Volume 101, Issue 20
Stories from the October 14, 2004 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
A former GW engineering professor was arrested Tuesday for allegedly embezzling over $600,000 in federal funds from a program on GW’s Virginia Campus. The University uncovered the plot and launched an internal investigation, albeit well into the scheme. After an aggressive effort to bring the alleged offender to justice, the University must make a concerted […]
Every artist has a muse, and for Alexander Calder and Joan Mir?, it was each other. Friends for the duration of their careers, these two greats of modern art are reunited in the Phillips Collection’s latest exhibit, “Calder Mir?.” Calder, a sculptor, and Mir?, a painter, met in Paris in 1928. From that point until […]
Those activist judges are back at it. What are they up to now? Taking ‘God’ out of the Pledge of Allegiance again? Overturning the ban on partial-birth abortion? No. This time it is actually serious. A wrongly convicted man is set to die because of this “judicial activism.” This time the activist judges are not […]
“Around the Bend” (Warner Independent Pictures) is one of those movies that has serious flaws but makes up for it with heart. Directed by first-timer Jordan Roberts, “Around the Bend” brings four generations of the Lair family men together. The cast is the heart of this movie, and the fact that this cast includes Christopher […]
Many students have been troubled by the negative attention the GW basketball team has recently received. Few, I believe, have been more troubled than me. At a University without a drop of credibility with regard to school spirit and invested interest in student life, we need to save our last durable thread of the authentic […]
Thursday Miriam’s Dialogue Students meet with soup kitchen attendees to discuss poetry and literature 8:15 to 9 a.m. Miriam’s Kitchen Sponsored by Miriam’s Kitchen Showing of “Anchorman” 7 and 10 p.m. Marvin Center Continental Ballroom Sponsored by Program Board Saturday Octoberfest Food, games, hay rides and pumpkin painting 2 to 5 p.m. Mount Vernon Quad […]
A former GW professor was arrested Tuesday and charged with embezzling at least $600,000 in federal funds from the University. Federal officials are accusing Nabih Bedewi, who headed GW’s National Crash Analysis Center until June, of funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars into his private company. He is also suspected of using the money to […]
Senate considers ban on office assitants The Senate will consider legislation Tuesday that would eliminate the Student Association’s work-study office assistants and charge students a copy fee for printing test and syllabi files in the SA office. The bills, which were introduced Tuesday night, have been referred to the Senate’s Rules Committee. The proposed printing […]
More off-campus businesses might accept Colonial Cash now that the University has signed a multiyear contract with Blackboard that will provide the technological support needed to expand GWorld operations. The D.C.-based software company, which provides the University with electronic learning services, will manage each partner’s account and will allow more area businesses to team up […]
Colonials Weekend organizers anticipate this year’s festivities will draw about 7,000 parents, siblings, friends and alumni to campus. If projections are correct, the 2004 Colonials Weekend will surpass previous year’s attendance figures by several thousand. Headlining Colonials Weekend this year are performances by soul singer Patti LaBelle and comedian Dana Carvey. The three-day event will […]