Monday, April 27, 2020 I Vol. 116 Iss. 29 INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER • SERVING THE GW COMMUNITY SINCE 1904 WWW.GWHATCHET.COM What’s inside Opinions Culture Sports The editorial board Learn about how D.C. Men’s basketball head discusses how GW restaurants have changed coach finds inspiration in can reassure students their menus during GW teams over the past about the fall semester. quarantine. three decades. Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Students, alumni in D.C. cope with Students donate portion of quarantine during pandemic merchandise sales to GW Hospital during pandemic LIA DEGROOT missing being at school,” ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR she said. Walley said a Univer- Students are selling sity of Michigan Universi- hoodies and T-shirts to tyTee chapter sold apparel raise money for the GW and earned about $2,000 Hospital as it fights the and donated 10 percent of coronavirus outbreak. the company’s profits to a Sophomore Samantha local food bank. New York Walley, who serves as a University’s UTees chap- GW campus manager for ter donated proceeds from UniversityTees, a national a sorority’s merchan- group that produces ap- dise sales to health care parel for philanthropic ef- workers, police officers, forts on college campuses, firefighters, janitors and said the group led a two other essential workers to three week-long fund- during the pandemic. raiser at GW to help fund “One of the things I no- supplies like masks and ticed the most about being gloves for GW Hospital. involved with these sorts She said fundraiser orga- of groups, like philanthro- nizers donated 10 percent pies and social organiza- of its proceeds to the hos- tions, is that people will pital because it’s a cause love to give if they can “personal” to the GW get something for them- community. selves,” she said. “Being “It was becoming able to have a T-shirt or apparent that colleges something to hold on to to weren’t able to have any remember these occasions on-campus events,” she was a no-brainer for me.” said. “Immediately, the Nando’s PERi-PERi, a reaction from a lot of us restaurant chain with lo- with UTees to all the cam- cations throughout D.C., pus managers was, ‘Well, has donated more than what can we do to make 6,000 meals to District hos- philanthropy still hap- pital workers, including pen?’” those at GW Hospital and Students could pur- unemployed restaurant chase sweatshirts or T- workers. Twenty Tables, shirts emblazoned with an app-based food truck the words “The Social company that partners Distancing Club” or with with GW Dining, also do- photos of Foggy Bottom nated hundreds of meals locations, like Tonic and to GW Hospital workers Crepeaway, for $20 to $38 earlier this month. starting earlier this month Walley said she start- until last Friday. Wal- ed another T-shirt and ley said UniversityTees, hoodie fundraiser for the which typically produces hospital last week with apparel for student or- the words “I miss Foggy ganizations, originally Bottom” and “I miss D.C.” started donating funds written on the apparel. to each specific organi- She said students re- zation’s cause of choice sponded positively to the when schools began can- fundraiser’s Facebook celing on-campus events post with likes and com- OLIVIA COLUMBUS | DESIGN EDITOR and decided to expand to ments. She said one cou- VENKAT SAI AKASH PAMARTHY campus-wide fundraisers ple decided to purchase about three weeks ago. identical T-shirts from the STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER She said the company fundraiser because the hoped the T-shirt sales designs were “trendy.” As D.C.’s shelter-in-place order dents and alumni living at Columbia classes after spring break, and all could bring students posi- “For me, this is an continues into another month, stu- Plaza apartments in Foggy Bottom students were required to leave their tivity through committing important fundraiser be- dents and alumni are trying to find about how they are spending their residence halls and move off campus to a good cause after their cause I thought it was an ways to cope with the isolating ef- time indoors and how they are re- unless they received an exemption. semesters were cut short. opportunity for people fects of quarantine. As of April 25, acting to the effects of the pandemic. “In this instance, it who are so far away from 2020, more than 18,000 D.C. residents Some said they have picked up new was something that was each other to come togeth- GWHATCHET.COM so near and dear to all er and to have one goal in have been tested, and about 3,800 of hobbies like cooking or reading, for comments from students them tested positive for the corona- while others are trying to hunker of our hearts, and I saw mind, which is to help as and alumni living in D.C. how much people were much as possible,” Walley virus. down on work and job applications. about their daily routines The Hatchet spoke with nine stu- Officials canceled on-campus H missing their friends and said. Tonic owner raises funds to support furloughed employees after closure

