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BREAKING NEWS: Officials debate school closure

Posted: Sunday, Jan. 25, 10 p.m. -- University officials are currently meeting to decide whether to close GW Monday after snow started falling at about 7 p.m.

Faculty reviews tenure process

A Faculty Senate committee is reviewing faculty tenure and promotion policies after two cases of disagreement between departments and the administration in the past two years. GW professors are initially hired for a three-year period, after which the University can keep the professor for another three years.

Greeks vie for lower Townhouse Row rates

Fraternity and sorority leaders are fighting to get lower Townhouse Row rent prices and expanded amenities next semester after several residents voiced financial concerns. Townhouse Row, which houses five sororities and three fraternities, costs each resident about $1,150 per month - tied with City Hall super doubles and super triples as the second most expensive on-campus living options.

Actors perform pro-choice theater

Pro-choice students gathered in the Marvin Center Tuesday to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision. The monumental decision legalized abortion throughout the country. About 75 students attended "Words of Choice," a theater piece that featured three D.

Law School prof discusses coalition, discrimination

A GW Law School professor met with students Tuesday to discuss the school's recent joining of a coalition fighting for gay rights. The Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, an alliance of several American law schools and professors suing the Department of Defense.

Greek BRiefs

Members of Theta Delta Chi fraternity will transform Kogan Plaza into a living room next week to raise money for people living with cancer. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. next Wednesday and Thursday, the fraternity members will try to collect money by sitting for the longest amount of time they can.

SA Notes

SA sets election dates Student Association, Program Board and Marvin Center Governing Board elections will be held Feb. 25 and 26, the SA announced Tuesday. The SA finalized election preparations by appointing its representatives for the Joint Election committee and approving the JEC charter.

Campus Calendar

Thursday Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. award ceremony 7 to 8:30 p.m. Marvin Center Grand Ballroom Sponsored by the Multicultural Student Services Center Transfer Student get-together 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Marvin Center room 403 110 Days 'til graduation party party for seniors 9 to 11:30 p.