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THURSDAY The GW February 21, 2008 ALWAYS ONLINE: WWW.GWHATCHET.COM Vol. 104 • Iss. 43 Hatchet @ AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER - SERVING THE GW COMMUNITY SINCE 1904 Knapp says high tuition is necessary by Molly Curtis Hatchet Staff Writer

OG OYIBORHORO University President Steven Knapp defended GW’s high cost in front of a televised panel JUNIOR Wednesday, explaining that it takes a lot of money to operate a rapidly growing institution while also improving national rankings. The forum held yesterday in Jack Morton Auditorium was broadcast live on C-SPAN, and included college administrators, public policy experts and students. They gathered to discuss the causes and effects of rapidly growing higher edu- cation costs and determine ways to alleviate stu- dent debt. CNN correspondent and GW professor Frank Sesno moderated the discussion, which was hosted by Public Agenda and the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. Knapp said GW cannot match the pricing changes recently implemented at several Ivy League schools because the University's endow- ment is too small. Sesno had pointed to a plan at Stanford University where families with low incomes would not pay tuition. VISHAL ASWANI JUNIOR See TUITION, p. B10

Univ. President to boost campus safety, security University President Steven Knapp approved findings made by the presidential task force he formed to assess campus safety and security last fall. The task force’s leadership group, which is Left photos Alex Ellis/assistant photo editor, above photo Ryder Haske/assistant photo editor GW’s primary incident response team, consists of seven high-ranking University officials. Now Freshman Avram Ramage balances on a railing while taping campaign posters to the Marvin Center that the group has secured Knapp’s approval of for executive vice presidential candidate Kyle Boyer Wednesday morning. See the story, page A6. their recommendations, the members will form a committee to implement them. “There are a lot of moving parts and a lot of people involved,” said Tracy Schario, a spokes- TAREK AL-HARIRI person for the University. “This is ongoing. You could argue that it will never be finished, SOPHOMORE Election Energy because safety and security is never finished.” The task force's three main goals are creating Candidates praise Capp, Kroeger at second Hatchet-SA Debate an online safety education program for the GW community, managing campus mental health by Emily Cahn Debate. town hall meetings – an initia- effectively and modernizing the University Hatchet Staff Writer Throughout the evening, tive started this year by Capp and Police Department’s equipment and facilities. many of the candidates empha- Kroeger. Efforts are already being made to promote The bright lights were on the sized the positive work of cur- “I am not running to be presi- and expand the use of AlertDC, a mobile and Student Association presiden- rent SA President Nicole Capp dent; I’m running because I’m a Internet alert system which informs students tial and executive vice presiden- and EVP Brand Kroeger, and said student,” said Al-Hariri, a sopho- and faculty of hazardous weather, campus tial candidates at Jack Morton they would continue the efforts more. “I have great respect for crime and safety issues. Auditorium Tuesday night as they of the present executive if elected what Nicole and Brand did this Knapp formed a presidential task force to lauded the current executive and to office. year. Many people talk but very address campus safety and security in response discussed who would best be able Presidential candidate Tarek few listen. We need to take each to the deadly shootings at Virginia Tech last to advocate for students during Al-Hariri said if voted into office, fall. The task force used Virginia Tech’s internal the Second Annual Hatchet-SA he would continue to hold weekly See SA, p. A5 assessment of the tragedy to guide their evalu- ation of GW’s campus security. Exclusively at media.gwhatchet.com, a video triple play featuring three videos from the upcoming SA election: Schario said, “You never know how things are going to roll out on your campus.” KEVIN KOZLOWSKI SA/Hatchet debate • Video tribute to student leadership • SA postering 2008 JUNIOR – Jennifer Easton

Chipotle to accept GWorld The road to nowhere, almost GW students craving a burrito will be able to use their GWorld card at local Chipotle Mexican Grills within the next cou- ple of weeks, Student Association officials announced late Wednesday night. SA President Nicole Capp said the con- tract between the University and Chipotle has been signed and students can begin spending their Colonial Cash at the restaurant's 19th and M streets and Georgetown locations once the GWorld technology is installed. “I believe that allowing students to spend their GWorld money as they please is an important part of being a student at this university and so Chipotle is an exciting addi- tion to the list of GWorld-accepted locations,” byby Ayaya Mueuelll erer Capp said in a news release. HaHatctchehet StStafaff WrW itterer She said the SA worked to bring Chipotle on GWorld for several months. Student lead- GWGW is bubuilildidingng a $1.1 2 mimillllioion ror adad thahat coconnnneecctsts thehe Whihitete- ers wrote letters to Chipotle and University hahaveven PaParkrkwaway anand PePelhlhamam Halall.l. officials to show student support for a part- Thhe ror add, whwhicich isis beieingng buiuiltlt in ththe nenextxt fewew weeeeksks, wiwillll n nership between the burrito eatery and GW, alallloow coconnstrt uctiionn vehicclel s eaeasisierer accccesess toto thehe sitite whwherere said SA Executive Vice President Brand PePellhhamam Halall wiwillll be dedemom liishsheded andd rebbuiuiltlt. ThThe uppgrgradadeded i o Kroeger. reresisidedencce hahallll wili l hah vee 28888 bededs – ababouout tripplel theh numu beb r of t c “We encouraged students to write let- bebedsds thehe dororm hahas nonow – anand wiw lll alslso inincrcreaasese thehe amomoununt u ters to Chipotle,” said Kroeger, a junior. “As ofof stuudedentn orgrgananizizatatioion anand didininingng spapacece on ththe MoMoununt VeVer-r- tr a result, it got the GWorld program on their nonon CaCampmpusus. ThThe tototatal prprojojecect wiwillll cosost ababouout $6$60 mimillllioion anand s radar.” shshououldld be cocompmpleletete by fafallll 201010,0, accccoorrdidingng to thhe cacapipitatal bubud-d- n SA Director of Dining Services Francis co geget.t. 's Murray, a sophomore, said the decision to UnUniviverersisityy Spop kekespsperersoson TrTracacy ScSchaharir o sasaidid thehe roaoad isis ad pursue a GWorld partnership with Chipotle slsligghthtlyly morore exexpep nsnsivive thhanan norormam l roroadad prorojejectcts bebecacaususe ofof ro was an easy one. n ththe shshapape-e reetataininining ststruructtururess theh slolopepe of ththe sisitete wilill rereququirire.e il. o “Whenever I asked students what res- “T“Thahat papartr iciculularar parart ofof thehe Mouountt Verernonon cacampmpusus hasas Univ. sp s $1.2 m taurants needed to be added to GWorld, the sosomem preetttty dedeepep slolopepes,s,” ScSchaharirio sasaidid. “I“It’t’s onone ththinng ifif youou’rre end majority would respond with ‘Chipotle’ with- out a moment’s hesitation,” Murray said. See PELHAM, p. B6 – Andrew Ramonas photo illustration Ryder Haske/assistant photo editor The GW Hatchet | Thursday, February 21, 2008

