March 5, 2009

What better way to pass judgment on the quality of candidates for SA president than with a face-off of taste-making proportions? Boyer and Bindelglass will go head to head in a runoff election on March 11 and 12. They offered up their choice tracks for your judgment this week: Julie Bindelglass 1. We The Kings […]

For English professor Faye Moskowitz, putting students in contact with authors meant bridging the connection between reader and writer. Moskowitz teaches Jewish Literature Live, a new course that brings contemporary Jewish American authors to campus. Anya Ulinich will read from her novel “Petropolis” this Thursday, and later in the semester, contemporary writers Michael Chabon and […]

Students complained about curriculum requirements and GW’s study abroad policies, among other issues, to top University administrators Monday night at a town hall meeting hosted by the Student Association. University President Steven Knapp and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs Donald Lehman fielded questions from students along with four deans – Peg Barratt of the […]

As drug-related violence near the Mexican border escalates, some students are rethinking their spring break plans. Though the State Department issued a travel alert on Feb. 20 warning about violence throughout the country, many GW students are planning on visiting popular resort areas like Cancun, Acapulco and Cabo San Lucas. Nearly 100,000 students across the […]

The chair of the sociology department chased down a woman who tried to steal one of his employee’s wallets Wednesday, preventing her from fleeing campus until police officers could arrive. Executive assistant Octavia Kelsey reported that her wallet had been stolen around 2 p.m. Wednesday and alerted department chair Steven Tuch. Tuch then saw the […]

The Senior Class Gift Committee has received donations from about 12 percent of the senior class so far – totaling more than $15,000. The committee hopes to eventually get donations from as much as one-third of the graduating class, but 361 seniors have already donated. David Anderson, coordinator of the Senior Gift Committee, said the […]

With close to $54 billion directed toward education, the recently signed stimulus bill may be cause for many students and teachers across the country to celebrate. But private institutions, like GW, may not be so lucky. Close to 75 percent of the education stabilization fund in the stimulus package has been designated for states to […]

Last summer, when I mustered the inner courage required to view my first tuition bill without swooning or breaking something, I noticed a $50 library donation that I didn’t remember making. Being naive however, my initial reaction was not, “Where did this extra charge some from?” Rather it was, “Cool, does this mean I get […]

How many flat-screen televisions does one school need? Apparently, between J Street and the lobby of Duques Hall, we don’t have enough of these around campus yet, because the plans for the Gelman Library first-floor renovations include an Information Hub decked out with a number of these flat panels. Any GW student who has ever […]

GW is looking to implement an online advising system, but in digitizing an already impersonal process, the University must take care not to alienate students. The problem with advising here is twofold, and an online system would only solve one of those problems. It goes without saying that accomplishing simple tasks at GW can be […]