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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

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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. “The hardest thing about liv- It Just Takes One Voice: BHC Members of Green GW ing green is remembering to turn Keynote Address by Jehmu Greene opened their Scholars Village off your computer which means Jehmu Greene, former black Townhouse to the public on Thurs- taking your away message down,” female president of the Rock day to showcase environmentally Green said. the Vote Campaign, comes friendly living at GW. Katopodis said showcasing to encourage students to Junior Christina Katopodis their house will have an effect on exercise their right to vote in and seniors Maggie Desmond, Ali- GW students. the 2008 election. cia Green and Ivey Wohfeld have “Seeing examples of energy 7 to 9 p.m. translated the ideals of Green GW – effi cient options will infl uence Betts Auditorium into a practical living situation for people to live more energy – effi - Sponsored by the Black their house that helps the environ- ciently,” she said. Student Union, NAACP, Black ment and provides a model for Senior Kara Eusebio, who at- Heritage Committee other students who are interested tended the open house, said envi- in green living. ronmentally friendly living is not Super Tuesday Celebration “People are interested in sus- out of reach for students. Join the College Democrats tainability, but don’t know how “(They have) really neat ideas to watch the Super Tuesday to be sustainable,” said Desmond, about how easy it is to live green,” returns on CNN with lots of who founded Green GW with she said. “It is easy to do on a col- free food and contests. Wohfeld last year. lege budget.” 8 to 11 p.m. She added, “A climate crisis is Fixtures like the half-gallon Marvin Center Continental looming, it is important to learn the toilet dam, which decreases the Ballroom right behaviors now.” amount of water needed to fl ush Sponsored by the GW College Evidence of green living is ap- a toilet, is one of those green ideas Democrats parent throughout the townhouse. that drew the curiosity of visitors. Desmond and her housemates Junior Lauren Konopazza, a use handmade fair trade products member of GreenGW who visited Anne Wernikoff/Hatchet photographer Wednesday such as bags, clothing and purses the open house, does all that she Freshman Louie Diller reacts to the New York Giants' 17-14 Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots in addition to utilizing drying can to live more green. with friends in Thurston Hall Sunday night. Poverty and Inequality in the racks for clothes, eco-friendly “I unplug my cell phone char- Global Economy Series: Uneven cleaning products, water-con- ger when I am not charging my Growth in China and India serving showerheads and organic phone and encourage my friends A discussion with Martin Raval- towels and sheets. to recycle,” she said. GWBRIEF attended the ceremony. registered with DSS have key – lion, director of the Develop- “I really like putting ideas into Desmond said she and the “We had a lab for many card access to the suites. years, but it was insuffi cient,” Each room cost about ment Research Group at the practice,” Desmond said. housemates have more green proj- Gelman helps disabled students In the house, there are signs said Christy Willis, director of $55,000 to construct, which in- World Bank. ects in the works. The ladies plan access library resources 4:45 to 6 p.m. to remind visitors that “brushing to start a light bulb exchange pro- Disability Support Services. cluded installation of software Lindner Family Commons, Rm. teeth with continuous water fl ow gram where regular light bulbs “These rooms allow students and hardware students could Thanks to a donation and 602, 1957 E St. uses two gallons of water” and can be exchanged for energy effi - with disabilities to be on equal likely not afford for private collaboration between Gelman RSVP to [email protected] “washing your clothes on cold, cient light bulbs. footing with their peers.” use. Library and Disability Support Sponsored by the Elliott you can save $35.” She said, “We make better de- Willis said the donation The donor, Julius Fleis- Services, blind and visually im- School of International Affairs The housemates said green cisions about purchases, how to was offered almost two years chman – who is legally blind – paired students can now access and the Institute for Interna- living is about conscious living. dispose of these purchases, how ago but the most challenging already has a scholarship fund resources in the library with tional Economic Policy “Our daily tasks include turn- to waste them and change simple part of the process was fi nding in his name set up through the ing off lights that we are not using, behaviors like turning off lights.” more ease. a suitable space for the rooms. Disability Support Services of- using only power strips and when – Colleen Brisport Last month the library held She said the Gelman Library fi ce, as well as two scholarships Spring Film Series: Love & we are not using them we turn a ribbon cutting ceremony in location is practical for its 24- through the Law School and Basketball celebration of its two new assis- hour access and proximity to several others throughout vari- As part of the Winter Hoopla tive technology suites – study reserve materials. ous departments at GW, total- celebration, come watch rooms that are equipped with The Julius Fleischman and ing eight gifts since 2005. the fi lm about two childhood Correction In the Snapshot "Soror- speech, scan and read, magni- Christine Waldvogel Assistive “These rooms will benefi t friends whose relationship ity Sale" (Jan. 31, p. 2), The fi cation and voice recognition Technology Suites, named in every blind and visually im- develops into their professional In “Programs Aim to Curb Hatchet erroneously stated software that help blind and honor of Fleischman’s donation paired student at GW now and basketball careers. 