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Inside the Decision Room: How GW Coordinates Its Monday, May 18, 2020 I Vol. 117 Iss. 2 INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER • SERVING THE GW COMMUNITY SINCE 1904 WWW.GWHATCHET.COM GRACE HROMIN | ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR ERIC LEE | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC LEE | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Officials urge Class of 2020 to persevere amid pandemic uncertainty SHANNON MALLARD during the pandemic and stood the disappointment cure” the future and guide fessional networks despite to pressing societal issues. NEWS EDITOR beyond. students felt to hear the in- others through upcoming challenges presented by She encouraged graduates “It is in times like these, person ceremony was can- challenges while still con- the pandemic. She said to channel their frustration TIFFANY GARCIA when we remember that celed. He said the online tinuing to learn from others alumni – who usually at- surrounding the pandemic ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR communities needn’t share ceremony was unprece- around them. tend Commencement in into making positive im- geography, but they must dented, but the support and “Your ‘Only at GW’ person – were watching the pacts on their communities. In an online Commence- share values, care and sup- encouragement students education and experiences ceremony at home and sup- “It’ll be on us to rise to ment ceremony Sunday, of- port one another,” LeBlanc have received throughout have prepared you for this porting students from afar. the occasion,” Matthews ficials recognized the Class said. “And by these mea- their time at GW from fam- moment,” Speights said. “The support we pro- said. “It’ll be on us to set of 2020 for their hard work sures, we remain a strong ily, friends, classmates and “At GW you embrace un- vide each other and the our own precedence.” during their time at GW community.” mentors has prepared them certainty and welcome be- connections we weave as LeBlanc closed his re- and perseverance amid the Officials canceled Com- to confront challenges. ing pushed outside of your GW alumni, strengthen the marks by congratulating COVID-19 pandemic. mencement in March amid “In this challenging comfort zone. At GW you fabric of our community graduates for their perse- In lieu of an official concerns over COVID-19 time, your resilience is more ask complicated questions, and help us to find a path verance amid the uncer- Commencement speaker, and announced a virtual important than ever,” Blake without easy answers, and forward, even in the midst tainty of the pandemic and several officials addressed ceremony to celebrate the said. “Your accomplish- engage in thought-provok- of uncertainty,” Carocci conferred degrees to the the Class of 2020 and Class of 2020 in April. LeB- ments during this difficult ing discourse with your said. Class of 2020. charged graduates to reflect lanc invited graduating se- time was a perfect example professors and peers.” Former Student Asso- “Class of 2020, I know and learn from their expe- niors to attend next year’s of how the GW community Patricia Carocci, the ciation President SJ Mat- that you will continue to riences and challenges as Commencement ceremony has persevered.” senior associate vice presi- thews began her remarks bring your leadership and students. University Presi- on the National Mall. Board of Trustees Chair dent of alumni relations with a quote from Belva service to your communi- dent Thomas LeBlanc said Provost Brian Blake said Grace Speights said the and annual giving, said Ann Lockwood, the first ties around the world,” the class is an “exceptional” he was excited to partici- pandemic has brought anx- the GW Alumni Associa- female graduate of GW LeBlanc said. “And I know group and urged graduates pate in GW’s Commence- iety-inducing uncertainty, tion will continue offering Law, urging graduates to that no matter the challeng- to face challenges with “cre- ment ceremony in his first but the graduates’ educa- students career guidance “set their own precedence” es ahead, you will rise up ativity” and “optimism” year as provost and under- tion will help them to “se- and help them build pro- and form creative solutions and raise high.” Inside the decision room: How GW coordinates its pandemic response ZACH SCHONFELD nancial Officer Mark Diaz – mester,” LeBlanc said at a CONTRIBUTING NEWS is one of many groups they Board of Trustees meeting EDITOR formed to facilitate check-ins Friday. “As we all know, this between GW’s top adminis- changed very quickly.” Reinstating in-person trators as they grapple with Scott Burnotes, the associ- classes in early April after just responding to the COVID-19 ate vice president for safety two weeks of remote learning pandemic. and security, said GW’s re- was once a possibility. Even with the extensive sponse to the pandemic be- But two months later, planning infrastructure gan in late January – the ap- University President Thomas now in