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CAMPUS White House. The student was CRIMELOG released from Secret Service SNAPSHOT Egg Engineering CALENDAR custody and referred to Student Thursday Judicial Services. Sex Offense Referred to SJS Light Bulb Trade-In 2/15/08 - 22nd and I streets - Drug Law Violation Bring GreenGW an old light 11:00 a.m. - case closed bulb and we will give you a UPD responded to a report of free compact fl uorescent light 2/15/08 - Mitchell Hall - 5:40 indecent exposure. A witness p.m. - case closed bulb and some delicious Fair said a male individual was touch- Trade Chocolate. Help do UPD responded to a report of ing himself inappropriately and a suspicious odor coming from your part for the environment appeared to be having sex with a by switching to this energy- a room in the residence hall. tree. The subject told offi cers he When the occupant of the room effi cient bulb. was just going to the bathroom. 3 to 7 p.m. answered the door, he admitted Metropolitan Police department to offi cers that he was smok- Thurston, Potomac and New offi cials arrived and took the Hall lobbies ing marijuana. The community individual into custody. They director on duty was contacted Sponsored by GreenGW, SA, transported him to D.C. General PB, MCGB to perform an administrative Hospital for observation. search of the room. 3.1 grams Referred to Metropolitan Police The Vagina Monologues of marijuana were confi scated along with drug paraphernalia. A play by Eve Ensler, fully Bomb Threat cast and produced by GW Referred to SJS students. All proceeds from 2/15/08 - Academic Center Liquor Law Violation the event will go to charity. (MVC) - 2:37 p.m. - case Tickets $7 for students, $10 open for non-students. 2/16/08 - Potomac House - A bomb threat was phoned 2:15 a.m. - case closed 7 to 9 p.m. in to an administrative offi ce Jack Morton Auditorium, UPD offi cers observed an in the building. The threat was intoxicated male individual at- SMPA non-specifi c, but the building Sponsored by GW's tempting to enter the building. was evacuated by the University The student was given sobriety Femenist Majority Leadership Police Department. The MPDC Alliance tests and was examined by was contacted, and the Canine EMeRG. The subject was with Friday Unit used two bomb-sniffi ng his mother, and police released dogs to sweep the building. No him into her custody. bomb was found during the Referred to SJS George Washington’s Birthday sweep. Ryder Haske/assistant photo editor Bonfi re Open case Staff machinist Willard Marton prepares to drop an egg-cradling device from the top A celebration of the Univer- 2/17/08 - 1900 Block of F Street - 3:30 fl oor of the Academic Center. Engineering students competed to see whose devices sity’s namesake, featuring Destruction could cradle the egg most effi ciently. music, s’mores, a pie-eating a.m. - case closed UPD offi cers found a male contest and much more. 2/16/08 - Off Campus - 2:55 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. individual, unaffi liated with GW, p.m. - case closed staggering down the sidewalk the fraternity through GW alum- going to have a party anyway.” University Yard (Rain location The D.C. Republican Commit- GREEKBRIEF in Marvin Center Continental partially unclothed. EMeRG was ni.” Skenes added that the frater- tee Offi ce on 13th and K streets contacted, and they transported The National AIDS Fund, a nity plans to reach out to local Ballroom) called UPD to report deface- Beta Theta Pi raised $500 for Sponsored by University the subject to GW Hospital for philanthropicppg organization dedi- alumni specifi cally in hopes that ment of its property. Someone further medical treatment. national AIDS fund cated to eliminating HIV/AIDS they will match the funds already President Steven Knapp and posted anti-war posters on the the Offi ce of University Events No further action as a major health and social prob- raised for the National AIDS Fund windows of the building, and A post-Valentine’s Day party lem, is not the fraternity’s national by current fraternity members. If peace signs were drawn on the held by the Beta Theta Pi frater- philanthropy. Skenes said the fra- the fraternity’s effort is successful, sidewalk. nity raised more than $500 for the Soul Review 2008: “One Night 2/18/08 - Parking Lot # ternity already planned to have a they could raise a total of $1,000 Off campus incident National AIDS Fund, a donation Only” 3 - 3:19 a.m. - case closed party and thought it would be a for the non-profi t. the fraternity hopes its alumni Members of the GW commu- UPD received a report of a good idea to turn the party into a “We want to work with our Disorderly Conduct will match. nity will lead a journey through female individual unconscious fundraiser. local alumni to see if they’re inter- “We chose (the National AIDS the decades by performing a on the ground of the parking lot. “We just decided to have a ested in matching our earnings,” 2/16/08 - Off Campus - 1:40 Fund) because it focuses on part- variety of musical acts. The condition of the underage post-Valentine’s Day party for a Skenes said. “We’re in the process a.m. - case closed nerships with the local commu- Tickets $10 in advance, $12 student was assessed, and she good cause,” Skenes said. “We of getting that done right now.” A UPD supervisor received a nity – we wanted to help with the day of the show. Purchase was transported by EMeRG to didn’t really choose AIDS for any Skenes said they got the call from a uniformed Secret AIDS in D.C. specifi cally,” said through Ticketmaster. GW Hospital for further medical particular reason. I think one of the idea to solicit donations from lo- Service agent who reported Rob Skenes, public relations chair 7 to 10 p.m. attention. brothers saw a feature on the local cal alumni after noticing other fi nding a male GW student for Beta Theta Pi. “We ended up Marvin Center Grand Ballroom Referred to SJS news about an AIDS partnership matching donations the National urinating on a car near the raising $518 at the door, and we’re Sponsored by GW NAAC – compiled by Eric Roper with Americorps and thought it AIDS Fund had received. working to get that matched by was a good idea because we were –Alyssa Vincent-Hill News The GW Hatchet Thursday, February 21, 2008 | A3 Beds cheaper for some freshmen Two charged with intent to distribute Two students are being an ounce – from a Rutgers “If you talk to any student, The next tier of housing – Joe Lynn, a high school senior charged with the intent to University sophomore, ac- Rooms on Vern, they are going to talk about af- which includes rooms in Thurston, from New York, took a tour of distribute more than $2,000 of cording to court documents. fordability. This is one of President Mitchell, Crawford, Lafayette and GW with his parents last Sunday. marijuana that a friend alleg- The students are charged Knapp’s concerns and the Board Somers Halls – will cost about He said he is considering attend- edly transported from New with misdemeanor posses- in Th urston will has talked about it, (too),” said Seth $2,000 more than the least expen- ing GW, but also said he has heard York, according to court docu- sion with intent to distribute Weinshel, a director of GW hous- sive rooms. from alumni that GW may not be ments. marijuana. cost less ing. “Reducing the cost of these Housing costs at New York worth the cost. Last Thursday four stu- Van Meerbeek told Com- 1,000 beds is one way the issue is University range from about $6,000 Joe’s father Jim said that while dents and one individual un- munity Director Corinne Far- by Megan Buerger being addressed.” to $18,000 per year for undergradu- he would prefer his son not live in affiliated with the University rell the plastic bags were his Hatchet Staff Writer Increasing affordability is ates. At Boston University, housing a room with five other people, the were arrested in Fulbright and that they use them to split sweeping through institutions of costs between $7,000 and $12,000 significantly reduced cost of some Hall when police found 6.3 up marijuana when they buy The least-expensive rooms on higher education across the coun- for undergraduates. beds may be enough to persuade ounces of marijuana in a sev- the drug in bulk, according to campus next fall will cost about try. On Wednesday, Stanford Uni- University officials said they his son to live in a more crowded enth-floor room. The search court documents. The charge $6,500, a decrease of $1,500 from versity became the latest school to are not advertising the new plan to room. was initiated when University also states that Van Meerbeek the current cost of the cheapest take steps to make schools more af- prospective students, but said that “The cheaper the better … If Police Department officers pa- said he often buys marijuana rooms, the University announced fordable by offering free tuition to they will mail information about it’s a big enough price difference, trolling the building noticed a with Nguyen in the District. this month. students whose family earns less the reduced-cost beds to students then yeah …” he said. heavy smell of marijuana and Omar Aena, the Rutgers The decrease in housing costs than $100,000 a year. once they are accepted. Jami Mevorah, a freshman liv- contacted a community direc- student, and the other stu- is part of University President Ste- Currently, the least-expensive Conor Rogers, a high school se- ing in a Thurston quad, said her tor. dents, sophomores Sam Yeni- ven Knapp’s plan to make GW rooms at GW are in Thurston Hall nior who got accepted to GW early family feels the strain of GW’s high A Metropolitan Police De- gun and Eric Tilden, are being more affordable for the incom- where rooms with four, five or six decision, said he has concerns about housing costs. Mevorah will not partment report states a digi- charged with misdemeanor ing freshman class. Initially, only occupants cost about $8,000 per the way people perceive the Univer- benefit from the cost reduction. She tal scale, Ziploc bags, a note- possession of marijuana. students receiving need-based fi- resident. Starting next semester, the sity’s high sticker price. He added said, “The cost of housing at GW is book, a marijuana cigarette Tilden and Van Meerbeek nancial aid will have access to the least-expensive tier of housing will that reducing the cost of beds may a concern to me because it serves and a box with more bags declined comment in a phone 1,000 reduced-price beds. If some cost $6,520. This price will apply to help change this perception. as an additional monetary burden were found on the scene. interview yesterday. A status eligible students do not choose the doubles and singles in Cole, Clark, “The whole thing is very ex- on my parents, who are paying for Sophomores Chuong hearing is scheduled for the cheaper beds, the University will Merriweather and Hensley Halls pensive, and housing just factors much of my tuition, all of my text- Nguyen and Xavier Van Meer- five defendants on March 7 in „ make those beds available to all in- on Mount Vernon; suites in 2034 G into it,” he said. “It could probably books and my GWorld.” beek allegedly bought seven front of judge Mary Terrell. coming freshmen. Street; and quads, five-person and help to dispel the idea that GW is –Elise Kigner contributed to this ounces of marijuana – at $350 –Eric Roper six-person rooms in Thurston. the most expensive school.” report.

