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. – Amanda Dick

Corrections

In “A national embarrassment” (Jan. 21, p. 4), The Hatchet erroneously stated that the Graduate School of Political Management helped fund the deposit for McCain’s appear- ance. In fact, the GSPM Student Association contributed funding to the event.

In “Ambassador talks up careers in for- chris gregory | assistant photo editor eign service” (Jan. 21), The Hatchet errone- Members of the Young America’s Foundation protest New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s views on global warming at his appearance at ously reported that the event’s host was the Lisner Auditorium Thursday night. Delta Phi Epsilon Professional Foreign Ser- vice Fraternity. In fact, the event was hosted by the Delta Phi Epsilon Professional Foreign Service Sorority. Calendar

Based on information from the Universi- ty’s housing Web site, the article “University Monday Tuesday Wednesday announces new housing options” (Jan. 20, p. Terry McAuliffe and the future Polioptics: Packaged 5), stated erroneously that The Dakota will ‘WMD’s in America: What Steps is the What are we doing have 25 quads, 25 triples and five doubles. In of the Democratic Party Government Taking to Protect Your Safety?’ Political Persuasion here? fact, The Dakota will have 18 quads, 12 singles Listen to the former chairman Listen to the FBI’s Weapons of Mass Josh King, the former White Watch as four filmmakers and 35 triples next year. The article also stated Mitchell Hall will be available to both first- of Hillary Clinton’s presidential Destruction Policy Director Jim Rice discuss House director of production for examine if humanitarian year students and upperclassmen. In fact, campaign discuss the next step how the FBI is trying to combat threats presidential events, will trace the aid and development has Mitchell Hall will house mostly second-year for Democrats. against America. visual history of the presidency. helped or hindered Africa. with a few third and fourth-year students. The article stated Fulbright Hall will house Marvin Center Grand Ballroom | Lisner Auditorium | 7 p.m. Lisner Auditorium | 7 p.m. Lisner Auditorium | more than 250 students. In fact, Fulbright 7 p.m. 7 p.m. Hall will house 225 students in all triples. The article stated City Hall will house 562 stu- dents primarily in doubles. In fact, City Hall will house 378 students in all doubles. Multimedia H All this and more... Now at gwhatchet.com The same article stated Philip Amsterdam Hall will house 544 students. In fact, Philip map WEB EXTRA BLOG Amsterdam houses 444 students. The article Campus Crime Map CR Debate: Obama One Year Later Fire at Building K stated Potomac house will house first and A look at where crime most frequently College Republicans and Democrats debate An electrical fire caused the second-year students, but Potomac House will house only first-year students. occurs on campus. the first year of Obama’s presidency. brief closure of 23rd Street. The GW Hatchet News January 25, 2010 w Page 3 Friedman calls for green revolution JBKO residents by emily cahn Campus News Editor complain of heat Award-winning author and New York Times colum- due to the newly installed nist Thomas Friedman stressed Temperatures regulator. He said this “is not Thursday the need for young a malfunction of the system people to get off Facebook and and is common in a radiant into the face of the country’s reportedly raised heat system.” leaders in a push for the envi- One resident, Jen Kamin- ronmental change he says is so by heat regulator sky, requested she be moved vital to the future of the earth. to another room since the Friedman – who gave a by Nicolas Diaz heat and particularly the lecture on his book “Hot, Flat Hatchet Reporter loud noises in hers had be- and Crowded: Why We Need come too serious an issue. a Green Revolution – and How Facilities Management “The heat wasn’t too It Can Renew America” Thurs- has received dozens of com- much of a problem, but the day night in Lisner Audito- plaints from residents of constant noise from the steam rium – said Americans need Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy valves was,” she said. to be the leaders in “environ- Onassis Hall regarding “un- After contacting Facili- mental technology” in order to bearable heat” inside their ties Management with this maintain the nation’s position rooms. problem and only having the as a world superpower. Over winter break, Facili- noise and heat worsen over “If we are not one of the ties Management installed a time, she moved to another leaders, if not the leader in [en- new heat regulator in the floor in JBKO Hall. vironmental technology], the building, but the renovation Sophomore Michelle chance of us passing our stan- has made the temperature Vilas says the heat is indeed dard of living onto these peple chris gregory | assistant photo editor uncomfortably high in the intolerable. is zero,” Friedman said, point- Award-winning author Thomas Friedman lectures at Lisner Auditorium Thursday on the relationship rooms, residents have re- “It’s impossible to sleep ing to the sea of students, fac- between a bad economy and poor environmental practices. ported. at night because it is so hot, ulty and community members John Ralls, special advis- and my room’s windows who filled Lisner. The freshmen triotic. Green is the new red, cloakroom right now where Students interviewed after er for communications and don’t even open so I can’t get class read Friedman’s book white and blue, oh yes it is.” the rules get written. Remem- the lecture said they enjoyed outreach, confirmed Facilities my room to cool down,” she over the summer as part of the Friedman points to a pow- ber one thing. You may live a Friedman’s appearance. Management has received in- said. Freshman Reading Program. erpoint presentation, describ- digital lifestyle – and God bless Freshman Gabrielle Fried- Janine Palino, another Friedman said that to gar- ing why Citibank, Iceland’s you for that – but politics in man said she thought it was resident, said she is able to ner popular support for cap- bank and the ice banks of this country is still analog.” fantastic that the University "It's impossible to sleep open her windows and turn and-trade legislation – which Antarctica melted at the same He continued, “If we don’t was able to bring Friedman on the air conditioning, but is he said is necessary to imple- time. get out of Facebook and into to campus after assigning one at night because it is convinced that “this is a total ment the needed change – the To “redefine green” and somebody’s face, the rules of of his books for the Freshman so hot, and my room's waste of energy” when deal- idea of “going green” needs to gain support for cap-and-trade the future are going to be writ- Reading Program. ing with the heat. be redefined. “Green,” Fried- legislation, Friedman said ten without us.” “I think a lot of kids were windows don't even “Having a thermostat in man said, is a hard sell, since Americans cannot simply sit About a dozen members of really interested in the book every room would be much converting dirty energy to behind a computer screen cre- GW’s Young America’s Foun- over the summer, and we got to open so I can't get my more efficient,” she said. clean energy at the end of the ating Facebook groups or blog- dation protested Friedman’s write essays, so I think the kids Facilities staff is currently day still comes to the same ging. appearance outside of Lis- that were interested definitely room to cool down." inspecting all the problems end – it turns on the lights and Instead, he said Americans ner, calling the issue of global thought this was a great oppor- with the new heat regulator powers day-to-day life. need to generate a “wake-up warming and climate change a tunity to come and watch him michelle vilas and expects to have the prob- “We need to redefine call” by getting in the face of fallacy. speak,” Friedman said. JBKO Resident lem solved in a few days. green in order to reorganize Congress, which he called cur- Friedman met with a small Dean of Freshmen Fred Ralls insisted that any America,” Friedman said. “If rently “broken,” adding that group of School and Media and Siegel, who assigned Fried- resident with any further you can name an issue, you legislative leaders are more Public Affairs students earlier man’s book to the freshman quiries regarding the sudden problems with the heat in his can own an issue. The people swayed by companies with in the afternoon, discussing a class, said he was glad to see high heat in the rooms. or her room should contact who named it, the people who money than what is best for the range of topics including his the event finally come to frui- “In response to these con- the Facilities customer ser- owned it, were the people who future of the earth. thoughts on current Middle tion after months of planning. cerns, we are actively work- vice line. hated it. They named it liberal, “Exxon Mobil does not Eastern issues and the ways to “It feels great,” Siegel said. ing to adjust this new equip- As for the recent noises tree-hugging, sissy, girlyman, have a Facebook page,” Fried- break into the journalism field. “I was sitting in the third row ment to increase the comfort from the pipes, “building unpatriotic and vaguely Euro- man said. “They are not on Fa- He also ate dinner before the and I looked back and saw Lis- of the building,” he said. staff are already inspecting pean... But we need to define cebook. They are in your face. lecture with freshmen who had ner at capacity, I saw people Ralls said JBKO residents the system to ensure that all it as geopolitical, geostrategic, Exxon Mobil, they do not have submitted the strongest essays with rapt attention listening to have also reported “banging is in proper working order,” geoeconomic, capitalistic, pa- a chat room. They are in the after reading his book. Mr. Friedman.” u noises” in the steam pipes Ralls said. u Medical marijuana may become legal in District

