BIRDS STOP BLOOD DRIVE PAGE B3 COLUMBIAN COLLEGE TO REVIEW GCR PAGE A3 ALWAYS ONLINE: Drive halted for fear of blood contamination Decrease in requirements is possible [email protected] WINNERS AGAIN THURSDAY The GW PAGE B6 October 4, 2007 First fi ve minutes Vol. 104 • Iss. 14 Hatchet seals deal for GW AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER - SERVING THE GW COMMUNITY SINCE 1904 Making money across the world Univ. sued for by Andrew Gross Hatchet Reporter negligence, Despite being an avid rodeo fan, University Chief Investment Officer Don Lindsey has proven malpractice he refuses to be thrown by the market. Over the past three years, GW’s $1.1 billion endowment has by Aya Mueller drug at an off-campus party increased by 19.5 percent, giving the school the Hatchet Staff Writer seventh-highest rate of return among university near Howard and was then endowments nationwide. denied a rape kit at several hos- A Howard student is Lindsey, who started the University’s invest- pitals – including GW. suing the University for neg- ment office four years ago, said his current strategy A rape kit is a collection of ligence and medical malprac- is to find areas of the market that have not yet been bodily fluids and samples taken tice because she said she was exploited. after a possible sexual assault to raped and denied proper care “We’re very global in nature,” Lindsey said. help identify the perpetrator. It at GW Hospital for allegedly “Maybe 10 years ago, our research trips would have can include semen, blood and appearing intoxicated, accord- been to go to New York, Boston, Chicago and the body tissue. ing to documents filed in D.C. West Coast. Now, in addition to doing that, we’re GW Hospital allegedly Superior Court. going to Asia … we’re going to Latin America.” denied her treatment because The plaintiff, a 19-year- Real assets – such as commodities, land and doctors at Howard said she old sophomore, also filed suit natural resources – is an area the University has not appeared intoxicated, according against the District, Howard Victoria Villalobos/Hatchet photographer to court documents. University Hospital and several Don Lindsey, the University's chief investment offi cer, has See DON, p. B4 The Hatchet is withholding local doctors. The complaint helped grow the endowment about 19.5 percent over the states she was given a date-rape See RAPE, p. B4 last three years. Adjuncts struggle to aff ord the city Anthony Cartelli/ by Mike Phillips money or staying because of the Hatchet photographer Hatchet Reporter university environment. The pay also hampers professors from Terry McAuliffe, Ben Fritz has taught music living comfortably in one of the Chairman for Hil- as an adjunct professor at GW nation’s most expensive cities. lary Clinton for for 18 years and leads the GW The University says its tiff President and student band during the bas- with the part-time faculty union- former chairman ketball season, but has not seen ization effort has stymied its of the Democrat- a pay raise in his base salary ability to take a serious look at ic National Com- since 2001. But during the past salary raises. mittee, speaks to six years, the salary of GW’s Part-time faculty taught 46 College Demo- full-time employees has risen by percent of courses offered last crats at the orga- more than 18 percent. fall, according to University nization's kickoff He said, given his experience records. Kip Lornell, a full-time event Tuesday. and seniority, he would earn as adjunct professor in the music much as $5,000 more teaching department, said part-time sala- in the Fairfax ries accounted for County public only 1 percent of school system. the University’s “What keeps “I am part of an total budget. me at GW is a Compared to need to see ‘what educational family other local uni- happens next’,” and for versities, GW is Fritz said. “I am better or worse. disproportionate- Clinton adviser inspires Dems. part of an edu- ly dependent on cational family I’m buff-n-blue.” these instructors. and for better or Last year, George but if I were them, I would go take some time full-time volunteer in politics,” he said. worse. I’m buff- Mason University Former DNC chairman off and work on a presidential campaign,” McAuliffe started working with the and blue.” BEN FRITZ employed 1,022 McAuliffe said. “This is the most exciting time, Democratic National Committe for President The 1,305 ADJUNCT PROFESSOR adjunct professors. speaks of friendship the perfect time to be involved.” Carter when he was 22 years old and in the part-time profes- OF MUSIC By comparison, “Right now, in presidential politics, this is midst of studying at Georgetown law school. sors at GW are GW, with nearly as good as it gets,” McAuliffe told the crowds Within eight months, he became the financial paid an average 10,000 fewer stu- with the Clintons of about 200 students. director for the campaign. of $3,200 for each dents, employed The kickoff event for the College Democrats “I love asking people for money,” he joked. course they teach. A University 1,436 part-time faculty. by Lauren Emmett was co-sponsored by the College Democrats “What’s the worst thing they can say? No?” advisory issued in 2001 man- Fritz said the low pay at the Hatchet Staff Writer and Students for Hillary. Since joining the DNC, McAuliffe has dated certain base salaries across University is partially offset by McAuliffe spoke about his book, “What a helped to build a new headquarters for the disciplines and provided sug- the outstanding interactions with Terry McAuliffe, chairman for Hillary Party! My Life Among Democrats: Presidents, party as well as pay off their debt for the first gested ranges of compensation. GW students, but it can be “dis- Clinton for President and the former chairman Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators and time in the party’s history. Since then, wage growth has heartening and de-motivating” of the Democratic National Committee, said Other Wild Animals,” which came out in McAuliffe spoke about his longtime friend- stalled. for his professional morale. that students should take time off from school January and has been on the New York Times ship with the Clintons. The low pay leaves GW pro- Lornell, a driving force to work on presidential politics Tuesday night and Washington Post’s bestseller lists. In the “They’re the most expensive friends I’ve fessors in a precarious situation behind a part-time faculty union- in Jack Morton Auditorium. book he writes about starting his own business ever had,” he said. where they are faced with the “I wouldn’t say this to their professors, at age 14 and then being able to retire early. dilemma of leaving for more See LIVING, p. B3 “Since I was 35, I have pretty much been a See MCAULIFFE, p. B4 A LOOK AT THE OBSTACLES TO CONSTRUCTION PLANS ON SQUARE 54 photo illustration by Ryder Haske and Andy Nacin/Hatchet staff A panoramic view of Square 54, a vacant lot that formerly housed the GW Hospital. Zoning approval for construction is in its fi nal stages. Square 54 construction is close to beginning Boston Properties say they want to deal with protests before signing a contract by Harold Olsen across from the GW Hospital were approved their concerns public. Hatchet Staff Writer last spring by the D.C. Zoning Commission – Stroman said Boston Properties would like after three years of negotiations. Neither Boston to see any protests resolved before signing the Construction on the Square 54 lot can Properties nor Kettler, the two real estate devel- contract. begin in about two weeks when the Zoning opment companies expected to lease the land, “The community was given an opportu- Commission’s approval from last May is made have signed contracts with the University. Jake nity to speak, and I know that there were a few official, University and city officials said. Stroman, project manager for Boston Properties, select members of the community who were not Once the decision is finalized, developers said his company and the University agreed in excited about the development plans for Square will be able to apply for the appropriate building 2004 to sign a 60-year lease for the lot. 54,” Stroman said. permits. There will be another one-week appeal Since the May decision – a 5-0 vote in favor Joy Howell, president of the Foggy Bottom period at that time. A University spokesperson of allowing the construction – Stroman says he Association, a neighborhood group that has said construction could begin as late as early has not received any further complaints from opposed Square 54 development, said she 2008. community groups. Concerned groups will have Plans for development of the empty space 30 days after finalization of the approval to make See SQ54, p. 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