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www.GWHATCHET.com The GW Hatchet | Thursday, February 21, 2008, page A4 QUOTABLE ected, everyone will have my cell phone number and everyone will know my room number." – Vishal Aswani on his plans if he is oLizzie Wozobspiniki – Opinions Editor ([email protected])ons elected Student Association president. Niketa Brar – Contributing Editor ([email protected]) editorial “ Candor required in Commencement speaker search As the spring semester gets under- way, the senior class is focusing its at- tention on its impending graduation and the ceremonies it entails. After last year’s Commencement speaker debacle and the senior class’s increasing antici- pation, it is time for the University to be candid and serious in its search for a fit- ting keynote speaker. Last spring, campus erupted in a furor when the University announced that former University President Ste- phen Joel Trachtenberg would be serv- ing as the keynote speaker. Vehement Education and peace go hand-in-hand protest resulted in Trachtenberg rescind- ing his role as keynote, with no replace- ment possible on such short notice. The University an- How GW can change the world, one student at a time nounced that Commencement it had ini- speakers over the tially invited Can a university leverage its Banaa’s vision is to empower Vassar College, the University of without support. last three years Speaker of the academic resources for peace in a dozens of talented but marginal- Florida and others are negotiat- For this reason, we call on House Nancy war-torn country? GW is about ized young Sudanese to address ing terms of a scholarship. But we University President Steven Knapp 2007 No keynote Pelosi, former to test the waters. As the first these disparities. By acquiring have a long way to go. More than to expand the program by working President Bill university sponsor expert skills in con- 140 talented Sudanese applied for with top University benefactors to speaker Clinton and of Banaa.org, a stu- flict resolution, pub- just one Banaa Scholarship, offered endow a Banaa scholarship. This 2006 George Bill Gates but dent-run scholarship JEFF DEFLAVIO lic health, environ- this year at GW. This means dozens would allow new peacemakers and Barbara all had de- for young Sudanese mental management of charismatic, compassionate to attend GW each year, so that Bush, Former U.S. clined the op- peacemakers, it is & JUSTIN ZORN and infrastructure and qualified Sudanese are we may build a steady stream of portunity. In leading the way for development they indigenous experts to help heal President and First order to avoid universities to invest will be able to return the wounds that have plagued Lady such embar- in the prevention of home and serve Sudan for so long. 2005 Andy rassment and conflict. In the fall of 2008, an Sudan’s most vulnerable commu- By bringing these remark- Rooney, 60 minutes controversy, it extraordinary student will arrive nities. These Banaa Scholars, who Sudan able individuals to study with is crucial that on our campus – most likely from represent a diverse set of Sudanese us, Knapp can also foster personality the Universi- a refugee camp – to study for four regions and ethnicities, will be an unprecedented form of ty strive to se- years, build global connections, both broad and deep in their diversity on our campus. cure a speaker and hone skills critical for peace expertise: broad in their grasp Students who have survived fitting the im- and sustainable development in of the dynamics of Sudanese atrocity will bring a unique and portance of this occasion. Sudan. politics, deep in their knowl- unheard perspective to bear on To see the importance of this edge of one or two profes- the political and philosophical With the political climate heating Khartoum up, GW should aim to be the epicenter approach, consider the situation sional fields relevant to the DDarfurDaDarfrfurf discussions upon which our of this year’s election. What better way in Sudan, a country that has been promotion of peace and University thrives. to welcome candidates to Washington at war for over 40 of its 52 years sustainable development in Regionegi We urge you to help expand than by inviting them to a graduation as an independent state. The cause Sudan. They will complete this opportunity by sharing the ceremony on the National Mall? We of this continual fighting is not peace studies curricula on concept with friends at other uni- understand that the calendars of presi- racism but regional disparities their campuses and apprentice versities, exploring Banaa.org dential candidates will probably be hard in education, infrastructure and under leading policy analysts and joining the Facebook group. to maneuver. But as candidates begin access to resources. The capital and development practitioners Working together, we can help dropping out of this race faster than city, Khartoum, enjoys economic in D.C. over the summers. marginalized peoples lay the foun- President George W. Bush invaded Iraq, growth upwards of 12 percent per Former University President dation for peace in a nation that GW has its pick of former contenders. year while the far western province, Stephen Joel Trachtenberg made has known only war. Political heavyweights who elected not Darfur, suffers not only extreme the commitment to fund one schol- – The writers are the manag- to run for office should be contacted to stagnation but tens of thousands ar at GW, and the president of ing director and policy director, run for our keynote speaker, regardless of civilian deaths due to violence Mills College in California made respectively, of Banaa: The Sudan of political party. each year. a similar pledge. Tufts University, Educational Empowerment Network. Even if political speakers are not available, the University should ensure that the keynote address is delivered by an individual who connects with the student body. The best way to guarantee that students’ voices are heard on this Pass/fail makes the grade topic is to solicit their opinion. Schools such as Syracuse University have gone so far as to create Web sites to achieve Challenging the norms of academic grading this goal. Syracuse’s model involves As a senior I’ve had the opportunity to arrangement that encourages students to branch today’s students. For example, students in the providing a list of considerations that experience a host of wonderful things at this out academically. Last week, the Carnegie Columbian College, must take a minimum of should be kept in mind when a student university. I have enjoyed everything from Mellon Undergraduate Student Senate even 17 classes in seven different areas, including is nominating a speaker. world-class performers to terrific times with proposed a pass/fail grading option available math, science and the humanities. That is not After the final list of student sug- people I wouldn’t have met anywhere else to for students in the fall of their first year. Some only a lot of money in credit hours but a lot of gestions is compiled, Syracuse's official amazing academic endeavors dur- medical schools have also adopted time spent working for a class that a student speaker selection committee reviews ing into my four years here. But similar policies. While I’m not pro- may not consider worth the effort. the contenders and submits a final pro- until this semester I’ve never had posing GW re-invent itself in terms As the Columbian College reevaluates posal for consideration by the chancel- the chance to embrace a great aca- of grading, perhaps we should take a GCRs this year, administrators should con- lor. Students are further included in the demic encounter – taking a course closer look whether or not this would sider the value of taking a class outside a stu- process, as three student representatives pass/fail. be a benefit to our students and our dent’s major if they are truly interested in it, work alongside the Board of Trustees in Just like most of the undergrad- educational experiences here. and find a way to allow for students to enter- reviewing the general body’s sugges- uate population, I have worked Proponents of the pass/fail sys- tain these interests without jeopardizing their tions. hard for semesters on end writing tem point to the fact that is provides GPA. Think of what students could do without Syracuse is not unique in this exer- and reading away about materials greater academic free- the burden of that third cise; Lehigh University follows suit. This related to my major which, in turn, dom (especially outside science class for English system may not always ensure a satis- will probably have little bearing of a student’s specific majors or Physics course factory keynote speaker, but it certainly on the rest of my life. The pres- LIZZIE major), the ability to for history majors. opens the process up to student opinion. sure to achieve and maintain the WOZOBSKI take more risks, and can Perhaps GW could For their part, students must also be re- all-mighty GPA eventually takes aid the general sanity also look to one the of alistic in their expectations of what the its toll as nerves grow rattled and OPINIONS EDITOR of a student. Of course Should GW be more programs utilized by University can achieve on this issue. patience thin. With nearly all of my there are valid concerns Columbia’s University This is far from what happens on graduation requirements met and that the metaphoric aca- open to embracing to keep students in a our campus. While the University has the need to remain a full time stu- demic playing field is pass/fail class motivat- no qualms with collecting $100 from dent a must, I seized the chance to take a fairly altered and some students will elements if the pass/ ed. Students there are each student as a “graduation fee,” it random and arbitrary class – and hopefully use this as another way to slack allowed to view the grade does not even feign interest in collecting one that would not make me regret taking the off. However the truth is, these fail system? theyy would receive in student feedback on this issue. academic path I did. things already happen – people their pass/fail course and Commencement marks a crucial Knowing that I can learn something entire- know who the easiest professors decide if they would like point in a college career and, as such, de- ly new and out of my field of study with only are and how to work the system. to include the grade on serves input from all parties, not just an months before graduation has been a liberating Why not allow those people will- their transcript. No harm, administration. GW’s new administra- experience, one that many of my fellow stu- ing to push themselves academically to do so no foul for the students involved. Another tion, which has characterized itself as be- dents will never have the time to do. As other without a threat of punishment? option could be to let first yyear students choose ing receptive to students' input, should schools around the country have adopted vari- As it stands now it’s difficult for most a course they would like to take pass/fail to evaluate how the graduates themselves ous grading systems making room for pass/fail students to even finish their major and minor not only ease their move into college, but also are involved in the selection process. options, should GW be more open to embrac- requirements, in addition to their General let them explore various academic options. The class of 2008 has seen its share ing elements of the pass/fail system? Curriculum Requirements, in four years, leav- After all, an education is worth more than of changes over the past year–let’s make Top universities like Brown University, ing no room to take a class with a pass/fail just a letter. a worthwhile speaker one of them. Dartmouth Colleggye and Columbia University choice. Many professors would agree that – The writer, a senior majoring in English, is have their own variations on the pass/fail the current GCR system is not working for The Hatchet’s opinions editor.