juana distributed would be 1,000 feet of a school. School it would inspire any school to D.C. Council bill cost-free, but low-income fami- probably means a university, say, ‘Anyone can smoke mari- lies would be given a discount. so they are not going to be right juana.’ ” calls for five Susan Mottet, committee next door. There are only five, According to the legisla- counsel for Catania, said the so I don’t think a campus will ture, the marijuana would be bill requires that dispensaries be surrounded,” Mottet said. grown somewhere in D.C. to dispensaries would be allowed to grow or Mottet added she thought avoid border problems with possess only enough marijuana universities would probably Maryland and Virginia, two by Kira Brekke to provide registered or pro- have to permit students to use states which have not legalized Hatchet Reporter jected new patients with an ad- medical marijuana if they were medical marijuana. equate medical supply. granted permission by the gov- Senior Josh Phillips, who A D.C. councilmember “It is going to be very tight- ernment. spent three months of his sum- introduced a bill last Tuesday ly controlled. The Department “I would imagine univer- mer in San Francisco where that would open five medical of Health will be doing frequent sities would allow students to medical marijuana was legal- marijuana dispensaries in the health inspections to ensure also [smoke medical marijuana] ized in 1996, said he doesn’t District. they’re not growing more than on campus somewhere because think there would be a change Councilmember David Cat- they’re expected to. It should laws and policies can’t say you in the amount of marijuana on ania, I-At Large, introduced the be tightly regulated enough can use some medications and campus if the bill passed. bill, which would implement a so that there is not fraud and not other medications. At the “I don’t think [there will 1998 D.C. initiative that called abuse," Mottet said, adding that photo illustration by chris gregory | assistant photo editor same time, they are going to be changes]. I think the biggest for legalizing medical marijua- there would still be enough so D.C. Councilmember David Catania, I-At Large, has introduced a bill be wary about allowing stu- thing from California that I ob- na. The bill, Initiative 59, was qualified patients would still be that would open five medical marijuana dispensaries in the District. dents to smoke marijuana in a served from public officials is approved by 69 percent of vot- able to get an adequate medical dorm room with a roommate,” the change in stigma more than ers, but was prevented from be- supply. late a list describing the specific usually chronic illnesses,” said Mottet said. “I imagine they actually cracking down,” Phillips ing passed by restrictions from Catania’s proposal grants illnesses and conditions one Jon Gabor, a former employee will have to revisit their policies said. “Legalizing it would just the predominantly Republican the Department of Health and must possess to be prescribed of Los Angeles Medical Mari- that relate to that. They would change the perceptions people Congress, the Washington Post the Mayor’s office the authority medical marijuana. juana Collective. probably require that any stu- have as marijuana as a medicine, reported. to determine the various restric- “People seek out medical The proposed dispensaries dent that uses medical mari- as a drug, and I think the same is The proposed dispensaries tions on distributing medical marijuana more for the purpos- would likely not be located juana on campus would need going to happen at the University would be able to distribute ap- marijuana and regulations on es of easing the symptoms and near GW, Mottet said. to show the school their regis- if they change the laws in D.C.” proximately one month’s sup- the dispensaries themselves. being able to proceed with a “We capped the number of tration card so that the school Fourteen states have al- ply of marijuana to chronically According to the Post, the De- normal life while incurring the clinics at five, and we said that can know ahead of time who is ready legalized medical mari- ill patients. None of the mari- partment of Health will formu- pains and struggles of serious, they can’t be located within authorized or not. I don’t think juana. u Alumni utilize Career Center ANC votes 'no' for liquor license to polish their skills and to finding a job, but I am Fewer jobs prompt present themselves with full feeling a renewed sense of Commissioners say confidence. It will also help confidence in both my résu- grads to seek help the center aid the influx of mé and myself," she said. they will protest former graduates looking Schenk said she was for work, Gumbs Jennings particularly happy with the in search added. individual services avail- new club's opening “The Alumni Career able at the Career Center. by Dimple Mirchandani Consulting Pilot Program “Tom Stowell, whom I by ARIEL FELDMAN Hatchet Reporter is our newest program and have been working with [in Hatchet Reporter gives our graduates an op- the Career Center], has been The job hunt is leading portunity to gain jobs fast- incredibly positive and en- Advisory Neighborhood some former students back er,” she said. couraging, offered up excel- Commissioners declined to to Foggy Bottom. Some of the Career Cen- lent advice and made him- support a liquor license pro- The Career Center has ter’s services, including self very available,” Schenk posal Wednesday for a new seen an increase in the level GWork and alumni network- said. nightclub that would be lo- of alumni actively using its ing events, are available free After graduation, the cated just off campus, saying services in the hopes of find- of charge to all students and Career Center helps stu- that the owner’s other club ing employment, after the alumni, but professional dents expand their network has plagued the neighborhood economic recession forced services – including custom of relations by encouraging with noise, public urination hatchet file photo job cuts and froze hiring. résumé help and interview them to connect with the and vomiting. Swaptak Das, owner of Shadow Room nightclub (pictured above) has In response, it has teamed preparation – are free for Alumni Association and Swaptak Das, who owns applied for a liquor license for a new club venture called Sanctuary 21. up with the Office of Alum- students and alumni who LinkedIn, Gumbs Jennings Shadow Room, a popular The Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2A voted 6-0 in opposition ni Relations to launch an have graduated in the last said. nightclub next to the Student to the license application. Alumni Career Consulting year. The Alumni Association Health Service offices, had pilot program. The program, Gumbs Jennings said also offers resources includ- petitioned for a liquor license been in business for roughly a however, say the problems which will provide two free that the Career Center has ing the Career Advisor Net- for a new venue next door to year and a half, is open until continue. job counseling appoint- increased its efforts in recent work, Alumni Online Tools Shadow Room, Sanctuary 21, 2 a.m. Sunday through Thurs- Several ANC commission- ments in person or over the years to pair graduates and and Networks, and Educa- located at 2131 K St. ANC 2A day and until 3 a.m. on Fridays ers cited the “arrogance of phone, will be made avail- students with potential em- tional Programs and Alumni Commissioners voted 6-0 to and Saturdays. After public [Das’] clientele” as the reason- able to the first 100 alumni ployers. Events. Alumna Sarah Ja- protest the application for a li- discussion, commissioners ing behind nine reports of in- who seek services and have “We have eight career cobs, who graduated in 2008 quor license on three grounds; came to the consensus that due cidents since Shadow Room’s graduated prior to Dec. 31, fairs per year, which is much from the Graduate School adverse effect on the peace and to Shadow Room’s “excessive opening, including two docu- 2008. better than the five we had of Education and Human quiet of the neighborhood, ad- noise violations and incidents mented assaults. Das suggest- For new alumni within a few years ago and this Development, said she had verse effect on property values of public urination and vom- ed