GW men will have a new fraternity to consider joining if they plan on going Greek this semester. Kappa Alpha Order, originally founded at GW in 1894, is returning to campus to become the University's 14th recognized male Greek-letter organization. Recruitment for the chapter will begin in February, after the Interfraternity Council's completion of spring formal recruitment.
Foggy Bottom may seem less crowded this semester with a record high number of students studying abroad. More GW students than ever before are studying abroad this semester with about a 10 percent increase this spring compared to last, said Director of Study Abroad Rob Hallworth.
Anna Phillips is helping the girls of Uganda - one soccer game at a time. Phillips, a junior majoring in international affairs and global public health from San Diego, is the founder of the Girls Kick The program, which establishes soccer and other sport teams for displaced girls and young women in war-torn northern Uganda.
A student arrested in November for intent to distribute marijuana out of his JBKO room pled out to a lower charge of possession at a hearing Wednesday. The plea bargain between sophomore Soweto Edwards and the D.C. Office of the Attorney General called for six months of probation, a $200 donation to a charity and 20 hours of community service.
Thursday International Student Volunteers Information Session Learn about studying abroad in Australia and New Zealand with International Student Volunteers organization. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., sessions are every hour on the hour Marvin Center 308 Sponsored by International Student Volunteers Friday Fondue Friday Check out performing campus groups and grab some fondue.
Candidates, start your engines. The general election for the Student Association, Marvin Center Governing Board and the Program Board will take place on Feb. 21 and 22, the Joint Elections Committee announced this week. If no candidate garners more than half of the vote, a runoff will occur March 1.
After one semester on campus, Pi Beta Phi, GW's newest sorority, will hold its official initiation and installation next week. Established in 1889, Pi Beta Phi is actually GW's oldest sorority, but left campus in 1968. After 38 years, Pi Beta Phi re-colonized its GW chapter in the fall.
You know you're at a good bar when you run into a guy who's staring, lonely and forlorn, into his drink at a bartender-less backroom bar when you're searching for the ladies' room. You know you're at a great bar when you come out of the bathroom and the guy's stone cold asleep, still clutching the glass.
On one of the walls in the music department of G.W. a couple of years ago, there was a plastic bag full of CDs stapled to it, as if it were some alien seedpod. And, in a way, it was. It was sent from the land of Exit Clov to bring joy and happiness to the musical world.
If you have $5 Pocket it (trust us, you'll need it at the end of the semester when you're subsisting on Ramen and ketchup packets), and take the Metro to Bethesda for an open mic reading at the Writing Center on 4508 Walsh St. this Sunday. Get your creative juices going by sharing your own poetry and prose, or just listen to the writing of D.
You could almost feel it coming as you rode the Metro through downtown D.C. last weekend. At first it was subtle - a Harley Davidson leather jacket sandwiched between two business suits here, a country-fried accent lilting above the drone of conversation there.
RICHMOND - It may not have been on-par with Michael Jordan's famous "Flu Game" in the 1998 NBA Finals, but junior Maureece Rice's clutch play during the GW men's basketball team's 63-58 win against Richmond was something special. Rice, who has the flu and has not practiced much in the last two days, hit two shots down the stretch that gave the Colonials (12-4, 3-1 Atlantic 10) the win in a game where neither team led by more than eight.
RICHMOND - Dokun Akingbade's biggest play Wednesday night against Richmond landed him plastered under the basket at Robins Center. GW was nursing a two-point lead with 1:32 left in the game and Ryan Butler, a Spider forward with seven points, came barreling down the lane looking to knot the game with a layup.
Like most teams at GW, the men's squash team spent months practicing in preparation for the upcoming season. Yet, something was missing. A coach. Last season, the team was ranked 22nd in the country. But last season also brought the graduation of its five best players, and then there was the unexpected departure of coach Simon Harrington a week before school began.
GW confirmed plans for a new entrance to the Foggy Bottom Metro station as the D.C. Zoning Commission concluded hearings earlier this month on the multi-use Square 54 complex. GW and high-scale development firm Boston Properties submitted their proposal in spring 2006 to build a 400,000 square-foot complex on the vacant lot across from GW Hospital.
Murray Lightburn enjoys Jay-Z's new record, the American version of "The Office," and the food channel, but right now he's not thinking about that because he's stuck in traffic. "My car hasn't moved in ten minutes," he says. "I'm on my way to Philadelphia, passing by New York off of I-95, and it's totally blocked, and I'm surrounded by trucks, so I can't even see what the problem is.