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good job this year … but there Aswani said he “legitimately is Boyer said. “The EVP needs to From p. A1 ELECTION, is room for improvement,” said here to help students” and will work with the president. I think and every person seriously.” Oyiborhoro, a junior. “I propose make himself available to stu- I have a good relationship with Sens. and presidential can- a new type of town hall. This dents whether or not he is elect- all (of the) presidential candi- didates Vishal Aswani (SEAS-U) time, you the student will get ed. Kozlowski said he is running dates.” and Kevin Kozlowski (U-At to talk to the administrator and because the only student that Sophomore SA Sen. Ted Large) both said if elected, they the administrator will get to talk can “continue the progress of O’Neil (ESIA-U) said he will will continue the successful to you.” Nicole and Brand.” Oyiboroho also use Capp and Kroeger’s town hall initiative started this Along with his plans to con- said he is running because he model of governance if he is year by Capp and Kroger. tinue holding town hall meet- said he feels that “every stu- voted into office. “If I’m elected, everyone will ings, Kozlowski said he will dent, regardless of who (they) “What I want to focus on is have my cell phone number and engage students through GW are, deserves a voice to be heard practical changes with profound everyone will know my room United, an initiative that aims to by administrators.” effects,” O’Neil said. “The best number,” said Aswani, a junior. expand the number of student Most of the EVP candidates way to do that is with things “(Everyone) will know who I constituencies with direct repre- also said they would work to (students) notice ... Brand and am, where I am and where to sentation in the SA. emulate the Capp and Kroeger Nicole did a great job this year reach me.” “GW United gives all stu- administration if they were with initiatives, instead of reso- Write-in presidential candi- dents a voice. This SA is their elected. lutions and other meaningless date SA Sen. OG Oyiborhoro SA,” Kozlowski said. “Not Sophomore Kyle Boyer, things (and I will do that too).” enough students feel their voic- assistant vice president of com- EVP candidate and fresh- Alex Ellis /assistant photo editor (CCAS-U) said the town hall Former SA Pres. Lamar Tharpe (front) speaks to audience members meetings are a good concept. es are being heard.” munity affairs for the SA, said man Raven Burnett was the before asking a question of this year's SA presidential candidates. However, he said he will make The presidential candidates if he is elected EVP he will only candidate not to mention them more interactive allowing also told the more than 175 stu- work with the SA president like Capp and Kroeger during the students to receive answers to dents in attendance why they Kroger has worked with Capp debate. Burnett said she is an “My opponents are the the new, and I hope you put their concerns at the town hall are running for the SA’s top job. this past year. “SA outsider” and that will incumbents, not of this SA but your trust in me … because meetings. Al-Hariri said he is run- “I will follow the model of allow her to reduce SA apathy of the old SA,” Burnett said. I have your best interests at “I think the SA did very ning to “advocate and enrich.” Brand and Nicole this year,” in GW students. “I am the representative of heart.” „ A6 | Thursday, February 21, 2008 The GW Hatchet News Looking In SA candidates Th e coattail campaign poster campus When Brand Kroeger walked Don’t worry, guys. This year’s in campaign for president. sible is because the institution has into Jack Morton Auditorium for candidates are dressed up in your These four gentlemen seem the office of off-campus student af- by Emily Cahn running together to represent the second annual Hatchet-Student stead. They are working their hard- to be grasping for the coattails of fairs,” Weinshel said Wednesday. Hatchet Staff Writer the Columbian College of Arts Association debate est to be just like you. Capp and Kroeger, hoping to ride “They work with off-campus ven- and Sciences in the senate, said Tuesday night, he In the close to 45 min- JAKE them to a victory. Kozlowski tal- dors and apartments to provide a While most students were they gathered as many people looked down at his utes of the SA presidential lied the most mentions of the cur- database to do that. OCSA actually sleeping, candidates for the as possible to help them put up jeans, brown boat SHERMAN debate, Tarek Al-Hariri, rent administration and said he is exists and does this.” Student Association, Program posters. shoes and flannel Vishal Aswani, Kevin EDITOR IN CHIEF the only one with the experience to Furthermore, Kozlowski intro- Board and Marvin Center Gov- “Name recognition is key,” shirt in a moment Kozlowski and OG Oyi- carry on Capp’s momentum. duced GW2008, an initiative for the erning Board, and their sup- Pappas said. “Everyone has the of bewilderment. borhoro mentioned the Kozlowski, an SA senator and University to be “actively engaged porters, gathered in Kogan same platform with the same four “Was I sup- successes of “Nicole and Colonial Cabinet alumnus, is being in the 2008 presidential election.” Plaza early Wednesday morn- or five issues so it is important to posed to dress up for this thing?” Brand” 13 times. That’s a mention advised by Capp’s former advisor “I’d like to think we are at the ing to put up campaign posters get your name out there.” Kroeger asked in his Southern every three minutes. Steve Miller. In between mentions epicenter (of politics),” said Tracy around campus. Shortly after 7 a.m. nearly drawl. Much like Capp and Kroeger of his Web site’s URL, Kozlowski Schario, a University spokesper- More than 75 students wait- all of the space in front of the SA President Nicole Capp was last year, these candidates are said, among other things, Barack son. “The challenge in election ed in a holding area blocked off Marvin Center was filled with also curious about how she should dreaming big. Al-Hariri thinks we Obama shouldn’t have spoken at time is candidates don’t want to be by yellow campaign caution posters of all sizes and colors. dress for the affair. Late in the af- should take a cue from D.C. and American – which is located on in D.C.” tape on the sidewalk across the Freshman and CCAS-U ternoon, she struggled to decide wipe J Street off the map. Aswani Massachusetts Avenue, not Virgin- It seems as though a lot of the street from the Marvin Center candidate SA Sen. Julie Bind- whether to don a pantsuit or go a talks of privatizing the Marvin ia Avenue as he said– but instead candidates' ideas exist and the until the postering period be- elglass (CCAS-U) said she was little more casual at the debate. Center eating venue and said he at GW. initiatives they are most proud of gan at 7 a.m. When the clock surprised by the intensity of Kroeger, the SA’s current exec- will give his cell phone number A main part of Kozlowski’s have not worked out. Al-Hariri struck seven, students dashed the postering period. utive vice president, got away with to everyone. Kozlowski wants to platform calls for GW Housing to spoke highly of his work with to the front of Marvin Center, “I did not expect it to be as his casual garb this time. Capp, completely restructure the SA and help students find affordable hous- Peace Forum and Peace Not Preju- Academic Center and Univer- physical as it was,” Bindelglass apparently, made the correct deci- said his cell phone number is on his ing. Unfortunately, this already ex- dice. Neither organization is regis- sity Yard to secure prime real said. “I almost lost my phone sion on her casual outfit. The GW Facebook, which is locked to every- ists, said Seth Weinshel, a director tered with the University. Aswani’s estate for their candidate’s (when I was running), but (Stu- Patriot, a conservative blog, called one but those who friend him. OG of GW Housing. worked for several months on an campaign posters. dent Activities Center Director) her “very attractive.” has the tall task of running a write- “The reason why it is not fea- LGBTQ resource center, which the “(My strategy is) to attack Tim Miller found it.” University has not started. Oyibor- from all corners,” said SA Sen. Although most of the can- horo’s Africana studies major also Shawn Dejbakhsh (FY-NV), an didates said they planned to does not exist. undergraduate at-large candi- hang their posters on the Fog- Over 12,000 students will live off campus next year. And the campaign has just be- date. “We have speed, agility gy Bottom and Mount Vernon gun. Students will vote, or more and excellent taping skills.” campuses, one candidate was Do they know about your place? likely will not, Feb. 27 and 28, and Temperatures were just planning to reach out to GW there are likely to be more prom- above 30 degrees Wednes- students beyond the District. ises. day morning, but that did not Presidential candidate SA Caproeger (good one, huh?) stop more than 30 supporters Sen. Kevin Kozlowski (U-At skirted the opportunity to run for of presidential write-in candi- Large) said his campaign man- a second term. Instead Capp, who date SA Sen. OG Oyiborhoro ager, sophomore Zach Silber, ($&% swears her political career is over, (CCAS-U) from assisting in the went to the Virginia campus in has plans to intern for a consult- postering. Oyiborhoro had the Ashburn to put up posters. in ing firm. Kroeger is working for a most backers at the campaign “Kevin’s platform has a fo- the Housing Guide Florida congressman and has not- event. cus on grad students,” Silber so-veiled aspirations to seek the “I woke up at 6 a.m. (to said. “Grads count too.” March 3, 2008 chairmanship of the College Re- come out here) because I be- Joint Elections Committee publicans. lieve OG is the best candidate Chair Ben Balter said the pos- They have the rare opportu- out there,” sophomore Sade tering period went smoothly. nity to sit on the sidelines as stu- Chase-Marshall said. “It is im- “It was a friendly event,” dents the year after their reign. portant that we get his name said Balter, a junior. “We are all But they should have no worries. out there.” Colonials and we all look out deadline to submit February This year’s candidates are certainly Freshmen Chris Borchert for each other. It set the tone for keeping them in mind. „ „ 28th at 5pm and Chris Pappas, who are a free and fair election."