that perhaps the reports of one year following gradu- doesn’t even include the utilized both organizations and community safety haz- iting,” another club similar to the incidents occurred because ation there is no charge for number of expos that we since being laid off last sum- ards. Shadow Room in the same vi- he employs a police detail to career consulting. For all have each year,” Gumbs Jen- mer. Commissioners also voted cinity is largely unwelcome. protect the surrounding area of other alumni, the fee is $60 nings said. “The Career Center has to allocate $3,000 in legal fees Das has come under fire the club. The police detail is re- per hour. Alumni may meet Carrie Schenk, who been a huge asset since I was to protest Das’ application, and from community members quired, unlike regular security with career coaches, who graduated in 2006 from the laid off from my job in June,” also plan to retain an attorney before. In November 2008, he officers, to report all incidents will come to their place of Columbian College, said she Jacobs said. “Not only has to fight the new club’s open- arranged an agreement with that occur. business for $150 per hour. has received help from the the Career Advisor Network ing. D.C.'s Alcoholic Beverage the ANC designed to placate Upon the ruling, ANC Marva Gumbs Jennings, Career Center. been extremely helpful, the Control Board has the final de- neighbors’ concerns and com- chairman Armando Irizarry the Career Center’s execu- “Being unemployed at staff - particularly Marva cision on whether Das' license plaints about Shadow Room told Das, “If you came in here tive director, said the pro- a time such as this adds an Gumbs and Toy Tavarex - application will be approved. that had persisted since it with a clean record, then this gram will allow graduates enormous amount of stress have been as well.” u Shadow Room, which has opened that July. Neighbors, would be a different story.”u Justin Guiffré Lyndsey Wajert Opinions Editor Contributing Editor [email protected] [email protected] H OpinionsJanuary 25, 2010 w Page 4 Staff Editorial Revisiting GW's shamnesty policy One man’s struggle any of our campus’ prob- nal director for the Center for Alco- The policy is too long to critique I have written about this issue lems are minor annoy- hol and Other Drug Education for in full detail here (one of its faults), before, but it is not one that can con- So it has come to this. Academic ad- ances. Mandatory dining well over a year now. In that time, but there are two aspects that need tinue to go unnoticed. I find it hard vising has become a problem so para- moneyM is always a source of student they completed an overhaul of the to change above all others. First, if a to believe it has not garnered more lyzed by a lack of initiative that a parent complaints, 4-RIDE takes more than so-called amnesty policy – without student is employed by the Univer- attention. The solutions are good is the most active proponent of reform. an hour to respond and, of course, naming a new director. It is disin- sity, it should not be taken into con- for everybody in Foggy Bottom. A We are talking about Masood Vojdani, that nail sticks out of the sidewalk genuous for school officials to claim sideration on a first offense. Accord- proper revision of the policy would the incoming chair of the Parents Cam- in front of Ivory Tower. (Really, ing to one student involved in the mean students have more protec- paign Philanthropy Board who has al- how hard is it to simply cut an application of the current policy, if tions and are treated with more re- ready collected more than 70 e-mails inch-long screw?) But at least Justin Guiffré you are employed by GW and are spect in the process. It would also from students describing their experi- one issue is much more impor- EMeRGed, you might very well mean administrators can rest easier ences with GW’s various advising sys- tant than all the others, because Opinions Editor be told not to show up for work at night with the knowledge that tems. It is inexplicable and inexcusable it deals with life-and-death situ- on Monday. Secondly, the conse- students would be encouraged to that GW has turned such a blind eye ations. I’m talking about GW’s quence of being EMeRGed twice call for help when necessary. But for to advising reform that a parent is now horribly inadequate alcohol am- should not always be a year-long leading the charge. nesty policy; or, as I like to refer to it, to have concern over creating good suspension. As the policy functions More than two years ago, President GW’s “sham”-nesty policy. drug and alcohol programs without now, there are few circumstances in Knapp participated in a town hall meet- There is a sad truth to the debate empowering the very office that which a second infraction will not There is a sad truth to the ing in which advising was a primary over alcohol policy on GW’s cam- deals with them. For this issue, in- be met with a year-long suspension. concern voiced by students. Two years pus: It doesn’t really exist. It’s really difference can be deadly. These are huge stumbling blocks in debate over alcohol policy after hearing about those issues, we a problem of priorities. See, the Stu- As I have described in previous the way of people who might call have not seen any real progress toward dent Association will gladly attempt columns, the new policy is not a for help. on GW’s campus: It doesn’t improving advising, much less acknowl- to revamp the SA constitution, or solution to GW’s problems with al- For anybody interested in see- edgement of it as a central priority. GW’s spend multiple sessions debating cohol. We have yet to hear satisfac- ing an amnesty policy that works, really exist. chief offender, of course, is the Colum- gender-neutral housing, but when it tory arguments for the changes that I suggest looking at Cornell Uni- bian College of Arts and Sciences. Led by comes to a policy that could literally were made to the alcohol policy. For versity’s program. It is clear and Dean Peg Barratt and Associate Dean for save a student’s life, they are woe- example, the school “heightened” concise. An individual in need of Undergraduate Studies Paul Duff, both fully uninterested. The SA doesn’t the policy requirements, which is assistance is protected from judi- now, our elected student advocates administrators have repeatedly demon- have any ability to actually create the exact opposite of the change cial punishments for underage al- are spending multiple sessions de- strated an utter disregard for truly ad- policy, which, considering most of that should have been made. When cohol consumption and disorderly bating non-binding housing resolu- dressing advising over their respective their work, is probably the best thing you want to encourage students to conduct. The individual making tions. And our administrators seem tenures. about the SA. Nonetheless, they do call for help, you don’t make the the call is protected from punish- to be happy with the appearance In a previous editorial, we suggested have the capability to get students repercussions of doing so more dra- ment for underage consumption, that we have a good policy, without parents could be an effective voice for talking and catch the ear of adminis- matic. Particularly, the inclusion of a providing alcohol to a minor, and really looking at the incentives cre- change on advising problems, and we trators on problems that matter. phone call to parents within the first disorderly conduct. Finally, there ated. It’s too bad everybody seems applaud the work of Masood Vojdani. Beyond student involvement, 24 hours, before school administra- are certain protections for organiza- unconcerned with a policy, when We encourage more students to contact it is important for administrators to tors have had time to put the details tions, such as fraternities hosting a the whole thing is just a sham. him with their positive and negative sto- truly care about the issue. Thus far, of the events into context, is inflam- party at which somebody needs as- – The writer, a junior majoring in ries about advising at GW. His e-mail is GW’s administration has somehow matory and accomplishes nothing sistance. This should be a model for international affairs, is The Hatchet's [email protected]. Even a paragraph managed to avoid naming a nomi- more than agitating the situation. an overhaul of GW’s policies. opinions editor. or two would be enough to help him develop a more complete picture of the advising issue. But it should not be the responsibility of a parent to make advis- Fist pump! Who says you can't by Colleen Psomas ing a University priority. It is time for students and administrators themselves to take the issue head-on. Advising is an extremely important go home? part of an undergraduate student’s de- velopment and experience. As far as ad- eing from the greater ing, and the growing number vising at GW goes, Vodjani explained, Philadelphia region, of college grads who are mov- “The duty of advising is the duty of care, there are certain aspects ing home is not doing much to and that care is missing.” We couldn’t Bof my life that I know I will allay my fears. Monster.com have said