Posted 8:25 p.m. The University canceled Thursday classes after Metro officials announced that bus and rail service would stop at 11 a.m. as Hurricane Isabel barrels towards D.C. University officials are bracing the campus for possible flooding and power outages and are urging students to stay indoors for the storm's duration.
A Thursday court ruling will give GW an additional four years to comply with a city order that requires the University to house 70 percent of undergraduates on campus. The order also prevented GW from constructing nonresidential facilities such as a new business school building.
Saturday's chance of showers and hazy morning forced the Program Board to move its annual Fall Fest to the Smith Center for the first time in eight years.
GW administrators and faculty are questioning the academic merits of a new credit system that would decrease the number of classes a student takes each semester.
The University is in the process of replacing its web-based learning system, Prometheus, with one that offers students a wider variety of online features and options.
GW officials breathed a sigh of relief Friday when medical tests from a Thurston Hall resident who possibly contracted a deadly form of meningitis came back negative.
Despite concern over a meningitis case in Thurston Hall late last week, the University will continue to refrain from mandating the vaccine for incoming students.
A smaller and quieter commemoration on campus marked the anniversary of the September 11 attacks this year. While the University held a day-long name reading in Kogan Plaza, several panel discussions and a candlelight vigil last year, Thursday's events only included a vigil and a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m.
Dalai Lama calls to halt violence The Dalai Lama offered peace as an antidote to violence in a speech commemorating the September 11 attacks at the National Cathedral Thursday. "It is important not to be depressed, demoralized and paralyzed by the past events, but rather remember the events and try to utilize (them) towards a kind of spiritual opportunity for personal growth and forgiveness," the Dalai Lama said.
Monday Student Association freshman involvement sessions 6 p.m. Thurston Hall Rizzo Memorial Lounge College Republican freshman elections, with speaker Eric Hoplin, national chairman of the College Republican National Committee 7:30 p.m. Marvin Center room 310 Tuesday Student Association freshman involvement sessions 6 p.
Students shave heads for charity
More than 150 students shaved their heads in Kogan Plaza Sunday as part of a charity event to raise money for children with cancer. The event, organized by student group Buzzing for Change, lasted all day and raised more than $15,000. Students got their heads shaved throughout the day, in between relaxing and listening to tunes on Kogan Plaza.
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