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workers. “There are a lot of students COUNCIL who count on the income that from p. 1 they get from on-campus jobs Law buff s compete in moot court or off-campus jobs to buy books need these extra benefi ts. or to pay rent,” said Mackenzie assisted suicide, interstate com- ments and said they had present- took home individual prizes in “I think our feeling is that Baris, a coordinator for D.C. In past, Justices merce regulations and First ed the best argument he’d heard oral argument and best brief. that model just doesn’t quite fi t Jobs with Justice. “And so for Amendment rights. In the fiction- “in a long while.” Colangelo and Glen, who met at a university because virtu- these students that count on Alito and Roberts al case, a high school-aged patient “It was worth coming all the day the team application was ally all the people we’re talk- that income, they are in the of a doctor took his own life after the way here from California,” due, described their team as the ing about here are students same situation as a regular reading a pamphlet in his waiting Reinhardt said. “It’s very encour- blind date of Van Vleck. who have the assets to come to adult worker whose trying to judged event room containing instructions for aging to know that we have these “We both thought the other school, have health insurance make rent every month.” suicide. young men and women to look was very serious but thankfully and they all have housing,” said Schario emphasized that Presiding over the court was forward to.” we were both wrong,” Colangelo Craig Parker, a general counsel student employees are gener- by Sarah Scire Judge Stephen Reinhardt from All three judges stressed the said. “We actually find this fun, in at Catholic. ally fi nancially stable enough Hatchet Staff Writer the Ninth Circuit in California, importance of conversation in oral a sick way.” Tracy Schario, a spokesper- to curb the need of receiving Judge Janice Rogers Brown from arguments. Glen, an undergraduate son for GW, said the University sick pay. For the first time in three the D.C. Circuit and federal Judge “So often the court asks ques- music major, said seeing the Van is being careful not to come out “I think by the nature of years, a Supreme Court justice did Randall Rader. The judges emu- tions and the lawyers will be irri- Vleck competition two years ago, against the intent of the bill, but student employment, it’s part not preside over the law school’s late Supreme Court justices, often tated because they have a speech when chief justice of the United rather the wasteful layer of bu- time, it’s temporary,” she said. annual moot court, but the com- interrupting the students to ask they wanted to give,” Reinhardt States John Roberts presided, was reaucracy in higher education it “We hope that students are ca- petition’s intensity did not waver. questions during the proceedings. added. “But they don’t realize a defining moment. creates. pable of managing their budget The Van Vleck Moot Court Rader, an alumnus and adjunct all that matters is convincing a “That’s when I knew this was “By and large the principles to account for things like this. Competition is GW Law School’s professor at the Law School, said judge. If he or she has a question, what I wanted to do,” Glen said. of the bill we support, but as it It’s not a natural fi t for this pop- largest and longest-running com- he was more than satisfied with you’re going to want to hear and Last year, Associate Justice applies to our student popula- ulation.” petition. Thursday was the cham- the students’ responses. respond to it.” Samuel Alito sat on the panel. tion, it’s a signifi cant adminis- Even if the bill is approved pionship round for the compe- “I might enjoy it a little too Melissa Colangelo and Jeremy Law School Dean Fred Lawrence trative burden, and it’s an un- on Tuesday, it could be altered tition’s participants, who have much,” said Rader, referring to his Glen, who advocated for the doc- hinted he had a Supreme Court funded mandate,” Schario said. and voted on again in the been researching and honing their questioning of the students. “But tor assisting suicides, took home justice in mind for next year, but Several unions supporting coming weeks. Assistant Vice arguments since September. it has a purpose – I like testing the championship prize of best refused to divulge a name. the bill are being represented President for Government and The case argued before the them a little bit.” team argument. The plaintiff was Lawrence said “I can tell you by D.C. Jobs with Justice, an Coporate Affairs Bernard Dem- court, written by two GW Law Judge Reinhardt praised all represented by Michael Hissam this, however. We have reason to organization that advocates for czuk, Director of Community students, dealt with physician- four competitors during his com- and Bonnie Vanzler, who both be hopeful.” „ workers rights. A spokesper- Relations Michael Akin and son said with the high cost of Student Association President college, students need just as Nicole Capp are all expected to many benefi ts as lower-class attend. „

late for any of them to vote in their states’ primaries. After VOTERS not receiving confirmation of from p. 1 registration for a long peri- od of time, all three double- grab a hotdog or a soda,” said checked their registration sta- Sarah Hoffman, a freshman tus and discovered what they from New Mexico who is still know now. not registered. “We went around Lew suggested students to different tables and they gave follow up after registering. us forms in a notebook with Web sites such as Votepoke. guidelines and information for org, allow individuals to check registering for your state. And their registration status easily. they said that they would turn “Especially when you’re the forms in for us and we’d be registering out of state, I registered to vote.” would recommend checking She continued, “I haven’t up on your registration,” Lew found anyone who was suc- said. “It’s such a shame that cessful in registering at this you have to call your election drive. All of the people I’ve officials after you fill out an talked with who are registered application, but unfortunately either registered in their home it’s the system that we have." states or at CI. All of the other Hoffman said, “I felt like students who I’ve spoken with my needs weren’t met for who tried to register at the being able to vote in the prima- voter’s fair aren’t registered ries, but I’m still going to vote and haven’t gotten their con- in the (general election). I’m firmation cards yet.” really glad that they at least try Hoffman, French and to get people to register to vote Rachel Hicks, a freshman from on campus. I just hope that in Texas, only recently found out the next four years it will be they were not registered, too more effective.” „