it better ourselves. never be able to change. For found in their 2009 Annual one, the Eagles will most likely Entry-Level Job Outlook that never win a Superbowl, re- about 40 percent of 2008 grads An opportunity worth seizing gardless of how well they start still lived at home with their the season. I Students often feel that their concerns, will never plan complaints or suggestions regarding the a day around Lyndsey Wajert University fall on deaf ears. Now, GW ac- seeing the tually seems to be listening. GW’s Innova- Liberty Bell. tion Task Force features a form on its Web Contributing Hometown fa- Editor site for submitting ideas, and the Office of vorites such as Sustainability recently reached out to stu- Bon Jovi songs dents for ideas for an event called The GW will constantly Greenhouse. Students need to capitalize on be featured on the local radio parents, while 42 percent of the such opportunities and share their ideas stations even though the lead 2006 graduates surveyed said through these forums, while the Office singer, Jon Bon Jovi, actually they were in the same situa- of Sustainability needs to ensure that the comes from Jersey. tion. With the severity of the timeframe of accepting ideas is left open One particular Bon Jovi Great Recession, the massive long after its featured event has passed. As song that I can’t seem to escape amounts of student loans to students now have the ability to share their when in the City of Brotherly pay off, and the high prices of thoughts about improving the University, Love is the song, “Who Says living these days, moving back they need to take full advantage of this You Can’t Go Home?” While home after graduation is often chance. By filling out the form featured on this message is somewhat en- the only option for a growing the Web site of the Innovation Task Force, dearing and the chorus is an- number of students. and by continuing to make suggestions to noyingly catchy, I now won- Given all of these factors, the Office of Sustainability, students can der about what to do when the what was once viewed as directly appeal to these branches of the answer to Bon Jovi’s question somewhat of an embarrass- University. The submission form for the is simply, “my parents?” ment for graduates and par- Innovation Task Force can be found online Upon returning home for ents alike has now become just at http://innovation.gwu.edu, while the winter break just a few weeks another aspect of the transition GW Greenhouse will be held Jan. 29 at 9 ago, I found my parents deep to adulthood. Parents are more a.m. in the Marvin Center Amphitheatre. in discussion about plans for willing to help their kids get on Whether they involve ways to improve remodeling the house. I fig- their feet after an unsuccessful the academic experience or ways for the ured they were looking to job search or a difficult few campus to become more environmentally change the carpets or repaint months of managing bills and sound, not submitting ideas would simply the shutters, but to my utter paying rent, but grads typi- be wasting the opportunity to make a dif- shock they were actually con- cally do find their own places ference. versing about what they want- within a few months or years. That being said, the University needs ed to do to my room. According to a 2008 Wash- to ensure that students’ ideas are being We are college students, ington Post article, “ 'Most received continuously. The opportunity so most of us have heard the returning grads move out to submit ideas should not be a one-time jokes about what our parents within a couple of years,' said event, or even necessarily one with a plan to turn our rooms into Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, author deadline. While it is understandable that once we are out of the house. of ‘Emerging Adulthood: The there is a specific timeframe for submis- Some fathers want more room Winding Road From the Late sions, the University needs to provide a for exercise equipment or a Teens Through the Twenties.” forum for ideas long after specific events home office, while there are But if your parents are as like The GW Greenhouse end. mothers who claim the space enthusiastic about their future While many administrators drive for a craft room or storage. But home improvements as mine home at the end of the day, it is students what was so unnerving about seem to be, you may not have who spend all of their time here in Foggy this conversation was that this a room to return to after col- Bottom. For this reason, it is likely that time, they were serious. So se- lege. It is not that they want the student body will have unique and rious, in fact, that it involved me to endure months or years valuable ideas for improving sustain- measuring tape. of scarce food and dilapidated ability and increasing efficiency at GW. As a second-semester apartments. But they do expect We hope you will take the opportunity to sophomore, I can’t say that me to embark on adulthood pass those ideas along. I never imagined this day without even considering re- would come. My future winter turning home as an option. In and spring breaks will most light of these recent develop- likely be filled with trips to ments, I will continue with my Quotable visit with friends or family in plan of maintaining my grades other states, while summers until graduation, saving up "As my mother used to say, will be geared toward work- money for graduate school ing or taking classes here in and hopefully, by then, the ‘America is a wonderful place. You D.C. This means I may not be economic situation will have home for an extended amount improved. Though I know can do anything if you play your of time in the near future. My parents want their kids to be parents pay for the house, so both successful and indepen- cards right.' " they are allowed to do what dent after graduation, would it they want to my room. be possible to wait a little while - University President Emeritus Stephen But I can’t help but notice longer to remodel your college the sheer permanence of losing student’s bedroom? Joel Trachtenberg on his induction my bedroom, especially con- -The writer, a sophomore sidering the truly disconcerting majoring in journalism, is The into the GW Athletic Hall of Fame. situation that is the job market. I Hatchet's contributing opinions find the future quite intimidat- editor.

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in 2007. “I launched a brainstorm- Neighborhood group approves FoBoGro Fundraising ing process a month after I from p. 1 arrived in which faculty, staff Hart’s plan to open the store, mits from the city. I guess she Hart sees the vote of sup- and students met in teams ANC supports challenging the certificate of thinks she knows more about port as a positive sign for mov- “In one sense, the presi- focusing on four key areas: occupancy and filing a let- zoning laws than the District ing forward toward opening dent does serve as the uni- learning, research, service, and ter of protest. The group fur- of Columbia and the Board of the store in February. versity’s ‘chief fundraiser,’ ” community,” Knapp said of soon-to-open ther alleged that Hart would Zoning Adjustment, because “I’m very, very happy Knapp said. “The president the fundraising plan. “It’s also violate D.C. zoning orders I’ve received three different with the support of our local leads the process of develop- why we had a retreat last sum- grocery store by serving prepared foods, certificates of occupancy,” government,” Hart said. ing the themes and priorities mer in which several hundred which were not served in the Hart said in an interview after But Hart said his experi- of our fundraising efforts, and people - trustees, deans, fac- by Ariel Feldman store prior to his ownership. the meeting. ence opening the store has the president also builds rela- ulty, alumni - all got together Hatchet Reporter “[Kahlow] contested that Kahlow said at the meet- been a disappointment over- tionships between the univer- to discuss potential themes of we don’t have the legal right ing that she plans to challenge all. sity and the donor community, a comprehensive fundraising Advisory Neighborhood to open the business that the city government and the “I’ve opened up three which includes foundations as campaign." Commissioners voted 4-0 we’re going to open, even D.C. Board of Zoning Adjust- businesses in four years, and well as individual donors.” Holly Hall, who has cov- Wednesday to support the though we do have the per- ment at the next BZA meeting honestly if this is the type of Scott Jaschik, an editor at ered fundraising at the uni- opening of FoBoGro, follow- Feb. 23. Despite Kahlow’s dis- resistance or irrational road- Inside Higher Ed – an online versity level for the Chronicle ing months of mediations be- approval, the ANC commis- blocks that I’ll have to deal publication that focuses on of Higher Education for 20 tween the store and another "I have tried my best sioners put forth a motion to with, I’m not sure if I’ll stay higher education – said GW’s years, said it is important that local community group. support the idea and concept in the D.C. or Foggy Bottom fundraising efforts are most