Stories from the March 8, 2010, Print Edition
Tucked away in an office on the first floor of the Academic Center, Columbian College of Arts and Sciences adviser Michael Gabriel says he is ready to help students find a major, fill out law school applications or any task his six appointments of the day may require.
With the announcement that Steve Holt was elected as a write-in candidate to Senior Class Council, proverbial party lines were crossed as the entire crowd celebrated. But Holt was nowhere to be found that night.
The University has eliminated the need to file a portion of the current financial aid application for continuing students, in hopes of easing the paperwork burden for continuing students applying for assistance.
After nearly six years at the helm of GW Hillel, Dr. Robert Fishman announced last week that he plans to leave his position as director in August to focus on fundraising for the organization.
At some point in many students' careers, he or she looks up from a pile of overzealously highlighted textbooks, crumpled stacks of loose leaf, and haphazardly strewn empty Starbucks cups and realizes he or she has been holed up in Gelman Library for the better part of a week.
The iHousing lottery system received about 300 more applications than last year, with Ivory Tower and The Dakota as students' most popular choices, a GW Housing Programs official said this week.
An assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State, a leading news executive, a Princeton University dean, and a top GW benefactor have been confirmed as graduation speakers for this year's Commencement Weekend.
Larry King, legendary journalist and host of CNN's highest-rated show, Larry King Live, is an award-winning journalist. He's recognized as an icon in broadcasting, and has conducted more than tens of thousands of interviews.
The Student Health Service reported seeing just eight cases of influenza-like illness since the beginning of 2010, compared to a full 800 cases last semester, a University administrator said this week.
While College Republicans and College Democrats remain active on campus when there isn't a U.S. presidential election, political involvement around GW is less visible leading up to the 2010 Congressional elections.
Some GW maintenance and food services employees who worked during February's historic snowstorms reported they were stranded on the Mount Vernon campus without adequate lodging.
Supporters of a GW Hospital rabbi who was fired last summer rallied in her support on Friday in front of the GW Hospital, demanding that Rabbi Tamara Miller be reinstated as the head of spiritual care at the hospital. Miller will soon be filing a wrongful termination complaint, her attorney Lynne Bernabei said in an interview.
GW will request to begin construction on the underground parking portion of the new Law Learning Center with D.C.'s Office of Zoning next month, a University official said Thursday.
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