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JEC boots Boyer from Student Association runoff

by Emily Cahn

The independent body that oversees Student Association elections voted unanimously early Thursday to remove presidential candidate Kyle Boyer from the runoff election.

CCAS faculty to vote on fewer GCRs

by Eric Thibault

Faculty members in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences will soon vote on a proposal that could significantly reduce the school's course requirements, administrators said this week.

Student Association senate postpones election

by Alli Hoff

The Student Association senate voted Tuesday to postpone the SA presidential runoff election until after spring break to give the election's oversight body time to review a series of campaign violations on Wednesday night.

Students propose smoking ban

by Raffi Salbashian
Hatchet Reporter

A group of graduate students is lobbying administrators to ban smoking on all University-owned property, but it remains unclear exactly where GW would be allowed to enforce the ban.

Burned woman found on campus, taken to hospital

by Alex Fitzsimmons and Lara Gori
Hatchet Reporters

University Police Department officers escorted a badly burned homeless woman to the GW Hospital Monday morning after she wandered onto campus, UPD Chief Dolores Stafford said Tuesday.

Foggy Bottom Grocery may become sandwich shop

by Louis Nelson

Two GW graduates are in talks with the University to become tenants of the building now occupied by the Foggy Bottom Grocery near the corner of 22nd and F streets.

NBA owner named to Business School hall of fame

by Nathan Grossman

Washington Wizards owner and GW alumnus Abe Pollin was inducted into the GW School of Business Sports Executives Hall of Fame at a ceremony in the Smith Center on Monday.

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Knapp pushes funding for humanities

by Chelsea Radler
Hatchet Reporter

University President Steven Knapp told the National Humanities Association Tuesday afternoon that it is more important than ever to fund the study of humanities.

Filmmaker discusses women’s roles in government

by Geoffrey Middleberg
Hatchet Staff Writer

The creator of a documentary chronicling women's roles in government, media and society discussed her movie Tuesday night at Funger Hall.

Professor raises remain above average

by Lauren French

Full-time GW professors received an average pay increase of about 5 percent at the beginning of this year, Vice President of Academic Affairs Donald Lehman said Tuesday.

SA denies Bhangra Blowout funding

by Emily Cahn

Members of the South Asian Society are scrambling to find donors for their largest event of the year, Bhangra Blowout, after the Student Association Finance Committee denied the organization's request for funding.

Crime Log

by Lara Gori
Hatchet Reporter

Dutch diplomat discusses women’s rights

by Chris Gregory
Hatchet Reporter

The Netherlands' ambassador to the United States outlined the worldwide condition of women's human rights as part of International Women's Day at the Elliott School of International Affairs Tuesday afternoon.

Snapshot: Puppy Party

Panel stresses studies in humanities

by Becky Reeves
Hatchet Reporter

More students should study subjects like law, literature and history, stressed a panel of University administrators, philanthropists and a Supreme Court justice Monday evening in the Jack Morton Auditorium.

Obama, Holder to speak at ceremony in Lisner Friday

President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder will speak on Friday at Holder's Installation Ceremony in Lisner Auditorium on campus, a Department of Justice news release said Wednesday afternoon.