Knapp makes connections The ANC’s blessing of to figure out the real behind the Foggy Bottom Gro- area,” he said. likely not impaired by the with donors and alumni, as the grocery store followed a cery, passing a resolution 4-0. For now, he said he re- office’s lack of a permanent the relationships a president 30-minute verbal battle over problem and where Two commissioners, Florence mains optimistic. leader because Kudless is an makes determine the amount the store’s certificate of occu- Harmon and Commission “I’m pretty confident that experienced fundraiser. He of major gifts a university re- pancy between Barbara Kahl- WECA's opposition Chairman Armando Irizarry, BZA will rule in our favor,” has been at GW since 2007, ceives. ow, the secretary of the West abstained from voting. Hart said. “It’s going to be and has worked in the devel- Knapp estimated he End Citizen’s Association, comes from, and I “I have tried my best to exciting – I’ll have the tanning opment offices at Johns Hop- spends about a third of his and new owner Kris Hart, a can't figure it out." figure out the real problem salon, the spa, the grocery kins University, Georgetown time fundraising and plays a GW alumnus and owner of and where WECA’s opposi- store... you can come over to and Virginia Commonwealth key role in building relation- Relaxed Tans and Relaxed Asher Corson tion comes from and I can’t F Street, get your salad, your University. ships with the donor commu- Spa. figure it out,” commissioner tan, your massage, and then Kudless directs reporters nity, but he said fundraising is Kahlow, representing ANC Commissioner Asher Corson said after the come back and get a bottle of to his office's communications still a institution-wide initia- WECA, has long protested meeting. wine. It’ll be great." u director, who did not respond tive. to questions by press time. “The deans play a crucial Jaschik said he is not sur- role in working with their prised the search for a new schools to identify needs and vice president has been a five- opportunities, and they mul- month-long endeavor. tiply the number of contacts “When you have openings we can make with potential like this, everyone wants a po- donors far beyond what the sition filled as soon as possible, president could accomplish but it tends to be far worse to working alone,” Knapp said. make a bad hire,” Jaschik said. Knapp announced earlier this “It doesn’t strike me that it's year that deans would begin been going on for this long, to have a larger role in the especially since they have a fundraising process. qualified interim.” And although the Office of University President Ste- Development and Alumni Re- ven Knapp said a plan for lations is currently operating both the “Power and Promise” under an interim vice presi- fund ­– a capital campaign for dent, Knapp said the search financial aid – and the Innova- for a permanent vice president tion Task Force – which seeks is nearly complete. to save and fundraise an extra “We have finished all the $60 million at GW over the first-round interviews and are next five years – has been in very far along in the second the works since he took office round,” Knapp said. u

dent loans. Small said both the private LOANS and federally administered from p. 1 programs have drawbacks and his office was initially all new federal student loans concerned with maintaining will come directly from the the level of customer support government through a direct students received from private loan program, instead of be- loan providers. ing provided by private lend- “With the direct loan pro- ers. The Senate has yet to pass gram we are asking if the up- a similar bill and there is no front customer service will still guarantee a bill will pass both be being given on the same lev- houses before the July 1 dead- el we are used to,” Small said. line imposed by the House’s “We are also looking at what version. types of services they will get Small said GW is consider- when repaying because we ing switching programs before don’t want our students going being required to do so, in an into default.” attempt to make the process He added “there is the seamless for students. GW unknown over there,” refer- took the first steps in the fall ring to the direct lending pro- and was approved for the fed- grams. eral government’s Direct Loan Another issue for students Program. is the benefits private compa- “There would have to be a nies were able to provide in series of notification, really for the years before the economic lack of a better word, a cam- downturn. Small said compa- paign, to inform students be- nies sometimes would knock fore bills came out in July,” he two percentage points off of said of the possible switch. students’ interest rates if the If the University does student made payments on switch, current students will time. It is unlikely the federal be given the choice of con- government would offer the tinuing with their current same bonuses. loan providers or signing a Estimates from the Con- new promissory note with the gressional Budget Office say federal government. All new that nearly $87 billion could be students entering in either saved over the next 10 years fall 2010 or fall 2011 would be through the student aid leg- required to partake in the di- islation, and savings could be rect loan program if they were funneled back into the Depart- seeking Stafford or other stu- ment of Education. u

would like to thank Massa- chusetts. Thank you for help- Abortion ing us kill the anti-life bill.” from p. 1 Some activists claimed victory because of Tuesday’s I wanted to come out and special Senate election in march,” Dingley said. Massachusetts that gives the At the march and at oth- GOP enough votes to filibus- er protests around the city, ter the Democratic health care young children, teenagers and reform bill in the Senate. students protested the legal- Voices for Choices of- ity of abortion by putting red fered a counterpoint to the duct tape with “LIFE” written weekend’s march. The stu- on it across their mouths. dent organization attended The Washington Post re- the National Organization ported that 75,000 protesters for Women’s abortion rights descended on the city, with a rally at the Supreme Court – handful of GW students go- where, almost four decades ing for their first time. ago, the court made the land- “This year over 25 of our mark decision that woman students went to the Rally may abort a pregnancy up and Mass for Life at the Ve- until the “point at which the rizon Center. For almost all of fetus becomes ‘viable.’ ” them, it is their first time go- At the Supreme Court, ing,” said Father Greg Shaffer, abortion rights groups and of GW’s Newman Catholic students walked in a circle Center. around anti-abortion activists The Newman Center and students from Archbish- also held a mass prior to the op Ryan High School while events, Shaffer said. chanting, “My body, my “We are bringing students choice,” “2, 4, 6, 8. Separate together who are responding church and state!” and “Keep to the call to be involved in your rosaries off my ovaries.” this great day of life,” he said. Voices for Choices did Shaffer encouraged sup- not aid NOW in organizing porters who could not make it the rally, Voices for Choices to the District to participate in Executive Director Kim Woll- a Virtual March for Life online ner said, but the students still alongside fellow pro-lifers. worked to increase aware- Before the march, legisla- ness about a women’s right to tors, pastor Luke Robinson choose. and founder of the March for “Voices for Choices is a Life event Nellie Gray spoke great organization. It is not to the demonstrators, cele- advocating for abortion, it brating the Republicans’ win is about a woman’s right to in this week’s Massachusetts choose. Women should be Senate race. able to do what they want “Any people from Mas- with their own bodies and sachusetts here today?” asked the underlying principle of Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, at freedom in general,” Wollner a rally before the march. “I said. u Hadas Gold Max McGowen Miranda Green Life Editor Contributing Life Editor Contributing Life Editor [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] H January 25, 2010 w Page 7 This week in 9 Years ago... 33 Years ago... 43 Years Ago... The Media and Public Affairs Tuition rises from The Hatchet begins to GW HIstory: building officially opens for $2,600 to $2,800. publish twice a week, on Life classes. Mondays and Thursdays. Secrets of the Virginia campus Simulating drunk, drowsy and A graveyard for crashed planes distracted driving to make cars safer by Max mcgowen and karen knauff How the vehicle responds to the Hatchet Reporters driver, such as in steering and brak- ing feel, has been preset and may be Tucked off of Leesburg Pike in altered by computer. Ashburn, Va. amid fields and corpo- Eskandarian said the state-of-the- rate offices are a teal Buick Regal and art simulator is an ideal venue to study an old red truck cabin. But they are driving behavior because it allows the anything but the average sedan and researcher to create an environment pickup found in parking lots – instead, that can be scientifically