The biannual Midnight Breakfast, which typically includes free pancakes, French toast and bacon among other breakfast entrees, was canceled for the spring semester. Tim Miller, director of the Student Activities Center, said that the decision to cancel this spring's program was made last May.
GW will honor two graduate students and the director of Parent Services with the GW Award at this year's University Commencement ceremony. Andrew Brown and Omar Woodard, both graduate students, and Rodney Johnson will receive the award, which has recognized GW administrators, faculty, staff members and students since its inception in 1976.
GW's Geography Bowl and Mock Trial teams both found success at their respective competitions last month. The Geography Bowl team finished in second place at the World Geography Bowl in San Francisco April 18, having previously won the Mid-Atlantic regional qualifier earlier this year.
GW parent Greg Cherneff and freshman Mirielle Eaton load a suitcase onto the top of a car outside of Thurston Hall, Saturday.
The Johnny Rockets in the Shops at 2000 Penn will open May 14, three months later than originally projected by company officials. The setback was one to normal construction and permit delays, officials said. The restaurant is located in part of the space formerly occupied by the Gap on 20th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.
Commencement is a time for celebrating accomplishments, enjoying family and friends and looking to the future. Yet this year's GW Commencement ceremony has turned into a controversial and polarizing event with the initial announcement, and then eventual change, of University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg as the keynote speaker.
The economics textbooks have been slammed shut for the last time and that 20-page research paper has been handed in. As you close the door on your now-empty dorm room, you may temporarily be overcome with nostalgic feelings for the year that flew by way too quickly.
As I began the final stretch of my junior year, I became fascinated with the idea of "worrying about worrying." It's a simple idea, really. A year from now, I'll be a graduating senior, full of excitement and purpose as I enter the deemed real world. Or so I hope.
Kudos to Senior Prom Thank you to the entire GW community for your support of Senior Prom 2007, "A Night in Paradise," hosted by the Neighbors Project within the Office of Community Service. As a result of the many hours of hard work contributed by GW students and the generous financial contributions made by over twelve different student organizations and offices across campus, senior citizens from across D.
A grocery store on GWorld, weekly town halls and linking Student Association senators directly to student organizations is just a sampling of what SA leaders said they want to accomplish next year. SA President Nicole Capp and Executive Vice President Brand Kroeger have laid out their goals for "a shared vision for student advocacy.
GW rolled out the red carpet this month to honor its outgoing president.
The Duke Ellington School of the Arts awarded University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg the first-ever Mike Malone Distinguished Service Award earlier this month. Ellington is a local D.C public high school that specializes in performing arts. Trachtenberg received his award at a fundraising gala held at the Warner Theater May 3.
Commencement is a time for celebrating accomplishments, enjoying family and friends and looking to the future. Yet this year's GW Commencement ceremony has turned into a controversial and polarizing event with the initial announcement, and then eventual change, of University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg as the keynote speaker.
The Hatchet erroneously reported in "Kweller croons at MVC" (April 30, pg. 15) that the College Democrats and the College Republicans sponsored voter registration during Fountain Day. The voter registration was sponsored by the GW Democrats.
A former senior employee of Gelman Library is suing the University and its head librarian, alleging they discriminated against him for having mental disorders.
While dad is struggling to ride his new Harley-Davidson and cope with the fact that he is "over the hill" and only getting older, he may not realize that his twenty-something child is battling their own crisis. While many are familiar with the midlife crisis, few are aware of the quarterlife crisis experienced during the transition into adulthood.
When one hears the word mace, a thumb-sized black bottle filled with a dangerous solvent may be the first thing to come to mind. What you probably don't know is that it is also the name of a special ceremonial scepter carried by persons of importance at significant, formal University events.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Why did I decide to move to Buenos Aires straight out of graduating from GW? Everyone asked me back in the States, and every Argentine I meet continues to inquire. Had I ever been to Argentina? No. Did I have a job lined up for when I arrived? No.