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ip-hop has, at times, been cast by the establishment as a nega- tive force, despite it arguably being one of the most important cultural movements of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It His easy to see how much modern culture has been affected by hip hop: whether it is a beat-boxing McDonald’s commercial, or Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year. With this in mind, it is only fi tting that a new exhibit, entitled “REC- OGNIZE! Hip-Hop and Contemporary Portrai- ture,” has opened at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery to, well, recognize hip hop’s growing infl uence on mainstream culture. The goal of the exhibit is “to reposition hip hop as one of the key cultural movements of the last 20 years,” said associate curator of photog- raphy Frank Goodyear, who is also a graduate professor of American studies at GW. The ex- hibit marks a third installment in the Gallery’s “Portraiture Now” series, and is the fi rst hip-hop exhibit ever to be on view at the Smithsonian. “RECOGNIZE!” includes work from six artists and one poet: painter Kehinde Wiley, photographer David Sheinbaum, video artist Jefferson Pinder, poet Nikki Giovanni, sculptor Shinique Smith and graffi ti muralists Tim Con- lon and Dave Hupp. Highlights of the exhibit include Wiley’s work – large paintings of black males in poses emulating some of the most famous portraits in the history of art, such as LL Cool J cross-legged, echoing John Singer Sargent’s portrait of John D. Rockefeller. “Wiley takes a black man, a subject who had only been on the margins of historical grand portraiture, and puts that man squarely in the photo by Josh Wolf/Hatchet photographer center of the tradition,” curator Brandon For- A museum-goer walks past a i mural at the National Portrait Gallery's new hip-hop art installation, "RECOGNIZE!", on display now through October. tune said. Conlon and Hupp’s huge graffi ti murals draw on old-school lettering styles from the days, or those on the fringes of the contempo- 1970s and 1980s for inspiration. rary mainstream (all arguments about whether “In the street, your tag is the face you pres- mainstream hip-hop is hip-hop at all aside.) You ent to the world, your self portrait,” guest cura- will fi nd any photos of rappers such as the re- tor Jobyl Boon said, discussing the signifi cance cently-arrested Lil’ Wayne. This isn’t to say the Hip-Hopalypse of tagging in graffi ti. exhibit is trying to gloss over the more unsavory This aspect of the exhibit, like others, “grew side of hip-hop. As Goodyear put it, “This ex- up organically,” she said, noting that the tags hibition should not be seen as a comprehensive fulfi lled an aim of the exhibition – highlighting history of hip-hop since the 1970s. This is an D.C.-based art. Conlon lives and works in the artist-driven exhibition.” „ District, while Hupp hails from Baltimore. “RECOGNIZE!” is on display now through Oc- With one of the goals of “RECOGNIZE!” be- tober 26. The National Portrait Gallery (8th and F ing to emphasize positive aspects of hip-hop, it streets, N.W. – Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro) is NOW comes as no surprise that the vast majority of open daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Visit Npg.si.edu for New exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery explores hip-hop's origins work features artists either from hip-hop’s early more information. by Devin Smith | Hatchet Reporter Q and GW alum Chris Richards is now editor of "Fader" music magazine by Amanda Pacitti thousand shows, some in Europe, Japan and South Af- Contributing Editor rica) pursue painting and still hold a steady job. “I always jumped on every opportunity to write ev- Chris Richards, a GW alumnus and stalwart on erything,” he said, this point realized in a slew of “Test Not U the D.C. music scene, has done a lot. He has worked Drive” product reviews bearing his byline and later in for The Washington Post. He has taken on the bur- his own column. ly task of finding a voice when reviewing hygiene At The Post, Richards’ also wrote for “The Singles products. He was formerly a member of the post- File” – his wicked way-fresh-brain-baby – which out- is gone, hardcore band Q And Not U. But recently, Rich- lined playlists of MP3s for “the listener with the one- ards is leaving the description of self-help products track mind.” The aim: exploit the Internet as a tool for to take the helm of the New York music magazine finding quality jams and expose this music to readers. “Fader.” Originally from Annapolis, Md., Richards grew up Richards offered some advice to students, news- on D.C. punk and hardcore. And naturally, he is a little but the ies and young sophisticates. Well, sort of. put off by the frequently posed notion that D.C. lacks a Writing critically knows no bounds. pronounced local music scene. His advice to those dis- “I’ve spent my fair share of mornings pretend- gruntled with the District’s local flavor? Look a little ing to be Usher,” reads a past Washington Post “Test further than the Black Cat. Drive” review, in which Richards assessed the artist’s “Get out of the blogosphere and start walking music self-branded “He Clean” body wash – a lathered-up around,” Richards said, emphasizing that D.C. has a disappointment Richards went on to dub as “under- vibrant go-go and hip hop scene, not to mention the U whelming.” Street area that boasts, among other things, fresh Ethio- “I didn’t really set out to have a career in journalism,” pian jams. He also suggested checking out music from lives on said Richards, who graduated from GW in December of some of the embassies. 2000 – landing a job as a copy aide at The Post shortly Richards is a critical reviewer, but not at the expense courtesy John Francis Peters after. The Post gig was flexible enough to allow him to Chris Richards, former member of D.C. band Q and Not U, has a unique way with words. tour with Q and Not U (with whom he played over a See RICHARDS, p. B2

