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The GW Hatchet An independent student newspaper • Serving the GW community since 1904 • Always online at GWHATCHET.COM The GW MONDAY • January 25, 2010 Volume 106 • Issue 36 HATCHET Colonials stumble down stretch GW considers RICHMOND 62 federal direct GW 57 by DAN GREENE loan program Sports Editor The simplicity of sports can be by LAUREN FRENCH cruel to preachers of process, as so Assistant News Editor immediate and binary are results of wins and losses. Karl Hobbs is not The University will decide in the next two about to let his team’s season be so months if it will switch from a private loan reduced. program to a federally administered direct And so it was that after the men’s loan program, a choice that may soon be man- basketball team’s loss to Richmond dated by Congress. Saturday, a 62-57 defeat, that the Dan Small, executive director of the Of- ninth-year head coach sought to do fice of Student Financial Assistance, said se- some simplification of his own. nior administrators will soon reach a decision The game’s outcome, Hobbs said, based on internal reviews to see if the feder- was not about the team’s ongoing ally administrated direct loan program would four-game losing streak, not about offer students the same level of support as the pace at which the game was private providers do. played amid 52 whistles for fouls, not In a direct lending program, the federal about any one glaring deficiency in government is the owner of and supplies stu- a certain facet of the team’s overall dents with educa- composition and function. tional loans like Instead, Hobbs said the loss was the Stafford and just a loss – a close game between two Perkins loans. Stu- "We're trying to do the teams in which one executed better dents at GW cur- best thing for than the other in the closing moments rently secure those and walked away with the win. loans through pri- students but we know “I’m not gonna lose sight of what vate banks and actually happened in the game be- lending sources, we have to make the cause [Richmond] won,” Hobbs said. like Chase or Sal- “The reality and the fact of the matter lie Mae. decision soon." is they made a great play down the “One of the stretch... There were about 10 differ- discussions we are DAN SMALL ent plays that could have made the having is whether Director of Student difference in the game.” we should we The Colonials (11-7, 1-4 Atlantic move in that direc- Financial Assistance 10) went into halftime holding a two- tion and if should point lead after a first half that saw we do it before five ties and seven lead changes. With we are mandated,” Small said. “We’re trying the score tied inside the second half’s to do the best thing for the students but we 15-minute mark, GW went on a 2.5 know we have to make the decision soon.” minute, 7-0 run to take what would GW students took out a total of $200 mil- be its biggest lead of the game. lion dollars in educational loans for the 2009 From that point, however, the – 2010 academic year, Small said. Spiders began to display a shooting Senior Vice President for Student and Ac- acumen that had previously been ademic Support Services Robert Chernak first dormant, hitting consecutive three- said last fall that direct lending may be an op- pointers to begin a stretch in which tion for GW after private loan provider Na- Richmond made six of its next seven tional Education dropped 180 GW students such shots to fuel its eventual vic- who had loans with the company in 2008. tory. Some students were unable to find financ- “They’re a very good three-point ing because of a frozen credit market, leaving shooting team. They make threes,” those who had been approved for loans with- Hobbs said. “They made some big out the money to finance their education. shots down the stretch because that’s Direct lending may become mandated, what good teams do.” as the House of Representatives passed a bill It was a three-point shot that VIKTORS DINDZANS | PHOTO EDITOR last fall mandating that, starting in fall 2010, Freshman David Pellom drives to the hoop in the men's basketball team's loss to Richmond Saturday. The See BBALL: Page 10 game featured 10 ties and 12 lead changes, and pushed GW's losing streak to four games. See LOANS: Page 6 Without permanent leader, major fundraising continues by EMILY CAHN August. But experts interviewed said the Campus News Editor lack of a set vice president should not im- pede the University’s efforts to raise mon- The University’s Office of Advance- ey, because a university’s president, not a ment is moving forward with several ma- fundraising office's head, usually shapes jor fundraising campaigns this year de- fundraising initiatives. spite the absence of a permanent director. “The true leader of the campaign The advancement office has been led is the