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Officials name senior vice president, chief of staff
By Fiona Riley, Assistant News Editor • March 26, 2024

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Bank for International Settlements CEO to speak April 14Bank for International Settlements general manager and chief executive Andrew Crockett will offer lessons to be learned from the recent financial crisis in Asia in a lecture at Lisner Auditorium April 14 at 6 p.m.

Crockett served as executive director of the Bank of England from 1989 to 1993. Prior to his position there, he served in several capacities at the International Monetary Fund, including assistant director of the Middle Eastern department and deputy director of research.

The lecture is part of the Distinguished Lecture and Seminar Series sponsored by GW’s Institute for Global Management and Research.

For more information, call 994-5402.-Becky Neilson

Students `stay alive’ for RHA Superdance The Residence Hall Association raised more than $200 in donations in its fifth annual Superdance Friday night in J Street.

The donations will benefit The Children’s National Medical Center.

The Superdance, entitled “Stayin’ Alive,” had a 70s motif. A professional dance instructor taught participants how to do The Hustle and other dances from the 70s.

When the dancers took a rest, they could watch the popular 70s movie Staying Alive, starring John Travolta.

“Obviously compared to last year we raised attendance by 350 percent,” said Kristen-Marie Kaczynski, Superdance co-chair.

At 9:30 p.m., only 30 people had shown up, but by 1 a.m. more than 100 people had shown up with pledge cards and donations, according to co-chair Darryl Diamond.

“Those who did come had a magnificent time,” Kaczynski said. “In terms of quality we had the right people, in terms of quantity we didn’t have what we wanted.”-Monique L. Harding

IFC looks to change fraternity perceptionThe Interfraternity Council named its new officers last month and President-elect Neil Smith said he wants to continue some fraternity traditions as well as change the perception the GW community has of fraternities.

Smith said fraternities will continue to do philanthropy, and starting Monday, the Panhellenic Association, IFC and the National Pan Hellenic Council will host a two-week clothing drive. Boxes will be placed in residence halls, most fraternity houses, Hillel and the Marvin Center.

He also said Greek-letter organizations will take on a more dynamic role within the GW community.

“We’re addressing more relevant issues and taking a proactive stand to let the University know we are tackling issues and making more efforts to fix what’s broken,” Smith said.

The IFC, PHA and NPHC will host a Greek town hall meeting Wednesday in response to President Bill Clinton’s initiative on race, Smith said.

Smith also said Greek-letter organizations will be working throughout the summer.

“During Welcome Week and Colonial Inauguration we will be reaching out to freshmen,” Smith said.

“We want to integrate the Greek community into campus life, and take real leadership roles in campus life and campus spirit. We want to build better communications between Greeks.

“We want to get the structures in place so we can communicate within the IFC with administration and the GW community,” Smith said.-Monique L. Harding

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