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MOOT COURT PAGE 3 JAPANESE FESTIVAL PAGE 7 Law students compete in oral argument Japanese American Student Alliance holds 'Omatsuri' MONDAY The GW February 4, 2008 ALWAYS ONLINE: WWW.GWHATCHET.COM Vol. 104 • Iss. 38 Hatchet @ AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER - SERVING THE GW COMMUNITY SINCE 1904 University opposes act Sixth-straight loss for sick leave Colonials headed toward history with ninth consecutive road loss by Eric Roper Metro News Editor University administrators from across the Dis- trict will appear in front of the D.C. City Council Tuesday to oppose a workers rights measure they feel would put a needless financial burden on lo- cal colleges. The council is holding a public meeting to dis- cuss and likely vote on a bill that would require businesses to pay all employees for sick days. GW officials said they are contesting the legislation because it would force them to keep an updated attendance database of more than 4,000 student employees – at an estimated annual cost of several million dollars. Under the proposal, employees would amass one hour of sick leave for every 26 hours worked. Unions have called it a step forward for minimum wage workers, but college employers like GW say for them it will primarily affect students. Since faculty and staff are covered by health insurance, it would be the school’s responsibility to monitor and pay for part-time employee sick days. The University has banded together with nine local schools to request that higher education in- stitutions be exempt from the proposed law. Rep- resentatives from the schools said students do not See COUNCIL, p. 3 Graduates voice HOVA Nick Gingold/photo editor GW head men's basketball coach Karl Hobbs, the architect of a resurgent program in Foggy Bottom, has led his team to 12 losses in concerns 17 games this season. On Sunday, the Colonials lost 93-80 to Temple at Liacouras Center in Philadelphia. by Jake Sherman Two years ago, during GW's historic ternoon in downtown Philadelphia, Fran by Robert Lee Editor in chief run through its conference, the Owls were Dunphy's Owls allowed GW to crawl back Senior Staff Writer the Colonials' first win only days after the into a game they were poised to lose just PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3 — In these 17 it lost to North Carolina State in Raleigh, minutes earlier. After a halftime deficit of Graduate students living in the Hall on Virginia Av- games, the GW men's basketball team has N.C. Later that year, the Owls beat GW in 10, the Colonials connected on a barrage enue are concerned about poor living conditions, and precipitously fallen from conference cham- its first game of the A-10 championship in of three pointers and completed a few many feel the University is not acting quickly enough to pion to last place in its conference. And on Cincinnati – likely the reason that head successful plays. Coupled with a slew of- address their concerns. Super Bowl Sunday, Temple was nearly the coach Karl Hobbs' top-10 team received an fensive misses by Temple, the Colonials Residents in HOVA said in interviews that they live panacea for change that it has been in the eight seed in the NCAA tournament. with malfunctioning elevators, walls splattered with past. For about three minutes on Sunday af- See BASKETBALL, p. 10 mold, little to no lighting in their rooms and without per- sonal kitchens. While some issues have been fi xed since the beginning of the academic year, other problems have persisted, they said. HOVA has been graduate housing since fall 2006, per a University agreement with the city to eventually remove undergraduates from the Virginia Avenue build- Musicals barred from Lisner space ing, The Aston, City Hall and Columbia Plaza. In response to resident concerns, Director of GW pain. performances in between main stage FPP will hold its musical cabaret, Housing Employment Matt Trainum said they will soon Administration cites The theater, the principal location performances or during louder main considering the downstage is no be implementing house mentors in the hall to increase for student theater productions, will stage shows, but we’re being told that longer useable. Vice President for communication with students. Currently house mentors bleeding of sound in not be used for musical productions there are no real good or convenient Communications Michael Freedman, are designated for upper-class undergraduate housing. this semester because sound “bleeds” times to do that this semester.” who oversees Lisner auditorium, has “House mentors already work in third- and fourth- into the main stage at Lisner. Student theater groups may have arranged for FPP’s other spring pro- year buildings and we hope this enhanced staffi ng pat- theater