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editorial “ Student fee increase must pass For the second time this school year the Student Association is proposing a student fee increase to supplement funds for the sev- eral hundreds of student organizations on campus. As this page has asserted through the failed attempts, we firmly agree with such a proposition and believe that the student body should embrace this opportunity. Unlike the vote last semester, the cur- rent referendum will only entail students pay 50-cents per credit hour. This amount will then be matched by University contributions. A Super Tuesday for Democrats “I think the University realized that we are re- ally struggling and that doesn’t look good for the University as a whole,” SA President Ni- Moving toward a new political era in America cole Capp told The Hatchet last week. “They want to help and give an incentive to students After months of build-up, Super Tuesday is low Obama supporters, I am no Hillary hater. I but I think some truth can be found in it. I spend (to raise the student fee).” finally here. Tuesday’s series of primaries may respect Sen. Clinton a great deal and believe that most of my time working with STAND: A Student This compromise on the part of the Uni- well decide the Democratic and Republican nomi- she has the potential to make a great president. Anti-Genocide Coalition and leading the chapter versity speaks volumes in representing their nees for President. What worries me about her is that she may be here at GW. What I’ve been fortunate to see up commitment to student life. This page be- That makes this week an excit- too entrenched in a political system that is close is the enormous capability of a united stu- lieves that students, in turn, must match this ing time across the nation, and espe- simply not working. Thinking about the dent movement. STAND has raised hundreds of commitment by voting online tomorrow. cially at a school like GW, recently SEAN possibility of her winning got me thinking thousands of dollars to protect civilians in Sudan Life at an urban college can be intimi- ranked by the Princeton Review as though. What will Obama’s supporters do, and made ending the genocide there a national dating and present fewer opportunities for the most politically active campus REDDING at GW and across the nation, if Barack is priority. involvement in student organizations. This in the nation. And the evidence of not named the next Democratic nominee Just imagine a movement of people, students is especially true when smaller organizations COLUMNIST this activism has been plentiful in for president? and otherwise, dedicated to creating real change are left the crumbs of the financial pie after the last few months. Individual The possible answers scare me. More in our country. If the movement is strong enough, the budget allocations. student groups have formed in than anything, I do not want to see the our candidate will only matter so much, because Even the funds avail- support of many of the candidates on both sides White House in the hands of the Republican party we are the ones who get to decide what issues able to the largest stu- of the aisle. These groups have been campaigning a day past Jan. 20, 2009, much less four years matter and what needs to be changed. We are dents organizations hard – phone banking, attending rallies, taking more. the ones who know that the status quo is unac- Students have on campus are often campaign trips and more. The amount of energy So I urge my fellow liberals, whether sup- ceptable, and we’re the ones who can push our unsatisfactory to their the unique directed at the primary only increases every day. porters of Hillary, Obama, John Edwards, Bill country to do better. We are the ones who should leaders and members. In the interest of full disclosure, I should say Richardson or Dennis Kucinich, to keep in mind ultimately decide what policies our president Increasing student opportunity to that I am an avid Barack Obama supporter. His what this election is truly about. Barack says it in should pursue. funds would take the energy, his vision and his commitment to a new many of his speeches, and it is imperative that all It is true that, in the end, I think Barack Obama first step toward unit- be idealistic for kind of politics both inspires and excites me. Just of us keep it in mind as we celebrate the results of is the one for the job. But the Obama support- ing a stronger campus drawing a line next to his name on my absentee tomorrow and move on to the next stages of the ers should not despair if Hillary becomes the the future of community, devoted ballot last week was a memorable experience, and primary. This election is not about any individual nominee, nor should Hillary supporters if Barack especially to student I cannot wait to see him in action as president. I candidate. It is not about Barack or Hillary. It is secures the most delegates. Because what is most GW student life life. truly believe that he can earn the nomination and about students like us, and it is about our parents. important is that the people who share the same Yet students will without win the election in November. It is about people our age who are not fortunate vision for a better America come together behind not be apt to vote of That said, I know none of these things are enough to attend a school like GW. It is about one candidate when it counts the most. they do not know the actually having guaranteed. Hillary Clinton is strong in many of people. issues at hand, or even the primary states, and winning the nomination That may read like idealistic nonsense from a – The writer, a sophomore majoring in history and if such a referendum to foot the bill. is highly possible for her. Unlike many of my fel- privileged kid who has little real life experience, political science, is a Hatchet columnist. is up for a vote. In the last election last Sep- tember, only about 1,400 students took minutes out of their day to participate and the proposition failed by a mere 2 percent. Unfortunately this time Honoring students' work around, many students are equally unaware. Student leader have failed to adequately pub- licize this measure, fostering the conditions University Honors program needs standardization for an equally low turn out as in the fall. This page supports actions that will pro- Imagine a required class where graduate with both honors and every major has different senior even if they did not specifically mote and effectively use this student fee in- the entire grade is based on a special honors without writing a requirements. Nonetheless, stu- write them for special honors or crease. A prevalent concern among voters is single assignment. Now imagine single extra page. dents deserve a fair system that the honors program. Therefore, the allocation of funds if the referendum is that for some students in this class For other students, such as rewards all seniors equally for their students in a major that requires passed. The SA must ensure that these funds the assignment is a 10-page essay, political communication majors, work, rather than punishing some a thesis will only have to write will meet the needs of organizations that are for others it is a 40-page research the current senior requirements for picking the “wrong” major. one, while students who would often left seriously under funded. “There is paper, and for a lucky few, force them to choose Senior year is a bit like falling not normally be required to write a no way to function on a budget that was de- it is simply to attend class. between writing a thesis can take the honors class. By signed for 100 student organizations (when With class requirements this AMY two-semester