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Court of Appeals hears GW case against part-time professors union

The University's appeal to prevent the creation of an adjunct professor's union was heard by a three-judge U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Friday. The University is appealing a vote by the faculty to create the union, arguing that some faculty members were not given an opportunity to participate in the 2004 vote.

WEB UPDATE: Court denies GW's appeal in adjunct faculty union suit

Posted Wednesday, Nov. 29, 6:43 p.m. The GW administration was handed another legal defeat this week in the ongoing dispute over part-time faculty unionization. Less than two weeks after a U.S. Court of Appeals heard GW's case against the creation of a part-time faculty union, the court denied the appeal and ruled that the University must bargain with the union within a week's time of the Nov.

Professor sues GW, top administrators for UPD booting him from classroom

The tenured professor the University has been trying to fire is suing GW and two top administrators for incidents in fall 2005 in which police barred him from campus. The defendants - Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Donald Lehman and Engineering School Dean Timothy Tong - and attorneys representing the University received the civil complaint Wednesday.

Student group lobbies for condoms to be unlocked in CVS

Students successfully lobbied CVS Pharmacy stores that keep condoms locked up to display some condoms in the open for those who may be too embarrassed to ask. The group of students, who call themselves "Save Lives, Free the Condoms," are from a School of Public Health graduate class - Community of Organization, Development and Advocacy.

Photo Essay: Inside the walls

Many GW students walk by it every day, but few are familiar with it. This area of Foggy Bottom is a campus for more than one educational institution. School Without Walls - a D.C. public high school named for its "outside-the-classroom" experiential learning philosophy - shares a neighborhood with GW and, thanks to a 25-year-old partnership between the schools, some facilities.

Welcoming Walls' students

Rafael Suarez takes a computer programming class, a graduate-level computer security class and is a member of GW's Anime Club. Sound like an average computer science major? He's not even a GW student. Suarez is a senior at the School Without Walls, a D.C. public high school on GW's campus that has a partnership with GW.

SMPA professor suddenly resigns

Terry Schue, a visiting professor and the former director of Electronic Media and Digital Arts in the School Media and Public Affairs, unexpectedly resigned this month. Lee Huebner, the director of SMPA, sent out an e-mail to Schue's students that said any grades he assigned the students would not be recognized.

Alcohol violations still decreasing

The number of alcohol-related sanctions has continued to drop significantly in the first two months of school compared to last year, according to University officials they said the culture of alcohol consumption on campus has not changed despite the decrease in sanctions.

Students serve up early Thanksgiving meal to elderly

GW students cooked and served a Thanksgiving lunch Saturday to more than 40 residents of St. Mary's Court elderly home. The Student Association organized the third-annual lunch at the federally funded low-income facility at 725 24th St. About 15 students prepared turkey, pie and other traditional Thanksgiving fixings in the food court of the community cafeteria.

Week in Review Slideshow

Dance dept. hosts show

Students in GW's dance program were on a mission over the weekend to expose the community to modern dance through their semi-annual dance concert. Danceworks Fall 2006, which attracted more than 240 audience members at each show, featured 28 dancers and seven student choreographers in the Marvin Center's Dorothy Betts Theater on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.

Congressman talks about Democrats big midterm win

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) discussed his party's victory in this year's midterm elections and what the Democrats will do for college students at a College Democrats-sponsored event Wednesday night in the Marvin Center. Pallone, who won reelection in one of this November's heated midterm races, stressed the need to address concerns of college students and the need to motivate students to get involved in government.

Students, celebrity walk on National Mall for homeless

Singer and songwriter Jewel hosted the Fannie Mae Foundation Help the Homeless Walkathon Saturday on the National Mall, which thousands of walkers and more than 40 GW students attended. Jewel spoke before the walk about her experiences with homelessness. She said her perspective on life changed instantaneously in her late teens when she lost her job and lived in a car for a year.

SMPA event examines international broadcasting future

The Public Diplomacy Council and the School of Media and Public Affairs sponsored an open forum titled "International Broadcasting: The Public Diplomacy Challenge" Thursday in SMPA's Jack Morton Auditorium. Two panels of international broadcasting and public affairs experts spoke at the event, fielding questions from a packed room of 150 journalists and scholars.

WEB EXTRA: Students discuss renovations to National Mall

The National Park Service held a public symposium at the Navy Memorial Wednesday to hear complaints about the National Mall's facilities, ranging from restrooms to handicap access. The symposium is part of an NPS planning initiative for improvements and preservation to the National Mall launched after Congress declared the Mall a "substantially completed work of civic art" in 2003.

WEB EXTRA: University prof, Trachtenberg, discuss student activism

University Professor Peter Caws discussed the state of American democracy and the importance of education in the modern political system at an event in the Marvin Center Wednesday. About 200 people attended the speech, which focused largely on the differences between modern politics and the original intentions set forth by the founding fathers.

GW offers free lung-function testing

As part of the 30th Annual Great American Smokeout, the GW Cancer Institute, Medical Center, Hospital and Medical Faculty Associates partnered last Thursday to offer a free one-second lung function test outside the Foggy Bottom Metro station. The pulmonary function test helps to detect lung disease before symptoms appear simply by blowing into a device that tests breathing capacity.

Bookstore to host holiday book drive

Beginning Nov. 30, the GW bookstore will launch a holiday book drive for Books From The Heart, an initiative of the national non-profit organization The Heart of America Foundation. The program's goal is to find books that aren't being used and make sure they find their way to those in need, especially poor children and school libraries in need.

Campus Calendar

Monday Represent Come watch some of GW's best dance groups compete against each other. Betts Theater 8 to 9:30 p.m. Free Admission Sponsored by GW Class Council Transgender Day of Remembrance Learn about issues facing transgendered individuals while honoring those who have lost their lives because of gender-related crimes.