Afghan President Hamid Karzai spoke about the economic development of his country and the need for more business ties with the U.S. in an address Tuesday afternoon. About 250 invited guests and members of the media filled the Jack Morton Auditorium in the School of Media and Public Affairs building, according to University officials.
Student Association President Lamar Thorpe announced Tuesday that free condoms will be available in freshman residence halls starting Thursday.
Residence halls at GW have changed dramatically over the last half-century. Today, most students live in one of many co-ed dorms with as many as six roommates, high-tech electronics and strict security. Fifty years ago, the story was very different.
CNN's "Reliable Sources" will begin regular tapings in the Jack Morton Auditorium Oct. 6, the University announced this week. Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz hosts the hour-long program, which airs once a week and will be taped once a month at GW.
Students, faculty and alumni testified at D.C.'s Zoning Commission Monday night at the third public hearing for GW's 20-year Campus Plan. Student Association President Lamar Thorpe and former presidents Omar Woodard and Phil Robinson spoke to the commission, as well as other students.
The doors at the D.C. Armed Forces Recruitment Office were shut for two openly gay students attempting to enlist Tuesday morning. The office doors of the recruitment center were locked at 10:30 a.m. Posted office hours stated that they would be open. The two students were protesting the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy by trying to enter the recruitment office and enlist while announcing their homosexuality.
Unlawful Entry 9/23 - Gelman Library - 6:10 p.m. - case closed UPD officers responded to a call from Gelman Library about a disorderly individual. Upon arrival, officers found the subject wandering around the Gelman Starbucks screaming and yelling at customers.
A District Department of Transportation study presented at a Foggy Bottom community meeting Tuesday recommended the demolishing the Whitehurst Freeway. The $540,000 study, which took more than two years to complete, examined the effects of 14 proposed construction and destruction plans, and how they would affect traffic.
John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill gave students a behind-the-scenes look at campaigns Monday night. The political strategist spoke in the Marvin Center to an audience of about 130 students. In her speech at the GW College Democrats-sponsored event, Cahill offered optimistic predictions for the Democrats in 2006.
The Hippodrome will be closed starting Monday due to construction on the WOW Café and Wingery. The delayed food venue, which was originally scheduled to open by Sept. 5, is now slated to begin service Nov. 6, said Nancy Haaga, director of Campus Support Services.
The Student Association Senate passed a resolution expressing the body's disappointment with the recent cancellation of the "GW Reads" program and will form a petition to reinstitute the program. Earlier this month the University axed the initiative that brought free editions of The New York Times, The Washington Post and USA Today in an effort to reduce University spending by $50,100.
Students might be more concerned about fending off a cold than acquiring leprosy, but one professor hopes to draw more attention to neglected diseases such as these. Peter Hotez, chair of the Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Diseases department, began a new scientific journal called Public Library of Science: Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Many law-school hopefuls in Washington are leaving the District Saturday to take the Law School Admission Test because all test centers in D.C. were filled nearly three months before the registration deadline. All the spots for LSAT centers in D.C. were filled in May.
GW hosted one of the East coast's largest professional school fairs for Monday and Tuesday in the Smith Center, event organizers said. A committee from the D.C. Consortium of Colleges and Universities organizes the event, which they expected to draw more than 2,000 people.
It may not affect many people within 1,000 miles of Foggy Bottom, but senior Chris Beatty is hard at work raising money and awareness for one of the world's most deadly diseases. Beatty is the founder and leader of the GW Team to Fight Malaria in the worldwide Madness Against Malaria tournament.
Emmett Smith, an employee for nearly 27 years, died Sunday after suffering a heart attack. Smith, 59, worked in various University offices ranging from the University Police Department to his latest position as media lab operations supervisor in the School of Media and Public Affairs.
A conservative author and National Review senior editor spoke about abortion to a crowd of about 70 in the Marvin Center Tuesday night. Ramesh Ponnuru addresses the history, constitutional foundations and public opinion regarding Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 United States Supreme Court decision that declared most anti-abortion laws unconstitutional.
The Student Association Senate confirmed junior Ryan Sullivan as the Student Court's newest judge Tuesday night in the Marvin Center. Last week, SA President Lamar Thorpe, a senior, nominated Sullivan to the court. Within days, Sullivan passed the Rules Committee with a 5-0 vote.
The National Pan-Hellenic Council began its annual process to recruit potential new members Tuesday. Founded in 1930 at Howard University, the NPHC, or the Divine Nine as the organization is commonly referred to, is the Greek-letter governing council for historically African American fraternities and sororities.
Thursday Fall Career Fair Browse through a host of employers for full-time, part-time, co-op and internship positions. 1 to 5 p.m. Marvin Center Continental and Grand Ballrooms Sponsored by the Career Center Consequences of a Nuclear India Join Eliza Matthews, a Fulbright Scholar from the University of Queensland for this discussion on American and Australian non-proliferation efforts.
In her column last week ("The Colonial Army earned its privilege," Sept. 25, p. 4), Molly Gannon mistakenly referred to a last-minute Colonials victory over Dayton last year. The victory she referred to was against Charlotte.
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