Associate Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito presided over the Law School's annual Van Vleck Moot Court Thursday, marking the second consecutive year a member of the nation's highest court has judged the competition. More than 1,200 students crowded the seats of Lisner Auditorium to hear the proceedings, which are modeled after the U.S. appellate court system.
Posted Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2:27 a.m. The recent onslaught of below-freezing temperatures dealt a heavy blow to campus water pipes Tuesday afternoon. Flooding in three separate buildings ensued after pipes ruptured in the Marvin Center, the hospital and the Law School, prompting evacuations into weather in the mid-20s.
GW's largest college will release a list of five candidates to be the next dean of the school by the end of February, said Leslie Jacobson, the head of the search committee The search committee will conduct interviews for the five candidates between February and March, and then recommend their top three choices, she said.
As Democratic presidential candidates made their way in and around the beltway this weekend, in their footsteps were hundreds of members of the college democrats from around the country. At the Democratic National Committee's winter meeting in downtown D.
GW announced the addition of nine new partners to the Colonial Cash system, but popular new grocery store Trader Joe's is not on the list.
Carvings, the newest dining venue on campus, will open by the end of this week in the first floor of Potomac House, according to the restaurant's owner Paul Park. Officials had previously said the dining venue in GW's newest residence hall would open early last semester.
The freshman arrested in mid-January for allegedly picking up a box containing marijuana from the GW Package Center is due in court next week for two drug charges. Sriram Prakash will go before the D.C. Superior Court next Monday for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, said Channing Phillips, spokesperson for the U.
Chaplain James J. Yee spoke Wednesday about his experiences serving 76 days in a Guantanamo Bay detention camp after being accused of espionage, spying and aiding alleged Taliban and Al-Qaeda prisoners. The GW Islamic Society sponsored Yee's visit to campus, which packed the Marvin Center's Grand Ballroom with audience members interested in hearing Yee's first-hand accounts of his stay in the controversial U.
GW's 20-year Campus Plan will go before the D.C. Zoning Commission Monday for possible approval after Catholic University's proposed campus plan amendment passed during a single public hearing late last month. Monday's hearing for GW's plan, which is a proposed agreement between the city and GW on restrictions for future campus development, is the seventh meeting in a four-month process before the Zoning Commission.
About 80 people, including GW students, attended a panel discussion Thursday in the World Bank InfoShop about the role of the media in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The audience, which consisted of World Bank employees and journalists in addition to the students, came to hear from the editor and three contributors to the book "The Media and the Rwandan Genocide," released last week.
With the new Democratic majority in Congress, some young conservatives may be wondering how the change will affect their chances of getting an internship or job on Capitol Hill. Most professionals and experienced students close to the issue agree there are plenty of opportunities for everyone.
GW Diaspora, a new research and policy program housed in the Institute for Global and International Studies in the Elliott School of International Affairs, will study groups displaced from their native lands. "Governments and international organizations are beginning to acknowledge diasporas as important political, economic and social actors on the global stage," said Jennifer Brinkerhoff, the director of the program, in a press statement.
GW's Masters in Business Administration program is the 67th best in the world, according to the "Financial Times'" 2007 top full-time global M.B.A. programs report. GW ranked 75th in the 2006 report and 97th in 2005. "Our alumni are making great strides in the corporate world, fulfilling their dreams, testifying to and demonstrating the value of their GW experience.
Monday CI Staffer Info Session Want to be a part of CI? Enjoy working with kids? Come find out more. 7 to 9 p.m. Marvin Center 414 Sponsored by Colonial Inauguration Tuesday Senior Prom 2007 Volunteer Orientation Come learn about getting involved with an event that honors and celebrates senior citizens in D.
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