by Cristina Sciarra to work with.” Hatchet Staff Writer Penelope’s neurotic, albeit well-meaning mother is played by Catherine O’Hara (“A Mighty Wind,” “Over the Hedge”). MovieReview : "Penelope" Once upon a time … in a not so far away land, there lived “I can’t say enough about how hysterical she is and how a young girl who was not very beautiful at all. Her name was much fun she is to be around,” Ricci said. “She is such a gener- Penelope. Born with the face of a pig, Penelope (Christina Ricci) ous actress too, which is rare.” must fi nd a wealthy blue-blood to agree to marry her in order to Reese Witherspoon, also a producer of the fi lm, has a small break a centuries-old family curse. part as a tough biker chick who befriends the heroine. Peter Din- “This is a fi lm about genuinely liking yourself,” Ricci said klage (“The Station Agent,” “Underdog”) is entertaining as a in a recent phone interview with The Hatchet. “We are in this one-eyed reporter hell-bent on snapping a photo of the pig-faced weird culture which attempts to homogenize everyone, but this girl. movie has a great message about the value of individuality. We “Penelope” is also strengthened by how multi-dimensional all have our own insecurities, but ‘Penelope’ celebrates how dif- the characters are. There is no clear villain, so there is something ferent we are.” redeemable about all. This saves the fable from ridiculous cari- “Penelope” (Summit Entertainment) is whimsical and fun. It catures that often plague other attempts to modernize the fairy manages originality, despite working within a genre that is nor- tale. mally steeped in clichés. Perhaps the most modern thing about “Penelope,” is that “The writer was really smart about using a format that has it is a love story not only in the romantic sense. Finding your been done before, so we think we know the next thing that’s prince charming might be nice, but loving yourself is far more coming,” Ricci said. “She uses the fairy tale structure to set up a important. “Penelope” conveys this message gently, without be- powerful surprise that isn’t patronizing or preachy.” ing trite or didactic. “Penelope” boasts an impressive cast, which further helps to “I hope that young people really like the movie,” Ricci said. complicate and enrich the narrative. “It’s entertaining and it has a positive message. Vanity is a silly Ricci, in the title role, gives a performance that at times seems thing. It’s more important to have a strong internal life. Then you a little contrived, but is otherwise sweet and self-assured. have the chance to be your own best friend.” James McAvoy (“Atonement,” “The Last King of Scotland”), Ultimately, “Penelope” is a fi lm about individuality, and one sporting an impressive American accent, plays Penelope’s down- that implies that happily ever after is a choice we have the power and-out love interest. to make for ourselves. „ courtesy Stone Village Pictures “James was lovely,” Ricci said. “A gentle soul and a lot of fun “Penelope” opens in theaters nationwide Feb. 29. Christina Ricci in "Penelope," in theaters Feb. 29.

