February 23, 2009

Clarification appended A former counselor at GW who is facing drug and firearms charges after a raid on his Foggy Bottom home this summer also sold cocaine to a former student he met through his position, prosecutors allege in recent court filings. Lawrence Cannaday, 52, was arrested in August 2008 after Metropolitan Police Department officers […]

The ugly side of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is on display at the George Washington University. Freshman Todd Belok was dismissed from GW’s Navy ROTC program after two fellow midshipmen saw Belok, who is gay, kissing another male at a party (” ‘Don’t Ask’ hits home for NROTC,” Feb. 12, p. 1). […]

The University employs five of the nearly 300 administrators nationwide who make more than $500,000 per year, according to a survey conducted by The Chronicle of Higher Education scheduled to be released Monday. The figures stem from 2006-2007 tax filings, the latest available to the public, which require nonprofit companies to disclose top paid employees. […]

After spending three years working in Foggy Bottom, Lorraine Lambert isn’t sure she loves her new GW workplace in rural Virginia. Lambert is just one of dozens of GW administrators and employees who have been relocated from Rice Hall in downtown D.C. to GW’s Ashburn, Va., campus. The Virginia Campus, located an hour from the […]

Every day more than 5,000 students, faculty and staff pass through the metal turnstiles of Gelman Library – and the number nearly doubles during exam periods. But library administrators say the aging building is ill-equipped to accommodate the crowds and the University is not prioritizing funding for improvements. Since Gelman was built in 1973, GW’s […]

Items valued at nearly $1,000 were stolen from a University staff member’s office in the Academic Center last Tuesday, according to a police report. Ikuko Turner, an executive coordinator at the Language Center, told police that an unknown suspect entered her unlocked office on the second floor of Phillips Hall and stole her purse, the […]

Though freshman Todd Belok is upset and worried about his future, he cannot help but smile when talking about the support he has received after his dismissal from the GW Navy ROTC program under the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy. This December, Belok was expelled after fellow members of NROTC reported seeing him kiss another […]

Compared with the presidential candidate pool, the executive vice presidential line-up seems almost miniscule, but it is contains two promising candidates. Both sophomore Jason Lifton and junior Louis Laverone would be capable EVPs. Still, out of the two, Lifton is the stronger candidate. Lifton is the current vice president of community affairs, and actually has […]

A recent survey conducted by GW’s dining service commission found that students are only half satisfied with Sodexo’s dining venues on campus. The approximately 175 students who took the survey rated the quality of food at J Street 2.21 out of 5, the service 2.54 and the variety 2.31. The average student also said they […]