spe- requiring all seniors to complete we now have 400),” SA Sen. Nick D'Addario unequal, students would be cial honors thesis or one thesis, rather than none or (U-at-Large) told The Hatchet last week. If the furious. HOCRAFFER writing two separate Students deserve a fair multiple, everyone is treated fairly funds from this increase are managed effec- Unfortunately, this is the theses – one for the system that rewards all while still being challenged. tively, the hundreds of student organizations conundrum facing seniors honors program and Surely a department dedicat- on campus could thrive instead of simply sur- in the University Honors one for their major, seniors equally for their ed to outstanding academics at a vive. Programgy each year. According g to no matter how high their GPA is. university dedicated to enhanc- In the next 24 hours, student leaders the honors program’s senior thesis/ Now writing one thesis is total- work. ing the students’ experience can should impress upon student organization seminar information packet, to grad- ly acceptable – a reasonable request manage to create and administer members the far-reaching effects of this mea- uate with honors, students must to demonstrate what seniors have a reasonable set of graduation sure. Current GW students will not even be “complete an honors senior thesis learned in the past three-and-a-half into a vortex of chaos. Students requirements. Unless the honors burdened with the financial effects, since if or seminar, or fulfill all departmen- years. But being forced to write are finishing up their remaining program can provide a compel- passed, the increase would not be put into tal requirements to pursue special two theses is simply ludicrous, graduation requirements, applying ling reason for arbitrarily reward- practice until the class of 2012. Students have honors in [their] major.” especially since many GW students to grad schools, holding down jobs ing or punishing seniors based on the unique opportunity to be idealistic for the On the surface, this seems to are unlikely to need this type of and internships, searching for direc- their choice of major, the senior future of GW student life without actually allow seniors to kill two birds with formulaic, completely academic tion in their lives, and generally requirements must be standard- having to foot the bill. one stone by getting special honors writing once they graduate. It is, in preparing to transition into “real” ized. It is only fair to the roughly While this page stands behind this mea- in their major – and for some it short, an exercise in bureaucratic adulthood. To then expect seniors 700 students currently enrolled sure, it also believes that a second failure in does. For example, political sci- tyranny that takes busywork to a to deal with a confusing, occasion- in the honors program, not to one year should eliminate further discussion ence majors with a GPA of 3.8 or whole new level. ally contradictory, and ultimately mention all the future honors stu- of this increase as is. Hopefully this second higher in their major automati- I am not advocating giving unfair set of honors requirements dents. In fact, it is the honorable go-around will spell success for desperately cally receive special honors. While seniors a free pass and allowing on top of that is simply cruel and thing to do. needed student organization funds. maintaining a GPA this high is them to coast to graduation with unusual punishment. an achievement in itself, it means honors. Nor am I blaming the One solution is to allow seniors – The writer is a senior majoring that some political science seniors honors program’s for the fact that to re-submit their senior theses, in political communication. letters to the editor

Coulter criticism well-deserved Coulter as someone with the capacity yet for which he fails so completely forward any “intellectual” discourse a non-existent issue is not only Sergio Gor’s recent opinion for intellectual discussion and one in providing by choosing Coulter. is plainly wrong. offensive, but also extremely “Coulter criticism undeserved,” (Jan. who is “happy to discuss the issues Ms. Coulter’s arguments are dangerous. The very idea of 31, p. A4) reads like Coulter herself; without resorting to attacks.” Both Benjamin Williams not based on any sort of academic “Islamo-Fascism” perpetuates this is no great surprise. Coulter Gor and I know this to be manifestly GW Law Student or scientific fact, and quite frankly, stereotypes of various cultural often misrepresents the positions untrue. her words only seek to create a groups and misconceptions of liberals, because cartoonish If the truth weren’t obvious Defense of Coulter flawed divisive and volatile atmosphere of terrorism, and to compare mischaracterizations are easier to enough, Gor simplifies the matter I was extremely disappointed that is anything but conducive to Ms. Coulter’s ideas to such a attack than real ones. Gor makes by making the same claim of his upon reading Sergio Gor’s editorial forwarding any sort of intelligent concept,only further illuminates the same error when he suggests organization while simultaneously regarding Ann Coulter’s upcoming debate. Furthermore, his use of the ridiculous nature of her his opponents are arguing for a attacking his critics as close-minded, appearance at GW (Jan. 31, p. A4). the example of David Horowitz’s words. In this debate, Coulter and monopoly on speakers at GW, or that “angry,” “lunatics.” Coulter’s While I agree that free speech is a speech last fall only serves to Horowitz clearly do not “win out”, they are upset solely because “it is brilliance lies in her business acumen, vital and important liberty to the weaken his argument. Far from as Gor so boldy puts it. It is my the progressive thing to do.” not her opinions. She enriches herself United States, and that the First being an actual phenomenon that sincerest hope that in the future, The tactic benefits no one, as regularly at the expense of people Amendment was put in place not only warrants a serious examination, Gor will make an effort to defend Gor doesn’t recognize or respect the like Gor and his organization. The to protect the speech we agree with, “Islamo-Fascism” is merely a what could be a very credible arguments of his critics, nor does expense is not just to their bank and more importantly that which construct of groups, including the argument with legitimately he present any kind of compelling accounts, but also to their capacity we don’t, Gor’s defense of Coulter’s Young America’s Foundation. credible evidence. defense of his own position. for the kind of intellectual discussion speech was painfully flawed. To say To defend Coulter’s appearance Erica Evans Contradictorily, Gor presents for which Gor seems to strive, and that Ann Coulter’s appearance will by likening it to a discussion of Senior

