WATERGATE RESIDENT DIES PAGE A3 OK Go TO HEADLINE FALL FEST PAGE B1 ALWAYS ONLINE: Elderly man has heart attack while driving Band is famous for treadmill [email protected] PYLE PRODUCES THURSDAY The GW PAGE 7 September 6, 2007 Penalty kick Vol. 104 • Iss. 5 conversion gives Hatchet Colonials 1-0 win AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER - SERVING THE GW COMMUNITY SINCE 1904 Soft ware company sues University facebook funds for the fi nal services, claiming the Schario said of Richmar CEO Richard Gor- was not satisfi ed with the DCMS and GW withholds software did not operate properly, the don. “He would like his fi nal payment.” would not pay the fi nal fees of more than lawsuit states. The code – called the Document and $200,000, according to both parties in Mourning Richmar is suing the school on fi ve Case Management System – was developed court documents. payment for code counts, including copyright infringement at a discounted rate because it was a brand- “GW is an 8,000-pound gorilla compared and breach of contract, according to the new technology in higher education, ac- to Richmar,” said Geoffrey Gitner, Rich- development plaintiff’s com- cording to both mar’s attorney. “It apparently thinks it can from a plaint. Federal parties in the thumb its nose at vendors. Unfortunately, by Eric Roper National, a cor- “GW apparently thinks it can thumb lawsuit. Rich- this is the way they like to do business.” Metro News Editor poration that its nose at vendors. Unfortunately this mar developed Richmar developed a system that loaned Richmar similar code for bridges two pieces of software, allow- distance A software development company money, is also is the way they like to do business.” the Federal Avi- ing users within GW’s network to access is suing the University because the school suing the school ation Adminis- documents based on their position at the by Niketa Kumar failed to pay more than $200,000 for an for breach of tration and oth- University, the initial contract states. Hatchet Staff Writer extensive, year-long project to digitize contract. GEOFFREY GITNER er government A program called Documentum al- school records. Tracy Schario, PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY agencies, ac- lows documents to be scanned and Peers and family members The University contracted Richmar a University cording to court stored as well as edited by certain us- gravitated to a familiar site to and Associates, a D.C.-based company, spokesperson, documents. ers within the University. The Rich- grieve the deaths of two GW stu- in early 2006 to create a code that would said the judge requested the two sides Though it is now being used in many mar code seamlessly links the Banner dents this summer. Used as a way facilitate the virtual storage and retrieval settle the issue out of court. If they are departments within the University, it was system – a database of all members of to spread the news, and then to of important, often confi dential docu- unable to, the case will return before the initially intended for use in GW’s human the GW community – to Documentum, share memories of the deceased. ments, according to a lawsuit fi led in judge. Schario declined comments on spe- resources department, which keeps a large allowing staff access to certain records Facebook became a way to memo- federal court. After paying Richmar more cifi cs of the case. number of personnel records. across the University. rialize Phill Grosser, 22, and Anna than $1.5 million for the code and docu- “As I understand it, we have withheld fi - In March 2007, Ron Bonig, GW’s chief See LAWSUIT, p. A5 Orthwein, 19. ment scanning, the University withheld nal payment, and that’s part of his lawsuit,” information offi cer, said the University Grosser was killed in a motor- cycle accident in May, when he was in Colorado training to work with Engineering Ministries Interna- tional. Orthwein died in June of a ruptured brain aneurysm. She was living at home in Maryland at the time. This summer, Facebook re- On the placed the traditional role of phone calls and mailed or e-mailed notes. Rather than opting for more con- ventional methods of communica- The NSA has exposed illegal wiretapping, corrupt CIA oper- tion, friends spread the news of the students’ deaths through what they ations, Watergate secrets and questionable deemed the simplest method. “People don’t call everyone any- presidential objectives – all more, but now they fi nd out (news) faster than they did before,” said GW in . alumnus Gordon Daniels, a friend of Grosser. “This is defi nitely a new me- dium. We didn’t have this a couple years ago, and since (Grossser’s death) happened during the summer when by Elise Kigner people are scattered everywhere, this Campus News Editor was a way to be together.” The open Facebook group, “In Why do governments keep re- Memory of Phill Grosser,” became an cords of their illegal actions? Why ever-changing memorial for the well- do people write down what they known student. As of Tuesday, 465 us- know to be wrong? The National ers had joined the group. Security Archive is out to fi nd out. Over the summer, people posted “Humans have to have some more than 100 photographs of Grosser sort of rationalization, justifi ca- on the page. Several poems, including tion, especially if it amounts to one written by Grosser’s father, were murder,” said Thomas Blanton, also posted as messages. Some students director of the National Security wrote comments addressed directly to Archive, a research institute and Grosser, and others posted memories library located on the seventh or prayers. fl oor of Gelman Library. “Writ- The Facebook group announced ing it down is the only way the date of the memorial service and they can keep doing it … writ- that donations should be made in hon- ing it down allows them to or of Grosser’s death. make peace with evil. Friends said the distance that the Since its inception in 1985, Internet creates allowed mourners to the archive has acquired and more freely communicate how they published hundreds of pa- felt. per documenting corrup- “Since it’s on the Internet, people tion and villainy, both in who might be less comfortable being the U.S., and abroad. In themselves directly in front of other people are probably able to express See NSA, p. A6 themselves through (Facebook),” See FACEBOOK, p. A5 used with permission NSA Student services Knapp to locals: I am listening center opens Local residents meet University president for the fi rst time by Robert Lee Hatchet Staff Writer

Speaking to an audience still wary of GW from a previous administration, Uni- versity President told local residents – in his first speech to the community and its FRIENDS or- ganization – that he would be more re- sponsive to their concerns. The event was one of many stops made by Knapp on his campus-wide “lis- tening tour.” About 90 community mem- bers, students, staff and faculty attended Tim Gowa/Hatchet photographer the speech and question and answer ses- A student and her mother solicit services from Colonial Central sion, which was held on the top floor of staff member Ariz Matute (center), a 2007 graduate. the Elliott School of International Affairs Tuesday night. Tim Gowa/Hatchet photographer by Nathan Grossman tape in Foggy Bottom – has helped Knapp assured those in attendance University President Steven Knapp (left) and director of Foggy Bottom/West End Re- Assistant News Editor more than 3,000 people in the past that he held the relationship between the lations Michael Akin (right) address the Foggy Bottom community Tuesday night. month but is not completely fi n- University and its neighbors in very high A multi-departmental service ished, with at least one department regard and referenced his past as a way to said. the new University president to former Uni- center located in the space once still moving in. look to the future here at GW. Knapp said Many who attended the meeting said versity president Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, occupied by the District Market is The space – which houses when he was provost at Johns Hopkins Knapp seemed to be moving the Univer- but that Knapp had a very positive outlook now open for business, but is not Student Financial Assistance, Stu- University, he spent time looking into the sity in the right direction in terms of ad- for the future of GW and its community. fully functional. dent Accounts and the Cashier’s health of residents in East Baltimore. dressing community concerns. “Under Trachtenberg’s administration Colonial Central – a much-pub- “The community has been a very im- P.A. Morton, a member of FRIENDS, licized effort to cut away at the red See CONNECTION, p. B6 portant part of my interest here,” Knapp said she felt some were unfairly comparing See KNAPP, p. A3

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tion date is not definite. ment to service, living the rit- SANOTE Before the election can take ual and excellence in recruit- CAMPUS place, the Senate Rules Com- ment on behalf of the chapter. SNAPSHOT Hand Stand Vote on student fee increase to mittee and the full body must “This is the first year that CALENDAR take place by month's end pass a special election charter we have ever received this to establish an oversight com- much national recognition, THURSDAY Students will vote on a stu- mittee. SA President Nicole and to our chapter it cements dent fee increase in a special Capp would then appoint three our place not only as a great Federal Work Study Job Fair referendum election before students to the oversight com- chapter at GW, but as a great If you’ve received a Federal the end of the month, Student mittee. Steve Glatter, a senior chapter nationally as well,” Work Study (FWS) award Association officials said this and Capp’s chief of staff, said Wax said. as part of your GW financial week. that decision would probably Pi Kappa Phi holds several aid package and you are The increase, proposed last come later this week. events to support the fra- seeking a FWS job, come year by then-SA President La- Kozlowski said setting up ternity’s nationally run phi- meet dozens of FWS em- mar Thorpe and passed by the the election was one of his top lanthropy, PUSH America, ployers with positions to fill. senate last spring, would raise priorities. which helps those with dis- 1 to 4 p.m. the fee from $1 per credit hour “It’s important that we show abilities by raising awareness, Marvin Center Grand to a flat fee of $20 for gradu- that the senate can function in conducting fundraisers and Ballroom ates and $30 for undergradu- a speedy manner and take care encouraging volunteerism. Sponsored by the Career ates per semester. of things from last year,” said GW’s chapter raised $6,000 Center “It would be basically two Kozlowski, a junior. for PUSH America with the times the fee for undergradu- The voting would likely first War of the Roses com- ates,” said graduate student take place online, Salzman petition and $20,000 from the SATURDAY Andrew