Monday Protecting Consumers in the Next Tech-ade Come listen to Federal Trade Commission hearings that explore how the globalization of commerce impacts consumer protection. 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Lisner Auditorium Sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission The Rhodes Scholarship: An Insider's Perspective If you're interested in applying for the Rhodes Scholarship, come listen to Sen.
On Saturday, a group of seven GW students rode with faculty and staff from the Mount Vernon campus to Mount Vernon, Va., on the Mount Vernon to Mount Vernon Bike Tour. The event, sponsored by Mount Vernon Campus Life, was the first in what organizers said they hope to be a tradition of combining health and wellness with D.
Eleven GW students have received Fulbright Awards for this academic year, ranking the University 21st in the nation out of 532 American schools that had students apply. Students named Fulbright scholars are Mehdi Alhassani, Emily Green, Durriyyah Johnson, Erin Bullinger, Lisa DeCerchio, Ekuike T.
Students, faculty and staff better start memorizing those numbers. Beginning Nov. 28, the GWid system will permanently take effect and personal accounts and information will no longer be accessible using a social security number. While GW is one of the last universities in the Consortium of Universities of the Metropolitan Washington Area to separate student information from social security numbers, developers of GWid said they think that it is better-designed than other alternate identification systems.
A new student organization on campus hopes to demonstrate that the Princeton Review's recent ranking of the School of Business as one of the top 10 schools in the country for women was well-earned. With similar groups at Harvard University and University of Pennsylvania, schools with prestigious business programs, GW's Women in Business student organization aims to help undergraduate women succeed in the modern workforce.
A program that brings students and professional journalists into local high schools to teach journalism has renewed a grant to continue its philanthropic mission. The GW-sponsored Prime Movers journalism outreach program has renewed its Knight Foundation grant to bring journalists from major news media outlets in the Washington area to local high schools.
Finally, GW is No. 1. CNN's ranking of GW tuition as the most expensive in the nation highlights myriad issues inherently associated with such exorbitant costs. Even if GW is not No. 1 in this regard, as administrators maintain, this University's tuition is still among the highest in the country, promulgating the already-negative image of GW as an expensive, elitist institution.
If one were going to buy a whole pie, it would probably not matter much how many slices the pie is cut into. It is not surprising then that the report of the GW task force on a four-course, four-credit undergraduate curricular structure cites no studies that suggest the four-by-four pie is either superior or inferior to the current five-by-three arrangement.
Neighbors should support dorm The Foggy Bottom/West End ANC has been complaining about GW housing for years, pushing for more students to be housed on campus. Yet now that GW has a joint proposal with the School Without Walls to develop an on-campus dorm on F Street, the University's neighbors are against it.
When GW administrators instituted a fixed-tuition plan in 2004, part of their reasoning included the assurance that as other schools perennially increase tuition, GW's higher initial costs would average out in comparison to those schools. By comparing the tuition prices at some of GW's "market basket" schools, it's not clear that this added benefit of fixed-tuition is panning out.
Midterms are as much a fact of GW life as are Ramen noodles and impromptu political debates in the hallway during ungodly hours of the night. Even though we know that midterms are a necessity, it doesn't make us any less willing to complain about them. If you look at the timing of the midterm season, however, our grumbling might actually have a valid basis.
Last week, former GW student Jordan Nott settled with the University. Nott was suspended and barred from campus two years ago under the school's endangering behavior policy after he went to the University Counseling Center to seek help for depression and suicidal thoughts.
Commissions will examine the state and future development of two graduate programs after they failed to make enough revenue to cover their costs, a University official said. The commissions will examine the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Graduate School of Education and Human Development.
Empire apartment residents say they are concerned about two fires that have occurred in the past six months, but building management said the building is in compliance with fire codes. The first fire on May 1 filled the building with smoke because of flooding near basement electrical panels.
Closed-circuit cameras installed by Metropolitan Police this summer in response to a crime wave will remain in use despite a planned late October removal. The D.C. Council approved funds for the surveillance in emergency legislation passed this summer to fight back a sudden increase in crime.
Senior Sam Sherraden, an international affairs major and former Hatchet photo editor, spent the summer studying abroad in Beijing, China, and is spending the fall semester further north in Harbin, China. Twice a month, he will share his experiences and observations from East Asia as one of GW's many expats.