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Univ. acquires three townhouses HOVA from p. 1 The University acquired houses adjacent to the School Jung-Yu Chay, a second-year the former Sigma Chi fra- Without Walls residence hall business student, echoed these ternity house at 20th and G on 22nd and G streets. This sentiments, but added that he streets this December, and is year’s capital budget allo- feels overlooked by the Univer- also in the process of reno- cates $1.7 million for renova- sity. Even though HOVA is blocks vating two townhouses on F tions to the two locations. from the center of campus, it is not Street. Katz said they are plan- considered part of GW’s campus Several days after winter ning on turning one of them grounds. break began, the University into student housing, and are “They can do better to help us,” bought the house formerly oc- still deciding about the other he said. “Not being on-campus, we cupied by Sigma Chi for $1.8 space’s use. He added that feel isolated from GW, from every- million, according to D.C. the bulk of their renovations thing going on at the school.” land assessment records. Sig- this fall have been to clean up Chay said he would like to see ma Chi brothers lived in the the exterior of the buildings. more effort to include graduate stu- house until they were kicked In October, the city issued dents in University activities. He off campus in 2000 because of the University a $12,000 per- also proposed that a cafeteria re- alleged misconduct. mit to perform excavations in place the storage room on the fi rst Executive Vice President front of one of the buildings. fl oor of the building. Presently sev- and Treasurer Lou Katz said “At this time, we are as- eral hundred HOVA residents use a they currently have no plans sessing best uses for each of common kitchen in the building’s for the property, and are still these properties and do not basement. determining what renova- have specifi cs to provide,” Weinshel said the presence of tions will be necessary. spokesperson Adela de la only one kitchen in the building This summer the Univer- Torre wrote in an e-mail. benefi ts the students because it sity also bought two town- – Kaitlyn Funk helps to keep individual costs at a minimum. Presently residents pay $900 per month. ues,” said senior Meghan Long, “The graduate students liv- THEATER executive producer for Generic. ing there knew when they applied Long said that possible the- (that there was only one kitchen),” from p. 1 ater venues in the Foggy Bottom he said. campus, including Marvin Center For handicapped students like Schario said. “It’s an excellent – which must be booked at least Carolyn Diaz this kitchen is inacces- theater but it’s not something they one year in advance – are mostly sible and there are no other places can have access to all the time. out of reach for the group. She to make food within the building. We’re having daily conversations said Generic is considering using Diaz also expressed issues with about how to make sure students the Hand Chapel on the Mount her room, stating a lack of proper can rehearse and perform, and a lot Vernon campus if the group cannot lighting and the presence of mold. of what this involves is some flex- find space on GW’s main campus. When she called GW Housing, she ibility on everyone’s part.” “The overall challenge is was told some rooms do not come The new venue for “Angels there’s a space issue on the Foggy with a standard number of lights. in America” is not without its Bottom campus and it’s something “I had to purchase a light for problems for FPP. Jack Morton that every student group has had my room myself, just to create some Auditorium has little offstage wing a challenge with,” Schario said. light in the room,” she said. space, only one entrance for actors “The administration is looking at it While some students are vis- and FPP will front $800 for a light- from both short term to long term ibly irate with the issues surround- ing technician, which Kupferman solutions.” ing HOVA, others are choosing to said is four times what it would While short term fixes for ignore the problems. usually spend. GW’s student theater groups are Preston Coleman, a graduate “As crazy as it may seem, I still in the works, Schario said that student living in the building, said think the downstage (at Lisner) a black box theater will be built on he regards the dorm as an ideal sit- allows us to fulfill our artistic and Mount Vernon campus to alleviate uation for him, although he admit- creative visions more fully than long term student theater space ted he only spends minimal time in any other venue on campus that demands in 2010. The theater will his room. I’ve seen or heard of,” Kupferman be built into the new Pelham Hall. “With work and school all day, said. Junior Jillian Pitzer, presi- I’m barely here that often, I just use FPP is not the only theater dent of the GW Student Theater (HOVA) as a roof over my head,” group that will need to find a new Council, is concerned about how he said. home for its musicals this semes- administration will accommodate When asked if there are outlets ter. theater productions until then. for residents to voice their concerns The Generic Theater Company “I wish that the University about their living situation, Cole- will also have to locate to a new would take action that could help man said there are bulletin boards venue for its spring musical, student theater immediately and with numbers to call. “Tommy,” but the group has yet not just propose a plan to maybe Weinshel said that GW Hous- to find a suitable location for the help us by 2010,” Pitzer wrote in ing Programs tries to address all rock opera. an e-mail. “My job is to help the student issues that are brought to “We’ve been looking in to theater companies in any way that their attention. other venues on campus, however I can. 