Posted Oct. 28, 2005 at 4:39 p.m. Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara will speak at the May 21 Commencement ceremony, the University announced Friday.
Chipotle is one of several venues the University is considering to install in the vacant Quigley's building at 21st and G streets. Workers will start renovations on Quigley's in January to transform it into a new food venue and GWorld partner. A Chipotle spokesman confirmed that the restaurant is one of the companies that has been in touch with GW.
In the event of a terrorist attack or major national disaster, GW officials have long recognized the need to protect University network and computing systems. But in the disastrous wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, colleges around the country are evaluating the safety of their own technology services.
Dupont Circle's 17th Street flooded with cross-dressers and spectators Tuesday night as more than 30 drag queens came out despite the cold and drizzly weather to participate in an October tradition. D.C.'s annual High Heel Race takes place each year on the Tuesday night before Halloween, allowing men to dress in short skirts and strap on their high heels while they prepare to sprint down 17th Street between P and Q streets.
A new student organization is trying to persuade GW to lessen its penalties for drug violations, particularly for students who lose housing after being caught with marijuana in their dorms.
GW alumnus and NASA astronaut Charlie Camarda, who has logged more than 333 total hours in space, shared his recent experiences aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery with students and faculty during a speech Tuesday night. About 70 students and guests attended the event in the Elliott School of International Affairs building to hear Camarda's first-hand account of his journey into space from July 26 to Aug.
In surveys, students said the effectiveness of the 3-year-old University Writing Program, designed to promote undergraduates' writing and critical thinking skills, is inconclusive. But University officials are pleased with the program's results. According to student evaluations from spring 2005 published on the University Writing Program's Web site (http://www.
GW's Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet, a research component of the Graduate School of Political Management, was recently recognized by a worldwide organization as one of the top 10 groups changing the world of Internet and politics. Of the 10 award recipients, IPDI is the only academic institution and is one of only three winners in the United States.
Associated Press President and CEO Tom Curley said Tuesday night that despite his own organization's decrease in profits in 2004, and a myriad of problems facing the industry, he thinks the journalism business is not in trouble. "(We) need a standard-bearer, and AP provides that," Curley said in his hour talk with journalist and scholar Marvin Kalb at "The Kalb Report," a National Press Club event sponsored by GW and Harvard University's Shorenstein Center for Press, Politics and Public Policy.
Macedonian Ambassador Nkola Dimitrov is supposed to be the foremost emissary of his country to America, but it was his fellow countryman, pianist Simon Trpceski, who stole the show Tuesday night at the Jack Morton Auditorium. Trpceski gave an electrifying performance before a crowd of approximately 240 students, Washington, D.
Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ) said Tuesday night in the Marvin Center that if Sen. Jon Corzine wins the race for New Jersey governor, he might run for the vacant U.S. Senate seat. Before a crowd of about 50 people in the Marvin Center Amphitheatre, Holt spoke about a variety of issues from the ongoing CIA leak investigation to how to improve national security.
Court rules for full financial transparency The Student Association court ruled Tuesday night that financial records detailing SA President Audai Shakour's summer spending must be open to the public. The court ruled in favor of plaintiff Brandon Sherr, a junior, who filed suit because he was denied full access to the Shakour administration's financial records from summer transactions.
Late start for Sigma Chi The colonization of the Sigma Chi fraternity has been delayed until spring 2006, rather than this fall as originally planned. Earlier this month, the University invited Sigma Chi to begin the colonization process by recruiting members on campus.
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