GW students hail from all 50 states and more than 125 countries around the world. But once they get to D.C., many have at least one common interest: politics. Whether they are lobbying a member of Congress, working in the speaker of the House of Representative's office, or perhaps supporting a senator's quest to make it to the Oval Office, students here use GW's location to their advantage to get involved in the nation's capital.
The 2006-2007 GW athletic season yielded two regular-season conference champions (women's basketball and lacrosse), one conference tournament champion (men's basketball), two team NCAA tournament berths and one individual berth (men's and women's basketball and gymnastics' Jess Guilbert, respectively) and a slew of all-conference selections.
After nearly two decades at GW, University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg likened himself to an old car. At the end of July, the University will trade him in for a new model - one from Johns Hopkins University. "I am going to be a used university president," Trachtenberg said in an interview with The Hatchet.
Freshman Sriram Prakash was standing outside of Package Services when an early snow fell Jan. 15. Handcuffs bound his arms behind his back. Flanked by two Metropolitan Police Department officers wearing civilian clothing, Prakash was arrested on drug charges.
The first post-graduate job for senior Brian Fernandez came after several grueling interviews, but he said it would not have been possible without one factor - connections. "Applying to college is a fair process," said Fernandez, who will soon start a job at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, a global public relations agency.
The Gamma Eta chapter of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity will return to campus in the fall of 2008 after an absence of more than three years, a spokesperson for the fraternity said. When the chapter returns, an expansion team of three to four chapter leadership consultants from the fraternity's national office will begin the recruitment process on campus.
Michael Fauver has always been a storyteller. Instead of his parents reading him bedtime stories, he made up his own. In the fourth grade, he attended writing conferences with his teacher and knew that one day he would be a novelist. After graduation, Fauver, 23, will be spending a month at Yaddo, a prestigious artists' community in upstate New York, where he can begin working on his first novel.
When Kenan Cole was younger she watched NCAA games on TV. In her last four years at GW, she was a key player in women's basketball team's tournament games. Cole, the only senior on this year's squad, proved that anything is possible if you put your mind to it.
Pisei Chea's passion for Cambodia was intensified by "Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors" by Dirth Pran. She picked it up during her freshman year, and its impact on her was so great that four years later, she decided to write a rhetorical analysis about the novel as her senior communication thesis.
Gregory Camp, 22, came to GW thinking he was going to study cultural diplomacy, but then music just started taking over. "Music is more active and it's not boring," Camp said. "You can study and perform it at the same time and it requires working with a team.
The District has been called many things: Divided City, Dank City, Diamond City. John Muller, 23, calls it DreamCity. Muller, who wakes up early and goes to bed late, spent most of his time at GW working with the city and starting his own non-profit. At first, he said he was frustrated that no one would listen to how he planned to confront the socio-economic hardships of the District, but then he started DreamCity Theater Group, which focuses on civic engagement.
Rose Hickman studied African cultural identity, not in Africa, but in Ecuador and Mexico. She studied an Afro-Ecuadorian community in fall 2005, and then in the spring of 2006, she studied an Afro-Mexican community on the coast of Oaxaca. "I'm really interested in people living outside of their context," she said.
Without Justin Neidig, the student body would have to work a little harder to get things done. Neidig, 22, has served on the senate rules and finance committees of the Student Association. He has been the chairman of the Joint Elections Committee, an independent body that administers student elections.
Arlington County, Courthouse Metro, affordable housing. All of these things seem so distant from Foggy Bottom and the collegiate experience, but for Kimberly Painter, these two different worlds blended together into an intricate balance. Painter, 23, has been working part-time at Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing, a nonprofit that works closely with the Arlington County government.
How does a girl from a small town in New Hampshire with a population of 2,000 mostly white Christians end up in San Antonio, a city with more than a million people, 12 percent black and 14 percent Hispanic? As someone who loves children and cannot wait to be pushed out of her comfort zone, Marilyn Petzy is a political communication major who will not be going on to a career in politics.
It was a twist of fate that got Zack Colonna, 22, to where he is today. He began as an electronic media major at GW, but after the University canceled the program he had to switch majors. He is now a theatre major and said he thinks it turned out to be one of the best decisions of his life.
