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GW students are on the air, and not just on GWTV. Led by professor Roxanne Russell, a group of students in the School of Media and Public Affairs has produced a 30-minute television piece for the D.C.-area public access program, "The Inner Loop." The show, which aired on WDCW yesterday, focused on the D.
GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg led the District V (Mid-Atlantic Region) Rhodes Scholarship 2007 Selection Committee, which concluded last month. In his eighth year as part of the selection process, Trachtenberg managed a seven-person panel charged with selecting two Rhodes Scholarships to candidates from the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland or West Virginia.
Nancy Eshelman talked about her personal experiences with drugs and crime to about 50 students last Wednesday. This 2001 GW graduate is not a convict - she works on the other side of the law, as a forensic chemist for the Drug Enforcement Agency. Eshelman shared technical aspects of her job and stories highlighting the similarities and differences between her real life career as a crime scene investigator and the misconceptions people have of her profession caused by portrayals on popular television shows such as CBS' "CSI.
A GW professor was named 2006 District of Columbia Professor of the Year last month. Geography and International Affairs associate professor Elizabeth Chacko received the award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. She was selected from a pool of more than 300 top professors in the U.
Members of the Student Association want to make a syllabi file available online for all undergraduate and graduate courses in time for the start of the fall 2007 semester to aid students in course selection. During the last SA Senate meeting earlier this month, the Senate passed a resolution calling for a database of online syllabi which would include a "brief course description, objectives, test schedule and the requirements of individual professors," according to the document.
This is the third part in an ongoing series intended to promote conversation and debate about GW's presidential search. This University is hardly an isolated island of scholarly pursuit - an important fact for GW's incoming president, whomever that might be, to understand.
As the result of an election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board in October 2004, GW's part-time faculty voted to have Service Employees International Union Local 500 represent adjuncts in collective bargaining with the University. Following the election, GW's administration challenged the vote's validity and thus the outcome - charges that were found not to have merit at several levels of NLRB review.
If you're a sophomore at GW and you love your life, stop reading this. For the time being, I'm going to pretend you don't exist. If you feel lost, disillusioned, diarrheic, etc., however, please know that you're not alone. You're probably experiencing what is commonly referred to as the "sophomore slump," and it's about time the University recognized how widespread it is.
As finals week quickly approaches, some students are already thinking about returning home for winter break. But what if that trip home came several days sooner? GW does not allow professors to give tests on the final day of class. Instead, they are expected to adhere to their allotted time during final exam week.
While rapper Chris "Ludacris" Bridges visited GW and rallies took place at the White House, some students spent part of World AIDS Day participating in a videoconference with peers and experts all over the world.
Student Health Services offered free HIV tests on Foggy Bottom and Mount Vernon as part of events leading up to World AIDS Day Friday. World AIDS Day was created to spread awareness of the global HIV/AIDS crisis. Other events included a rally where students were arrested for protesting without a permit.
After scheduling two extra hearings on GW's 20-year Campus Plan, the Zoning Commission conducted the application's final hearing Thursday and expects a decision early next year. The 20-year Campus Plan asks for increased floor space at the center of campus in exchange for removing GW property on the edges of campus from possible construction sites.
Ambassador James Lilley spoke about the relationship between China and Taiwan and the United States' role in that relationship during a luncheon with about 100 people Friday. A GW alumnus and the former U.S. ambassador to the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea, Lilley spoke as part of the Sigur Center's conference on East Asian Security and Taiwan.
Students graduating from GW this year can expect more job opportunities than the class of 2006, a report recently found. Companies are hiring more college graduates because of a stronger economy, according to a survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
With increasing hunger in the D.C. area, students are reaching out to help more people enjoy the holidays this season. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's annual report on food insecurity, more District residents are struggling to find enough food for their households than in previous years.
Two small-town sophomores, Bowen Vernan and Cydnee DeToy, made comfortable conversation over dinner, candlelight and a rose at the Firefly restaurant in Dupont Circle. Bowen: This was my first blind date, and overall the date was really fun. The restaurant was a cool little place, a bit noisy though.
At the onset of her fourth year in college, Eve has learned quite a few things about sex. Eve, The Hatchet's anonymous sex columnist, will share her observations and (sometimes dirty) thoughts about sex at GW with the population that fuels her fire. Editor's note: names have been changed to protect the naughty.
Every day students ride the shuttle 2.8 miles to GW's other campus. And every day hundreds of eyes glance at a plot of green, grassy land situated right before turning into the Mount Vernon campus' entryway. What makes this land conspicuous is the fact that it's raised, fenced off with barbed wire and there are bright scary signs that say, "U.
While the phrase "NASA technology" may bring to mind images of space shuttles and intergalactic gadgets, one GW professor has modified the same technology used for surveying outer space in hopes of getting closer to curing diabetes. Murray Loew, GW's director of the biomedical engineering program, is working along with diabetes expert and Cornell University pharmacology professor Geoffrey Sharp to perfect and promote a software program that they hope will aid future diabetes research and be useful for a variety of other scientific causes.