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Friday night’s new lounge sell accessories to lottery to win a Nintendo Wii didn’t by Leah Carliner involve ticket stubs Features Editor drinking game or bingo balls. Instead senior Tammy Gasan- With high-priced cover charg- Dzhalalova had to es and trendy fashions, the night- by Corey Jacobson life on K Street makes for a specif- Hatchet Reporter eat a sandwich full of wasabi and win a ic breed of college students who put on their Thursday-night-best Red Solo cups and ping pong balls have taken Japanese version of rock-paper-scissors- for an evening of drinking and on their own definition at GW and nearly every dancing into the wee hours of the other college setting, so when a pyramid formation shoot at the Japanese American Student morning. of plastic cups align on a makeshift table it can only Alliance’s Omatsuri. GW students flock to the mean one thing: beer pong. lounges that speak to them best, With an elegant flick of the wrist – becoming Although Gasan- Dzhalalova said she but with the opening of a new com- less graceful with each moment of decreasing sobri- petitor, The Park at Fourteenth, ety – players arc ping pong balls across the table at was excited to be tak- ing home the night’s some may be buying their tables the opposing team’s beer cups. grand prize, she said at a different place. Entrepreneurs are hoping to cash in on the she also walked away Earlier last month, DC drinking game with Web sites that sell beer pong with more than just Partyline, a company that is accessories. But for demographic that is not known known to promote parties for GW for their loose wallets, merchandisers may find the game system. G asan- students, organized a Thursday themselves up against a wall. night at The Park – but their rela- Joe Colasuonno, 22, is one of those students. Dzhalalova described the Omatsuri – tionship has terminated, Pergrin He is getting biomedical science degree, but in Pervez, The Park’s high-end clien- between classes he manages a business geared Japanese for festival – as an event that tele manager said. at students who play beer pong. His creation is combined cultural “They realized … it doesn’t PongUniversity.com – one of the Web sites that sell make sense for them,” Pervez said beer pong accessories – including customizable and historical per- spectives. and a source within DC Partyline ping-pong balls and tables. confirmed. Freshman Max Bog said he takes beer pong “For someone who is studying “It’s not that it’s too old for very seriously and thinks of it as a sport. GW kids,” Pervez said about the “I like beer pong because it’s simple. You just international affairs, Japanese culture is crowd at The Park. “If you’re need balls and cups,” Borg said. “I might buy the something I should 21 you’ve met one of the entry (accessories) as a gift for someone, though.” requirements.” Colasuonno said he got the idea from playing know about,” she said. In addition to age, The Park beer pong at Boston College. also expects patrons to secure their According to a recent survey that Colasuonno The JASA Omatsuri was held entry with a spot on the guest list paid Facebook to conduct for PongUniversity, 83 and the appropriate attire. percent of the nearly 1,000 male participants ages 18 in the Marvin Center Grand Ballroom and “We don’t want you to show to 24 had played beer pong in the past month. This was attended by GW up like your going to church, but figure, Colasuonno believes, is “a market indicator” it’s a classier crowd,” Pervez said in terms of students who will want to buy personal- students and others Ryder Haske/assistant photo editor about the dress code. ized beer pong products. from local universi- ties such as American Freshmen Madina Mienaithassoua puts on a traditional Japanese Kimono at the Senior Jackie Phillips said she Junior Michael Kandel said he thinks has spent a night at The Park Colasuonna is on the mark. “At college in general, and Georgetown. Japanese festival Friday night in the Marvin Center. Some traveled a far- and the strict fashion require- beer pong is huge,” he said. ments were not something that And it’s not just guys who are into the drinking ther distance from the Universities also performed throughout the night. The GW she found appealing. game. Sophomore Melissa Kramer attests to the Phillips, who spent this fact that girls are fans too. Maryland and the University of Mary Washington, Kendo Club put on a high-energy show and actors among others. appeared in the Japanese play, Thursday night at Lucky Bar in “I used to play almost every weekend my Dupont Circle, remembered her freshman year,” Kramer said. “Now, I play about Co-president Mari Inoue, a “The Peach Kid.” junior, estimates that more than JASA, which came to GW night at The Park with slow (bar once a month.” tender) service, although she was PongUniversity comes off as a sort of one-stop 200 people showed up to the last year, collaborated with the event, which required attendees impressed with the swanky décor shop for beer pong junkies. Colasuonno understands Multicultural Student Services y a $5 entry fee. of the lounge, which is adorned the demand for cheap prices and said he acquires his to pa Center, the Student Association hew Ireton, pub- with dark wood tones and high- merchandise at wholesale so he can keep his prices Senior Matt and the Japan Information and lic relations chair for JASA, “I'm glad that everyone who Culture Center of Washington acked leather banquettes. lower when customers buy in bulk. Plain balls can Dirk Van Stockum, The Park’s be purchased for 14 cents each and the site’s novelty said to the crowd in the Grand D.C. to organize the event. Ballroom, “when you walk out came got a bit of Japanese Ireton said that Friday’s general manager described his item –customized balls that can be personalized with four-story structure as a desti- logos or full-color pictures – start at 89 cents. tonight we want you to know culture.” Omatsuri took the JASA “to the something about Japanese his- next level.” nation point for a sophisticated “I know a lot of people who make their own night out. beer pong tables,” Kramer said. “If the customized tory.” To do this, JASA showed Junior Elly Hirano said she a series of presentations and Van Stockum said his club is stuff isn’t too expensive, people might be willing to ELLY HIRANO was surprised that the event focused on the Edo and Meiji drew such a large crowd. different from the rest because order them.” JUNIOR “you feel at home when you come Another beer pong accessory Web site, dynasties – two important eras “I’m glad that everyone in Japanese history. who came got a bit of Japanese in here,” but later said that it might Bingbongtables.com has sold over 10,000 beer pong not be the ideal party spot for GW tables in the past three years, according to a press But the activities were not all culture,” Hirano said. centered on historical references students out on the prowl. release. Bingbongtables.com specializes in custom- Exchange student Mari and other interactive stations – Kishida, who operated the ori- Pervez said that many GW ized tables that can fold up for optimal travel use. students might not have even With an average of two orders a day and 300 like a Guitar Hero station, a gami booth, said the Omatsuri calligraphy area and an origami known about The Park’s exclusive Web hits, Colasuonno said he thinks he’s onto was a good opportunity for booth – drew the crowds in as well. Participants opening in late October. something and is looking to expand his products to Americans to learn more about her culture. also sampled Japanese food like sushi and green “We have a lot of perspectives on Japanese “What we’re really doing is include personalized cups. being selective with the crowd,” “Right now, it’s a marketing game,” Colasuonno tea. culture represented here – both modern and tradi- Traditional Japanese dances