reproduced they form the backbone of GW’s Driv- over time. ing Simulator Lab. “We study vehicle controls, dy- The lab, located at the University’s namics and infrastructure to improve Virginia campus, is part of the Cen- safety. The simulator is used to re- ter for Intelligent Systems Research, search a driver’s response to hazard- which operates within the School of ous situations in a safe, repetitive en- Engineering and Applied Science and vironment,” said Eskandarian. studies the application of “smart” The center receives funding both technologies in vehicles. from GW and the government to carry Led by Dr. Azim Eskandarian, out its research. So far one company, CISR has been recognized as an area O.E.M. Truck Accessories, has licensed of excellence within SEAS since 2002. the technology, and Eskandarian is It is located next door to GW’s Nation- currently in the process of applying al Crash Analysis Center, a separate for a patent. entity that examines the dynamics of “To bring it to the product stage re- vehicle safety on the road. quires more work,” Eskandarian said. Examples of technologies that the In the meantime Eskandarian re- CISR develops include adaptive cruise mains committed to uncovering new control, lane departure warnings and ways to aid drivers in hazardous situ- Jordan EMONT | hatchet photographer electronic speed limitation. ations on the road. In terms of futuris- The reconstructed remains of TWA Flight 800, which exploded over the Atlantic Ocean in 1996 and killed all 230 on The technologies range in the de- tic technologies such as self-propelling board, are at the National Transportation Safety Board's Training Facility at the Virginia campus. gree of intervention they provide to vehicles, he says that this is a definite the driver in a particular situation. The possibility, but one that remains to be by Max Mcgowen and Karen Knauff training facility’s hangar. The re- sion and metal fatigue so that in- least intrusive type, according to Eskan- studied. Hatchet Reporters mains are not open to the public, vestigators can determine both the darian, is pure information, followed “The technology is there, but of but media, educational audiences order and direction in which sys- by audiovisual warnings and “haptic course these are concepts that still have The thought of a university and victims’ families can view it. tems fail. Other courses provide responses,” in which control of the ve- to be worked out,” Eskandarian said. campus conjures up images of Walking inside, visitors are training on survivability factors hicle is taken over by a computer. For now, the focus remains on cre- academic buildings and students first confronted with the image of and accident site photography. But the implementation of these ating and implementing systems that intently studying for exams. But the gutted, destroyed aircraft be- By law, Schuda said the NTSB features into cars is a different story al- strike a balance between helping driv- GW’s Virginia campus contains ing held together by a chicken wire must investigate every aviation ac- together. The technology must be fail ers and not becoming overly invasive. one very different image: the 9,000 net. On the side are steps leading to cident that occurs on U.S. soil. The safe, and haptic response systems are For this Eskandarian said he is grate- individual pieces recovered from the passenger cabin, where oxygen rules for international accidents more difficult to incorporate because ful for the internal support he receives the 1996 crash of Trans World Air- masks are still visible and flowers are somewhat different - the coun- of the legal issues associated with from GW. lines Flight 800. left by victims’ family members lay try in which the accident occurred transferring control from the driver to “We started from zero," he said. The remains from the passen- on the charred seats. is responsible for the investigation, a computer. "Our program steadily grew from not ger flight, which crashed in the At- The NTSB investigation con- while the U.S. retains the right to “It must be totally robust and existing to being very productive.” u lantic Ocean killing all 230 aboard, cluded that old, brittle wiring was participate if part of the craft was fault-proof,” Eskandarian said, refer- are housed at the National Trans- ultimately responsible for the ac- manufactured domestically. ring to the performance of intelligent portation Safety Board’s Training cident. When it short-circuited, “We average about 1,500 to systems in vehicles. Facility, located up the road from it caused an explosion in the fuel 1,600 small accidents per year and One of the specific areas Eskandar- GW’s academic research facilities. tank that then rippled through a few major accidents,” Schuda ian works on is drowsy driver detec- The facility trains accident inves- the rest of the aircraft, eventually siad. tion. What spurred further research, tigators and issues safety recom- bringing it down in the waters In addition to the remains he said, was the realization that the mendations. near East Moriches, New York. of TWA 800, the NTSB also has previously available technology, a vi- In the case of TWA Flight 800, Roughly six and a half years wreckage from a Cessna 210 Cen- sion detection system, was not the the insurance company offered ago, Congress allotted money to turion, a Jetstream 41 and a V-tail only way to detect sleepiness at the the recovered remains back to the the University to build the facility Bonanza. wheel. government for use in training ex- that houses TWA Flight 800. The Schuda said that family mem- “It turns out that steering behavior Jordan EMONT | hatchet photographer ercises. According to Paul Schuda, University owns the space, but the bers of victims stop by occasion- is actually an indicator of how tired The Driving Simulator Lab at the Virginia associate managing director of the NTSB occupies it under the terms ally to view the TWA flight, but you are behind the wheel. So you need campus studies driving behavior to NTSB Training Facility, nearly all of an exclusive 20-year lease, Paul it has now become a less frequent a smart algorithm that detects drowsy research and test a driver's responses to of the wreckage was recovered, Schuda said. occurrence. conditions as indicated by steering be- hazardous situations. but was not all used in the inves- Schuda said that although the Working at the NTSB can often havior,” Eskandarian said. tigation. NTSB issues safety recommenda- be difficult, as tragedy is the fac- The Hatchet visited the center’s The Virginia campus is located “We recovered 95 to 98 percent tions, it has almost no regulatory tor that fuels its existence. Schuda Driving Simulator Laboratory to see in Ashburn, Va. The University of the wreckage, but only 40 per- authority. The training center of- said that this can be particularly how this research unfolds in action. provides regular shuttle service cent was germane to the investi- fers 20 courses a year, but are not distressing. Test subjects drive a vehicle in a sim- between Foggy Bottom, the gation... recovery took 11 months considered GW classes, and con- “One of the unfortunate things ulated video environment projected and reconstruction took 10 months sist mostly of aviation industry about working for the NTSB is that on three screens in front of the car. As Virginia campus and various concurrent with recovery,” said professionals. we’re a reactive agency. When you they are driving, a vast array of sen- Metro stops. Schuda. The flagship course, basic avia- start having four or five accidents, sors measures driving behavior, which Information can be found online The reconstruction resulted tion accident investigation, is two then we can say, ‘you have a safety is compiled into a large data file and at www.gwvirginia.gwu.edu. in the 110 foot-long section of the weeks long and teaches skills such problem,’ and then people listen analyzed for patterns. Boeing 747 now on display in the as how to look at fractures, corro- to us,” Schuda said. u The future designers of D.C. restaurants by Hadas Gold Travis, director of the interior for deliveries, and we needed Life Editor design program, said. to make sure customers had In addition to the planning enough space and weren’t on The restaurant Arcona is of the restaurant, students were top of each other. We also have a futuristic, space-like eatery required to pitch their restau- to think about what people made up of sleek and clean rant to professors and guests see as soon as they enter and lines, with white and metal- as though they were clients. where they will be waiting to lic finishes and punches of “If you can’t present [your be seated. There’s a lot we’re orange for color. The interior idea] then no client is going to responsible for.” is in complete contrast to the say, ‘Okay, let’s build it,’” Tra- The interior design pro- exterior, the Historic Cus- vis said. “It has to be present- gram is a relatively unknown tom House and Post Office ed in a way that really shows part of the Columbian College in Georgetown, with the en- what the designer can do,” of Arts and Sciences. A part of trance acting as a portal from One of