Comedians highlight Welcome Week
Two comedians entertained a packed house at Lisner Auditorium Monday night, as part of Welcome Week.
Allan Goodwin, the opening act, presented impersonations and jokes to the crowd, and introduced Pablo Francisco, who returned to GW after a performance a year ago.
Free admission to the Zei Club Friday night with GWorld ID is the next Welcome Week event slated. Shuttle buses will take students to the club, located at 14th and I streets.
The Quad will be turned into a beach Saturday for swimming and volleyball. The all-day event is sponsored by the University’s Greek-letter system.
Sunday, CORE will be offering a river inner-tube trip for students. The all-day trip is $20 and students can sign up in Marvin Center 427 and the Mount Vernon campus Student Development Center.
Other events include trips to the Potomac Mills Mall, reduced tickets to the Kennedy Center’s “Shear Madness” and a community block party at the Mount Vernon campus Thursday.
-Matt Berger
Planner mistake confuses parents
The dates for Family Weekend listed in the 1998-’99 GW Planner and Handbook are incorrect, Project Editor Leah Rosen said.
Family Weekend is listed in the planner as Oct. 16-Oct. 18, the dates tentatively scheduled for the weekend when the planer went to print. But the weekend was later switched because of scheduling conflicts to the next weekend, Oct. 23-Oct. 25, Rosen said.
“There is a breadth of information to minimize someone coming on the date published in the planner,” said Deborah Snelgrove, executive director of SASS Communication and Technology.
She said parents were informed of the revised date at Colonial Inauguration sessions this summer and fliers with the correct information about Family Weekend were added to the planners at GW’s main campus and Mount Vernon.
Concerned parents have been calling the Office of Parent Services since the planner debuted, said Rodney Johnson, the office’s executive director.
He said a parent’s newsletter was mailed Wednesday with the correct dates. A formal invitation for Family Weekend, with the correct dates, will be mailed to the families of undergraduate students.
“I feel comfortable and confident that we’ve covered all the bases,” he said.
Johnson said he thought it was unlikely some parents will come on the wrong date.
-Justin Steinkamp
Health Services to provide vaccinations
GW’s Student Health Services will place a special emphasis on educating students about the importance of receiving immunizations for hepatitis B and hepatitis A this fall, said Dr. Isabel Goldenberg, director of Student Health.
Beginning Oct. 7 and on the first Wednesday of each month, students will be able to attend information sessions in the Marvin Center about the benefits of the hepatitis B shots. The shots also will be administered at that time for students who want them. Students will be charged a fee that will vary depending on the type of vaccination received.
The health office also will be offering tetanus shots and vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella, which they are required to do by D.C. law. Immunizations for students who will be traveling abroad are offered by Student Health as well.
Immunizations will be given to students on a walk-in basis, except hepatitis B shots, which require an appointment, Goldenberg said. Student Health’s regular office hours are Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The shots also are offered at the Student Health Clinic at Mount Vernon College, open Mondays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Thursdays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Goldenberg said some of the other services provided by Student Health include counseling on birth control and family planning, gynecological care, psychiatric services and an HIV Peer Education Program that will be offered in late September or October.
-Emily Coghlan
Classes canceled for convocation
Some classes will be Tuesday for the University’s Opening Convocation.
Classes in all schools except the law and medical schools will be canceled between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. The convocation will occur in Lisner Auditorium and will feature addresses by GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg and Vice President for Academic Affairs Donald Lehman.
Faculty in full regalia and students are asked to gather in the Rose Garden behind Professor’s Gate for the procession at 1:45 p.m. In case of poor weather, the procession will begin in the lower lobby of Lisner.
Commemorative T-shirts and ice cream will be distributed following the ceremony.
-Matt Berger
TKE brothers set goals at retreat
A brother-alumni retreat for the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity introduced brothers to their new group of advisers, said brother Dan Siegal.
“For the past two years, we’ve had five advisers who were burnt out,” Siegal said. “These new advisers have pledged to be more of a presence in the house.”
Sunday’s retreat helped the fraternity establish goals for the year, including maintaining good relations with the University and adhering to the Interfraternity Council, Siegal said.
The group also unveiled a new fundraising campaign to improve their house, located on the 600 block of 22nd Street. The fraternity also agreed to increase its academic standards and implement mandatory study hours.
-Matt Berger
Alumni reunion scheduled
Alumni Reunion Weekend, which is scheduled for Sept. 24-27, will include a celebration at the Watergate Hotel. Other events include storytelling with GW Archivist David Anderson and “D.C. by Moonlight,” a motor coach ride through the city.
Former GW students will be given the opportunity to reunite with members of clubs they belonged to while attending the University. Special functions will be held for graduates celebrating special anniversaries, including the classes of 1948, 1958, 1973, 1988 and 1993.
Registration begins Sept. 24 and the weekend will culminate with an alumni brunch in J Street Sept. 27.
For additional information, interested alumni should call Cynthia Jacobs Carter at (202) 994-6453 or at (800) ALUMNI-7.
-Francesca Di Meglio
GW MBA programs honored
GW was honored for an MBA program on the forefront of education in business and the environment in 1998, according to a World Resources Institute press release.
The institute ranked GW in the top quarter, when judged against the 50 other universities that responded to its survey. GW’s MBA programs received four out of four stars in every category. The programs were ranked according to student opportunities, institutional support and faculty publications.
New York University, Northwestern University at Kellogg and the University of Michigan also were ranked in the first quarter for having “programs at the cutting edge.”
The World Resources Institute sought to honor schools with programs meant to link businesses with environmental ideology, according to a release.
“(Businesses) have begun to seek managers with the ability to recognize, analyze and respond to environmental pressures,” according to the press release.
-Francesca Di Meglio