and songs were tional ones.” „ Pervez said adding, “we can’t said. “It’s just a matter of getting the message out have young 18- and 19-year-olds there.” „ running around.” Freshman Patricia Kemp said she has been to the nearby K Street Lounge, but has not been to The Park. “I heard it’s tough on ID’s,” Buzzing in for Blackademics Kemp said. Junior Nicole Bochner said she has heard of The Park, but only through her uncle, a 45-year-old. Students compete in Black She said that her uncle attended a night there and described the crowd as “older.” History trivia game Alexandra Casellas, a senior at American, has spent the past two by Laura Treanor fun, get together and encourage Thursday nights at The Park, and Contributing Editor everyone to meet new people.” said that she does not think the Freshmen Sally Nuamah and crowd is too mature. On Friday night, students gathered Andre Smith hosted the event “Last week I saw a lot of peo- to play a game that did not involve and reminded the audience of the ple I knew, a lot of people my cards or alcohol or embarrassing significance of the motto, which age,” Casellas said, although she dares – instead, it involved answering is inscribed on the seal of the doesn’t expect The Park to take questions about the Little Rock Nine, United States. clientele from any of the nearby Freedom Day and Katherine Dunham. “It is our goal,” Nuamah lounges. Sitting before an audience of about said at the start of the event, “to “I think people are faithful to 50 students in Jack Morton Auditorium encourage unity as well as hope where they like,” she said. last week, members of the freshman, that you all learn a little more Sophomore Michael Reiter, sophomore, junior and senior classes about black history.” who is a promoter with BANG! vied to become the champion of First Smith reminded the contes- Entertainment, said that he often Period: Blackademic in the kickoff tants at the start of the game “the organizes events at K Street event for Black Heritage Celebration to team that works together as one Lounge and like Casellas, does honor Black History Month. and encourages one another will not think The Park will attract any The students demonstrated this be the champions of this event.” Joshua Wolfe/Hatchet photographer of the K Street Lounge regulars. year’s theme of “e pluribus unum,” The backdrop on the stage Students test their Black History knowledge on Friday night at First Period: Blacka- “People ask about The Park or “out of many, one,” by working featured a giant blue screen – demics. because it’s like a beautiful brand- together as teams to answer questions similar to the set of Jeopardy, new venue,” Reiter said, but about black history from six categories which displayed each question added that GW students probably including political movements, pio- and its point value. The game cepts, Geoffrey is good with names and ing throughout the night – worked won’t be interested in it because neers and voting facts. show consisted of three rounds, with Lisa is good with dates. All together I together to coordinate the event. there aren’t any GW promoters. Senior Aundrea Williford, the sec- eliminations at the end of each por- think we worked really well.” “It was a learning experience look- Pervez said that while there ond vice president of the Black Student tion. The game’s 50 questions covered ing up all of the categories,” Smith aren’t any GW students orga- Union is the chair for this year’s Black In the final round, the freshman dozens of aspects of black history rang- said, “because I really didn’t know nizing events at his lounge, that Heritage Committee. Williford said team lost the battle to the seniors and ing from topics on black activists like A. that much about black history. I didn’t relationship could change in the that she would like this year’s theme players Shannon Holmes, a recent Philip Randolph and Victoria Jackson study it until ninth grade and even future. to prove that teamwork is an important Martin Luther King Jr. Award recipient, Gray Adams, to civil rights organiza- then it wasn’t a focus.” “We welcome anyone to come aspect of great accomplishments. Geoffrey Brown and Lisa Betty took tions such as the Black Panther Party, Nuamah agreed that coordinating and interview us to see if we’re a “We are really trying to bring out home the title and prize. to political progresses such as the 15th the event broadened her leadership good fit.” „ the idea of one,” she said. “We definitely used the idea of and 24th amendments. talents. “You can participate in some- –Megan Marinos contributed to The goal of the evening, Williford working as one,” Holmes said at the Smith and Nuamah – the hosts thing,” she said, “but to organize it is a this report. said, was to “increase knowledge, have end of the event. “I focused on con- whose quips kept the audience laugh- whole different experience.” „ 8 | Monday, February 4, 2008 The GW Hatchet Sports A multi-talented coach joins an elite club GW topsp Dukes in Pittsburgh

by Alex Byers Contributing Editor

GW women’s basketball coach Joe McKeown has had some top players in his nearly 20 years in Foggy Bottom. On the night that he picked up the 500th win of his career, it is fitting that his prize player led his team. Kim Beck scored 19 points, all of which came in the second half, to lead the No. 16/13 (AP, WINNER COACH MENTOR ESPN/USA Today) Colonials to a 73-65 victory over Duquesne Saturday in Pittsburgh. The win was GW’s fourth in a row and keeps the squad atop the Atlantic 10 standings with a 6-1 confer- ence and 18-4 overall record. McKeown's milestone: No. 500 The Colonials led by as many as 14 during the first half, but the Dukes rebounded early in the second half and GW led by only four with by Alex Byers • Contributing Editor best way to play, and what’s going to work ten minutes remaining. Though GW is just two with this team.” games removed from its domination of Charlotte t is nothing new for GW women’s As the Smith Center rafters show, he is a week ago, on their coach’s historic night, the basketball coach Joe McKeown to pretty good at getting the pieces to fi t. There Colonials had trouble putting the game on ice. take the glory and credit away from are banners hanging from the ceiling to com- “We were up 10 or 12 but we could never himself and direct it toward one of his memorate McKeown’s fi rst NCAA appear- seem to (pull away). They made some shots and manIy deserving players. On the eve of what ance, in 1991, and every year after that. There it got close, and then Kim Beck took over,” McK- would become his 500th victory as a college is just one year –1999 – that is missing. eown said. basketball head coach, he did it again. That is the year, despite its lack of post- Beck, in fact, did not have her hottest game “(Assistant coach) Mike (Bozeman) has season appearance, that might shed light on of the year, as she