decision “It’s not that musicals have been to wait more than a semester before duction of “Angels in America” to be tern will benefi t our graduate students as well,” he said. outlawed (at Lisner downstage), but they can fully utilize the downstage held in the Jack Morton Auditorium, HOVA remains a popular choice for graduate stu- we’re being told that they are too noisy area. It will likely need to be sound- said University spokesperson Tracy dents because of its competitive fi nancial costs and loca- by Jennifer Easton to be going on while anything is going proofed before the space can be used Schario. tion to campus. Students living in the building said they Senior Staff Writer on in the main auditorium,” junior for student musicals, Kupferman said. “We’re basically forgoing revenue- want the University to fi x issues with the facility, how- Sarah Kupferman, executive produc- In addition, the downstage must be producing rentals in the space so that ever. The downstage theater at Lisner er of Forbidden Planet Productions, made handicap accessible in order to students can produce their musical,” Auditorium is bleeding and student wrote in an e-mail. “In previous semes- comply with fire codes, she said. See HOVA, p. 6 theater groups at GW are feeling the ters, we’ve managed to squeeze our Kupferman is unsure where See THEATER, p. 6 Some students unable to participate in '08 primaries GW Votes unsure why students were not registered successfully by Kathleen Fallon close in the primaries and you’re so after,” Lew said. “I was informed Hatchet Reporter anxious to vote for who you sup- that all of the forms were filled out port.” properly. If they weren’t, we at GW Super Tuesday may be just GW Votes organizers said they Votes called people and let them around the corner, but at least sev- do not know how many people were know with the contact information eral GW students eligible to vote unable to register at the fair that we had asked for.” will be unable to do so in this year’s was held on the Mount Vernon cam- Many groups such as GW primaries. pus last fall, and that they do not Votes, GW College Democrats, GW These students thought they had know why the registration forms College Republicans and NAACP registered to vote at a fair last fall were not processed. Between 30 and had booths at the fair. At the booth organized by GW Votes – a student 50 students filled out registration sponsored by GW Votes, students organization that aims to maximize forms, according to organizers. were offered the opportunity to fill voter turnout – but according to the Sophomore Chloe Lew, direc- out voter registration forms that the students’ home election districts, tor of GW Votes, insisted that her student organization offered to mail they were not actually registered. organization took all the right steps to the secretary of state’s office and “It is annoying, especially given to get these students properly reg- to a student’s county or town clerk’s that this is my first time being able istered. office. to vote," said Lauren French, a fresh- “We at GW Votes sent in the “Basically, students headed over man from New York. “And unfortu- forms on Nov. 11, which gives the there for the free food. They said nately, the way things turned out, local governments about a month that if you would like to register to I won’t be able to vote in the pri- and a half to process the informa- vote right now, they could help you Viktors Dindzans/Hatchet staff photographer maries. Luckily I’ll be able to vote tion for the year. Everyone should out with that, and told us we could Freshman Sarah Hoffman recently discovered she was not registered to vote in the presidential election, but it have gotten a voter registration card despite fi lling out the appropriate paperwork at a fair organized by GW Votes. just really sucks when things are so to confirm their registration soon See VOTER, p. 3 Order online or by phone • (202) 338-2478 WWW.WINGOS.COM We accept GWorld and major credit cards Burgers • Wings • Hotdogs • Milkshakes The GW Hatchet | Monday, February 4, 2008 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday FOUR DAY Page FORECAST 2 HIGH 51 | LOW 47 HIGH 65 | LOW 56 HIGH 58 | LOW 35 HIGH 48 | LOW 37 Elise Kigner – Campus News Editor ([email protected]) Andrew Ramonas – Campus News Editor ([email protected]) Eric Roper – Metro News Editor ([email protected]) Alexa Millinger – Assistant News Editor ([email protected]) them off, and bringing tote bags to CAMPUS GWBRIEF supermarkets,” Wohfeld said. The housemates said although SNAPSHOT Super Bowl CALENDAR Green GW invites students into its they try to live an environmentally eco-friendly townhouse – friendly lifestyle, they sometimes Tuesday run into diffi culties being green.

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