If you have $5 If you have $10 If you have $20 $5 This weekend the Feminist Majority What happens when saxophones Head over to the State Theater (Falls Leadership Alliance, Program meet rap and jazz meets funk? To Church, Va.) to catch Pink Floyd cover AN ENTERTAINMENT Board, and the SA are hosting GW’s find out, catch GW jazz-funk-hip-hop band, The Machine, on Saturday at annual performance of the Vagina extraordinaires Hello Society as they 9:15 p.m. Having played to thousands GUIDE FOR THE Monologues in the Jack Morton headline at the Rock and Roll Hotel of people at Bonnaroo, Musikfest and $10 Auditorium (SMPA building at 21st & (1353 H St. N.E.) tonight (Thursday, with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, CASH-STRAPPED H streets, N.W.). If you only have $5 to Feb 21) at 8:30 pm. Special guest per- The Machine has been heralded as COLLEGE STUDENT your name, borrow $2 from a friend formances and new songs are sure to America’s premiere live Pink Floyd (tell them it’s for vaginas) and catch delight fans, and opening guests The experience, hailed by Rolling Stone one of the performances Thursday, London Souls of New York (featuring magazine for their “chilling accuracy” $20 Friday or Saturday at 8:00 pm. All pro- former GW student Tash Neal on gui- along with a show full of multi-media ceeds from the show benefit women’s tar and vocals) and Bottles/Cans will and state-of-the-art lighting. Tickets charities. start the night off right. are $15 in advance, $18 at the door. B2 | Thursday, February 21, 2008 The GW Hatchet Arts RICHARDS Bar Belle from p. B1 Rocket Bar can have the most lights, music and advertisement, Rocket “People (tend to be) a little For additional Bar is a refreshingly modest hideaway that is true to those it too focused on engaging the (714 7th St. N.W.) aims to please. Decorated to suite hardcore Trekkies, this bar reader,” he said. In other words, is covered in galactic pieces of art and installations that, while ruthless body gel reviews are audio, video, and This past weekend, in honor of the presidents, I decided amusing after getting a nice buzz going, at best look like a fun, but worth nothing without, to drop some Washingtons, Lincolns, Jacksons and even a few twelve year old boy’s bedroom. Planets hang from the ceiling you know, the actual review. Hamiltons during my weekly bar raid. Looking at the green and painted spaceships follow you down the flight of stairs to Richards says while at GW multimedia on faces staring back at me, I got to thinking – what kind of bars the descending bar. While the décor can get a bit overzealous, he wrote four music reviews for do you think these prestigious men would have flocked to? the staff could not be nicer. The Hatchet – one of which high- Was Washington a Mr. Smith’s kind of guy, chiming in along- Everyone there tends to come with a group of friends so lighted Conor Oberst (the Bright these and other side the piano man? Or would those wooden teeth have been you don’t have to worry about Creepy-Eyes McGee over there Eyes dude) he heard playing at better put to use sucking on limes after a shot of Pepe Lopez in throwing you a line. For a single George Washington bill, the the former Metro Café. the local dive bar? Personally, I think these men of honor knew staff will provide you with a board game of your choice to While remembering his days stories, check the how to play just as hard as they worked. If these presidents delve into with friends while sitting in the accommodating as a Colonial, Richards remem- were alive and celebrating today, I think I could have met up booths. While shuffleboard and pool are a bit more expensive, bers playing with Q And Not U with them at Rocket Bar, a small hole in the wall off of the it’s still not going to put you out to play a round or two, espe- at Mitchell Hall’s theater. Con- new Hatchet arts Chinatown Metro stop. cially over $3 cans of PBR or $4 Miller Lites. sider that for some music-mak- Rocket Bar was supposed to be a side stop worthy of grab- After toasting one more time to all the men who have led ing historical food for thought bing a few cheap drinks before hitting up the nearby Fado’s our country over the decades, I parted ways with Rocket Bar. to go with your Big Gulp from blog at and R.F.D’s in the district, but the charming little bar kept us Every working person needs a little hole in the wall to call 7-11, kiddo. drinking and laughing far longer into the night. A similar set their own and Rocket Bar may just be that new place for me “I found that life is not as up to Buffalo Billiard’s, Rocket Bar boasts an array of high- and all the imaginary Presidents that I envisioned running into linear as college made it out for defintion TVs along the walls, pool tables, shuffleboards, there. As Abraham Lincoln once said, “I am a firm believer in me,” Richards said. “I learned darts, board games and even a jukebox. While it might be the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to a lot of things at GW, but I’m blogs.gwhatchet. much smaller than Buffalo Billiards, the designer did a good meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the not a painter.” Musically, Rich- job of arranging game tables in a manner suitable for moving real facts, and beer.” Or something like that. „ ards is currently doing solo crowds and drunken sports fans. Since there was no event at work, which he classifies as the com/backstage the nearby Verizon Center that night the bar offered plenty of Bar Belle Rating “chronic folk album.” While at breathing room and personal attention (but I hear it can get Fader, Richards aims to keep the stuffy before and after D.C. sporting events.) publication doing “what it does In an area that seems to host a competition of which venue best” – breaking new artists. That is, successfully. „ The GW Hatchet | Thursday, February 21, 2008, page 9 NUMBER CRUNCH The number of home games it took for the women's basketball team to attract a combined SPORTS home attendance of 25,919, the Joanna Shapes – Sports Editor ([email protected]) highest ever for the program in a season. The Alex Byers – Contributing Editor ([email protected]) 14 Colonials still have one home game this season. Colonials bounce back against SLU

by Alex Byers Contributing Editor

After the GW women’s basketball team’s startling 63-60 loss to St. Bonaventure Saturday, it seemed unlikely that the Colonials would drop a second con- secutive game to Saint Louis Wednesday night. Based on the team’s history with losing, GW was likely to come out swinging from the tip. The Colonials’ performance on their first posses- sion appeared to contradict that theory though, as the Colonials threw the ball out of bounds and the Billikens quickly went the other way for two points. But when senior Whitney Allen followed with a bas- ket and stole the ball just after for another easy layup, GW’s shooting got hot – and the game was GW’s from then on. It did not matter that the Colonials shot only 31 percent from the floor in the second half – the No. 17/16 (AP, ESPN/USA Today) Colonials had already put the game out of reach with a 52-26 halftime margin and led 82-58 at the final buzzer. Allen contributed 14 to that first half total, while senior Sarah-Jo Lawrence added 11 points. “I think we worked really hard in practice on the pace (of the game),” head coach Joe McKeown said after the game. “We were in slow motion in the first half against St. Bonaventure. Tonight I thought we attacked and took the ball to the basket hard.” Senior Kim Beck finished with 23 points, Lawrence had 19 and Allen hit a new career high with 17 points. But what might have been more important than sim- ply the points the trio scored was the tone that they set after the head-scratching loss days earlier. “We were trying to put St. Bonaventure behind us,” Allen said. “We just wanted to come out and play hard and be aggressive and get a big lead off from the jump.” The loss at St. Bonaventure snapped what had been a six-game winning streak that had taken the Colonials (21-5, 8-2 Atlantic 10) to a top-15 ranking in both polls and inspired whispers of a No. 4 seed or higher in the NCAA tournament. Though McKeown explained that the defeat was a tough pill to swal- low for GW and said it took almost two hours to get through the first eight minutes of film from St. Bonaventure, Beck reminded reporters that there is still some basketball to be played. “We’re going take the lesson from that, but we’re not going to dwell on it,” she said. “It didn’t ruin our season; we’re still going, so just take the lesson and keep moving.” To keep moving, GW will have to get through Saint Joseph’s Sunday when the Colonials travel to Philadelphia. The Hawks stole GW’s chance at an A-10 championship last season, beating the Colonials in the semifinals of the tournament and hurting their seeding for the NCAA tournament. Still, Beck said that GW is confident regardless of who it plays. “No matter who’s on our schedule, we’re confi- dent,” Beck said. “The game is what it is. Last year is in the back of our minds, but we’re gonna come to play just because they are next on the list.”„

photos by Ben Solomon/senior staff photographer Senior Kim Beck (above) shoots over Saint Louis' Hayley Leake during the Colonials' 82-58 win Wednesday night. Beck had 23 points against the Billikens, while classmate Whitney Allen (top right) had 17 points, a career high. Senior Sarah-Jo Lawrence added 19 points.