Salzman, the vice said, adding that the SA has Journey of Hope, a biking trek president of judicial and leg- software able to facilitate on- from California to D.C. that Fall Fest islative affairs. He said the fee line voting and that the voting takes place during the sum- would not “come into play this would be done in a “relatively mer months. This summer Come see Grammy Award straightforward way.” juniors Jake DiGregorio and winning band OK Go, as year,” if passed. The Joint Elections Commit- The senate will hold its first Pat Kirby participated in the well as singer-songwriter meeting of the year on Sept. 10 Journey of Hope. The second Derek James and student tee, the body that oversees the elections of the SA, Marvin at Post Hall on the Mount Ver- annual War of the Roses will band Bottles/Cans. Other non Campus. begin this year on Oct. 15. attractions include carnival Center Governing Board and Program Board elections set –Andrew Springer “Living the ritual signi- games, a dunk tank, give- fies that we best embody the aways and a climbing wall. the election date last spring for Sept. 26. This was the last day ideals of our fraternity's na- 2 to 8 p.m. tional ritual initiation about University Yard to hold the election because GREEKBRIEF rules stipulate that referen- the meaning of brotherhood,” Sponsored by Program Pi Kappa Phi fraternity takes Wax said. Board dums must be held within 20 class days of being approved home four awards at national Additionally, the chapter by the senate, Salzman said. initiated 32 new members D.C. in a Day convention over the last academic year, Join GW faculty and staff The special election was originally scheduled for May bringing their total member- for a free breakfast fol- The GW chapter of the Pi ship up to about 80 members, lowed by a tour of the 2, the final day of undergradu- Ryder Haske/assistant photo editor ate classes, but also during Kappa Phi fraternity was Wax said. many sights of Foggy awarded four national awards, The GW chapter was one of Senior Michael Gulick practices for the cheer team Bottom and the District of law school finals. Sen. Joseph Henchman (Law) filed a com- including the “champion mas- 27 in the nation to receive the with junior Stacie Gobin Tuesday afternoon in Univer- Columbia. ter chapter” award for overall champion master designation sity Yard at the student organizations fair. Many dif- 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. plaint in the student court ar- excellence, at their national at the fraternity's national con- ferent student organizations came out to recruit for Columbian Square guing the election would dis- enfranchise voters and violate convention this past June. vention in Raleigh, N.C. Last the new academic year. Sponsored by the Student Michael Wax, a sophomore year, the Theta Zeta chapter Activities Center the SA constitution and pres- sured the JEC to change the and president of GW’s Theta did not receive any national date. Zeta chapter, and member awards. as such,” Wax said. “On the eve SUNDAY The JEC then voted to move education chair Josh Patchus, “Since our founding at GW of our fi fth year anniversary as Correction the election to Sept. 26. attended the convention and fi ve years ago, our brothers have a chapter at GW, we view this accepted the Master Chapter worked tirelessly to become an success as a culmination of all In “Student Association: Sum- GW Bazaar SA Senate Rules Committee Chair Sen. Kevin Kozlowski Level III the champion master excellent chapter and we are all of our efforts thus far.” mer fi lled with SA successes” Enjoy an afternoon of interna- (ESIA-U) said the Sept. 26 elec- award and awards for commit- pleased to fi nally be recognized –Marissa Bialecki (Sept. 4, pg. A1), The Hatchet tional food, henna tattoos and mistakenly reported that the a fortune teller on the Mount Student Association stopped Vernon Quad. 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*Subject to credit approval. Must be 18 years or older to apply. News The GW Hatchet Tuesday, September 4, 2007 | A3 GW Man dies at stoplight discovered the man, who lives television in Lebanon, and that Local resident in the Watergate complex. he spent several decades of his ranks Golden said he was walking life working at a prominent across the street when he no- Arabic business magazine. has heart attack ticed Makdisi idling at a red “The day that he died, he light with his head down and was writing an editorial for that highg for on Penn. Ave not holding the steering wheel. magazine,” Aneese Makdisi His car was in the way of the said. “So he never retired” by Eric Roper crosswalk. Tony Puglisi, owner of Metro News Editor “I said ‘Sir,’ and he didn’t Puglisi’s Barber Shop on 21st politics look up at me,” Golden said. Street, said Makdisi has been While the GW community “His eyes were still looking coming to the shop for more by was in the throws of move-in down at his hands. And his than 25 years. Senior Staff Writer day Saturday, an elderly man head went up in the air, and I “I still have it in my mind died in his car while idling in knew at this point that this man that the guy was coming to get Socially conscience politi- traffic less than a block from was dying in front of me.” a haircut (the day he died),” cos looking for palatial digs campus. As the light turned green, Puglisi said. in a first-class university city Nadim Makdisi, 86, died of cars started honking and Makdisi’s barber, José Do- should attend GW, according natural causes on the corner of Golden began directing traffic mingos, said that he last saw him to The Princeton Review’s Best 21st Street and Pennsylvania around Makdisi’s car, he said. four weeks ago. 366 Colleges guidebook. Avenue at about 11:40 a.m., ac- Makdisi then clutched the “He was getting old, he was GW recently received top cording to a police report. The steering wheel and slumped slowing down, but it was crazy marks as “most politically ac- medical examiners office said over, according to the police how he died like that,” Domin- tive school,” third in both Wednesday afternoon that he report. Golden called 911 im- gos said. He added that he of- the “dorms like palaces” and suffered from arterial scle- mediately after, and fire and ten spoke French with Makdisi “great college town” categories rotic cardiovascular disease, a medical services soon re- while giving him haircuts. and was called a “school with a hardening of the arteries. He sponded. Makdisi is survived by his conscience.” The 62 categories was later taken to GW Hospi- Makdisi, who spent much three sons, as well as seven of rankings are based on sur- tal, where he was pronounced of his life in Lebanon, was an grandchildren. veys from university students dead at 12:26 p.m. avid journalist, according to “That’s what happened and have featured GW in the Dick Golden, an employee his son Aneese Makdisi. He Saturday at the George Wash- past. for University Events and host added that his father was one ington University,” Golden "In our opinion, each school of GW’s weekly radio show, of the first people to produce said.„ in this book is a 'best' when it comes to academics," said Rob- very happy about it.” told The Hatchet that this ini- ert Franek, the book's author While most held a positive tial meeting with the Foggy in a news release. "We compile KNAPP outlook on Knapp’s relation- Bottom community symbolizes rankings in multiple categories from p. A1 ship with the Foggy Bottom his willingness to be responsive to give college applicants and Hatchet fi le photo community, some wanted to in the future. their parents … a wide range of Alumni House, on the corner of 20th and F Streets, will soon be- so much was done,” Morton see the president’s words take “Do I plan to listen? You information to decide which of come University President Steven Knapp's new residence. said. “They reached the cap – action before offering their sup- bet. That was really my mes- these academically outstanding so to say. I’m sure (Knapp) sees port. sage here tonight. I think we colleges will be best for them. that. He has a better under- Steve Timlin, a longtime really benefi t by being guided It's all about the fit." standing of how students and member of the Foggy Bottom by what any of us have to say,” Unlike other ranking lists, GW and the community inter- Association, another commu- Knapp said. The Princeton Review relies Renovation act. He seems like he’s putting nity organization, and current Michael Akin, director of solely on student-supplied in- himself where his words are.” member of FRIENDS, said Foggy Bottom/West End Af- formation received from online Bernard Demczuk, GW’s Knapp represents a fresh start fairs said Knapp has a genuine and paper surveys. Senior edi- assistant vice president for D.C. for Foggy Bottom and Univer- interest in reaching out to com- tor of the book Adrinda Kelly Affairs and a founding member sity relations. munity members. said students are the experts in plans approved of FRIENDS, said he is excited “I think with Mr. Knapp at “Community relations is the experiences they are having to work with the new presi- the helm, we all have a new not just a check-list for him. It’s at college and rankings that fo- by Nathan Grossman gin construction on Alumni House, dent, and that he will overcome start,” Timlin said. “And I not something he just has to cus on solely academics are of Assisstant News Editor it must first present detailed design the challenge of keeping the think with a new start we have do. He actually wants to build no use to prospective students. plans to the D.C. Residential Asso- community strong during this hopes for some improvements. those relationships,” Akin said. “At the end of the day a The D.C. Commission on Fine ciation in order to obtain a building transition period. Different people are going to Knapp also joked about number of institutions…are go- Arts has approved plans to reno- permit. Once the building permit “There is always room have different ideas about what his plans to live in the Alumni ing to be able to offer a student vate Alumni House so University is obtained, the D.C. Commission for improving relations with would be an improvement. But House on F Street near Thur- a great academic experience,” President Steven Knapp can ad- on Fine Arts will review the plans the community. It’s an ongo- still it’ll be useful to have some- ston Hall. He said he and his Kelly said. “A bigger question vance with plans to move in. for a second time. ing struggle,” Demczuk said. body to bring all these groups wife Diane have already been is if this college is going to be The commission approved the “We hope (the process of get- “(Knapp) has gone on this lis- together.” planning “counter-pranks” for a good fit.” plans to revamp Alumni House ting permits) happens efficiently tening tour and everyone is After his speech, Knapp any local jokesters. „ The highest distinction be- “in concept.” University spokes- and in a timely manner so that the stowed to GW, “Most Political- personTracy