The top two vote-getters Thursday night for Student Association president could not have had a more different approach to campaigning. While both are veteran SA Senators with two years' experience, one ran the only full slate of the year's election with a team that almost swept the senate seats.
Posted Tuesday, Feb. 27, 12:45 a.m. For about six hours Monday night, residents of the Aston and other buildings between N and L streets and 21st and 24th streets were in the dark. Pepco, D.C.'s electricity provider, regained power at about 11:15 p.m. after electricity went out at about 5:30 p.
A large unidentified man reportedly assaulted a female sophomore in an Academic Center classroom Tuesday morning. The student told the Metropolitan Police Department that she was alone in room 510 when a 28- to 35-year-old black man approached her.
Round two of the campaign for Student Association President will include junior Marc Abanto and sophomore Nicole Capp, the election oversight committee announced early Friday morning.
Jane Tunstall Lingo, an alumna and staff member for 50 years, died at 83 of breast cancer in the early morning of Feb. 23.
It took a shot to the face from a sniper riffle and two tours of duty in Iraq for former GW student Todd Bowers's opinion of the war to change. But now Bowers is wary of a proposed troop increase to the war-torn country. "I was fully supportive of it at first," he said.
Some GW graduates earn their degrees without setting foot on any campus. Known as "distance learning," the online programs GW offers allow students to take courses using the Internet to gain the same credits as traditional on-campus classes. The programs were designed by GW to reach a wider variety of students, said Sheryl Elliott, an associate professor at the School of Business.
Many graduate students living in the Hall on Virginia Avenue say they're moving out next year due to a large increase in housing rates. This year, students living in HOVA pay $700 per month including utilities such as cable television, Internet access and housekeeping.
While many students might aspire to work with the President of the United States someday, a GW professor has already had that distinction - four times. Stephen Hess, a distinguished research professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs, has served on two White House staffs under Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, and has advised both Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.
Four former U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioners discussed controversial issues that have politicized the agency in a panel discussion Wednesday afternoon in the Jack Morton Auditorium. The event, sponsored by the GW Medical Center's Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy, drew about 200 professors, doctors and government employees to campus.
The University rang in its namesake's 275th birthday Thursday with an annual birthday bonfire, s'mores, hot cider and a cherry pie-eating contest. University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg and GW's "secret" society, the Order of the Hippo, sponsored the event.
Disabilities Support Services hosted an event last week that explored the academic study of disabilities. The event, titled Accessing Alliances: Disability Studies Across the Curriculum, focused on areas of study that involve disability studies including English, history or women's studies.
While many have been quick to make parallels between the Iraq War and the brutal conflicts of 1960s Vietnam, a professor is saying that he thinks the comparisons are false and uninformed. Professor Shawn McHale of the Elliott School of International Affairs delivered a lecture Thursday regarding his personal research about the history of guerrilla warfare and drew parallels to the current situation that American forces face in Iraq.
The Residence Hall Association raised more than $20,000 for need-based scholarships Friday at the annual Martha's Marathon housing auction. Students battling for three of the top five housing picks in the Marvin Center collectively raised $19,300, with the highest individual bid at $6,800.
Images from the years of President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg's presidency are on display at the Luther W. Brady Gallery. The exhibit in the Media and Public Affairs building, is showcasing the physical changes to happen across campus over the past 19 years.
Associate Vice President for Advancement Eugene Finn will be leaving GW in April to begin working at Kent State University as Vice President for Development, Finn said. This recent addition to the Kent State faculty is a promotion of their commitment to increased fundraising and consistent financial support for academics.
Monday Blood Drive Help out and save a life 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Marvin Center Continental Ballroom Sponsored by the American Red Cross Colonials Donors Screening of "Left Behind: The story of the New Orleans public school system" The documentary chronicles the corruption, controversy and failures of the New Orleans city schools with a panel discussion afterward.
In the article "Students find their roots in February" (Feb. 22, 2007, p. 1) Kevin Powell was erroneously paraphrased as saying that 65 percent of black women are HIV positive. Powell said that 65 percent of newly diagnosed HIV cases are black women. In the article "Fewer students run in elections" (Feb.
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