scored most of her points from won three games here without me, so I’m what has made GW one of the most consis- the free-throw line and shot 4-of-17 from the probably at 497,” he said. tent programs in the country over the last 20 field. Even her six turnovers totaled more than Arriving in Foggy Bottom with 68 wins years: the refusal to settle for anything less her five assists, but McKeown was nonetheless already under his belt from his days at New than its best. quick to praise. Mexico State University, McKeown has led After losing key players to injuries down “Without her I’d be still searching for 400, let GW teams to 14 NCAA tournaments and is the stretch, McKeown’s squad struggled and alone 500,” he said. the winningest coach in school and Atlantic was not given an at-large bid to the NCAA The Duquesne victory marks the fourth 10 women’s basketball history. With a résu- tournament. But when the women's National straight game that GW led its opponent in re- mé that could perhaps fi ll its own book, McK- Invitational Tournament came calling to offer bounding margin after struggling in that catego- eown’s coaching career might have begun the Colonials a spot in the second-tier tourna- ry earlier this season. While McKeown acknowl- ENTERTAINER way back in the traditions of Philadelphia’s ment, decided to talk it out before accepting. edged his team’s improvement, he said he still famous Big 5 conference and its legendary “I said ‘you guys didn’t come here to play hopes to get the Colonials back playing at the arena, The Palestra. in NIT’ and they said ‘we don’t want to play level they did against Charlotte. “Even when I was a high school player, I in the NIT.’ So we turned down a bid. We got “We’re still not in sync the way we need to be kinda looked up to the coaches. A lot of the a lot of interesting phone calls,” McKeown like we were against Charlotte,” he said. “That’s high school players looked up to the play- said. the game I’m going to keep going back to and ers,” he said, chuckling. “I don’t know why, Even with all those banners, there is still try to get our team to play at that pace over the but I decided I’d love to coach in the Big 5 at one hole in the heart of Foggy Bottom. Ten month of February and in to March.” The Palestra every night.” years ago, the Colonials had the lead with GW now has six games left in its regular-sea- The names McKeown throws out as he six minutes to go in their Elite Eight match- son schedule. McKeown said that it can be tough explains his coaching background are stag- up with the University of Notre Dame. GW at times to keep a team on track when it gets up gering. Bobby Knight, John Wooden, Red Au- wound up losing 62-52, ending their shot at big against an opponent or has a size advantage, erbach – and that does not even include the the Final Four. but he added that senior leadership is the most Philadelphia legends he grew up watching. “That sticks with you forever,” McKeown important ingredient in keeping the team’s col- But watching him coach, one gets the feeling said. lective head on straight. he is not just a compilation of coaching skills This season, GW is ranked in the top 20 “I think you’ve gotta set the tone in practice, garnered from the men and women he has in both national polls, and minus, save for a and I think you gotta make sure that the play- worked with over the years. For him, every bump in the road at Temple, has not lost since ers understand what’s at stake and that you can’t season, and every team, is different. November. Is a trip to the Final Four guaran- have let downs,” he said. “That fi rst day of practice is like pulling teed? No. But after 500 wins, McKeown could The Colonials have a week off before hosting out a blank piece of paper,” he said. “You can probably rattle off a few more. „ Richmond, Feb 10. at 2 p.m. GW is expected to write on it whatever you want. Each year (my commemorate McKeown’s 500 career victories „ ADVISER staff and I) sit down and try to fi gure out the Hatchet fi le photos that afternoon. Rice feels pain in loss GW's Philly star (8
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team from 1989-1990, which "understands what he's coach- lost 13 straight on the road and ing." When asked if he expected BASKETBALL is largely considered the worst his team to be further along at from p. 1 in the University's history. this point, he said the "record Sunday's loss at Liacouras speaks for itself." seemed to have hope they Center and St. Bonaventure's "For me, I've been here could snap their eight-game win over Duquesne Saturday before," Hobbs said. "I under- losing streak here. in Pittsburgh also establishes stand what needs to happen to "I think we were making the Colonials – winners of two this program to get to where it shots and got defensive stops," conference championships in needs to be." said Hobbs, the perpetual min- three years – as the league's But the players he had on imalist, after the game. worst team. the floor Sunday were nearly But hope turned to fantasy The Colonials now have four enough Sunday. The Colonials' ›Jg\e[gXikf]pflijldd\i`eE\nPfib:`kp at Liacouras Center as Tem- more chances to win away from two Philadelphia natives com- ple's Mark Tyndale and Diante Foggy Bottom this season. Their bined for 40 points – senior ›;Xp&\m\e`e^ZcXjj\jXkknfcfZXk`fej›:fdg\k`k`m\kl`k`feiXk\j Christmas scored 21 points next road game is at St. Louis Maureece Rice with 22 and apiece and GW gave the ball Feb. 13. They defeated the Bil- junior Noel Wilmore with 18. ›:i\[`kjkiXej]\i\Xj`cp›C`m\feZXdglj]fic\jjk_Xe)/Xe`^_k up eight times in a 93-80 loss. likens Jan. 10 at Smith Center. GW's morning shoot-around And with that, the Co- Hobbs, whose University was at Chester High School, lonials continued its three- of Connecticut pedigree helped Wilmore's alma mater, and the month crawl toward futility resurrect a program mired in guard was 6-for-7 from behind I\hl\jkXYlcc\k`e›8ggcpfec`e\ and downright insignificancy scandal and mediocrity seven the arc. in a conference they – not too years ago, is now at the helm of Yet Rice, who played his long ago – ruled. Reality, for a team with one senior and far- last collegiate game in the ]fi[_Xd%\[l&jldd\ifiZXcc /// +(($>I8; this team this season, has been off hopes of the A-10 champion- city where he is a hardwood nothing but harsh. ship in Atlantic City in March. legend, said the streak is frus- GW, a three-year NCAA If Hobbs' squad wins the rest trating considering his team's qualifier, is now the owner of a of its games, it could end 15-11 prior success. six-game, 24-day losing streak. and 11-5 in the conference. The Rice said, "We're going to Its 10-game road slump is now coach – who got his third tech- try to get some more wins be- second only to the 1-27 GW nical foul this season – said he fore this thing is over with." „

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