Schario said these Knapps can move in as soon as ly Active,” comes shortly after renovations will begin in the next possible,” Schario said. both GW’s College Democrats few months. Although it is not clear when and College Republicans re- Alumni House, located on the renovations will begin, Schario ceived awards from their re- corner of 20th and F streets, previ- estimated the renovations would Want to get involved? spective national organizations ously housed Alumni Relations. take about six months to complete for being particularly active The University now plans to con- and that she does not anticipate Come to The Hatchet Open House! and successful. The GW Col- vert the property into a private Knapp moving in before the end lege Democrats received sec- residence for Knapp. of April. This estimate, Schario ond place in a national chapter Schario said the next step is to said, does not take into account Saturday September 8 of the year contest. "remove the current occupants." unforeseen challenges and delays. “We truly have the most po- The University plans to move the “When you’re talking about Freshmen: 12:30-2 litically engaged student body department of Alumni Relations renovating an old and historic Upperclassmen: 11-12:30 in the country,” said Michael across the street to the University house, there are things you may Weil, communications director Club, located above RH Bistro, by not be able to plan for,” Schario 2140 G Street of the CDs. “I really think that mid-October. said. “And sometimes the unex- (The Hatchet Townhouse) the entire campus political cli- Before the University can be- pected happens.” „ mate, coupled with the school’s unique location in the heart of Washington contributes to us winning this distinction.” Michael Akin, director of 4 (%")''% 3 4"!#+4/ 3 #(//, Foggy Bottom/West End Af- fairs, said rankings are better seen as a guide and should not * )-. ,- & be read into too much, but he does agree with the Princeton Review’s “Best College Town” distinction. 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On the heels of former GW President Ste- phen Joel Trachtenberg’s tumultuous rela- tionship with the Foggy Bottom/West End community, University President Steven Knapp must work to rebuild elements of a strained connection. Knapp should embrace the opportunity to revamp the relationship between GW and its neighbors for the sake of moving forward. A willingness to communicate and identify with involved locals can only add an element of strength in the beginning and Embrace the college hookup hopefully the entirety of Knapp’s presiden- cy. Timing could aid Knapp’s efforts as the controversial 20-year Campus Plan and zon- Th ere's no need to be ashamed ing issues for Square 54 were approved in the spring. Since much of the focus can now I love the first month back at GW. I love that month was practically designed for the random Jill went a little overboard last year. She got be placed on other aspects of University op- everyone still has their summer tans, that for hookup. into the double digits hookup-wise before the erations, this lull in development proposals the first two weeks I actually do all my readings Think about it logically: you probably don’t second week of school. She missed a class only can provide time and distance for relation- and that the kids smoking outside of Gelman know their name and you’ll probably never to then see her professor on the walk back to her ships to be re-examined. Even just putting a have fresh new back-to-school cigarette packs. see them again anyway. Now I suppose if you dorm room later that morning. By the end of new face to the powerful position of the GW And of course, who doesn’t love seeing that first hooked up with everyone on your floor you that first week, she had slept in other beds more presidency may be enough to steer the rela- EMeRG van of the season might need to put the mojo on the backburner. than she had slept in her own. This of course is tionship in a positive and fruitful direction. parked outside of Thurston However, chances are you haven’t, so just de- not what I’m advocating. While I admire Jill’s… While it is too early to tell what type of Hall? NINA tag the awful Facebook picture of you and your stamina, her actions were irresponsible at best But the main reason why lucky partner and turn that frown upside down. and a serious public health hazard at worst. rapport will develop between the commu- PEDRAD nity and new administration, things began I love this month has less to The back-to-school hookup isn’t a shameful So keep a couple things in mind when on a positive note at Knapp’s fi rst offi cial do with new school supplies thing – it is as common as embarking on any conquests this meeting with the Foggy Bottom FRIENDS and more to do with a new Manoush at 3 a.m. We must September. First, have your fun organization this week. Knapp explained atmosphere. Sexual atmo- embrace this GW tradition, but limit yourself to one, maybe his willingness to listen and his commit- sphere, that is. Yes, you read correctly, I love celebrate it even. This is the The back-to-school two, late night trysts. There is a ment to community relations, something back-to-school month at GW because now, more 21st century and we are col- fine line between harmless fun, active community members were very re- than ever, college hormones are a-ragin’. lege students, not Puritans! hookup isn't a and well, a not-so-harmless prob- ceptive of. I am referring, of course, to those clas- In fact, what better month to shameful thing. lem. Also, it’s the back-to-school Yet both sides of the issue must build sic, awkward, “what-was-I-thinking?” back-to- hook up than September, at hookup, not the Great Amazing upon the foundations of a good relation- school hookups, consistent only in their sheer the beginning of the semester, STD Race. You are not invincible ship. Foggy Bottom/West End neighbors and utter randomness. You’re at a frat party the while you still have the time? and if you love it, glove it. have been receptive, if not welcoming, thus first weekend back or you’re hanging out in a We are young and in college, And of course, the usual far into Knapp’s term and hopefully will be friend’s residence hall, and one thing leads to so I say forget whatever awkwardness may or hookup rules still apply. Don’t hook up with able to let Knapp create his own legacy ver- another, and, well, you get some. may not ensue with your study buddy from last yourygy next-door neighbor,gy text your roommate sus labeling him due to ghosts of the past. The start-of-the-school-year-hookup is some- semester’s statistics class and have fun while in advance and let him/her know there will be As in the case of most neighborhood thing that, surprisingly enough, quite a few you can. a special guest over, leave emotions at the door, disputes, the sheer act of sincere listening people seem to be ashamed of. For whatever Now folks, there is a right way and a wrong etc. Doing this will ensure that you have a fan- can be enough to mollify a fragile situation. reason, they feel it was super weird, they don’t way to go about the back-to-school hookup. Take tastic, guilt-free hookup and will temporarily However, at the end of the day, Knapp must know why it happened and they think it got my hypothetical friend “Jill,” a major supporter assuage that crazy college libido. So go get ‘em fi nd a precise way to mbalance what’s best them off to a wrong start for the year. It’s under- of the September hookup. Jill went about the tiger. for the University in the face of neighbor- standable to feel some sense of shame or guilt back-to-school hookup the wrong way. Her phi- Think about it this way. In the very least, hood complaints. because you acted on primal urges without losophy was that you know you had a great first you’ll have a glow than even the best summer Knapp’s resumé concerning community thinking twice. And if this was October, you’d be week back if you have an extremely awkward, tan can’t beat. relations from his time in Baltimore and right to hang your disheveled head down during diseased second week with maybe a pregnancy —The writer is sophomore majoring in political Johns Hopkinspyp University is impressive, the appropriately titled walk of shame. But this scare or two. communication and history. but the existing situation in Foggy Bottom/ West End could provide a challenge – one he must be committed to. During Trachtenberg’s 19-year tenure as president, the face of GW changed dra- matically. If GW had ambitions of becoming a top-tier institution, buildings needed to constructed, dorms created and classrooms built – manyyyg times to the chagring of Foggy ggy Gauging GW’s reactions to today’s issues Bottom/West End residents. Now that clear steps for the future are in place, it is time for by Lizzie Wozobski | photos by Anne Wernickoff , Hatchet photographer any lingering animosity from either side to be put aside in favor of a fair start to a new In addition to another re-do of the J Street dining area this year, din- era. While various parties have many inter- ing policies for GW freshmen and sophomores have also changed. Now these “I keep kosher so it’s ests resting in this burgeoning relationship, hard to me to eat at J Knapp is stepping into a host of unknowns. underclassmen must spend $1,400 and $500 of their Colonial Cash, respectively, Street…I hoped they When Trachtenberg assumed the presidency, wouuld include the GW was essentially a commuter school. Al- at specifi ed eateries in J Street, WOW Café and Wingery, Duques or on Mount Hillel [Kosher Café].” most two decades later, Knapp will funda- –Shira Siegal, mentally be only the second person placed Vernon. Freshman in this delicate relationship with Foggyggy Bot- The Hatchet posed the question to students: tom/West End. He should take this oppor- tunity to begin a tradition of constant com- do you care being told where to spend your dining dollars? “It“It seems like thethe UniversitUniversityy isis really catering to munication and openness for future leaders student needs this year. It started out a little rough, of GW. but I think there are better options this year.” Ryan DriShing, Sophomore In a few months, Knapp will be able to “I think this is a great call himself a true Foggy Bottom resident “It sucks…I won’t facility, but it is a high when he moves into the Alumni House on F spend all my mon- amount to require students “I get that they want Street, providing a new area of rapport with ey [at the approved to spend. There should be neighbors. If nothing else, Knapp will likely more business, but $700 locations] unless I some kind of chance to opt [a semester] is a lot of soon come to love the Foggy Bottom area as force myself to.” out at least.” much as both GW and other residents. moneey.” –Danielle Weinstein, –Helen Worka, –“ Caitlin O’Neill, It’s a time of new beginnings at GW, Freshman First-Year Grad Student hopefully one of which will be in the rela- Freshman tionship between GW and its neighbors.

