Columbian College delays 4×4 vote
The Columbian College voted Friday to indefinitely postpone a vote on the four-by-four plan and review their curriculum with the incoming administration of University President-elect Steven Knapp.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Actor Arquette visits GW, promotes movie
As students watched the movie trailer for "The Tripper" in the basement of Gelman Library on Monday afternoon, the narrator of the preview declared that the film was "from the warped mind of David Arquette."
GW programs ranked in top tier of nation by magazines
Recent rankings of university programs place some GW areas of study among the best in the nation. GW's Law School and Graduate School of Public Health and Health Services both ranked in the top 25 for their fields by U.S. News and World Report. Other publications also ranked University programs among the nation's best.
Selling GW coast to coast: Regional admissions directors recruit highschoolers
For three months every year, Joe Greenberg is a traveling salesman. His best-selling product: higher education. From his home in Boston, Greenberg drives more than 20,000 miles a year, meeting high school students and educating them about GW. He sleeps in cheap hotels, wakes up early and travels during the weekend, he said, so he can visit more schools everyday.
TONIC liquor license delayed
D.C.'s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board denied the liquor license application for the soon-to-open campus restaurant TONIC last week after months of deliberation. The co-owner of TONIC, Jeremy Pollok, a GW alumnus who owns the same restaurant in the Mount Pleasant area, said TONIC will open without the license in late April.
iHousing still annoys some students
More than a week after housing assignments were announced, some students are still dissatisfied with the results of a new preference-based housing selection system. Complaints from students have ranged from not being placed in their requested room assignments to a lack of transparency in the new system.
Campus Calendar
Thursday Asian Women: The History, the Present and the Future Join this discussion as part of Pan-Asian Heritage Month. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Duqu?s Hall Sponsored by Sigma Psi Zeta Sorority, Inc, GLOW and MSSC Friday Film Event: In America Catch this film following the lives of an Irish family trying to make it in New York City.
Senate rejects fee increase
Students will not be paying up to $15 more to the Student Association after the Senate voted down the proposed student fee increase Tuesday night in Marvin Center. The failed bill, which was three votes short of passing, would require incoming undergraduate students to pay $2 per credit hour, doubling the amount students now pay to the SA.
Sorority honors black student leaders
The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority hosted the 11th annual Black Male Appreciation Dinner earlier this week at Marvin Center with about 90 students and administrators. The dinner, which is part of the community-service based AKA Month, honored Student Association President Lamar Thorpe, GW NAACP president James Walker and alumnus Antwayne Ford.
SPJ names The Hatchet best non-daily newspaper in region
For the fourth year in a row, the Society of Professional Journalists named The Hatchet the best all-around non-daily newspaper in the mid-Atlantic region. At the organization's annual award conference Saturday in Richmond, Va., Hatchet staffers also won 17 additional Mark of Excellence awards, including 10 first places.
Crime Log
Disorderly Conduct 4/2/07 - Mitchell Hall - 12:45 a.m. - case closed A student reported that he was outside Mitchell Hall when an unknown individual threw an object out a nearby window. He said he looked up and saw a male poking his head out of the window.
GW denied records in Bhangra murder investigation
Attorneys discussed the University's request to review police records Friday during the second hearing of a wrongful death suit filed against GW and a student organization. The father of a man who was fatally stabbed five times outside a Bhangra Blowout after-party two years ago filed the suit against the University and the South Asian Society.
Jamming through thick and thin
Widespread Panic, the preeminent Southern blues-driven rock and roll band in America, is coming to D.C. this weekend. Tickets sold out within hours of the concert's announcement weeks ago, but they're available on eBay for $100 a pop if you're lucky. Founded in 1986 by four students out of the University of Georgia and joined by percussionist Sunny Ortiz and key man JoJo Hermann, Widespread Panic is named after its original lead guitarist Michael Houser.
Shedding light on a dark issue
Love him or hate him, Pete Wentz really doesn't give a damn. Better known than his platinum-selling band Fall Out Boy, Wentz's face (and other body parts...) have been plastered all over the media since the band shot to the top of the Billboard Charts with "Sugar, We're Going Down," bringing their emo-pop sound to the masses.
The Bar Belle: Third Edition
IMDB describes the plot of the 1985 film "St. Elmo's Fire": "A group of friends, just out of college, struggle with adulthood. Their main problem is that they're all self-centered and obnoxious." It's no surprise, then, that the film was set in Georgetown.
$5 – $10 – $20: An entertainment guide for the cash-strapped college student
If you have $5 Go to Politics and Prose at 5015 Connecticut Ave., N.W. today at 7 p.m. to see Christopher Buckley promote his new book, "Boomsday." The son of conservative icon William F. Buckley and the author of "Thank You For Smoking," Buckley has written his new book about generational conflict between the young and the old.
Jake Sherman: Recruiting styles threaten academic integrity of colleges
The nets were not even cut when CBS's Jim Nantz was on the court, microphone in hand, standing in the middle of a horde of University of Florida players after the Gators won the 2007 NCAA basketball championship Monday night. A little background for those that have not turned on a television for the last week: the win marked Florida's second basketball championship in as many years, the first time a team completed that feat in 15 seasons.
Signs of success: Slugger named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week
As a New York Mets fan, junior Charlie Kruer has some reservations about idolizing Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard. But in the past couple of weeks, Kruer, also a left-handed power-hitter, has put up numbers that come close to rivaling those of last year's National League's most valuable player.
WEB EXTRA: Students volunteer at Cherry Blossom Festival
As a New York Mets fan, junior Charlie Kruer has some reservations about idolizing Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard. But in the past couple of weeks, Kruer, also a left-handed power-hitter, has put up numbers that come close to rivaling those of last year's National League's most valuable player.
