Seven J Street employees are out of work after Aramark, the company that runs the food court, announced a round of layoffs on Valentine's Day. Since August 2004, 25 positions have been eliminated at J Street. The reductions now bring J Street staffing to below May 2004 levels.
Seven publishing companies are suing a Foggy Bottom copy shop for allegedly reproducing classroom materials without permission.
"BORF?" said freshman Hayley McDonough when she was informed about graffiti around campus by the anonymous humorist. "What is BORF?" Despite writing in high visibility areas of campus, such as outside the Marvin Center and near the Foggy Bottom Metro stop, some students have not taken notice of what some call art and others call vandalism.
Rapper Lloyd Banks will likely bring his bulletproof vest and tales of street hustling to GW's largely middle- and upper-class population. The artist, a protégé of 50 Cent who released his own album last year, is slated to headline the Program Board's annual Spring Fling on April 9, two officials at his management company said.
Theoretical physics and an episode of "The Simpsons" were juxtaposed Monday when world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking was awarded the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal at Lisner Auditorium. The program began with a talk by University of California-Santa Barbara physics professor James Hartle, who discussed some of Hawking's greatest discoveries in the field of astrophysics and cosmology.
The number of students choosing to keep their housing assignments for another year more than tripled compared to last year. Seth Weinshel, director of University Campus Housing, said there are 331 students in 97 rooms who took advantage of the policy, dubbed squatters' rights, which allows rising seniors and students living on the Mount Vernon Campus to stay in their rooms for another year.
Former CIA operative and GW alumnus Joe Kiehl made becoming a secret agent not so secret Tuesday night. He gave students tips for landing a job with the intelligence agency. More than 100 people packed the Alumni House for the lecture, "How Do I Become a Secret Agent?" which lasted about an hour and a half.
Thursday Summer job and internship fair 2 to 5 p.m. Marvin Center Grand Ballroom Sponsored by the Career Center Global justice and human organ trafficking lecture Berkeley anthropologist Nancy Scheper-Hughes to speak 4 to 6 p.m. Lindner Family Commons, 1957 E St.
JEC charges five candidates with violations The Joint Elections Committee said Tuesday night that Student Association candidates may be facing seven violations. The alleged violations all involve candidates who did not get approval from the JEC, which oversees the elections, to post campaign materials on Web sites and on thefacebook.
The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity will host a citywide charity step competition Saturday at Lisner Auditorium. "Step is a mixture of dance moves today, contemporary music and historically African culture," Alpha Phi Alpha President Isaiah Pickens said. "It uses the precision of military movements mixed with the fluidity of modern dance.
Forgery/Counterfeiting 2/14 - Medical Faculty Associates - case closed A man ordered a suspicious prescription for Oxycontin that led MFA pharmacy staff to contact the prescribing doctor on Feb. 11. The doctor's office had no record of the patient or prescription.
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