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News The GW Hatchet Thursday, September 6, 2007 | A5 Text trading on Orgs. celebrate diverse cultures There are more than 70 eth- the same place I was from,” Riar about the Turkish people,” Yekeler Minority nic and cultural student organiza- said. said. “We are a nation by our- Web struggles tions at GW, and many of those Majm Haq, whose parents are selves, unique.” are targeted specifically toward from Pakistan, is also a member of The group showcases this students promote people of a specific nationality or the Pakistani Students Association. distinctiveness in their annual istered for the heritage. The GW community rep- The senior said the group wants to Turkish Night, which Yekeler par- site, he said. their heritage resents 100 different countries and increase not only knowledge of ticipated in last year as part of a T h ough accommodates more than 2,000 Pakistani culture but to promote folk life dancing troupe. Members many by Karelia Pallan international students, according overall cultural awareness at GW also frequently get together to are reg- Hatchet Staff Writer to the Web site of the International as well. In October, the organiza- watch Turkish movies and soccer istered, Services Office. tion will hold a fundraiser to raise matches. he said International students and These organizations are espe- money for relief efforts for the This type of camaraderie is not enough first-generation Americans at GW cially helpful for recently arrived devastating earthquake that hit exactly what Eshawn Rawlley, a people are often feel strong ties to a cultural international students. Pakistan in 2005. sophomore who serves as the vice buying books to center somewhere far from Foggy Senior Sahar Zomorodi, a Berna Yekeler, a GW alum- president for the Indian Students keep the site fully Bottom. Culturally-based student member of the Iranian Student na, is a member of the Turkish Association, was looking for when functional. organizations allow these indi- Association, who has lived in the Student Association. Yekeler said he joined the ISA. “A lot of people are viduals to meet other students like U.S. and Iran, said the his group she enjoyed meeting new people “I wanted to be more in touch posting, but not a lot of peo- themselves and design ways to plans to host more cultural events very different from her at GW. with people who had the same ple are buying,” he said. “There show other GW students what for students outside the group, and “But at the same time,” she upbringing as me – growing up as are not as many actual transactions their culture is all about. the group is especially looking to said, “you try to find people that a first generation American with as we had hoped for.” These organizations are not work with other student organiza- are like you and share your inter- Indian parents,” Rawlley said. He said big competitors are just safe havens for those hailing tions in co-sponsoring events. ests.” The ISA is working on new by Elise Kigner businesses that set up stands on from the same area of the world. “International students some- She said group members eased programming this year, including Campus News Editor campus offering cash for books. Many groups have plans to host times do have problems like find- her transition not only by helping hosting an inter-collegiate singing “It’s really hard to compete events for the upcoming year to ing roommates or their niche at her with technical problems, such competition in February for South Online textbook trading orga- with the green right up front,” he promote their unique upbringing GW. I think we’ve been a great as registering for classes online, Asian a cappella groups from nizations continue to struggle for said. and present their distinct culture resource in helping them adjust,” but also by helping her interact around the country, Rawlley said. business, even when increased Patricia Lee, director of the to the larger GW community. Zomorodi said with more people, meet other The event was dubbed “Awaaz,” attention is paid to high prices. GW Bookstore, said book sales “Every group on campus is Sassi Riar, a member of the international students and gain which means “voice” in Hindi. In May, a report by Congress’s have remained steady even with working hard to support each Pakistani Students’ Association, new friends. “In a few years, we would like Advisory Committee on Student the increasing prominence of alter- other and to engage majority stu- has lived in Pakistan and the She said that the organization Awaaz to be in the same league Financial Assistance encouraged native book sellers. Lee added dents,” said Michael Tapscott, . The sophomore said works to promote Turkish culture as Bhangra Blowout,” said Ralley, the use of book trading Web sites as that several factors prevent the director of the Multicultural the group helped her connect with to other GW students. referring to the popular South a solution to high textbook prices. store from giving students much Students Services Center. “That’s other international students. “We want others to get Asian dance competition that The committee also recommended money back when they sell their a really unique aspect of GW – the “It was easy for me to transi- exposed to our culture because college bookstores guarantee they books to the GW bookstore at the cultural openness.” tion because I knew people from there is often a misunderstanding See NATIONALITYY, p. B6 will buy back books for a set price end of the semester. at the time of purchase. If professors have informed the like everyone else. In Facebook announcement New businesses have edged bookstore of plans to use certain LAWSUIT times like these, it’s im- was a convenient way to their way into the market, but books during the following aca- FACEBOOK portant for students to spread difficult news. have made little impact at GW. demic year, students can sell these from p. A1 from p. A1 know that it’s OK to speak “People let their close “With the Web, it only makes books back to the bookstore at 50 with a mental health pro- friends know when things sense that a portion of the sales are percent of the book’s original value. In its complaint, Richmar said that GW never said junior Jennifer Left- fessional.” like this happen, but when outside of the bookstore, whereas If professors have not yet said they alerted them to any problems with the software wich, who left a message After hearing the news they are that upset they before they had a total monopo- plan to use the book within the year, during the initial development phase. to Grosser on the group's that his friend Anna Orth- will not think to call every ly,” said Jonathan Hakakian, co- students can sell the book back for “GW has never specified what was wrong with wall. wein had died, recent GW person who should know,” managing member of Exchange its wholesale price. the system,” Gitner said. “To this day they have failed Others left messages graduate Elias Barghash Moss said. “Facebook lets on Campus, a site that allows GW Lee said an increasing problem to specify what exactly the basis is for their claims.” on Facebook because they created a Facebook an- everyone know easily.” students to buy and sell their text- is the rising popularity of “pack- The University said the code faltered when knew doing so would gar- nouncement that popped “Facebook is so popu- books, setting their own prices. In ages,” textbooks sold with accom- searching for specifi c documents. In the lawsuit, ner a wide audience. Stu- up on the screens of all lar, constant, fast, and addition to textbooks, students can panying CDs or workbooks. These GW also said they did alert Richmar of this and dent Association President members of the GW net- widespread. (The an- put up postings for housing, tutors books can often not be sold back to other problems following the fi rst release of the Nicole Capp left a post on work when they logged nouncement) worked and electronics. the bookstore, she said. code, but eventually fi xed the errors itself. the site of Grosser’s group into the social network. well. It’s also good to have Hakakian and Benjamin Havlin Another pproblem, she said, In order to repair the code, GW hired technical describing the availability “I wrote a little blurb her wall available to write – both 2006 GW graduates – start- is that professorsp are increas- consultant Crown Partners to evaluate the sys- and contact information honoring her memory and feelings and say things to ed the business in February 2006. inglygy not orderingg the books tem under a non-disclosure agreement, accord- for the University Coun- kept it up for a few days,” her,” senior Claire Twom- Business may be steady, but it is not theyyp plan to use byy the end of ing to documents fi led by the University. seling Center. Barghash said. “I got a lot ey said. booming, the two said. They do not the previous semester. Waiting Richmar states in its complaint that altering In an e-mail, Capp, a of responses from people I Orthwein’s friends track how many actual transactions to placep orders for books makes the code was a violation of their copyright, and junior, explained why she know and people I didn’t keep in touch with her take place, but Hakakian said there it impossible for the bookstore sharing it with Crown Partners – a competing left the post. know. I wanted to raise parents by posting on her were about 25 textbook posts in the to givegpg students back 50 percent company – caused their fi rm irreparable harm. “I’m not a mental awareness since a lot of Facebook wall. weeks before school started. of the textbooks cost when sell- GW responded saying it is not guilty of copyright health professional and people hadn’t heard. Fa- Twomey said, “Anna’s Brenton Raymond, a sopho- ing back books. infringement because it may be a joint author and not everyone knows that cebook is a well connected mom mentioned Facebook more, started GDubBooks last fall. Despite the often low return legal owner of the code. UCC is an option for stu- tool, and everyone I know at the funeral. She said The site works similarly to the on bookstore book buy-back, Lee Gitner said GW refused payment because it ran dents,” Capp wrote. “I uses it. It seemed like a she got to see her daugh- Exchange on Campus. said students continue to use the out of the money it initially budgeted for the project. didn’t post that informa- logical way to tell every- ter’s life without parental “I’m a student like everyone bookstore because of its conve- “They then got Richmar on false pretenses to tion as a representative one.” interference and wanted else, and I want other kids to nience and immediacy. scan in the documents, and then three months af- of the UCC or of the SA, Another friend of to keep it going so people save money on their textbooks,” “We’re catering to the needs ter that they told Richmar ‘We’re not paying you but as a student who lost Orthwein, senior Molly can keep writing … It’s a Raymond said. of GW students exclusively,” she because we don’t like the work you did,’” Gitner someone they knew, just Moss, said posting the good memory for her.” „ Around 650 people are reg- said. „ said. „ A6 | Thursday, September 6, 2007 The GW Hatchet News PBS to feature student SJT urges public service New reality The report lays out rec- young people who have not Jewish nonprofi t ommendations for a national yet been exposed to commu- service initiative, designed for nities or people that are so series focuses 18 to 25-year-olds, that is “vol- desperately in need of help,” creates task force, untary but universally avail- Coggins said. on engineering able.” The outlined program Coggins, who plans to report aims to attract at least one mil- serve in the Peace Corps after by Jaime Levitt lion participants each year. she graduates from GW, thinks Hatchet Reporter by Ian Jannetta Trachtenberg and the task service “can help young adults Hatchet Staff Writer force are now working to pub- develop a better understand- Dwight “Dewey” Hahn licize its report, which was ing of both the local and global didn’t spend his summer like University President issued Aug. 22 after a year of community.” a normal GW student. While Emeritus Stephen Joel consideration. “These volunteers really most students slaved away at Trachtenberg recently chaired “The first step is to get peo- are making a difference in com- internships or typical summer an American Jewish Committee ple to talk about this issue,” munities across the globe,” she jobs, Hahn participated in a task force that issued a report said Trachtenberg, who is said. reality television show. urging young adults to com- trying to get the report into Michelle Flash, a sopho- Hahn, a freshman from mit a year of their lives to the hands of “issue people … more, is involved with a local Stow, Mass., competed on the public service. molders of public opinion.” tutoring program in D.C. and PBS show "Design Squad," Although some members Trachtenberg added that plans to participate in a Peace which pits two teams against of the task force lobbied to although the report is not a Corps program next summer eachother in construction and make mandatory service a rec- GW specific initiative. The in Africa. technical challenges. The prize ommendation, the final report University is a logical place She is skeptical that a at stake was a $10,000 