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Alexa MillingerSenior News Editor
Thousands of activists swarmed the National Mall Saturday afternoon to voice opposition to the Iraq War and demand the withdrawal of American troops.
The protest's main organizer was United for Peace and Justice, which is a coalition of more than 1,400 member groups in the United States advocating change in Iraq War policy.Protesters were fueled by President George W. Bush's new plan to deploy 21,500 additional soldiers to Iraq despite strong opposition from the public and the new Democratic majority in Congress.
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Eric RoperEditor in Chief
GW golf coach Scott Allen isn't just worrying about his players' golf strokes anymore; he's worrying about their keystrokes as well. One of his players was drinking over the summer and posted photos of it onto the social networking site Facebook.
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Bryan HanSenior Staff Writer
Freshman Sriram Prakash was arrested outside the GW Package Services Center Thursday afternoon for picking up a box containing four bags of marijuana, according to a Metropolitan Police Department report.
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Eric RoperEditor in Chief
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow told the GW community Thursday to have confidence in President George W. Bush's Iraq plan, adding that the consequences of immediate withdrawal could prove catastrophic for America.
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Frank BroomellHatchet Staff Writer
GW alumnus Kibre Dawit knows all about the challenges of founding a school with limited resources.
As a graduate student at the School of Business in the early 1990s, Dawit had a vision to start a university for the less fortunate. But after founding a school in 2000, she realized the hardships of getting an educational institution off the ground.
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Gabriel Seder
Hatchet Reporter
The first female ambassador from an Arab nation came to GW Thursday to speak about the benefits of a recent trade agreement between her country and the United States.
The Elliott School of International Affairs hosted more than 100 students, faculty and visiting members of the State Department when Omani Ambassador to the United States HuNaia Sultan Ahmed Al Mughairy discussed the Free Trade Agreement between the United States and the Sultanate of Oman.
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Amanda Dick
Hatchet Reporter
A controversial safe sex advocate partially blamed higher education institutions for allowing unsafe behavior at a speech at a local conservative think tank Thursday.
Mariam Grossman recently published a book "Unprotected," but authored it with the pseudonym "Anonymous, M.
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Cory StrubleHatchet Staff Writer
GW professors urged legislatures nationwide to mandate vaccinations for a cancer-causing virus in public schools.
Soon after the release of Gardasil, a vaccine for the human papilloma virus, the D.C. City Council and other state and local governments began introducing legislation mandating the drug.
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Lizzie Wozobski'07-'08 Opinions Editor
William Quandt, a Middle East expert at the University of Virginia, has been named the James Clark Welling Visiting Professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs.
The position, which was created by University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg and named in honor of GW's president from 1871 and 1894, is a two-year term.
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Ian JannettaHatchet Staff Writer
Subscribers to satellite radio have a new voice of support at the GW Law School.
A group of students recently formed the Consumer Coalition for Competition in Satellite Radio, or C3SR, to raise awareness about the dangers for consumers of a rumored satellite radio merger between Sirius and XM.
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Harald OlsenHatchet Staff Writer
Former sophomore Isa Madyun skirted jail time after his father swayed a judge to reduce the admitted marijuana dealer's sentence to parole.
The sentencing hearing Tuesday was postponed to Wednesday after D.C. Superior Court Judge Truman Morrison III heard Madyun's father speak.
Tuesday American Red Cross Information Session Learn about the Red Cross and other aid organizations in this information session. Career Center Workshop Room 5 to 6 p.m. Sponsored by the Career Center Crisis in Darfur: A Conversation with Activist Steven Krieger Steven Krieger, a leading advocate fighting to end the genocide in Darfur, will explain the crisis in Darfur and discuss ways for students to get involved.
In the article "UPD probes $25K in thefts" (Jan. 25, p. 3), The Hatchet mistakenly spelled the name of University Police Department Inspector Mark Balazik.
In the article "Student activists join annual 'March for Life'" (Jan. 25, p.1), The Hatchet inaccurately described the number of protesters at the march.
