Stories from the February 22, 2007, Print Edition
Thursday Free yoga Get in on this free class and learn the basics of yoga. Please bring own towel or mat 3 to 4 p.m. Marvin Center 301 Sponsored by the Health Outreach Peer Educators GW annual birthday bonfire Celebrate George Washington's birthday with food and entertainment 6 to 9 p.
The Student Association Senate rejected a resolution calling for a new SA constitution Tuesday night in the Marvin Center. The Senate then voted to send the bill back to the SA Rules Committee for further review. The constitution, which was proposed by SA President Lamar Thorpe, creates a newly structured legislature that would consist of three councils - finance, campus life and academic affairs - and an ad-hoc rules committee that would approve nominees by the president and constitutional amendments.
The Zeta Phi Beta sorority hosted Love's Hangover, their annual post-Valentine's Day celebration, last Friday. The event was held at the Alumni House located at F and 20th streets and featured desserts and "mocktinis," or non-alcoholic drinks. Additionally, this National Pan-Hellenic Council sorority conducted a safe sex discussion entitled, "How crowded is my bed?" About 15 people attended the post-Valentine's Day event and senior Cherelle Kantey, president of Zeta Phi Beta, said about two thirds of the audience were members of the Greek-letter community.
U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) was discharged from GW Hospital's inpatient care center Friday after doctors determined he was able to move on to the next stage of his recovery. The senator underwent brain surgery late Dec. 13 after being rushed to GW Hospital for experiencing stroke-like symptoms.
In the article "Writing for Daisy Duke," (Feb. 20, p. 14) The Hatchet erroneously reported when Shane Morris wrote the script of the film. He did so in his senior year of college at GW and worked with Professor David Alan Grier, not the actor. In its endorsement of Andrew Cooper for the Student Association's Executive Vice President position ("Andrew Cooper for EVP," Feb 20, p.
Although there have been some leads in the investigation into the 21 thefts in Townhouse Row over winter break, fraternity and sorority members with stolen property say they are frustrated at the pace of the investigation. Upon returning to GW in January, members of Kappa Kappa Gamma, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta Gamma and Alpha Phi reportedly found their previously locked doors wide open with expensive property missing.
Liquor Law Violation 2/18/07 - Kogan Plaza - 3:04 a.m. - case closed A University Police officer observed a male student stumbling through Kogan Plaza supported by a male friend. Both students were underage, and the first said he had been drinking. The second student said he had not been drinking, and both were given field sobriety tests.
As students go to the polls Thursday, they will have fewer undergraduate Student Association Senate and presidential candidates to choose among - the lowest in at least four years, according to SA records. This year's Senate election features almost half as many candidates running for the Senate.
University officials hope to have nearly 30 classes using iTunes to broadcast lectures on students' iPods by next semester. The Apple iTunes U program chose GW as a pilot school last fall for its new program to broadcast professors' lectures on the portable music devices.
Students sometimes criticize members of the Student Association for taking themselves too seriously and emulating real politicians down the street on Capitol Hill. But when it comes to elections, both SA and national politicians have the similar philosophies about one thing: the Internet is a gold mine for campaigning.
Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Sullivan discussed President George W. Bush's accomplishments in international economics in Duqu?s Hall Tuesday night. Sullivan, head of the State Department's Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, said growth in the international economy has been higher in the last five years than any five-year period since World War II.
Two weeks ago, three burst pipes caused flooding across University buildings, including a burst in the ground floor of the Marvin Center. Now it is turning out to be an expensive clean-up operation. Assistant Director of Media Relations Matt Lindsay listed the estimated cost of the damages at more than $35,000.
GW's most public "secret" society is marking its 10th anniversary this spring, according to University documents, but the founder of the Order of the Hippo - University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg - is still mum about the organization's existence.Administrators, faculty and student leaders founded the group in April 1997 as a "service organization" which meets at least two times a year for an annual dinner and the George Washington Birthday Bonfire, said senior Justin Neidig, who said he is "closely associated" with the Order.
Signs litter the walls of Disability Support Services office asking for quiet to accommodate "exams in progress." But the office is not quiet, it's busy and it's getting even busier. The number of students assisted by DSS is up 9 percent from last year and 21 percent from 2004.
In the late 1970s, Black History Month was established as an expansion of the 1920s Negro Achievement Week in honor of the day Frederick Douglas used to mark his birth. This year, the Black Student Union and other multicultural organizations on campus are proposing a new goal and a new name for the month of February - to find their roots through a Black Heritage Celebration.
When GW debuted its fixed-tuition plan in February 2004, the idea garnered praise from a number of outside observers. Newsweek, which listed the University as one of its "25 hot schools" in 2005, said that one "doesn't have to be a policy wonk" to appreciate a flat tuition plan for four years of college. Boston University's student newspaper, The Daily Free Press, called it "an excellent idea and a big step in the right direction."
Admissions statistics released this month show that about 200 fewer students applied to GW through early decision this year compared to last. For next fall, the University accepted 830 out of about 1,500 early decision applicants, 110 fewer students than were accepted for last fall when about 1,700 students applied through early decision. There was about a 5 percent increase in the early decision acceptance rate, up to 65 percent.
Updated Friday, Feb. 23, 6 a.m. Junior Marc Abanto will face sophomore Nicole Capp in the runoff election for Student Association President, the election oversight committee announced early Friday morning.
The Joint Elections Committee also announced that sophomore Brand Kroeger will vie for the executive vice president position against junior Nick D'Addario. The group released the vote tallies at around 4:30 a.m. in the Marvin Center after nearly seven hours of counting votes Thursday night and Friday morning.
Abanto received 28.9 percent of the vote while Capp garnered 26.7 percent. Kroeger ended the general election with 32 percent of the vote while D'Addario secured 28 percent.
Posted Friday, Feb. 23, 6:07 a.m. The Joint Elections Committee announced the following preliminary results for student office Friday morning at about 4:30 a.m. (Results are preliminary, as the presumed winners are pending checks on disciplinary records, among other criteria for eligibility.)
Posted Friday, Feb. 23, 4:34 a.m. Junior Marc Abanto and sophomore Nicole Capp received the most votes in the Student Association presidential election and will compete in next week's runoff, the Joint Elections Committee announced early Friday morning. Abanto secured 28.9 percent of the vote and Capp 26.7 percent.
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