col- proposes a system of voluntary to continue the discussion yearlong voluntary service lege scholarship from Intel service, Trachtenberg said. “because our students tend to program would increase over- Foundation, a laptop and a “It should be something be predisposed to service.” all participation in volunteer feature article in Make maga- you want to do, not some- “We’d love it if the can- activities. zine. thing you have to do,” said didates would pick up the Flash said it would be “I’m not really good at Trachtenberg, who is now a discussion,” he said. “The easier to increase participa- math or science,” Hahn said. professor of public service. AJC doesn’t see this as a tion in spring break and sum- “But my parents are big do- “I’m in favor of voluntary ser- Jewish issue, they see it as an mer programs, such as those it-yourselfers, so my older vice.” American issue.” that helped in areas devas- brother and I were always Trachtenberg’s position is Rebecca Coggins, a senior, tated by Hurricane Katrina. around to help and I guess reflected in the AJC report. knows firsthand how service However, many GW students that is what gave me a lot of “Because this country has can benefit the individual are engaged in other activities my interest and experience.” never had such a program and society. She worked in like internships and would not The contestants on "Design Ryder Haske/assistant photo editor for domestic service and no the Peace Corps’s Office of want to forfeit their time for a Squad" learn to take raw mate- Dwight "Dewey" Hahn, a potential engineering major, participat- compulsory universal military Domestic Programs and as year, she said. rials and transform them into ed on the PBS show "Design Squad" last summer. draft (as opposed to lottery) a program assistant for the “A lot of people would workable solutions. Through in more than sixty years, we Fellows/USA program, a Peace view (a yearlong program) as a construction and technol- said. “To be honest, I figured “Dewey was definitely a believe the country is neither Corps program that helps for- wasted year,” Flash said. “The ogy, the activities are complex it was just an excuse to go into strong person to have on your ready nor willing – for philo- mer Peace Corps volunteers people you get to do it for a enough to excite the audience Boston.” team,” Gaughan said. “Not sophical as well as pragmatic attend graduate school. year are going to be the people and possibly motivate them Although Hahn is mainly only that, but you’d have a reasons – to accept a mandato- “These kinds of experienc- that do it for the rest of their „ to do these activities on their interested in history and inter- good time joking around with ry system,” the report stated. es can really open the eyes of lives.” own. national affairs, Dugan said him. He’s got a great sense of “We know from an evalu- that Hahn’s personality and humor – very sarcastic.” ation that … students’ atti- creativity in biology class and The challenges included tudes towards engineering in other areas allowed him to building cardboard furniture and engineering stereotypes fit in on the engineering show, for an IKEA showroom, cre- Universityy wins Profs and their understanding of the which will air in April. ating a portable diced onion engineering design process “What strikes me most chopper and dispenser for a improved significantly,” said about Dwight is that he is a local hot dog vendor and con- Marisa Wolsky, executive pro- natural leader,” Dugan said. structing a gravity bike. tech award ducer of Design Star. “After “People just gravitate to him.” A favorite challenge of worked watching the show, students Dugan and Wolsky said both Hahn and Gaughan was by Marissa Bialecki by Computerworld’s Mobile & had a greater interest in par- Hahn’s sarcastic humor is part building a go-kart. Senior Staff Writer Wireless World Conference can be ticipating in an engineering of his charm. “It tested everyone’s proud of the accomplishments of after-school program.” “Over 13 episodes, Dwight skills,” Hahn said of the chal- Computer World magazine these talented IT professionals,” as gov. Hahn found out about contributed day in and day out lenge. “And they are really fun recognized GW for its secure wire- said executive vice president of the show from Maureen to get the job done,” Wolsky to drive.” less networking practices and its Computerworld Ron Milton in a Dugan, his high school biol- said. “He was a great team Although Hahn is majoring efforts to protect the network from press release. “Their hard work ogy teacher. She had contacts player and very funny. Humor in international affairs, he said external intrusions with a “Best and dedication to the best practices at Massachusetts Institute of goes a long way when the he would consider transferring Practices in Mobile & Wireless,” in the mobile and wireless industry offi cials Technology who told her about said Alexa Kim, executive director benefit their companies, employees clock is ticking.” into the engineering school by Ian Jannetta the show and she encouraged of ISS Technology Services. and customers alike.” Kim Gaughan, a senior after being on the show. Hatchet Staff Writer her students to apply. Hahn at Scituate High School in “I wouldn’t rule it out,” “GW’s requirement for VPN GW received the award at jumped at the chance. (virtual private network) usage is The Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes in Scituate, Mass., was another Hahn said. “But let’s just say Professor Karl Inderfurth takes “My teacher got an e-mail contestant on Design Squad. that I would never cross a unusual for a wireless deployment,” Orlando, Fla. saying there was a tryout and Kim wrote in an e-mail. “This sys- Gallo and Bill Koffenberger, the same route into work every day, She worked with Hahn for bridge that I had a hand in but that is where the similarities she said I should apply,” Hahn most of the first challenges. making.” „ tem provides an important level of senior account manager of ISS, security and access control.” both attended the conference and end between his old job as assistant Andrew Gallo, GW’s senior awards ceremony, which was held secretary of state for South Asian information systems engineer, said from May 21 to 23. affairs at the U.S. Department of the University uses the program “Being recognized by indus- State and his new one teaching IPSEC VPN, known on campus as try leaders is a great honor for Elliott School students. GBUSSNet. This security system GW,” said Gallo. Innovators and Inderfurth is one of many GW “is among one of the most secure giants in the mobile and wireless professors who have served in the methods to encrypt traffic to pre- industry, such as FedEx and USPS, upper echelon of our federal gov- vent eavesdropping,” Gallo said. attended the conference, he added. ernment and who now teach GW GW also continually examines and “To be recognized, not only by students. evaluates new and developing peers ... but also industry leaders, is “I dealt with a lot of big issues methods for security and ease of quite an accomplishment.” and important moments, which use, he added. While wireless service is not meant a lot of travel,” Inderfurth Computerworld subscribers, guaranteed in all areas around said about his time dealing with along with IT-end-user companies campus, the University expanded India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and and organizations, nominated orga- wireless capabilities this spring other South Asian countries. nizations for the award. Finalists to include the common areas of Inderfurth said uses the expe- were judged by a panel based on 16 residence halls on the Foggy rience and influence he garnered several factors, including the qual- Bottom campus. during his years as assistant sec- ity of IT department and the man- Residence hall rooms are retary and as U.S. representative ner in which they have responded equipped with fiber cables for for special political affairs to the to mobile and wireless challenges. fast and reliable network connec- United Nations to benefit not only Among four categories for the tions, and Mount Vernon Campus his students but also the entire GW award, GW was named an honor- residence halls will have wireless community. ee for “maximizing wireless secu- access in fall 2007, Kim said. “I was able to assist in bringing rity to prevent intrusion.” Other She added that the University Afghan President Hamid Karzai winners in that category included hopes to expand wireless access and Pakistani President Pervez Flagler College in St. Augustine, to more public places in the future. Musharraf here to GW (last fall),” Fla., Grant Thornton in Oakbrook “The University’s focus is to he said. More recently, he helped Terrace, Ill., Intel Corporation in add wireless connections to more recruit Mahmud Ali Durrani, Santa Clara, Calif. and SunCal public places on the GW campuses ambassador of Pakistan, to speak Companies in Irvine, Calif. to enable students’ mobility,” Kim at the Elliott School on Sept.18. “Companies recognized said. „ “I’m able to draw upon my experience with (former Secretary NSA as fi rst an intern and then a of State) Madeleine Albright” to research assistant. teach students about the practice of NSA Although much of what the international affairs, he said. “I’m from p. A1 NSA digs up is 30 or 40 years old, trying to focus on the things that I Nielsen said it is still relevant to the know best, and I think that my stu- 1999 they published the Guatema- public. dents hopefully get a lot out of it.” la Death Squad Diary, and in 2001 “It becomes news because Leon Fuerth, research professor they published a memo for Condo- it’s a different spin on what hap- of international affairs is also engag- leezza Rice from Richard Clarke, pened,” she said. ing his students by utilizing his gov- warning of the threat of Al-Qaida. She continued, “When you ernment experience. Fuerth served as One recent fi nding, known as read what the news media reports national security adviser to former the “Family Jewels,” is a collection or a historian writes, you always Vice President Al Gore. of papers documenting actions of look at it through a fi ltered lens.” “It’s not the same world,” the CIA in the 1960s and 1970s. The The work of the NSA is espe- Fuerth says of his switch from gov- papers were released to the NSA in cially relevant to people living in ernment to academia. In the White June, 15 years after they requested societies that are much more closed House, “days were punched out the documents through the Free- than American society. into 15 minute intervals. Professors dom of Information Act. Human rights activists from have their own goals and their own “Unless somebody pushes, Eastern Europe, Latin America and forms of stress,” he said, but there the documents just stay secret – so Africa come to the NSA to pick up is not as much of a premium on we push,” Blanton said. documents obtained through FOIA finishing tasks on short deadlines. Blanton thinks the CIA fi nally that concern human rights abuses “I realize scholarship has to take its released the documents to show in their countries. The documents time,” he said. they were making a break from the are then often used as evidence in Fuerth has taken advantage of past, although that plan backfi red trials to prosecute criminals. his position at GW to start The as people only saw that current is- Nielsen also hosts foreign Project on Forward Engagement, sues, like wiretapping, were also journalists, activists and govern- which he hopes will address issues problematic years ago. The docu- ment offi cials at the NSA who are that he observed during the admin- ments represented the oldest out- interested in reforming their own istration of President Bill Clinton standing FOIA request. Freedom of Information acts. that detract from the effectiveness “It seems like the spy agencies Kristin Adair, staff counsel for of the government. do the same thing over and over,” the NSA, received a master’s de- “The more I looked at things, he said. “In the name of national gree from the Elliott School, while the more I realized that there has security, they really push the enve- working as a research assistant for been an acceleration of significant lope, and they break the law. the Agency. changes,” he said. But this has the Students can access the ar- Adair said primary docu- negative result of “less time to fig- chives online through the Gelman ments will be more valuable than ure out how to respond” to chang- research system, or they can visit just hearing what governments say es, he added. Gelman’s seventh fl oor to see the when trying to understand what “I am trying on my own to identify original documents. led up to the Iraq war. the shortcomings in the way much of Catherine Nielsen, the Free- “The documents speak for our government works,” Fuerth said. dom of Information coordinator themselves. We get behind the He is also looking for ways “to improve for the NSA, received a master’s spin that offi cials put on the docu- the executive branch to include degree from the Elliott School. ments,” she said. “That document While a student she worked for the doesn’t lie.”„ See PROFS, p. B6 the GW hatchet the scene 9.6.2007 brendan polmer >> arts editor >>[email protected] arts and entertainment Lyrical king of underground BARbelle Local 16 1602 U St. N.W.