institution’s president,” said Rae by Interim Vice President John Kudless Goldsmith, vice president for advance- since former Vice President for Advance- ment resources at the Council for Ad- ment Laurel Price Jones left her post in vancement and Support of Education, a trade association that helps colleges and universities build alumni relations and Fundraising Increase increase fundraising. The University has been working on a number of large fundraising projects over the last year, including a continua- tion of its plan to quadruple donations for financial aid, raise funds for a Science and Engineering Complex with a price tag in ASHLEY-LYNN GOLDSTEIN | HATCHET PHOTOGRAPHER the hundreds of millions, and solicit do- An anti-abortion protester chants at the annual March for Life rally on the National Mall Friday afternoon. Both nations for innovative learning objectives. protests and celebrations occurred this weekend over the 37th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. But Goldsmith said that fundraising ini- tiatives are planned far in advance, and that the support staff in the fundraising office “can pick up and keep that plan Abortion rallies draw students moving even in a change in fundraising staff.” by MICHELLE BRADBURY and ERICA OBERSI Court building and the National Mall. In the fiscal year 2009, the University Hatchet Reporters Colonials for Life organized a breakfast as raised $84 million, a $26 million increase a gathering for students who wanted to walk from 2008 and the largest amount in Uni- Protesters filled parts of downtown D.C. to the “March for Life” protest together. versity history. Friday, brandishing signs that read ‘I regret my “It’s kind of like how athletes eat pasta the The vice president for Development abortion’ or ‘It’s my body, it’s my decision’ as night before a game or match,” Colonials for and Alumni Relations has more of an advi- demonstrators came from across the country to Life Secretary Kelsey O’Brien said about the sory role, said University President Steven protest or celebrate the 37th anniversary of Roe breakfast. “We have muffins before to build up Knapp, and is responsible for supporting v. Wade. some energy and get ready to go out.” the deans, trustees and University presi- On campus, multiple student and religious Sophomore Mary Ellen Dingley, a member dent in their fundraising efforts. The po- groups including Colonials for Life, Voices for of Colonials for Life, attended the march on sition also researches new ways to solicit Choices, Newman Catholic Center and the Saturday. donations and keep records of the amount College Republicans organized events to sup- “Abortion is an exploitation of women and of money the University is raising. port their respective causes and to participate SOURCE: GW OFFICE OF ADVANCEMENT in the larger demonstrations near the Supreme See ABORTION: Page 6 See FUNDRAISING: Page 6 W. basketball SPORTS OPINIONS Friedman lectures NEWS NEWS snaps streak Who says you can't go home? at Lisner JBKO residents complain of heat Colonials beat Contributing Opinions Editor Lyndsey Wajert talks Author speaks Conditions in residence hall become unsatisfactory La Salle at about parents who move on with remodeling. • Page 4 about his book, after winter break facilities change. • Page 3 home for first "Hot, Flat and win since late LIFE Crowded," and calls Grocery store gets green light from neighbors December. Secrets of the Virginia campus for a green FoBoGro wins support of the Advisory Neigh- • Page 8 Research flourishes with a drunk driving simulator, revolution. borhood Commission with a 4-0 vote. • Page 6 Flight 800 plane crash reconstruction. • Page 7 • Page 3 Sarah Scire | Senior News Editor | [email protected] Emily Cahn | Campus News Editor | [email protected] Gabrielle Bluestone | Metro News Editor | [email protected] Lauren French | Assistant News Editor | [email protected] January25, 2010 2.0 Amanda Dick | Campus News Editor | [email protected] Amy D’Onofrio | Assistant News Editor | [email protected] H News SnapShot IN BRIEF Haiti campaign raises more than $6,000 The GW community raised $6,324.70 Friday through the “Swipe Your GWorld for Haiti” campaign to aid Haiti earthquake relief efforts, University spokeswoman Mi- chelle Sherrard said. Donations will be split evenly between two relief organizations: the American Red Cross and Project Medishare, an indepen- dent nonprofit organization that provides health care to Haitian people, according to a University statement. University President Steven Knapp do- nated $1,000 to Haiti’s relief efforts Friday afternoon. Collection locations were spread out among the three University campuses in the GWorld office, Colonial Central, Columbian Square, Ames Dining Hall, and the Virginia Science and Technology campus.
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