place, officials have proximate time of the first LeBlanc and Provost Brian said through more than 50 reported coronavirus case in Blake logged off the virtual public statements on GW’s the United States – when offi- May Faculty Senate meeting response to the pandemic cials activated an on-campus a few minutes early to join that the uncertain and fast- Emergency Operations Cen- their now-regular ritual: the paced circumstances have ter. Administrators also cre- 5 p.m. Crisis Decision Team necessitated academic and ated a Pandemic Response call, during which officials financial decisions they had and Readiness Task Force, consider the possibility of once hoped they would “not which has now met daily for remote operations for the fall need.” more than two months since semester. “It’s hard to believe, but cases began to steadily in- HATCHET FILE PHOTO Officials said the team – just about three months ago crease in the District, he said. The new guidelines narrow the definition of assault to include conduct that is “severe” and “pervasive.” which is composed of LeB- we were all on campus and lanc, Blake and Executive experiencing what we now Vice President and Chief Fi- call a ‘normal’ spring se- See OFFICIALS Page 5 New Title IX regulations may decrease reporting: experts LIA DEGROOT define sexual harass- sexual misconduct cases Students working during pandemic SENIOR STAFF WRITER ment as “unwelcome” that occur off-campus, in sexual conduct that is non-University owned SHANNON MALLARD “severe, pervasive and buildings or on non-GW faced tough balancing act, they said NEWS EDITOR objectively offensive,” ac- study abroad programs. cording to the education “Essentially for what TIFFANY GARCIA through updates and protocols shifts at work. Experts said a new set department’s summary they’re saying the new ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR as reminders, and then we get Wallace said to save pro- of Department of Educa- of the regulations. Some definition is for, it could bigger assignments,” Wallace tective gear like N95 masks, tion regulations govern- changes include measures be so severe, pervasive At the beginning of the said. “For every take five, there technicians are now required ing Title IX investigations to eliminate the single-in- and objectively offensive semester, then-senior Annie was a new update on the CO- to complete all initial prepara- will undermine survi- vestigator model in favor that it effectively denies a Wallace worked in the Depart- VID protocol. How we were tions like dressing patients in vors’ rights during inves- of a multiple person hear- person equal access to the ment of Emergency Medicine handling things was changing one patient visit rather than tigative processes. ing board, allow cross- school’s education pro- at GW Hospital as a technician daily and even, hourly, in the spreading the preparations out The regulations – examination during live gram or activity,” said Ke- part time, assisting patients middle of shifts at times.” to attend to several patients at which carry the force of hearings and no longer nyora Parham, the execu- in critical condition resulting More than five students once. She said patient visits law – break from Obama require faculty, staff and tive director of End Rape from cardiac issues to trauma. ranging from a hospital tech- can now last up to two hours, administration guidelines advisers to be mandatory on Campus. But since mid-March, Wal- nician to a wholesale store and all staff are required to that focused on survivors’ reporters. Tamara Washington, lace works from 7 a.m. to 7 clerk working as essential wear a mask during the entire rights and assumed as- The regulations in- the assistant director of p.m. every Friday, Saturday personnel during the pan- 12-hour shift. sailants’ guilt in Title IX clude measures that al- the Office of Advocacy and Sunday as the number demic said they have faced “It’s super uncomfortable case proceedings. Four low universities to forgo and Support, said the of- of COVID-19 cases swelled in increased stress and responsi- to have a mask on for the entire Title IX experts and sexual the preponderance of fice’s “commitment” to the DMV. She said working at bilities from their workplaces, day and then having a mask – assault survivor advocates evidence, or “more likely survivors will not change the hospital during the pan- requiring them to adapt to and an N95 mask isn’t a surgi- said the new regulations than not,” standard for de- in light of the new regu- demic allowed her to witness new “chaotic” environments cal mask – on top of that and could deter students from termining guilt in favor of lations, and officials will firsthand how staffing needs with extra safety procedures. then goggles or a face shield reporting sexual assault the “clear and convincing” continue to provide re- increased to handle the influx They said the added responsi- and a scrub cap and gown and and harassment and re- standard, which requires sources like information in patients.
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