After rolling seven deep in a Mustang for what seemed like an eternity, I made my way past the enormous bounc- er and into the realm of Local 16, a transient-looking bar in the U Street corridor. My first impression of this bar was mixed – a cool atmosphere, but the people seemed a little too “young professional” for me. After some sufficient people-watching I could feel those past rounds of beer in my bladder as I came to the dreadful conclusion that it was indeed that time – time to break the seal. Where is the bathroom? Nope, it’s not in the back and, ugh, not to the side either. Someone yelled that I could find it upstairs – great. As I passed crystal chande- liers and Buddha sculptures, I ascended up the red velvet steps to thankfully find not only a bathroom but also a DJ spinning some pretty great house music, as well as a patio that looked to be insanely crowded. After using the bath- room and finding my friends again, we ventured out onto the patio in hopes of finding more interesting patrons. The bouncer out there was wearing a Spiderman shirt, but he didn’t seem to appreciate our web attack hand gestures, so to the bar we went! At this point I thought to myself that maybe Local 16 is growing on me – or maybe those warm fuzzy feelings were just a product of the score of vodka shots. The breeze was perfect, so the patio was surprisingly not too stifling and I totally made eyes with that boy in the corner. Hey, it’s my Local “sweet” 16 and I’ll flirt if I want to. What I most enjoyed about the patio bar was the lay- out. Unlike other bars in Adams Morgan or Georgetown that sport a deck, this one comes with ample seating and room. Plants and tiki torches add to the naturalist vibe and the bartenders move at a surprisingly steady pace. After watching way too many episodes of MTV’s “My Super courtesy Chrissy Piper Sweet Sixteen,” I knew that this was just the calm before Hailed for his fast-paced, poetic raps and unique beats, New York City Defi nitive Jux rapper will return to the 9:30 Club the teenage diva/divo storm. on Monday. I began to take notice that this place could double for eHarmony. It’s a slew of young men and women approach- ing one another in hopes of becoming a little more local. Aesop Rock's new "None Shall Pass" in stores now For such a posh place, the people were acting a little sleazy. Upon hearing the announcement for last call on the deck, I was finally able to move away from a thirty-something by David McConaghay including the themed “Labor Days” 30 seconds or so – a new riff, a new layer, man who kept asking me if we had a class together with Hatchet Staff Writer (2001), bemoaning the modern condition a new drum pattern – as other elements “that teacher.” (No, I believe you graduated twenty years of the working class. faded into the distance. Basically, I had ago sir. Bye!) Aesop Rock, originally named Ian The new album, “None Shall Pass,” to keep the scenery shifting while main- Inside, the drinks can be pretty pricey and the two-stall Matthias Bavitz, released his latest is perhaps the most thoroughly power- taining the ‘push.’ Setting this as my goal bathroom allows for a line of dancing women to crowd album, entitled “None Shall Pass,” Aug. ful music Aesop has conceived thus far. allowed me to dabble in some sounds the floor. While I don’t mind a dark and mysterious atmo- 28. The album is a sparkling addition The album slides easily from track to that I had never tried before,” he added. sphere, to be honest it’s just too dark inside of the lounge to the New York City rapper’s already track, creating a patchwork soundscape, Aesop has been experimenting with to even spot any of my friends. Oh, wait! There’s one! Oh impressive resume, and on Monday, fans a flowing, amorphous composition, sam- sounds for a long time. He grew up tak- God, never mind, that’s the thirty-something student. Cue will be able to catch Aesop’s return to the pling eclectic sounds associated with all ing piano lessons on a harpsichord, until time to head for the door… District for his show at 9:30 Club. different genres of music. sixth grade when he started playing the Don’t get me wrong, Local 16 is a great place to hang Aesop Rock has been doing his part to In 2006, Nike commissioned Aesop to bass. out with friends and enjoy different surroundings – but advance the evolution of underground, create an extended track to go along with “After that, my older brother had just like the reality-show TV birthdays, the price is way or "conscious" hip-hop since his first, their iTunes partnership. The result was gotten this little drum machine, and a too high, the venue gets way too crowded, and the people unofficially released album, “Music for “All Day.” 4-track. So I started making songs doing seem way too fake. „ Earthworms” (1997). His first well-dis- “I wanted to create something that weird kind of drum-machine and bass tributed record was “Float,” from Mush evolved enough that the sound was con- songs, and started writing raps to that Records in 2000. After the success of stantly fresh and attractive, as if the stuff,” Aesop explained. Bar Belle Rating “Float," Aesop joined up with vaunted runner were moving through a set of dif- The spacey synth in the title track, records, where he has fering cities or landscapes,” he told The “None Shall Pass” is reminiscent of the released a series of progressive projects, Hatchet in an interview. all acclaimed by fans and critics alike, “There had to be a new element every See AESOP ROCK, p. B2 OK Go brings it all together Fall Fest headliners have a few tricks planned for Saturday

by Jake DiGregorio “We know that not every one of those Contributing Editor 25 million people are going to run out and buy our record,” said Tim Nordwind, in an Trick question – which is harder: executing interview with The Hatchet. Nordwind, the a synchronized dance on treadmills for three bassist and lip-synchist for the group, is the minutes straight without getting some nasty guy with the thick glasses and shaved head rug burns or finishing one of the “singing” in the video. He’s is not most exhausting world tours in actually the lead singer, as you’ll music history? "For us, everything see Saturday. The only four guys in all of is done under the Tim and the rest of the group mankind that can actually answer are far more realistic than that. that will be happy to let you know context of the music “The two can certainly feed at this year’s Fall Fest on Sept. 8. off one another,” Nordwind said. OK Go has prided itself on that we write. That “Hopefully a certain percentage being a band with a few tricks up said, we just sort of those people who watch the its sleeve. Their most popular trick video will stick around and see is in the video for their hit song of enjoy making what we do next.” “.” Also known videos." The group did not stop their as “the treadmill song,” the video viral video conquest with just the Capitol Music Group has earned well well more than one single. Their newest hit, “A (Left to right) Andy Ross, Dan Konopka, and Tim Nordwind of OK Go will play at 25 million views on the Internet. -Tim Nordwind Million Ways,” off the 2005 album GW's Fall Fest in University Yard on Saturday, September 8. But OK Go’s unique take on media titled “Oh No,” has a unique convergence has redefined the way dance video all of its own. To the the band looks at success. band members, the videos aren’t a ploy or a “For us, everything is done under the con- exclusive from the other.” They also just got off the road from a world gimmick. They are simply another form of text of the music that we write,” Nordwind And OK Go is certainly all about inclusion. tour with The Fray. artistic expression. said. “That said, we just sort of enjoy making videos. We just feel like one doesn’t have to be See OK GO, p. B2

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The intelligent conceptions almost pass as prog-rock. The presented in his music provide track is cut in half by a one min- What'son s on AESOP ROCK refreshing evidence that not all ute, thirty second silence. The from p. B1 rappers are mindless money back half is more bare-bones, our iPod mongers. constituted by little more than new-age electro-funk movement Most of his life, Aesop Aesop’s ever-so-smooth style – a consistent, briskly paced thought he was going to be an over the beat, a simple guitar bass and drum bottom com- artist. He took drawing and lick, and some city ambience Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals bined with intense and repeti- painting classes after high noises. tive measures on the keyboard school and worked a job dur- Production credits on the Lifeline to create a trance-like number ing the day, and worked on his album are split between Aesop, For the latest release from Ben Harper, he and his that will have heads nodding, music at night. His career has his long-time collaborator El-P, even as Aesop’s words slip past been largely by the fly. plus significant contributions Innocent Criminals traveled to France following comprehension. “I hired a manager at some from Blockhead, ‘’ Dalko a nine-month European tour to cut an album in a Paris recording studio. In just seven days, the Aesop’s lyrics are incredibly point, in the late 90’s, and he and ‘Breezly Brewin’ Smith. Rob group was able to record an entire album straight cryptic. His poetry is obviously had never managed before, and Sonic is credited with engineer- based around sound-play, and I wasn’t really sure what he was ing and vocal efforts. to tape without any digital effects – something that is clearly carefully constructed supposed to be doing, so we Aesop is indeed a new- not too many bands these days could accomplish. he result is a very soulful, bluesy, classic-sounding and meaningful, but decipher- learned that process together… age story-teller, creating crazy T album that perhaps sounds as if it should belong in ing any coherent message is dif- the music has just been this kind fables laced into big beats. The ficult. The listener is left with of crash-test process,” he said. production is tight top to bot- your parents’ vinyl collection back at home. While the undeniable sense that he is Whatever the process, this tom, making “None Shall Pass” “Lifeline” may not rock out as hard as previous from Harper, such as “Fight for Your Mind,” saying something, but exactly latest effort is filled with thun- one of those rare albums that it still deserves a listen. what, is difficult to nail down. dering funk. can be spun beginning to end courtesy Virgin Records US This is because his language is “Citronella” is a heavy jun- and never need to be changed. NOTEWORTHY: The Hatchet also recommends so fragmented and abstract in gle of sound with a thick bass You might only need to turn it structure. He tells stories, cre- and horn undergrowth. Aesop’s up… Manu Chao For his first studio release in America since ates characters, and comments smooth, quick-lick wit flows on Aesop Rock will be performing La Radiolina 2001’s “Esperanza,” the Franco-Spanish singer/ on the world in an original and top of the equally intricate and at 9:30 Club (815 V St., NW) on Nacional Records songggwriter’s new release infuses Chao’s signa- aurally pleasing manner that, well-decorated beats. Monday, Sept. 10. Tickets are $20 ture blend of reggae/ska/punk/Latin music in naturally, requires three or more The first half of “Coffee,” the and can be purchased online at a clever, danceable and meaningful manner. spins to begin to grasp. last song on the album, could www.930.com. „ courtesy Nacional Records

