GW approved a plan this month to annually give a full four-year scholarship to one student from the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan. Last year, student activists on campus urged the administration to divest University holdings from companies that do business in the African country.
The D.C. Zoning Commission tentatively scheduled another hearing for the 20-year Campus Plan Thursday in order to hear testimony on GW's enrollment numbers. Zoning Commission Chair Carol Mitten said the date may change from Oct. 11.
GW Students for Fair Trade achieved one of its primary goals when the Grounds for Change coffee shop opened in the Marvin Center in late September. The student organization's leaders said they had been lobbying the University for a fair trade coffee shop for years.
It's that time of year again - student organizations want their money. Every year, student groups wait for money to be distributed from the Student Association, and every year some groups do not get all of the money they want. Organizations may be even more concerned this year because the SA has less money available to allocate to students groups than it did last year.
Nearly 2,000 people attended the fourth annual neighborhood West End/Foggy Bottom Block Party Sunday in the I Street Mall, organizers said. This year almost 100 vendors reserved booths for the event including businesses in Foggy Bottom, University departments and community groups.
Emmy award-winning journalist Frank Sesno is finishing some projects before beginning teaching at the School of Media and Public Affairs this spring. One of those projects, an in-depth documentary on Donald Rumsfeld, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, debuted Saturday night on CNN.
Freshmen are increasingly unprepared for college, according to a study released this month by the Association of American Publishers. Zogby International, a nationwide survey company, conducted the study for AAP in which a majority of polled college professors believed that incoming freshmen are more and more unprepared for college-level work.
Dressed in casual jeans and a vintage-style shirt, it was easy to think "The Dorm Room Diet" author Daphne Oz was a college student at her book-signing event last Friday in the GW Bookstore. That's because she is a college student. In addition to being a published author, Oz is a full-time student in her junior year at Princeton University.
Senior Annie Kelly is in Minnesota this semester working as assistant campaign manager for Governor Tim Pawlenty's re-election run. She said she owes her job, and every other internship she has had, to one student organization. "I got this job because I am a College Republican," Kelly said.
After a two-year hiatus, Crepeaway is back in the neighborhood. The restaurant, which serves a selection of sweet and savory crêpes, is hoping to attract GW students as it did when it was located in J Street. In September, the new shop at 20th and L streets had a 50 percent discount for students with GWorld cards, and it will begin accepting the cards as payment Oct.
Zipcar, a membership-based car-rental service, increased the number of cars offered on campus in response to growing Foggy Bottom demand. The company offers 20 cars on or near campus ranging from pickup trucks to MINI Coopers for the 1,000 students and staff members who subscribed to Zipcar this year.
In one of his final gestures as manager of the Washington Nationals, Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson met with a group of journalism students Thursday to discuss media coverage of Major League Baseball. On Saturday, the team confirmed reports on its Web site that Robinson will not return as the National's manager after two years at the helm of D.
Dorm life is one of the most talked-about aspects of college culture. Residence halls have reputations - the party dorm, the honors hall, the artsy house and so on. Since students are fascinated with living arrangements and how their place stacks up against others', The Hatchet has compiled a comparison of dorm life at GW and other area schools by interviewing officials at five colleges in the metro area.
Monday Security, Stability and Reconstruction: the Iraqi Police Mentoring and Training Program Hear Billy Kearney speak about his experiences as a former training program manager in Basra. 5 to 6 p.m. 1957 E Street, Room 213 Tuesday Making Study Abroad a Reality Come receive student insight about ways to finance your study abroad plans.
University to define how to use proposed science center The University is in the process of defining how an on-campus science center will be utilized across the science and engineering departments. As one of the focuses of the 20-year Campus Plan, the science center would be located on I Street between 22nd and 23rd streets, where a parking garage now sits.
In The Hatchet article "Newman hosts Archbishop" (Sept. 25, p. 5) The Hatchet innacutately reported Donald Wuerl's title. He is the Most Reverend Archbishop of Washington, D.C.
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