The leaves are changing colors, the temperature is dropping and it gets dark at 5 p.m. We all know what that means: winter is on its way, and so is the flu. But the flu, a respiratory illness caused by the influenza virus, and its painful symptoms such as fever, headaches, muscle aches, cough and nausea, can be avoided with a simple flu shot.
With the changing of the seasons, so too comes the change from air conditioning to heating in residence halls. Although the weather may fluctuate, prompting students to want their air conditioning back, administrators say the intricate changeover isn't quite so simple.
On a campus where politics is the tie that binds, GW students Michelle Huntley and Emily Karrs use their religion to connect with other students. That's why they brought a new student organization, the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, to GW. "Our goal is to build a solid community for GW Catholic women.
The lone senior on the GW women's basketball team, guard Kenan Cole, may occasionally get overlooked with Atlantic 10 preseason first-team members Kim Beck and Sarah-Jo Lawrence in the same backcourt. But last year's Academic Excellence Award recipient made her presence known with a team-leading 23 points and 8 rebounds in Friday's 70-63 preseason win over the Lake Truck Lines, a collection of various professional players, at the Smith Center.
A Halloween-themed Greek Week ended Saturday after days of competition, fundraising and community service events. The week's events included volunteering with KidFest, Greek Games on Kogan Plaza, trick-or-treating with UNICEF, a skit night, date auction, game night, a party at Heritage and a barbecue on University Yard.
The lone senior on the GW women's basketball team, guard Kenan Cole, may occasionally get overlooked with Atlantic 10 preseason first-team members Kim Beck and Sarah-Jo Lawrence in the same backcourt. But last year's Academic Excellence Award recipient made her presence known with a team-leading 23 points and 8 rebounds in Friday's 70-63 preseason win over the Lake Truck Lines, a collection of various professional players, at the Smith Center.
There was a moment Friday night where Coach Joe McKeown was at a loss for words. For a second, he had no answers. Typically eager to talk about his team, McKeown gasped and looked up at the ceiling. He was asked a routine, clich? question about Friday night's game with Lake Truck: did he learn anything in the 40-minute preseason contest? After an awkward jumbling of words McKeown discovered he had learned something.
Spirit of the Night, the replacement for Colonials Invasion, will be Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Kogan Plaza. Byron Kerr, the WTWP announcer, will emcee the event, which will include appearances by the GW men's and women's basketball teams. Joe McKeown and Karl Hobbs, head basketball coaches, will appear along with the GW mascots.
CNNMoney.com recently reported GW's tuition as the highest-priced in the country, but University administrators said the ranking is misleading. For the 2006-2007 academic year, incoming freshmen paid $49,290 with room and board costs, according to GW Media Relations.
Voters across the country will decide Tuesday if a slew of GW students, alumni and faculty running in the midterm elections are best suited to take office. Alumni running for Congress are in some of the most highly contested races. Tim Mahoney, who received his MBA from GW in 1983, is running for U.S. representative in Florida's 16th district.
The openings of three campus-dining venues are still expected to be late, with WOW Caf? and Wingery likely opening next semester.
Assistant professor Henry Farrell talks about politics to more than 9,000 people every day. But he's not running for office or teaching a class - he's a political blogger at GW. Farrell, who teachers political science and international affairs, is one of several professors who regularly contribute to online Web logs - known as blogs - that reach worldwide audiences.
While comedian Sacha Baron Cohen - better known now as "Borat" - may be funny, many Kazakhstan natives aren't laughing. And on a campus like GW's, and in a town like D.C., the politics of this weekend's blockbuster definitely matter. "If a real Kazakh guy saw Sacha Baron Cohen on the street, he would punch him in a very bad way," freshman and Kazakhstan native Aisha Bozzhigitova said after seeing the movie this weekend.
Junior John Galmiche, program chair of the Interfraternity Council, serves burgers out to hungry Greek-letter group members Saturday in University Yard. The event ended Greek Week.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Il., has called on the Department of Education to review suspect practices by lenders involved in the Federal Family Education Loan program. Durbin submitted a letter to the department's inspector general Oct. 31 requesting that the review be expanded to all entities associated with the program and that all regulations agreed to by participants be followed without exception.
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