Stories from the April 23, 2007, Print Edition
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.
Culminating in a finale cover of the Beatles' song "We Can Work It Out" with Sheryl Crow on accordion, Carole King on tambourine, and Faith Hill and Tim McGraw singing backup, the Stop Global Warming Now College Tour entertained an announced crowd of more than 3,000 people at Smith Center Sunday afternoon.
GW officials came under fire last year after the University removed former student Jordan Nott from housing and barred him from campus after he met with counselors for his depression. About 15 months after Nott filed a lawsuit against GW for what he called unfair treatment of mental patients, a student at Virginia Tech brutally shot 32 students and faculty members.
Every year, all the graduating seniors in the editorial office get 30 inches to write whatever they want. Usually, this includes tidbits of wisdom and nostalgia-evoking stories about the first time that person walked into The Hatchet office. My 30 piece is going to be all this and more .
Diego Arias had already taken out his change, keys and cell phone when he reached the bodyguards outside Fur nightclub for a routine pat-down one weekend night.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the D.C. Voting Rights Bill 241 to 177 Thursday, the first time in three decades that the House agreed to a voting representative for Washington. Both chambers of Congress passed a D.C. Voting Rights amendment in 1978, but it was not ratified by enough states.
Get a job like this one, and hang on to it as long as you can. I worked as both the arts and special projects editor, for the same meager pay that the rest of the Hatchet staff received, but with one major perk - swag. Most of my weekends out have been subsidized by tickets from press screenings; CDs and bestsellers on my shelves have "promotional advance copy" stamped on their covers.
ASHBURN, Va. - TWA Flight 800 burst into flames, broke into pieces and plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean near Long Island, N.Y., in July 1996. All 230 passengers and crewmembers lost their lives. More than 10 years later, a large section of the fuselage has been reconstructed in a Loudoun County hangar at the National Transportation Safety Board's Training Center, a facility rented from GW's satellite campus here in Ashburn, Va.
Students have teamed up with GW's largest college to install a peer advising program next fall. The Student Association will be working in conjunction with the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences to implement the system, which would supplement faculty advisers.
A Faculty Senate report presented at April's meeting found that, on average, sponsored research loses money for GW. The report states that the University and the Medical Center spend a combined $54 million on research, which is not completely recovered in terms of direct financial benefits.
Buddhist Takako Ichikawa sits across from the White House singing Japanese songs and playing her drum Saturday afternoon. Photo Credit: Alex Ellis/Hatchet staff photographer
In the article "Billy Crystal to headline Colonials Weekend" (April 19, p. 1), it was reported that Colonials Weekend combines parents' weekend and alumni weekend. Alumni weekend will now be separate from Colonials Weekend. In the caption of the photo for the article about Buzzing for Change (April 16, p.
More than one of every three D.C. residents is functionally illiterate, according to a report released last month by the University of the District of Columbia. The study, which was conducted by UDC's State Education Agency for Adult Education and Family Literacy, analyzes data from a national literacy survey in 1992 and the 2000 Census.
GW officials are taking a closer look at the Office of Financial Aid in response to a nationwide scandal involving lenders' relationships with universities. The student loan industry, which lends students about $85 billion per year, came under scrutiny in early February when New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo began investigating possible corrupt relationships between the companies and schools.
Israeli Ambassador Sallai Meridor said citizens of his country are ready to "make the sacrifice" and accept a two-state solution to the Arab-Israel conflict in a speech to about 100 faculty and students at 1957 E Street Friday. "We are ready to give up terror for peace, to give up hate for hope," he said.
Monday Blood Drive Today is the last blood drive of the semester. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Marvin Center Continental Ballroom Sponsored by the American Red Cross Donors for Life Delta Week: The Truth About Men and Women Join a discussion about the nature of men, women and their relationships.
The Student Activities Center hosted the 22nd annual Excellence Awards Thursday night to recognize individuals, student organizations and University programs whose efforts have enhanced the quality of campus life at GW. Fifteen student organizations won awards in categories ranging from excellence in diversity, community service and significant contributions to the GW community.
Religion professor Dewey Wallace received the Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Teaching Award, one of the highest awards the University gives to faculty, at a ceremony at Duques Hall Friday. "It is gratifying to feel that the effort I have put into teaching has been recognized," said Wallace, who has been at GW for 33 years.
The Mount Vernon Campus is becoming a more popular spot for student organizations to host their events. From last September to February, the campus hosted nearly 650 events, said Director of Mount Vernon Campus Life and Marketing Robert Snyder. The office, which oversees programming at Mount Vernon, sponsored about 40 events last semester that had a total of about 4,500 people in attendance.
In response to fewer food options available on the Mount Vernon Campus, the University launched a shuttle service this month that brings students to popular shopping areas in the city. This January the University cut hours at Ames Dining Hall, the campus' main eating venue.
University Police Chief Dolores Stafford received a national campus safety award earlier this month for her innovative work in Foggy Bottom. Stafford, a 15-year GW employee, was recognized as Campus Safety Director of the Year by Campus Safety Magazine because she succeeded in "transforming her department's personnel, mission and level of service," the magazine said.
Washingtonians began seeing headlines such as "Panda demands abortion" April 5, but they shouldn't take it too seriously. The nation's most widely-read humor newspaper, The Onion, started publishing a D.C. edition earlier this month. Issues are available free of charge from newspaper boxes around campus and the District.
For senior citizens in D.C., spring is prom season. About 185 senior citizens and 140 students attended the fifth annual Senior Prom at Marvin Center's Grand Ballroom Saturday evening. The Neighbors Project, an organization within GW's Community Service Office tasked with Foggy Bottom outreach, hosted the luau-themed event which included dinner and dancing.
Posted Tuesday, April 24, 11:25 a.m. The vice president returned to the GW Medical Center early Tuesday morning for a check-up of a blood clot in his lower left leg. Dick Cheney went to his physicians at the Medical Faculty Associates for an ultrasound of the clot which he has had since early March.
Updated Wednesday, April 25, 9:22 p.m. The University is in the planning stages of hosting an on-campus forum in early June for Democratic presidential candidates, administrators said Wednesday afternoon. U.S. Senators Hillary Clinton of New York, John Edwards of North Carolina and Barack Obama of Illinois are on the list of invited candidates, said University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg.
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