The topic for professor David Throup's Africa in International Affairs class Thursday was Darfur, but someone other than Throup was at the front of the class. Presidential candidate Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) took time off from his campaign to address Throup's students and call them to action regarding the crisis in Darfur.
Posted Tuesday, May 1, 12:39 p.m. The president of Yemen received medical treatment at GW's Medical Faculty Associates Monday evening, an MFA official confirmed Tuesday. President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is head of state of the small republic on the Arabian Peninsula, is in D.C. this week for diplomatic talks with the U.S. government, according to news reports.
Posted Friday May 4, 4:33 p.m. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore will speak about his new book at Lisner Auditorium May 29. The bookstore Politics and Prose will co-host Gore at the 21st Street auditorium. Gore will sign his book, "The Assault on Reason," after the lecture, according to a news release.
Posted Friday May 4, 4:33 p.m. The National Capital Planning Commission approved GW's Square 54 plans at a meeting Thursday afternoon. If the Zoning Commission follows the recommendation at its meeting May 14, the University will be able to begin construction. The NCPC is a government organization that creates policies for District development and reviews building projects.
In the last five years, there have been no incidents of students fainting in Northwestern University's organic chemistry laboratories, the lab director said. In the last seven years, two students at Duke University have passed out in the three- to four-hour labs, the lab manager said.
Freshmen in the University Honors Program will adopt a class structure this fall that includes some aspects of the four-course, four-credit plan the University has considered implementing. Under the new system, program participants are required to take two full-year classes during both their freshmen and sophomore years, and a global issues practicum during their senior year, all worth four credits.
Posted Tuesday, May 1 3:04 p.m. The former dean of GW's largest undergraduate college was fired from his job as president of the University of Mary Washington yesterday. William Frawley, 53, served as the dean of the Columbian College from 2002 to 2006. He left GW last spring to become president of UMW, a public liberal arts college with 4,000 undergraduates in Fredericksburg, Va.
Graduate student Adam Kokesh's tattoo is the only noticeable physical feature hinting at his deployment in Iraq. "For those who fight for it, life has a special flavor the protected never know," the tattoo reads.
When D.C. students think of the differences between campus life at GW and Georgetown, university alcohol policy may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But come August, Georgetown students will be able to have kegs at their on-campus parties. Now that's beer for thought.
In April the School of Business hosted its first annual Graduate Real Estate Competition, awarding more than $20,000 in prize money to student teams. GW's team placed first out of 19 teams, netting a prize of $15,000. The team of four students included M.
The Starbucks adjacent to Gelman Library will be open 24 hours five days a week following a successful three-month trial period that began in January, a store manager said. "We've made a commitment to the community and the students," said Roni Cruz, store manager of the Gelman Starbucks.
Freshman Josh Bloomberg cannot swipe into his residence hall from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. It's not that the freshman's GWorld card doesn't work - it's because of the Jewish Sabbath. Along with a handful of other students on campus, Bloomberg is Orthodox, a strict sect of Judaism.
On Sept. 11, 2001, Dan Kaniewski saw a plane hit the Pentagon from the U.S. Capitol. It was then, he said, that he made homeland security his No. 1 priority. Last month, Kaniewski, a 2000 GW graduate, was appointed special assistant to the president for homeland security and senior director of response policy.
In the past two weeks, several reported robberies at gunpoint in the Georgetown area have prompted community alerts in Foggy Bottom and throughout the District. Between April 11 and 13, people walking alone in Georgetown were robbed of purses and iPods. In two of the incidents, victims reported the robber was armed.
GW juniors Jake DiGregorio and Pat Kirby will spend most of their summer biking - 4,000 miles from California to Washington. The Pi Kappa Phi brothers will participate in the 64-day Journey of Hope event hosted by their fraternity's national philanthropic organization, Push America.
Cameras rolled last year when GW professor Amita Vyas and film star Ashley Judd visited Indian brothels and listened to stories from sex workers in the slums of Dharavi, but these women were not taping a summer blockbuster. Judd, a global ambassador for YouthAIDS, and Vyas, a graduate professor of public health, were part of a YouthAIDS excursion to India last March.
Hundreds of students trekked to the Mount Vernon Campus Saturday afternoon for its annual Fountain Day event where they enjoyed a performance by headliner Ben Kweller and took part in activities with a "Turning on Awareness" theme. The concert featured sets by Derek James and GW band Jukebox the Ghost, in addition to Kweller.
We don't say "thank you" enough at The Hatchet. It's just too easy not to stop and appreciate what we've done - probably because stopping (and feeling satisfied) isn't something we're very familiar with. There are always new stories, new photos, new columns, new layouts, new headlines, new opportunities for something not to be the best it could be and new staff member scapegoats.
I am dying. I know it's been coming. I've been a marked man for four years since the humid summer day I stepped foot on a few acres of city streets in the heart of our nation's capital. I've had plenty of time to prepare for this, but I'm still not sure how I feel about it.
This column almost didn't get written because I went out drinking last night. You know how it goes - I started out at Lauriol with dinner and some margaritas and found myself trolling the streets of Adams Morgan at 3 a.m. stuffing my face with Jumbo Slice.
It's been no secret around The Hatchet office that I didn't want to write my 30 piece. I've been complaining for a week, and I put off writing this thing until the very last minute. Tell me I'm lazy, tell me I'm the queen of procrastination. But don't tell me it's time to say goodbye.
New York Mets third baseman David Wright strikes out in the top of the third inning at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Southeast Washington. The Mets won two of three games in the weekend series. Photo Credit: Ben Solomon/photo editor
The Hatchet mistakenly reported in a caption in "GW plans to host 2008 candidates" (April 26, p. 1) that Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and former Sen. John Edwards are attending a presidential primary forum at GW. The candidates were invited but have not necessarily accepted the offer.
Junior Saumya Narechania squirts fruit punch on senior Divyesh Lalloobhai in University Yard Friday afternoon. They were participating in "Holi," an Indian holiday celebrating the coming of spring.
Monday Reduce Test Anxiety Learn effective techniques for reducing apprehension experienced before, during or after an examination. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Potomac House Study Lounge Sponsored by the Counseling Center Tuesday SJT House Party Join University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg as he tours multiple residence halls on the Foggy Bottom Campus ending with a blowout bash on the Mount Vernon Campus.
Updated May 5, 2007. Columbia University announced University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg would receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the school's May 16 commencement ceremony. Trachtenberg will not speak at the ceremony, his office said in an e-mail to The Hatchet.
The student body will not vote in a special referendum this semester to raise the student fee, said Morgan Corr, chairman of the Joint Elections Committee. The JEC voted to move the special election to Sept. 26. If passed, the Student Association fee would increase from $1 per credit hour to a flat fee of $20 for graduate students and $30 for undergraduate students per semester.
University administrators and student organizations have teamed up to organize Green Move-Out, a month-long series of events aimed at making the move-out process less wasteful and more efficient. Student groups and initiatives centered on environmental awareness formed quickly in this year because increased national discussion about the hazardous effects of global warming.
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