the special guests Mount Vernon College when the past to the future. Meant who helped critique the con- it was first acquired by GW, as a social gathering spot, the cepts was former Bravo Top the program has remained restaurant has low-back booth Chef contestant Mike Isabella, headquartered on the Mount seating allows for interaction from the popular D.C. restau- Vernon campus. among tables, but privacy is rant Zaytinya. Travis said there are also afforded by some more “[Isabella] gave us a lot of around 50 undergraduate and hidden alcoves. As an added insight on how a restaurant 50 graduate students involved bonus, the restaurant is eco- really works, like for example in the program, and that many friendly and sustainable. the kitchen should be on the people are misled by what Except for one thing. It's main floor,” Travis said. actual interior designers do not real. Designing a restaurant because of home decorating The restaurant Arcona goes beyond just choosing shows on television. only exists on the design furniture and colors. D.C. has “Interior design is more, boards and mind of junior numerous codes that must be you are creating architectural Jessica Joanlanne, a student followed for everything from space, moving walls, deal- in the University’s interior de- minimum widths of stairs and ing with codes,” Travis said. Courtesy of Stephanie travis sign program. hallways, to space between “There is so much to it, it’s and anna Galperin As part of the Commercial tables, to whether doors can a real career. We give [stu- Right: Senior Megan Design Studio class, each stu- swing in or out. dents] the skills to get a job in Cowen presents her dent took the same building, “We often had to read a firm.” restaurant "Martha" at a the Historic Custom House through a huge code book to To become an accredited critique last semester. and Post Office on 31st Street, look up if we could fit some- and licensed interior designer, Above: One of senior and created an intricate and thing in or place things next to students must have six years Anna Galperin's layouts realistic plan to create a three- a wall,” senior Anna Galperin of interior design education depicts her restaurant story American cuisine res- said in an e-mail. and work experience before concept "Sedgewick," taurant that is sustainable and For the students, this proj- they can sit for the two-day inspired by pop art. The green. Because the building is ect was like a crash course in National Council for Interior students in Commer- a historic landmark, students what a professional interior Design Qualification exam. cial Design Studio class had to keep the exterior as is. designer does on a daily basis “It’s a really hard exam presented their designs Each restaurant had to have and forced them to focus on - we’ve done some practice to professors and Bravo's 150 seats, 20 bar seats, private every single detail imaginable. ones - that involves everything Top Chef contestant dining, and be completely “This project is definitely from building codes to space Mike Isabella, from the handicap accessible. helpful for our future careers planning,” Joanlanne said. restaurant Zaytinya. “It was great because you because we had to really think If students do not pass the have the same exact floor about all of the end users,” exam, they are not allowed to decorator,” Travis said. - to a recent surge in demand a career. plan, the same exact building, Joanlanne said. “ We needed handle construction and are Travis said interior de- for designers for health care “I feel that I have been but you have 11 completely to make lives easier for the only considered decorators. signers are getting work ev- complexes. Students said their well prepared and ready to different ideas, concepts, floor employees... it needed to have “[The exam] is the differ- erywhere from the expected - experience with the program jump into the field,” Galperin plans, and styles,” Stephanie a practical separate entrance ence between designer and such as homes and restaurants has given them a good start to said. u Page 8 w January 25, 2010 News The GW Hatchet ANC recommends developer for library, fire station by Maryann Tadros year, the city released a re- Hatchet Reporter quest for proposals for the li- brary and fire station. The Foggy Bottom and A group made up of Tolls West End Advisory Neigh- Brothers, Paramount De- borhood Commission voted velopment, and Torti Gallas unanimously Jan. 20 to recom- proposed a two-level library mend EastBanc, Inc. for the measuring 21,300 square feet. development of the West End The developers also planned Neighborhood Library and to include 220 residential con- West End Fire Station. dominiums along with 48,000 Of the two proposals pre- square feet of retail space with sented to the community last room for a grocery store. month, only Eastbanc offered The ANC meeting was full plans to redevelop the fire sta- of residents concerned about tion, which became an impor- the development of the library tant factor in the decision at located at 24th and L streets. the ANC meeting. EastBanc’s “I think specifically the plans call for a 20,765-square- EastBanc proposition has a foot library on the ground part of their plan that was level with a 10-story residence very important to the West above. Engine Co. 1’s fire sta- End [Library] friends and the tion at 23rd and M streets community that was taking would include a mezzanine the survey. They did a single and apartments on the second floor library and from an op- to fourth floors. erational perspective and “For those of you who from a security perspective it’s haven’t had the opportunity to an easier thing to manage,” visit our fire station – the fire said Commissioner Rebecca station that serves the White Coder. House and State Department A grocery store option was – I can promise you that you another issue for residents. will be embarrassed by the Some residents wanted an- conditions the state is putting other grocery for convenience our firefighters in,” said Asher and to increase variety in the Corson, an ANC commission- area, but others argued that er and president of the Foggy the new grocery store planned Bottom Association. for Square 54, across from GW The ANC’s recommenda- Hospital, is a better location. tion will now go to the Deputy ANC Chairman Armando Mayor’s Office for Planning Irizarry said he was inclined and Economic Development. to support EastBanc’s applica- Although the community tion because the group gave gives input, the final choice of the neighborhood the chance a developer will be up to the to have both the library and city. fire station remodeled. In 2007, the D.C. Council “They have the parking was in negotiations with East- spaces, and the density is not Banc for the project, but resi- as high as the Toll Brothers' Hatchet FIle Photos dents objected, so the council application,” Irizarry said of The Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2A has voted to support ended the deal that year. Last EastBanc. u EastBanc, Inc.'s plans to redevelop the West End library and fire station. MPD to boost crime prevention efforts in Foggy Bottom by Raffi Salbashian but we had two arrests. So jeans, according to the In- property, like their lap- A woman who said she told residents at the meet- Hatchet Staff Writer only one robbery didn’t get fomail – who grabbed the tops,” Lanciano said, warn- was a fourth-year GW med- ing. solved, unfortunately, but alleged victim’s cell phone ing those traveling with ical school student, but did Despite the increase in Robberies in the Foggy the detectives are working out of his hand and fled to- laptops to always err on the not give her name, insisted robberies, Lanciano said Bottom area increased in on it,” Lt. Phillip Lanciano ward 24th Street. safe side and never leave on an added security patrol the Police Service Area 207, December, and Metropoli- said. Lanciano said in addi- them unattended, “Because on Pennsylvania Avenue which encompasses the tan Police are stepping up A man was robbed on tion to the robberies over when they’re gone, they between 25th Street and the Foggy Bottom campus, has efforts to prevent and solve campus as recently as Sat- the last month, the depart- are gone.” GW Hospital. the second-lowest crime crimes, an MPD official told urday, according to a GW ment has seen an increase Steve Dillson, who said “My medical school rate of any PSA. residents Wednesday at a Infomail. The man was at in thefts. he has lived in Foggy Bot- schedule requires me to be “I attribute that to our monthly Advisory Neigh- 23rd and H streets when “In January so far we tom for 33 years, warned at the GW Hospital as early patrol and all of our of- borhood Commission 2A he was approached by a have an increase on thefts the residents at the meeting as 4 a.m. and I have been ficers and the two officers meeting. black male – described as and these thefts are occur- that he had been recently followed by the same man who man the Pennsylvania “We did have three approximately 5-foot-5, ring in commercial office assaulted and robbed. He several times, so I’ve been Avenue third corridor 24 robberies in December, so 140 pounds, and wearing buildings where people said police have not identi- making my fiancé walk me hours a day, seven days a we were up on robberies, a gray baggy jacket and were not securing their fied the culprit. at ridiculous hours,” she week,” Lanciano said. u More enroll in LSAT prep