Allen's contributions show both in and out of box score CAPITALCONFLICT

by Dan Greene Allen’s first basket of the game opened her mouth and shook her Hatchet Staff Writer came in typical fashion, as it was head rapidly, the type of unbridled her defense that begat the oppor- expression to which McKeown Senior Whitney Allen has tunity. Following a Colonials (21-5, would seem to be referring. Yet it played an integral role in GW’s 9-2 A-10) basket, Allen defended was not just Allen’s enjoyment of success during her five years in the the Billikens’ ball-handler at mid- the game that her coach was prais- women’s basketball program. Head court, knocking the ball loose and ing after the win. coach Joe McKeown has referred to chasing it down to score on a run- “She’s a special person,” her as his “junkyard dog” for her away layup. Ten minutes later, she McKeown said of Allen, who is willingness to engage in the pro- did it again. currently pursuing her master’s verbial dirty work on the defensive “It’s always good to get a few degree. “When she’s on a team with end, the kind of contributions that easy layups,” she said. “Those (great players), it’s easy to get lost. do not always show up in the box are points you want in transi- I just wanted her to know that as score. tion. Defense always can become a coach, I appreciate all the things But it was Allen’s scoring offense.” she’s done for our program both acumen that helped propel the McKeown said that the perfor- on and off the court. And I wanted Colonials to a convincing 82-58 win mance may have been the result her to know that before the season over Saint Louis Wednesday night. of a talk between the two earlier in ended.” Allen scored 14 of her career-high the week. When this season does conclude, 17 points in a first-half assault that “We talked about leadership it will mark the end of Allen’s dis- gave GW a 26-point advantage at and a sense of urgency,” McKeown tinguished GW career. While she is the break. said. “I thought she was a lot more not counting down the games, she “Usually in the game I get a lot relaxed. It just looked like she was said that she is aware that her time Nick Gingold/photo editor of early shots, and today I just got having fun.” in the program is almost up. Sophomore Mia Breheny moves with the ball while Georgetown's Logan McCraw more than usual,” Allen said after After connecting on her lone “I guess you could say there’s follows close behind. The Colonials came up just short of defeating the No. 10 the game. “I took advantage and hit second-half basket – a long three- a little sense of urgency,” she said. a lot of shots in the first half.” pointer from the corner – Allen “Got to finish strong.” „ Hoyas Wednesday afternoon at the Mount Vernon Athletics Complex, 11-10. B4 | Thursday, February 21, 2008 The GW Hatchet News

through the Mount Vernon campus’ he said, the University main entrance. must spend much more PELHAM “During the two years the build- TUITION money. ing will be built, the road will be “Every one of the mea- from p. A1 very useful because otherwise we from p. A1 sures for which you get would have heavy truck traffi c and building on fl at and another if “Stanford’s endow- high marks in rankings contractor traffi c from traveling the you’re building on slopes – it just ment is about 17 times the in (U.S. News and World same roads through which the Vern takes a little bit more.” size as ours,” Knapp said. Report) works against cost Express and faculty and students The new road will connect the “We give probably the saving. Every single one enter the campus,” he said. Whitehaven Parkway to the new same amount of financial of them,” Knapp said, as Pelham is currently accessible dorm’s rear exterior. The University aid, it’s just that we don’t he listed the various ways through a perimeter road that loops plans to use the road for deliveries take it out of our endow- schools receive points, around the northwest and west por- to Pelham’s new dining hall and to ment. We’re in this kind such as high expenditures, tion of the campus, thus the dorm is ease disabled and emergency ac- of cycle where we have technological capabilities, most easily accessible from the cam- cess to the residence hall. Director of to raise tuition to support and a low student-faculty pus W Street entrance. Mount Vernon Campus Life Robert student aid.” ratio. When the road is complete, the Snyder said most students and fac- In addition to high Knapp said he is also University will begin demolition of ulty will still continue to access the costs of operation coupled concerned with student the existing Pelham Hall and con- residence hall through the campus’ with a relatively small debt upon graduation, struction of the new residence hall. primary access route. endowment, Knapp said aadding that he is espe- Schario said even with the road “When you have 280 residents rising energy bills and cially concerned with how there will be “residual noise” on living in a building, you need to unfunded federal man- this could affect students the campus, but that the noise will have some more direct access to a dates have significantly in their lives after college. be minimized by “topographic and building, especially for emergency contributed to high prices “If a student gradu- geographic barriers.” Anne Wernikoff/Hatchet photographer purposes,” Snyder said. “If some- at GW. Many of these man- ates with a great deal of The new residence hall will in- one was in a wheelchair, we’ll have dates were passed after University Presidet Steven Knapp answers a question from panel mod- debt that he or she needed clude single and double bedrooms a provision to take the Vern Express Sept. 11 and require the erator and SMPA professor Frank Sesno. to pay for undergraduate with shared living areas and baths. over there.” school to monitor foreign added to our compliance budget,” Knapp education, it limits the Its lower fl oors will include a new Snyder added that the new road student academic progress and report sus- said. kinds of careers that that student is likely campus dining facility, student meet- will be particularly useful because it picious activity. He also pointed to the competitive to choose,” Knapp said. “I worry about the ing space, student theater space, stu- circumvents construction workers’ “Over the last 10 years, every year we ranking system as a catalyst for increased effects that could have on – for example – dent fi tness facilities, music practice need to access the construction site have had to spend a million more dollars tuition. In order to receive a higher rank, public service careers.” rooms and student storage. „ And even though there has not been a decrease in appli- GO GREEN – RECYCLE THIS HATCHET cants, Knapp said he worries that over time, such a price tag will discourage certain popula- tions from considering higher education institutions like GW. Bobby Allyn, one of the stu- dents on the panel, demonstrat- ed how monetary burdens could force students to pursue alterna- tive options. He explained that a financial adviser told him he should not consider a private university. “She told me flat out it would be a rash decision for me to do anything but a com- munity college, based on (my) financial situation,” said Allyn, now a sophomore at American. Though he now enjoys the focus on academic rigor he thought would be absent from a commu- nity college, Allyn said he will face up to $80,000 in debt upon graduation. Knapp pointed out that there are ways to escape such debt. He said since his first day in office he has sought to reduce this bur- den, and pointed to his recently revealed plan to moderate tuition increases, lower freshman hous- ing costs and increase financial aid to incoming students. 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