Freshman Philip Aftuck is spending his second semester of college back home with his jaw wired shut for the next four to six weeks, and will be on a strictly liquid diet. Aftuck was reportedly assaulted in The Exchange bar two weekends ago and later hospitalized due to major injuries to his jaw.
Posted Wednesday, Feb. 14, 6:11 a.m. Administrators pushed back the opening of the University until 10 a.m. Wednesday because of the icy weather in D.C. and the surrounding metropolitan area. GW spokesperson Adela de la Torre said academic and business operations on all campuses will resume a normal schedule after that time. Classes starting before 10 a.m. Wednesday are therefore canceled.
Updated Tuesday, Feb. 13, 5:14 p.m. The University has canceled all classes Tuesday starting at 5 p.m. or later "due to inclement weather" hitting the D.C. area, a GW spokesperson said. Media Relations specialist Adela de la Torre said at 4 p.m. the school's academic operations are indefinitely canceled for Tuesday evening.
The University's highest oversight body announced a tuition hike that will set mandatory fees for next year's freshmen at above $50,000. The Board of Trustees voted Friday to raise tuition to $39,210 for incoming undergraduates, a 3.8 percent increase from last year.
Carvings owner Paul Park said his venue is finally "ready to feed" GW's students. The restaurant in the University's newest residence hall, Potomac House, opened Friday after months of delays. In early November, The Hatchet reported that Carvings' opening, originally scheduled for first semester, was to be delayed until at least January.
Students and University officials are in the early stages of planning a student service center to fill the empty 5,000 square-foot space in the ground floor of the Marvin Center. Officials said a one-stop student service center is likely to fill the space, which has been vacant since September 2006, but there is no timeline for when a final decision will be made.
The spring semester has brought new hours and new dining options to the Mount Vernon campus. The Ames Dining room hours are now Monday through Thursday 10:30 a.m. until 8:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10:30 a.m. until 7 p.m., and Sunday 10:30 a.m. until 8 p.
W. Russell Ramsey will be GW's next chairman of the board of Trustees, the University's highest governing body voted Friday. Ramsey has served as the vice chairman of the board and chairman of the investment and real estate committees as well as the presidential search committee.
GW's top academic administrator has given in to criticism that he may be personally biased against the tenured professor the University has been trying to fire. Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs Donald Lehman agreed last month to step down as the decision-maker in a historic tenure revocation case amid attacks to his objectivity.
After helping to train members of the FBI and writing reports for the State Department, GW professor Kathryn Newcomer is using her experience to help D.C. with another pressing issue: the city's taxicab system. Newcomer, who is the director of the School of Public Policy, conducted research for a slew of federal agencies, including the Department of Transportation and the Federal Emergency Management Administration.
EMeRG may be closer to utilizing an ambulance the University Police Department purchased last summer after years of lobbying. "The use of the ambulance is still in the final assessment by the University's Office of Risk Management," said Robert Chernak, senior vice president for Student and Academic Support Services, who oversees UPD.
Want to be the next James Bond, Fox Mulder or Jack Bauer? As more students look for jobs at intelligence agencies and more agencies look for students, the Career Center is helping the two groups find each other. "We know that there is a lot of interest in the student population for jobs within the intelligence community from people with a variety of different majors," said Anthony Arcieri, assistant director of Career Services.
Monday On her own ground: The life and times of Madam C.J. Walker Come learn about Madam C.J. Walker, who is well known for her hair-care products and role as an entrepreneur in serving black feminine aesthetics. 7 to 9 p.m. Alumni House Sponsored by the NAACP and the SBLSA-CDA James Carville Come hear the "Ragin' Cajun" speak about today's political scene.
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