Stories from the July 8, 2005 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Posted Wednesday, June 29, 3:18 p.m. Former professor Nabih Bedewi was sentenced last month to 38 months in prison for embezzling and mismanaging federal funds earmarked for research at GW facilities. He was also ordered to pay $872,000 to GW, which agreed in April to a $1.8 million settlement with the government. Bedewi, who until […]
Posted Friday, Aug. 19, 12:01 a.m. Updated 2:05 p.m. GW failed to place in U.S. News and World Report’s annual top 50 national universities rankings for the seventh consecutive year. After tying Pepperdine and Syracuse universities in the 52nd spot last year, GW slipped to number 53 in the magazine’s 2006 rankings. GW shares that […]
Posted Friday, July 8, 7:00 p.m. Students moving into residence halls between Aug. 24 and Aug. 27 will have to pay a $175-per-day early move-in fee. University officials hope the fee will offset the costs associated with preparing rooms for early move-in and discourage students from coming back to campus before the official arrival time. […]
Posted Friday, July 8, 7:00 p.m. The school year may be well over, and the summer in full swing, but members of the Student Association have been busy working on an Internet marketplace, recruitment and various other projects. Goodman’s appointment draws flak SA President Audai Shakour appointed junior Jeff Goodman to be his general counsel […]
Posted Wednesday, July 6, 10:30 p.m. A young woman who claims she was sexually assaulted in Foggy Bottom after walking home from Monday’s Fourth of July fireworks show is likely not a student, a GW spokeswoman said Wednesday. The female complainant, who was walking with her boyfriend until they got into a dispute and separated, […]
Posted Friday, July 8, 7:00 p.m. After a year of providing students with free access to Napster, GW has not announced if it will continue a now-expired contract with the music filesharing network this school year. In fall 2004, GW signed a contract with the online music program allowing students to access more than one […]
Posted Friday, July 8, 7:00 p.m. Part-time faculty union organizers leveled an unfair labor practice charge against the University July 1, the day after administration officials said they refused to recognize a collective bargaining group. Part-time professors narrowly voted to unionize in October. On May 6, the National Labor Relations Board concluded that adjunct faculty […]
Posted Friday, July 8, 7:00 p.m. In my quest to become a top-notch professional political operative, I have found that there is only one thing that is really holding me back from my full potential. I don’t have a Blackberry. Most of you probably have no idea what a Blackberry is, so let me bring […]
Posted Friday, July 8, 7:00 p.m. As the sun began to set on the final day of June, 78-year-old David Sheehan sat alone on a bench outside St. Mary’s Court. Sheehan quietly dragged on his cigarette when a loud voice interrupted his smoke break: “It’s the last day! It’s your last one!” a fellow resident […]
Posted Friday, July 8, 7:00 p.m. Just a few years ago, the word “blog” was known only to those on the cutting edge of technology, or in other words, a bunch of computer nerds with the desire to chronicle their existence in glorified electronic diaries. In no time, however, like most technologies that start out […]