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GW houses 40 students displaced from Empire Apartments fire

An electrical malfunction in the Empire Apartments on 20th and F streets created massive amounts of smoke in the building, forcing residents to evacuate and several fire trucks to respond Wednesday morning. GW is housing about 40 displaced students from the Empire Apartments on campus, and the Red Cross will find housing for the other residents because the building was without electricity and plumbing Wednesday night.

GW announces prominent Commencement participants

The University announced Wednesday that Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone, Washington Nationals Manager Frank Robinson and Motion Picture Association of America Chairman and CEO Dan Glickman will all take part in the graduation events.

MLB picks former GW trustee for Nationals' ownership

Major League Baseball selected the group headed by Theodore Lerner, a GW Law alumnus and former member of the Board of Trustees, to be the new owner of the Washington Nationals Wednesday.

CCAS' budget cuts less than expected

The Columbian College of Arts and Sciences must make budget reductions totaling $700,000 in light of a recently announced budget proposal to cut $1 to $2 million from academic expenses, said William Frawley, outgoing Dean of CCAS. Frawley added that he will carry out these reductions on a much smaller scale than he had originally conceived when planning for a proposed cut to academics of $4 million.

Sodexho to run revamped J Street

GW announced that Aramark, which in 2002 signed a 10-year contract with the University, will no longer operate food venues in the Marvin Center after May. A buffet venue, Quizno's and Chik-Fil-A will debut in J Street, along with a sports bar in the Hippodrome.

WEB UPDATE: Kofi Annan receives honorary degree from GW

The United Nations' top diplomat Kofi Annan stressed the importance of a global democracy and the need for a greater U.S. role in solving international problems in a speech Friday. Annan, who is in his ninth year as secretary general of the 191-nation body, received an honorary degree at the event.

Cherry Tree salesman indicted for fraud at 27 D.C. schools

A yearbook salesman who worked with the University was indicted by a federal grand jury late last month for allegedly laundering more than $700,000 from yearbook sales at 27 D.C. and Maryland high schools and colleges - including GW - over a period of five years.

GW mulls e-mail quota

GW is exploring options to increase the University-provided e-mail quota size as many students are abandoning Colonial Mail in favor of other free online e-mail services that offer larger amounts of memory storage. The University's e-mail system allows 20 megabytes of storage for students and 50 megabytes for faculty and staff, whereas free online accounts such as Google Mail offer up to 2.

Departing Staffer: Michael Barnett: The bike lock comes off

There's no good way to do this. I'd need 100 pages to explain how and why I came to embody The Hatchet. I just want to say a few things. I am immensely proud of the achievements of the people who have worked at 2140 G St. these past four years. We've had a few lapses and errors, but even our biggest detractors cannot disparage our record of accomplishment.

Departing Staffer: Will Dempster: Looking back and moving forward

In the very back of my high school yearbook, nestled near the bottom left corner, is a short token of wisdom from my favorite history teacher. "Hey Will," he wrote. "Four year's tuition is too much to waste on beer and anonymity." If I could pen him a response at the near conclusion of my collegiate career I would say: "Hey Fenster, thanks for the advice, but the beer was great.

Departing Staffer: Kyle Stoneman: Finding a home

The week before I left home freshman year for Foggy Bottom, I was convinced that I only needed two things: a P.O. box and a job. They were legacies of my childhood. I needed a permanent address and I needed to stay busy. While I had deeper worries about coming to college, somehow, I thought, if I could take care of those two things, everything else would fall in place.

Always in the fast lane: Journalism prof. under FBI scrutiny

When journalism professor Mark Feldstein left his work as an investigative reporter to teach at GW in 2002, he thought the days of dealing with federal investigators were behind him. "I thought that when I switched to academia, that this was the slow lane," said Feldstein, the director of GW's journalism program.

Crime Log

Robbery/Firearm 4/30 - 17th and Church streets - case closed A student called the University Police Department to report that he had been robbed. He stated that two subjects approached him with a gun and demanded his wallet and cell phone. The two subjects fled the scene.

D.C.'s lost treasures: A look into police lost and founds

It can be a forgetful person's most useful refuge. It is for the GWorld losers, textbook leavers and backpack forgetters that roam GW's campus. When items are lost, the lost and found is there to help. University Police's lost and found serves the students, staff and faculty of GW by handling between 1,200 and 1,500 lost items annually, UPD Chief Dolores Stafford said.

Student leaders pleased with newest J Street renovations

The changes Sodexho plans to make to campus dining sound familiar to some students. This year's chair of the Student Association's Dining Services Commission, junior Tim Saccoccia, worked closely with the University and Aramark in attempts to bring some of the same food service options to campus that Sodexho now intends to include in its renovated J Street.

Calendar

Friday 4-Footed Faculty Friends Thanks to the GW faculty, you can play with their beloved dogs as you take a study break. 1 to 2 p.m. Mount Vernon Campus, behind Merriweather Residence Hall Sponsored by Mount Vernon Campus Life Saturday 3rd Annual Culture Shock East Coast Hip Hop Dance Competition Catch this show with some of the best amateur and collegiate hip hop dance teams from across the East Coast.

Greek Briefs

Organization raises $5,000 in Fireman's Challenge The Delta Alpha chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity met its goal and raised more than $5,000 for the Washington Hospital Burn Center at its second annual Fireman's Challenge last weekend. Each of GW's eight sororities came out in full force Saturday to participate in a series of fire-themed competitions, such as a fire hose push, a tug of war and a slip-n-slide.

SA Notes

Senate-elect passes fice nominees The Student Association Senate-elect met for its final official meeting of the year Wednesday night in the Marvin Center to confirm five nominees for SA President-elect Lamar Thorpe's cabinet. Junior Stephanie Adelman, freshman Andrew Cooper, freshman Richard Fowler, junior Charlie Leizear and sophomore Derek Platt were confirmed to be the vice president of financial affairs, vice president of public affairs, vice president of student activities, co-chair of the Joint Committee of Faculty and Students and vice president of community affairs, respectively.