This year's honorary degree recipients are known best as television anchors, politicians and heads of prestigious science institutions, but almost all the recipients also have ties to the world of academia. Some have served as professors, others as mentors and some even as university administrators.
Following a nationwide trend to "go green," this year's senior class gift will help make GW a more environmentally friendly campus. For its parting present, the Class of 2007 created the Campus Green Fund, an endowment that will fund projects to bring more greenery to campus, making it more environmentally friendly for current and future generations.
Though many graduating seniors spent their four years at GW studying international affairs, Iraq war veteran Catherine O'Connor learned from firsthand experience. O'Connor, a senior, will be the student speaker at Commencement this year. She returned from Iraq in Jan.
Some graduating seniors are still disappointed with GW's decision to make outgoing University President Steven Joel Trachtenberg the Commencement speaker. But while cries for protests and walk-outs found their way into the national media last month, students appear to have dropped their plans.
University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg is not the only administrator departing from GW at the end of this semester. Several other administrators including Executive Director of University Events Jim Hess, Assistant Vice President of Alumni Relations Scott Mory, Director of Housing Programs James Kohl and Vice President and General Counsel Dennis Blumer are also ending their careers in Foggy Bottom.
The end of the spring semester is normally a time to celebrate the departure of graduating students, yet this is also a time to commemorate professors retiring from their lives in academia at GW. For several of this year's retiring professors - namely John Ziolkowski and Gregory Ludlow - the decision to step down means an end to decades of scholarly work in the GW community.
While some of the seniors graduating Sunday may be the first in their families to ever step foot on the GW campus, there are others following in the footsteps of their parents or siblings. These are legacy students, people for whom spending four years in Foggy Bottom is somewhat of a family tradition.
Commencement weekend involves a whirlwind of activities that inevitably include at least one big family dinner and a few other lighter meals out on the town. Unfortunately, the most famous and expensive restaurants have all been booked up for Friday and Saturday night since December, but that won't preclude a reservation-less family from enjoying a nice meal.
So you've gone to school for four years now in a city known the world over for its jazz scene. For all you seniors, this might be your last chance. Besides, now that your parents are in town, you can show them how cultured you've become over this very expensive stay in Foggy Bottom.
Need some ideas of things to do around the District during Commencement week? Check out some of these great destinations around D.C. that are fun for the whole family and easily accessible by Metro. Blue/Orange Line: Nationals baseball game - Take the Blue/Orange line to the Stadium-Armory stop to catch a game by the Washington Nationals.
Grappling for something to keep you and your parents entertained during commencement week? Here's a fresh idea: take them to a show. D.C. is currently participating in the "Shakespeare in Washington" program, so if your parents are into iambic pentameter, you're in luck.
University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg provides the answers to student questions in the final stretch of his presidency...
Updated Thursday, May 17, 5:41 p.m. Lisner Auditorium will host three presidential candidates in a religious-based forum next month. Sojourners, a non-profit organization and magazine based in Washington that promotes Christian values, is hosting the form which will feature Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Edwards.
Posted Thursday, May 17, 6:00 p.m. DJ's Fastbreak, a G Street breakfast mainstay, terminated its lease in late April and will vacate the location this summer, Director of Real Estate Planning and Development Alicia O'Neil told The Hatchet Wednesday. O'Neil said Sun Kim, the restaurant's owner, did not give the University reason for ending its contract.
Posted Thursday, May 17, 6:07 p.m. NEW YORK Though there is free popcorn on the corner of West and Chambers, at $18 dollars a movie and $2 for the subway, TRIBECA Film Festival can put a dent in your wallet. But for a city like New York - it's a darn good deal.
Posted Thursday, May 17, 6:08 p.m. The Kooks rocked 9:30 Club last Saturday night, bringing their unique sound and style to D.C. fifteen months after the release of their debut album. After the monumental success of "Inside In/Inside Out", The Kooks have been on the road for over a year, selling out almost everywhere in both Europe and the US.
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