mix, the band recently got back from New Orleans where OK GO they spent time rearranging from p. B1 and re-recording their own songs with local brass band It’s a concept that they are Bonerama. Look for their new proud to employ in everything blues influence on the record from their influences to their that will benefit the Musician’s live shows. Village rebuilding project in Damien Kulash, the band’s Louisiana. actual lead singer, is from right But GW students will be here in D.C. As a District resi- happy to know that the true dent, he followed the hard- spirit of inclusion really comes core punk scene of the 1980s out in an OK Go live perfor- here, and when he began trad- mance – good news for all ing mixtapes with a summer those who will be in atten- camp friend from Michigan dance this Saturday. (Nordwind), he had no idea “In general, a good show that the two would form a is when the crowd and the band based upon their musical band work off one another,” exchange. Although it sounds Nordwind said. “We want to like Nordwind’s Brit-pop tapes make it feel like a party where won out in the battle of musi- people just want to have fun cal influences, the undertones and throw down.” of the District are still there. Surely, GW students will “These days, you don’t nec- be happy to oblige. „ essarily hear it in our sound,” Nordwind explains, “but the OK GO will be performing at spirit of D.C. punk rock is still Fall Fest this Saturday, Sept. 8 definitely there underneath it with Derek James, Bottles/Cans all.” and Hello Society. Admission to If D.C. punk rock and Brit- University Yard is free with a pop isn’t an eclectic enough GWorld card.

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upperclassmen: 11-12:30 freshmen: 12:30-2 The GW Hatchet | Thursday, September 6 2007, page B3 NUMBER CRUNCH SPORTS –The number of minutes remaining in regulation Joanna Shapes – Sports Editor ([email protected]) when junior Meg Pyle converted on a penalty Andrew Alberg – Sports Editor ([email protected]) 4 kick to give GW the 1-0 victory Wednesday. Sports Calendar

September 7 Men's Soccer vs. Winthrop Farmville, Va. (Lancer Invitational) Women's Soccer vs. Georgetown Fairfax, Va. (George Mason Tournament) Women's Volleyball vs. Lafayette Easton, Pa. (Lafayette Tournament) September 8 Cross Country vs. Towson Invitational Hunt Valley, Md. Water Polo vs. No. 16 Santa Clara Princeton, N.J. Women's Volleyball vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (Lafayette Tournament) Women's Volleyball vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore Easton, Pa. (Lafayette Tournament) Water Polo vs. Queens College (N.Y.) Princeton, N.J. Men's Golf vs. Navy Fall Invitational Annapolis, Md. September 9 Men's Soccer vs. North Florida photos by Ben Solomon/senior photo editor Farmville, Va. (Clockwise from top left): Sophomore Dana Rosen, freshman Cynthia Gamboa and sophomore Brittany Eger battle Marshall players for control of the ball (Cancer Invitational) during GW's 1-0 victory Wednesday afternoon at the Mount Vernon Athletic Complex; three Colonials play with senior Eric Gilles' dalmation post-victory. Water Polo vs. Fordham Princeton, N.J. Late penalty kick lift s Colonials Water Polo by Ian Humphrey Mount Vernon Athletic Com- vs. Iona Hatchet Staff Writer plex Wednesday afternoon. After 3-0 start, GW heads to Fairfax Princeton, N.J. Head coach Tanya Vogel After winning the TD Banknorth Classic in Burlington, Vt., last After 86 scoreless minutes said that Pyle’s determination weekend, the GW women's soccer team will head to Fairfax, Va., this Women's Soccer of play, forward Meg Pyle to put the ball in the net was a weekend to participate in the George Mason Tournament. George Mason stepped to the penalty mark matter of pride. In its fi rst contest, which will be GW’s fourth game in a week, the Fairfax, Va. with a chance to give the GW “She put that ball down Colonials will take on cross-town rival Georgetown Friday evening. women’s soccer team the lead and put it away, and I give (George Mason Tournament) Despite a second game against tournament host George Mason on Sun- and, more than likely, the her a ton of credit,” Vogel day, all of the Colonials’ focus seems to be on the Hoyas. win. said. “She definitely made a Men's Golf Head coach Tanya Vogel said that GW is in high spirits coming off Moments later, the junior statement today, and I was vs. Navy Fall Invitational a tough victory over Marshall, and the Colonials will need to recover did just that, calmly sliding very impressed by that.” quickly in order to be prepared for Georgetown. the ball into the lower right Although GW appeared to “They’ve got terrifi c players, they’re strong, they’re competitive, and corner to beat Marshall Uni- outplay Marshall in every fac- they just lost their fi rst game so they’ll be gunning for us,” she said. versity goalie Liz Orton. et of the game, the scoreboard Vogel added that she expects the game to be a battle and that her “I usually go to the right remained blank for most of players badly want a victory, especially after a 3-0 defeat last year. side – it never fails,” Pyle the contest. Frustration ap- Senior defender Kierra Colker was not shy about expressing her Stress fracture said. peared to set in late as GW thoughts about the Hoyas and reiterating her coach’s thoughts. Pyle’s goal ultimately committed nine second-half “I can’t wait to destroy Georgetown, I love playing them,” she said. to sideline gave GW (3-0) a 1-0 victory fouls. in its home opener against the – Ian Humphrey King Thundering Herd (1-1) at the See SOCCER, p. B4 Sophomore point guard Travis King will miss five weeks of prac- tice but no game time after suffering a stress Football fi asco: No team is fi ne by me fracture to his kneecap in a pickup basketball game t’s that time again: the dreariest respective school’s colors hysterically lease the energy…but it shouldn’t be fore considering their performance Aug. 15. two weeks of the year around at cheering every kickoff; or maybe the football. Just ask someone from the last Saturday. The Hoyas managed King was playing in GW. Not the start of class, but red-face we get when arguing that school just up the hill. Having no to snatch defeat from the jaws of his hometown of New rather the an- GW should take some of the tuition football team is better than having a victory and lose 35-28 to juggernaut Haven, Conn., when he Inual onset of an money they’ve been hoarding and al- pathetic one. Stony Brook, who came into the game landed awkwardly after affliction known ROSS low us to be a part of America’s pas- Georgetown’s football team is an ranked No. 221 in Division I. The last shooting a jump shoot. as Gridiron Blues. OMANO sion. embarrassment, and we’re better off time Georgetown fielded a team with “My knee kind of Symptoms may R Instead, we will read and re-read for not having a team like theirs. Don’t a winning record was almost a decade gave out,” King said. He include, but are dozens of stories about the basketball believe me? Let’s take a few minutes ago (1999), back when most of the added that he was glad not limited to: that team, which doesn’t play until No- to peer into the world of a losing tra- other teams were probably too pre- the injury was not more heavy feeling in vember. “I saw Maureece Rice walk- dition I like to call “Hoya Suxa.” occupied with preparing for Y2K to serious considering that the pit of your stomach when you flip ing around with a band-aid on his The suffering of Georgetown foot- properly plan for the football game. he could not initially lift on the TV and see no less than 127,000 finger! IS HE OKAY?!” ball fans is not a new thing, although his leg off the ground and screaming collegians painted in their We could use a better way to re- it might be worse now than ever be- See ROMANO, p. B4 had to be helped off the court. He will start two weeks of rehabilitation near the end of Septem- ber and said that doctors expect him to be 100 per- cent by Nov. 1. The Colo- nials begin their season Seeking to develop your spiritual side? Nov. 10 against Mount Saint Mary’s at Smith Center. King said his knee is still a “little, little sore” but he has improved Start at our Fall Barbeque steadily since the injury. King averaged 5.7 points and 2.4 assists in September 9th 22.2 minutes per game last year as the primary backup to departed se- nior Carl Elliott. King is expected to be the team’s Western Church starting point guard this year. th Last season, junior On campus at 24 St NW & Virginia Ave. Cheyenne Moore missed the majority of the season with a stress fracture in his left foot and was inef- fective when he did play. Students are welcome! –Andrew Alberg Worship at 11:00 AM Sports: Lunch at 12:30 PM the only page An inclusive, diverse, multicultural community of seekers and believers that matters B4 | Thursday, September 6, 2007 The GW Hatchet Sports SOCCER ROMANO from p. B3 from p.3

