e and dessert in Georgetown Saturday at the Taste of Georgetown. The festival is an annual celebration of food along Wisconsin Avenue organized by the Georgetown Business Improvement District. Almost 30 restaurants participated in the event, which featured live music.
by Jennifer Easton Hatchet Reporter Zachary Schulman has studied abroad in both Panama and London, and has never paid a dime for long-distance phone calls. The GW senior said that he used Skype, a free Internet phone service, to stay in touch with contacts in the States on both of his trips.
More than 350 environmentally friendly companies and organizations gathered in the Washington Convention Center this weekend for D.C.'s third annual Green Festival. The event was organized by two nonprofit organizations, Global Exchange and Co-op America.
The Puerto Rico Statehood Society hosted a "BBQ for Statehood" Saturday to promote the idea of the island territory becoming the 51st state. Students passing through Kogan Plaza enjoyed the group's music and free food while learning about the issues facing Puerto Rico today.
Alumnus Robert Efrus tried to dispel the bad reputation that can come with being a power lobbyist in Washington as he described his job to students Thursday night. Efrus, vice president of the D.C. lobbying firm The Implementation Group, encouraged students to consider the industry and listed specific paths to become a lobbyist and skills that would put prospective applicants ahead of the pack.
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