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The five inductees joined 131 other gling, losing 14 of its last 15 games, Allums also hit a career-best with the Colonials’ lone win dur- four three-pointers, making all Colonials who have been inducted ing that stretch coming six games four of her shots from beyond the since 1959. and more than three weeks ago. arc. Senior forward Danielle Mick- Trachtenberg was honored for If the Colonials felt any pressure, iewicz led La Salle with 15 points they didn’t show it, earning a hard- on the afternoon. Mostafa said after overseeing more NCAA tourna- fought 58-50 win over the Explor- the game that her career day on the ment appearances by GW teams (41) ers on the backs of a pair of sopho- boards and underneath the basket mores. was a product of preparation and than any other president in the Uni- GW (4-14, 1-4 Atlantic 10) led faith in her coaches. versity's history. He was inducted throughout the game, maintaining “It was pretty much from the alongside former men’s golf coach the advantage through an ability to beginning of the game,” Mostafa respond every time La Salle drew said of her rebounding dominance W. Scott Allen, ex-volleyball star Liu close. The Explorers managed to during the game. “My coaches told Li and former basketball standouts hang around for much of the game, me that I would be able to get the Mike Battle and Myriah Lonergan never allowing the Colonials a ball inside and I believed them, and double-digit lead at any point and I believe in myself.” Cain. largely keeping GW's lead within GW has historically dominated “I’m a member of Phi Beta Kappa one or two baskets. the Explorers, winning all 12 of the Head coach Mike Bozeman said team’s meetings at the Smith Center but was never elected, people call after the game that the win was nice, and 29 of 31 contests overall. Sun- me doctor but I never earned a doc- but his focus on improving his team day’s win was GW’s fifth straight in torate and now I’m in the Athletic does not disappear with victory. the series. “I know when we lose, and I Still, after the game Bozeman Hall of Fame," Trachtenberg said. "As would be lying if I said I was sitting was quick to quell any rampant en- my mother used to say, ‘America is here not counting, but it’s not at the thusiasm, grading his team’s per- a wonderful place. You can do any- forefront of my mind,” Bozeman formance as a C-minus and saying said after the game. “The forefront that his team still has a long way to thing if you play your cards right.' " of my mind is getting my team to go before he feels better about it. –Kara Dunford play the way we need to play in or- “Yes, the bottom line is wins der to be successful. Us beating La and losses, I know that, I know I’m See full story onLine at Salle is not going to catapult us to going to be judged on that in the the front of the conference. It keeps end, but I got to get us to where I www.gwhatchet.com. us out of the basement, but at the can even contemplate wins and same time we want to use what we losses,” Bozeman said. “I got to get did today so that we can play better us to where we’re playing on a con- on Wednesday.” sistent basis on a higher level and Number crunch Paving the way for the victory that’s my main focus.” The number of re- chris gregory | assistant photo editor were sophomores Sara Mostafa and Next up for GW is a game at bounds grabbed Kay-Kay Allums, who each set ca- Massachusetts, scheduled for an Redshirt freshman Brooke Wilson, right, reaches for the ball in Sunday's win u by sophomore Sara over La Salle. The Colonials had lost 14 of their previous 15 games. reer highs in Sunday’s contest. Mo- 11:45 a.m. start Wednesday. Mostafa in the GW women's basketball 16 team's 58-50 win over Conference quality stymies men's squad La Salle Sunday, the most by a Colo- nial since Antelia Parrish had the same by Louis Nelson the A-10 is,” Hobbs said of his number in November 2007. Contributing Sports Editor team’s struggles after the Colonials’ 62-57 loss to Richmond Saturday at With more than a quarter of its the Smith Center. “The people that Last Word conference games already in the we’ve played have a lot to do with book, the GW men’s basketball our record.” “Yeah, we’re 1-4, but that’s okay. I team’s record has taken a hit since GW’s conference foes this sea- the beginning of Atlantic 10 play, son have proved to be much more think we’ve got quite a few games dropping from a 10-3 mark after of a challenge for an inexperienced nonconference play to the team’s Colonials squad. Richmond has left. We’ll see where we finish.” current overall record of 11-7. At three victories over BCS-conference Men's basketball head coach Karl first, it may seem that the team’s opponents this season, including level of play has dropped off, but a December win against then-No. Hobbs on his team's current head coach Karl Hobbs sees it a dif- 13 Florida, and Dayton was a pre- ferent way. season top-25 team. Xavier, a peren- Atlantic 10 standing “I think it speaks to how good nial conference power, has been to eight of the past nine NCAA tournaments. Things do get eas- ier for the Colonials as the season progresses. Just five games into conference play, GW has already played the four teams pre- dicted to finish at the top of the A-10 in a preseason media poll. After winning against St. Bonaventure Jan. 6, the Colonials fell at home to Xavier (pre- dicted to finish sec- ond), on the road at La Salle (fourth) and Dayton (first) before dropping Saturday’s contest to the Spiders (third). Aside from the Dayton game, GW has played all of its conference opponents closely so far this sea- son, losing to Rich- mond, Xavier and La viktors dindzans | photo editor Salle by a combined Sophomore Tony Taylor and the Colonials have lost four straight games, but 13 points. Hobbs said their opponents were predicted to finish in the Atlantic 10's top four spots. that despite the team’s record of late, he has harder, more intense than us,” season progresses and his young not been disappointed Hobbs said. “They haven’t played team gets acclimated to the A-10. by his team’s effort. anybody that has outworked them “We’re improving and we’re “I don’t think or played more intense than them.” getting better,” Hobbs said. “We we’ve ever played Looking forward, Hobbs said have to cut down on the errors, a game where we he is optimistic that the close losses because these games are coming lacked intensity, or marking his team’s early conference down to possessions. 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clock. He made both free on his way to a team-leading February 4th. throws to arrive at the game’s 16 points. Taylor’s scoring BBALL final five-point margin. was needed while Hollis, the from p. 1 “You just can’t have those team’s leading scorer this sea- kind of unforced errors,” son, was limited in minutes would prove to be the decisive Hobbs said of his team’s late- by foul trouble and in effec- score between the two teams, game mistakes. “And when tiveness by injury. when Richmond’s Ryan But- I say errors, I’m talking bad Hobbs praised the effort ler broke a tie score with 26 passes. We made some ques- of Hollis, who finished with seconds remaining. The Spi- nine points and six rebounds ders’ David Gonzalvez drove but also six turnovers, and to the basket and found But- said the senior missed two ler, left open by GW’s collaps- "We made question- days of practice with sore ribs ing defense, uncovered in the and that his availability had corner and beyond the arc able decisions... You been questionable entering for what would become the the game. game-winning score. just can't do that GW will continue its sea- GW called a timeout to set son Wednesday, when it hosts up a play on the other end, against good teams." a Saint Louis team that has which Hobbs said was de- won three of its four A-10 signed to have senior Damian meetings this season. Hobbs Hollis and freshman Lasan Karl Hobbs said there is plenty of time Kromah come open on the pe- left in his team’s 16-game rimeter. Hollis “popped out a Men's Basketball Coach league schedule to turn things little too soon,” Hobbs said, around before the ultimate re- resulting in a mistimed play sults of this season are put in that ended with Hollis miss- tionable decisions... You just the books. ing a three-point shot while can’t do that against good “Yeah, we’re 1-4, but that’s futilely attempting to draw teams.” okay,” he said, referring to his contact from a defender. The Colonials were of- team’s conference record. “I Richmond’s Kevin An- ten kept afloat on offense think we’ve got quite a few derson, who led all scorers by sophomore Tony Taylor, games left. We’ll see where with 21 points, grabbed the who sank all eight of his free we finish.” rebound and was fouled with throws and made several ag- Wednesday’s game is less than two seconds on the gressive drives to the basket scheduled for 7 p.m. u