Not only does GW alumnus Mike Rhode read comics, he studies them, researches them, even blogs about them. And he does it all for free. Rhode is a co-author of the Comics Research Bibliography, editor of exhibition and media reviews for the International Journal of Comic Art, a contributing writer for Hogan's Alley, a magazine on cartoon arts, and blogs on his ComicsDC Web site His professional career as an archivist for the National Museum of Health and Medicine has nothing to do with comics, but that doesn't stop him from finding time to pursue his lifelong passion.
We all know the holiday season is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, but for some students, it can be the worst. With the added stresses of final exams, papers and, for some, family problems, the end of the semester can be one of the most mentally difficult times for college students.
Jennifer Munoz doesn't need someone to tell her that human trafficking is a global problem that can happen in the United States. To Munoz, it hits home. Two months ago a 35-year-old football coach was indicted for pimping a 14-year-old girl at a Bowie, Md.
When Red Auerbach coached the Boston Celtics, opponents spoke about a mysterious aura in the Boston Garden, half-jokingly referring to a tiny leprechaun that the late GW alumnus put on the opponent's rim to knock out the ball. After he was honored by a pre-game moment of silence, Auerbach may have posthumously turned his attention to helping his alma mater Sunday at the Verizon Center against Virginia Tech in the BB&T Classic.
In its 12th year, the BB&T Classic featured three local teams in a one-day event at Verizon Center, but players and media are voicing their support for the creation of a tournament that would crown the D.C.-area basketball champion. Last season, D.C. college basketball reached a pinnacle, as GW owned the nation's best regular-season record, Georgetown qualified for the Sweet 16 and George Mason advanced to the Final Four.
After GW's game with the Hokies, Carl Elliott wasn't exactly sure in which league Virginia Tech plays. He also wasn't certain who gave him the nickname "Big Shot Elliott." But he was aware that he was in a slump and GW was facing the reality of a losing streak for the first time in nearly two years.
Junior Whitney Allen had a career-high 14 rebounds to lead the No. 20/21 GW (AP, ESPN/USA Today) to a 68-55 victory at Stony Brook (N.Y.) Saturday afternoon. Senior Kenan Cole and junior Sarah-Jo Lawrence had 13 points each, while junior Kimberly Beck and sophomore Jessica Adair each netted 12.
Twenty students, including six GW students, were arrested at about 4 p.m. Friday for protesting on White House property without a permit as a part of the World AIDS Day rally. The students dressed themselves as needles, pill bottles and doctors with coats stating "Missing Doctors.
School deans said last week that faculty across the University have mixed reactions to the four-by-four plan, with many wanting to know the impact the schedule would have on class time, teaching loads and financial savings before they cast a vote this spring.
Rapper Chris "Ludacris" Bridges discussed AIDS prevention with 400 students in the Marvin Center Friday for the YouthAIDS "Kick Me" campaign. "I'm here to save lives," said the Grammy-winning artist and actor Friday, which was World AIDS Day. Ludacris' message focused primarily on the need to practice safe sex and take regular HIV tests.
U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales moderated an expert panel discussion on methamphetamine drug use before almost 100 members from the medical and law enforcement communities at an event in the Jack Morton Auditorium Thursday.The panel discussion, hosted by the Department of Justice and the GW Medical Center, was part of National Methamphetamine Awareness Day, established by President George W. Bush.
For the past eight years, the wife of GW professor Dwight Cropp held one of the top positions in D.C. government. Now, the position is getting a little closer to the University. GW alumnus and Ward 7 City Councilman Vincent Gray won the uncontested election for D.
It's the most wonderful time of the year - when visions of sugarplums, A's on finals and flights home for days of relaxation dance through students' heads. All these thoughts, however, are trumped by a more pressing concern - gifts for everyone on our holiday lists.
Posted Monday, Dec. 4, 5:15 p.m.
by David Ceasar
Senior News Editor
GW's Board of Trustees unanimously confirmed Steven Knapp, a senior administrator at Johns Hopkins University, as the successor to University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg.
The trustees - who comprise the highest-governing body at GW - held a teleconference Friday to approve the top choice of the Presidential Search Committee, Trachtenberg said Monday afternoon. Knapp, a senior vice president of Academic Affairs and provost of Johns Hopkins, will be GW's 16th president.
"He'll do terrific," Trachtenberg said. "He's been a terrific provost - everyone's said that - and an excellent professor before that."
Knapp has served in his current position at the school in Baltimore, Md., for the past 10 years, according to his biography on the university's Web site.
Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges urged students at George Washington University to "save some lives" by getting tested for HIV on World AIDS Day, Friday Dec. 1. The 29-year-old Grammy-winning rapper said the topic is of particular importance in the nation's capital, where the rate of AIDS is the highest of any U.
Anthropologists are united in their displeasure following the revelation that their research has been used by the US military to extract information from Arab detainees in Abu Ghraib and other military installations. In an article published in The New Yorker, Seymour Hersh unveiled that anthropological research on Arab culture had been exploited in an effort to coerce detainees to "cooperate" with their captors.
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