Trying to classify Thievery Corporation is like trying to make the most important decision of your life: right when you think you've made up your mind, something gets thrown into the mix to make you second guess everything you had been so sure of. During their almost three-hour sets on December 21, 22, 23, and 24, in front of four packed-house 9:30 Club crowds, Thievery had a little something for everybody.
Blue October guitarist CB Hudson has always loved being on stage. Each night on tour, he stands besides his band mates and entertains packed crowds of young music fans. "As a kid, I always saw myself on stage making people smile," Hudson said. The band may seem like an overnight success to those who just discovered the band's single "Hate Me" last summer.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation will no longer be pursuing the documents of late investigative journalist Jack Anderson that are housed at GW. Gelman Library stores the documents that have been under FBI inquiry since last spring, a few months after Anderson passed away in December 2005.
The WOW Caf? and Wingery on the fifth floor of the Marvin Center opened Wednesday after more than four months of delays. WOW is one of two restaurants on campus originally scheduled to open at the beginning of the fall semester, but faced construction and permit setbacks.
With five weeks until the Student Association general election, four students have declared their candidacy for president. SA presidential candidates include juniors David "Tito" Wilkinson, a promoter for Jumpoff Productions; Casey Pond, director of campus dining services; SA Sen. Marc Abanto (U-At Large); and Michael Ray Huerta, a former Colonial Inauguration cabinet member.
The fate of GW's 20-year campus development proposal is still unknown after the D.C. Zoning Commission voted to delay making any decision at a special public meeting Wednesday night. Commissioners discussed concessions the University agreed to make in order to increase building density in the core of campus. The group held five hearings in fall 2006 to sift through the 2006-2025 Campus Plan, and originally set to start the approval process at the meeting.
University administrators and adjunct faculty union leaders will soon begin collective bargaining negotiations after an almost three-year legal fight ended last month. The University has decided not to further appeal a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals to allow a vote to create an adjunct faculty union.
The body of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was not yet cold after his Dec. 30 execution, and professor Jerrold Post was already speaking with seven media outlets and being lined up for interviews the following day. This is nothing new for Post, a former CIA profiler of 21 years, who studied some of the world's most notorious leaders including Hussein, and more recently North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Last semester, The Hatchet's editorial board began a series of editorials to encourage debate on the selection of our next president. Since the last piece in this series, the presidential search committee selected Steven Knapp, provost at Johns Hopkins University, as GW's next leader.
Welcome back and I hope you all enjoyed time with your families while on winter break. As we begin the spring semester I want to reflect on two things: a fulfilling college experience and the upcoming Student Association elections. The hooky specialist extraordinaire Ferris Bueller once said, "Life moves pretty fast.
While on campus sporadically over winter break, I wasn't surprised to find that Foggy Bottom was eerily quiet, a virtual ghost town compared to its usual bustle when students are not on break. I understand that the University, its students and its staff take up much of Foggy Bottom, but the lack of students did not entirely account for the stagnant campus.
Missing facts about the Vern and finals We are appreciative of The Hatchet's continued coverage of and attention to the Vern, as well as Diana Kugel's statements about the Vern in her editorial on Dec. 11 (Facilitate finals on Mount Vernon, p. 4). We are also pleased to announce, as Ms.
Despite defeating Rhode Island 61-45 at home Thursday evening, the GW women's basketball team seemed to take more negatives from the squad's play than positives. Rebounding. Offensive play. Lack of consistency. Head coach Joe McKeown said after the game that these parts of his team's game need to improve as the Colonials continue toward near-definite postseason play.
University Police are investigating a string of 21 thefts that occurred during winter break at Greek-letter housing units on 23rd Street. UPD Chief Delores Stafford said some of the students who reported thefts had secured their rooms before leaving for break, while others had not. ne case of theft during winter break was also reported in the Aston residence hall. Some cases reported visible signs of a forceful break-in, she said.
The nation's fifth-longest home winning streak is in tact after the GW men's basketball team came from behind to beat Charlotte 76-68. But Karl Hobbs, GW's sixth year head coach, said his team cannot afford to think about the streak. "We don't talk about it at all," Hobbs said of the streak, which sits at 23 games.
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