About 70 students mourned the death of sophomore Susan Shin Thursday at a candlelight vigil on Kogan Plaza. The evening affair highlighted the life of an engineering student who dedicated herself to the well being of her friends.
As GW grapples with its third student suicide since February, New York University is still recovering from the fatal fall of one of its graduate students.
The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity will continue efforts to expand to GW but agreed to comply with the Student Activities Center's request to wait until fall rush has been completed. Zeta Beta Tau national officials also said they may form an unrecognized group if they are not asked to join the Interfraternity Council.
When Brian Adkins was leaving his freshman English class on Sept. 11, 2001, a plane had already hit the north tower of the World Trade Center. Adkins, now a senior, remembered coming back to his room in the Hall on Virginia Avenue and seeing students watching the television in the building's diner.
With the presidential election just 10 weeks away, Democratic and Republican student groups are turning out in droves to support their candidates. Last Thursday night, more than 350 students attended the GW College Republicans kick-off event at T.G.I. Fridays'.
The Hatchet is the best non-daily college newspaper in the country, according to the Society of Professional Journalists. SPJ gave top honors to GW's independent student newspaper at its annual conference, which was held in New York from Sept. 9-11. At a Saturday afternoon awards luncheon, SPJ executives lauded The Hatchet for its "professional quality writing" and said it had "just enough sass for a college paper.
Journalism professor Mark Feldstein is working on writing the first published biography of former investigative reporter and columnist Jack Anderson. The 81 year-old Anderson was once at the top of Richard Nixon's "enemies list," a compilation of his administration's main political adversaries.
Amber clouds hovered over University Yard Saturday night as the GW community united to commemorate the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11. Three years after students awoke to terrorists crashing planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, they gathered on the Quad for a vigil organized by sophomore Stan Dai and junior Cassandra Waite.
Ivory tower to house Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin Robbins Students who aren't too fond of Starbucks coffee will soon be able to use their Colonial Cash at Dunkin' Donuts when the coffee shop opens a joint Ivory Tower venue with Baskin Robbins next month. The two shops, which are being constructed in the residence hall's basement food court, are expected to open by Oct.
Monday The Real Deal on race and gender issues in hip-hop Open forum discussion 7 to 9 p.m. Marvin Center 302 Sponsored by the Student Activities Center Student Association Freshman Information Session 7 to 9 p.m. HOVA Capitol Room Sponsored by the Student Association Symposium: "Celebrating Democracy: India, Israel and the United States" Speakers include Rep.
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