win percentage). Vogel said that it takes a I know it’s an old joke, but confident and mature team to in that very same span, GW has keep its composure in such a lost 51 fewer games. Both the situation, and this team is mak- school itself and the student ing progress. body population at George- “Our girls kept going, they town have shown their dis- kept trying to create an attack, pleasure in obvious ways. The and they definitely had op- “stadium” over there began portunities, so hopefully as we as joke and, like the team, has mature we can put those op- devolved into a point of hu- portunities away and get an miliation. It seats only 2,500, early lead,” Vogel said. less than many high school sta- Defender Kierra Colker, a diums across the country. The senior, said that she thought average attendance for homes the Colonials played down to games last year was only 2,016, the level of their competition. leaving room for almost 250 “It can be a little tough for more couples to attend regu- us, but we fought through it larly (guys like to use this as le- today, and we definitely had verage against their girlfriends, times of greatness and got the as in “if you don’t give me the victory which is what matters,” back massage I asked for, I’m Colker said. making you go to the football Colker, the only returning game with me next Saturday”). defender from last season, said While such known college that replacing captain Shari powerhouses like Carson-New- Taylor will be no easy feat and man, Central Florida Commu- may take a slight adjustment nity College, Washburn, John period, but the nine freshmen Carroll U., and Delta State are have pushed the upperclass- all represented in the NFL, men to play to the best of their Georgetown cannot say the abilities. same. If there’s one thing the “This team’s incredible. Michael Vick saga has shown I can’t wait to see how we do us, the NFL doesn’t look kindly in the (Atlantic 10 play), good on a bunch of dead dogs. luck to all of the teams we Ben Solomon/senior photo editor But really, you say, can it be come across,” she said. “These Senior Nicole Trickett, one of the team's three captains, prepares to head a ball while teammate Lauren Kelly looks on. that bad? Why don’t you ask girls are going to rip it up on Greg Isdaner, a current foot- the field.” to play in each game, Vogel team for the entire season. thing,” she said. the twelfth man who gave us ball player at West Virginia With 28 players on the ros- University. As a high school ter and only 13 or 14 getting stressed the importance of “We need all 28 to win be- She added, “Our bench just the extra legs as the game went valuing every member of the cause everyone brings some- keeps going, and today it was on.”„ senior Greg scored a 1230 on his SATs and was accepted into Georgetown, where his par- ents and 15 other family mem- NOBODY DOES STUFF LIKE bers had graduated. Rather Newman Catholic Student Center than play there, he decided to attend West Virginia, where coach Rich Rodriguez offered COLLEGE him an opportunity. Things apparently got so bad at home after he shunned Georgetown that he had to spend time liv- STUDENTS. Fall Kickoff BBQ ing with friends during his senior year of high school. Of Free Food! course, it was better to be ex- iled from home than to have to AND RADIOSHACK CAN HELP YOU DO IT. live in real disgrace: putting on Free T-Shirts! a Hoyas football jersey. Don’t believe anyone would actually go through this? It’s on ESPN. Kickball Game! com, I dare you to look it up. So let this cautionary tale 10% DISCOUNT of Americana gone bad serve as fair warning to us all: next time we wish we could just get * a freakin’ team, look just up the WITH STUDENT ID street and see what it would be on a qualifying purchase. like to be truly embarrassed. Not to mention the fact that some mediocre third-string Saturday, Sept. 8th @ Noon quarterback would probably The Townhouse at 2210 F Street steal your girlfriend. Be proud RADIOSHACK HAS to wear your GW Football: Un- THE GEAR defeated T-shirt, for a George- town T-shirt won’t ever be able THAT LETS YOU All students are welcome. Come & join us. to claim the same. „ DO MORE STUFF: www.gwcatholic.com VARSITYROUNDUP

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summer’s Olympics in Beijing to most Americans,” said Lu, a surrounding Caribbean food, to everyone and that they would this year. He said the group also second year MBA student from music, literature, history, and like more GW students from any PROFS NATION hopes to institute an exchange China. “We think the best (way) people.” nationality to get involved in program for GW students. to let the world know China and She added, “We want the their groups, a sentiment that was from p. A6 from p. A6 The group is working with Chinese culture is to invite people group to be a haven for fresh- echoed by Tapscott. GW and Chinese organiza- to go to there personally.” men with Caribbean heritage or “I’d like to encourage and foresight.” Asian dance competition that nearly tions and universities to offer an Senior Erin Andrews, a mem- international students from the challenge everyone to experi- Fuerth said he uses his experience in 4,000 people attended last year. affordable program for students ber of the Caribbean Students Caribbean.” ence cultural immersion,” the executive branch to give his students Yangjun Lu of the Chinese interested in visiting China. Association, said this year Although these groups are Tapscott said. “You’ll do better a realistic view of what the government Student and Scholars Association Even with the widespread the group wants to establish a formed with the intention of pro- in life if you have better greater can accomplish. said he and the other group news coverage and presence in Caribbean Heritage Week in the moting a specific culture, members understanding of different cul- Professor of Economics and members will be promoting next movies, “China is still mysterious spring that will showcase “events stressed that the groups are open tures.” „ International Affairs and Director of the Institute for International Economic Policy Michael O. Moore recently served ing transition. drop-off, issues related to outside scholar- difference, but it does.” a year on the Presidents Council of CONNECTION “Any offi ce that gets split in half is ship and state grants as well as emergency Though Colonial Central currently going to have to fi nd new ways to fully loans. houses three offi ces, GW offi cials said Economic Advisers. from p. A1 While serving on the CEA, Moore function,” said Marie Armstrong, a fi nan- Administrators also advertised Co- they hope to add several new services gave President Bush and his staff feed- cial aid counselor who now works out of lonial Central’s mission and available during the school year. While no timeline back on the implications of current and – only houses 20 percent of the Student Fi- Colonial Central. “Most every question services this summer at Colonial Inau- has been set, the University plans to add proposed economic policies. nancial Assistance staff. The department can be answered here, but you never can guration. Schonfeld said his offi ce sent Colonial Central staff from the registrar “It was an overwhelming job,” is also working to convert all their paper tell.” numerous e-mails to students and parents and GWorld card offi ces, Schonfeld said. Moore said. “I liked the excitement of fi les into a digital format. Armstrong said if students have a and made detailed presentations at CI. In Students are currently able to take photos working in the White House, but it’s “By November, fi nancial assistance question about fi nancial assistance that addition, Schonfeld said his offi ce plans for their GWorld cards on the Colonial wearing.” staffers will have access to records at they should make Colonial Central their to send a postcard to every student list- Central premises. “I came out less cynical about the any place on campus,” said Edwin fi rst stop despite the fact that many staff ing the “menu” of the services at Colonial “With full GWorld capability, students government than when I went in,” he Schonfeld, associate vice president for still operate out of Rice Hall. Central. can come here and get the same services said. “I was impressed by the profes- fi nancial management. “It’s only a very small percentage of Student response to new service cen- that they go upstairs for,” Schonfeld said. sionalism (of the executive branch), ” he Schonfeld added that Colonial Cen- students who have to go to Rice Hall (to erhas been positive. But beyond adding departments and added, noting that political appointees tral will serve students well once it gets retrieve their fi les),” said Taina Christner, “It is a really nice setup,” said Hans services, Peter Konwerski, assistant vice would request his professional, apoliti- organized. director of Colonial Central. “And often Hobbs, a second year graduate student in president for Student Academic Support cal opinion so they could be as informed “Students can now come to one place those are issues that require the attention the Elliott School who visited the Student Services, said he sees the center as the be- as possible when making decisions. for anything involved with fi nancial mat- of the department director.” Accounts Offi ce. “The old offi ce was tiny ginning of a fundamental change to how “I’ve always tried to bring real- ters,” Schonfeld said. “By having all these Both Christner and Schonfeld said and disorganized.” GW students interact with the administra- world policy questions into the equa- people in one place, we think that they signs listing the services Student Financial “I ended up really happy,” said senior tion. tion,” Moore said of his teaching meth- will be able to better serve students.” Assistance can handle at Colonial Central Chris Burke, who has visited the Offi ce of “I think that (Colonial Central) rep- ods. But after a year in the White House, Department staffers said they are have been posted throughout campus. Financial Assistance on several occasions. resents the start of a new service culture “Students seemed to pay more attention working hard to help students through The available services include general fi - “It’s hard to believe that such a small here at GW,” he said. “It’s a major effort to „ to what I said.” „ Colonial Central’s ongoing, often frustrat- nancial aid information, form pick-up and change as switching offi ces makes a big do more, and do more in one place.”