WEB EXTRA: Ambassadors discuss democratization in Middle East
Four Middle Eastern ambassadors discussed strategies for bringing democratic reform to their region Wednesday at Marvin Center. One hundred students from Duke, Georgetown and GW attended the symposium, hosted by the Global Language Group. Ambassadors from Qatar, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia discussed similar concerns about roadblocks to reforming private property holdings, a lack of women's rights, respect for human rights, political parties, terrorism and government corruption.
WEB EXTRA: AIDS event draws crowd
America's global AIDS coordinator said while much progress has been made on slowing down the international epidemic, much more needs to be done. Ambassador Mark R. Dybul, appointed by President George Bush, spoke to about 100 students from GW, Georgetown and Howard universities in Marvin Center's Continental Ballroom about Bush's emergency plan for AIDS relief.
WEB EXTRA: Progressive student union gets State Plaza kicked off GW sponsorship
The Admissions Office removed a local hotel from its list of recommended businesses last week due to student complaints. The National Labor Relations Board convicted the State Plaza Hotel, which is located between E and F streets and 20th and 21st streets, of anti-union behavior last August.
Trachtenberg, other authors, sign books in Gelman
Last Thursday University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg presented his new book, "Write Me a Letter!" along with three other GW professors who have recently published books. "I feel a little bit like a fraud. (My book) is more of a dessert than a main course," Trachtenberg said, comparing his book to those of his colleagues at Thursday's Faculty Authors Book Signing Reception, one of several similar events hosted every year at Gelman Library.
WEB EXTRA: Womens leadership host conference on Mount Vernon
Francine Zorn Trachtenberg, University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg's wife, addressed the demands of being a successful woman at work and at home last week. She spoke at the fifth annual Women's Leadership Conference Friday at the Mount Vernon Campus.
WEB EXTRA: Ceremony honors long-standing GW employee
Friends, family and colleagues honored Jane Lingo, the University's longest-serving employee, at a memorial service at Lisner Auditorium last week. Lingo died in late February of breast cancer, after dedicating 50 years of her life to the University. She was 83.
Staff Editorial: Overhaul Spring Fling and Fall Fest
Program Board recently announced that singer Regina Spektor will headline this year's Spring Fling celebration. As in years past, the choice to bring an underwhelming performer to this event highlights overall problems with the festival and with Program Board's approach to programming at GW in general.
Staff Editorial: Four-by-four is falling down
In its recent decision to delay a vote on a four-credit, four-class curricular structure, the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences echoed the concerns of all professors reluctant to sign on to a vague plan. This school's choice to wait to make a decision until the fall is not at all surprising, since administrators have not clearly communicated many specifics or benefits, aside from financial savings, to faculty members.
Gabriel Okolski: The case for consistency
I'm damn proud of my GWorld card. Throughout nearly four years of scratches, swipes and abuse, the card has barely faded and still lets me pay way too much for food around campus. Even the picture is unchanged - it still shows a bright-eyed, idyllic freshman whose spirits had yet to be broken.
Brendan Polmer: Music without restrictions
Ah, sweet music. It's the world's universal language, capable of uniting us all and evoking every known emotion in the human soul. It allows one to form a personal bond with its essence, framing a moment in time to a specific, personalized soundtrack. My own personal soundtrack consists of nearly 10,000 songs and is still growing, although I've only paid for probably two thirds of it - so sue me.
Letters to the Editor
Hold your event at "The Vern" In response to Andrew Siddons' editorial, "Hands off Alumni House," (Mar. 29, p. 4), the Mount Vernon staff would like to remind the entire GW community, and especially student organizations, that they should consider hosting their events at the Mount Vernon campus.
WEB EXTRA: Battle of the bands take over GW
Two student organizations, the WRGW radio station and Epsilon Sigma Alpha, hosted two unrelated "battle of the bands" concerts last weekend, both marked by lively audiences and musically striking performances. WRGW's Rock the Bottom concert featured a variety of hard-hitting and highly original sets with an audience turnout of over 200.
WEB EXTRA: Non-profit organizations participate in job fairs
Representatives from more than 100 non-profit organizations came to campus last Thursday to educate students about job opportunities. Last week's career fair, sponsored by Idealist.org and hosted by the GW Career Center showcased about 135 non-profit organization employers in the Marvin Center.
WEB EXTRA: Mind and Body Week offers free yoga classes
Lie down with your palms raised and toes turned out, take a deep breath, and repeat to yourself, "I love my body." This was the essence of this year's Mind and Body Week, hosted by the Lerner Health and Wellness Center which offered free yoga and pilates classes to students.
Attorney General Gonzales set to testify over firings
United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will testify April 17 before the Senate Judiciary Committee to explain his role in the controversial firings of eight U.S. attorneys. Senate Democrats have made other requests of Gonzales and his office that they want to be fulfilled prior to his appearance.
WEB UPDATE: Student services to occupy Marvin Center basement
Posted Friday, April 6, 7:22 p.m. A student service center will fill the empty space in the Marvin Center's ground floor that the District Market grocery store inhabited until last summer. Administrators met with student leaders Thursday and discussed how various departments located in Foggy Bottom will be moved to the 5,000-square-foot location in the Marvin Center.
WEB EXTRA: Award show be damned: Alexisonfire just want to play live
In 2006, the record label had to push and cajole Alexisonfire to attend the Juno Awards; the band was nominated for and won New Group of the Year. This year, Alexisonfire received three nominations, appeared at the award show by choice, and went home with nothing.