ILENA PENG almost 10 grants and government CONTRIBUTING NEWS EDITOR program funds, like the Paycheck Protection Program and the James The owner of Tonic is raising Beard Foundation relief fund, funds to support his furloughed which support small businesses, employees after the Foggy Bottom to compensate for the restaurant’s restaurant shut down during the loss of income. He has not yet re- COVID-19 pandemic. ceived any grants but has kept Jeremy Pollok, the restaurant’s busy completing applications and owner, had tried offering takeout communicating with Tonic’s ven- and delivery for a week after CO- dors during the store’s closure, he VID-19 hit D.C., but Tonic experi- said. enced a drop in visitors similar to “We’ve been applying for every other Foggy Bottom restaurants, government program and grant which led the business to close. Pol- and whatever else we can do to try lok said he launched a GoFundMe to get some funds to exist,” he said. page earlier this month as his more “And you know, frankly, we just than 80 employees wait for unem- have not had any luck with that so ployment benefits, raising nearly far.” $15,000 as of Sunday for his staff. Pollok said he goes into Tonic’s “It’s very difficult for all of us location at 21st and G streets sev- to not be able to work together and eral days a week, which helps him be together,” Pollok said. “I always keep “some semblance of normal- tell them that they’re the family I cy.” He spends time in the restau- chose, and it’s just heartbreaking rant completing tasks like painting how much it’s affecting people.” the floors, cleaning the carpets and Pollok said all funds raised will making a calendar with his em- go to his employees and will be dis- ployees’ birthdays, he said. tributed through checks based on “Things like that, small proj- who needs support the most, like ects, things that have been on the those with families and those who bottom of my to-do list for several rely on Tonic as their only source of years are now getting done,” he income. said. ERIC LEE | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER He said many of Tonic’s regular Isabel Janetos, who has worked A fund for Tonic employees has received almost 200 donations and nearly $15,000 for the on-campus restaurant’s 80 employees. customers have donated to the fun- at Tonic for six years, said she has draiser, which has garnered almost lost the majority of her income be- because there is literally no finan- Janetos said. “He signs off on his White, who has worked at 200 donations, according to the cause of the restaurant’s closure. cial wiggle room, and it will be emails with ‘We will get through Tonic since 2009, said he has GoFundMe page. Pollok is promot- She said her other job, a part-time tight for a while,” Janetos said in an this’ and ‘Tonic will be back better stayed in touch with Pollok and ing the fundraiser through social position that has since become a email. than ever.’ I am just so grateful to other employees since the stay-at- media platforms like Instagram full-time job amid the stay-at-home She said Tonic’s closure on have a boss and a friend like Jer- home order was first issued but and Facebook, as well as word of orders, is keeping her financially March 16 left her feeling “heart- emy.” was unaware that Pollok planned mouth, he said. “afloat.” broken immediately” for Pollok, Floyd White, a part-time Tonic to launch the GoFundMe before “So many regulars have do- Local restaurants made the who she said serves as a “paternal employee, said he is in a “much seeing the fund online. He said nated to the fundraiser and have switch to selling meals through figure” to many Tonic employees. better situation” than other full- Pollok’s fundraiser is the first Go- sent me little notes of ‘thank you’ pickup and delivery after D.C. Janetos, who first saw Pollok’s Go- time Tonic employees because he FundMe he has ever donated to. and how much they miss Tonic, Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered the FundMe on her Facebook feed, works multiple jobs. But he said be- “I’m still very impressed with and it’s really raised my spirits,” closure of all non-essential busi- said the fundraiser was “exactly ing separated from his usual Tonic the folks that have gone through he said. “I’m looking forward to nesses late last month. She issued something he would do,” adding job has been difficult because of his and made donations,” White said. seeing all those people and being a stay-at-home order six days later, that he is a business owner who close connections with other Tonic “I definitely think it speaks vol- open and saying ‘thank you’ and prompting a number of restaurants puts his employers’ happiness employees. umes as to what Tonic means to the getting back to normal, whatever to close because of a widespread “above all.” “I’m at a loss just from not being community and to fellow staffers that may be.” drop in customers. “His steady demeanor is exact- able to go there,” he said. “I feel like and past staffers.” Pollok said he has applied for “It’s been difficult nevertheless ly what we need to hear right now,” part of me is missing.” April 27, 2020 • Page 2 NEWS THE GW HATCHET

NewsApril 27, 2020 • Page 2 CRIME LOG DRUG LAW VIOLATION Thurston Hall 4/16/2020 – 5:31 p.m. Closed Case GW Police Department officers responded to Thurston Hall where an area coordinator found a pipe in a female student’s room. The officers collected the pipe and brought it to the Academic Center Referred to DSA TRAFFIC ACCIDENT: HIT AND RUN Off Campus 4/17/2020 – 7:30 a.m. Closed Case A female student reported being the victim FILE PHOTO BY ARI GOLUB | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER of a hit and run while riding her bike off- Patty Carocci, the associate vice president of alumni relations and annual giving, said her office has encouraged alumni to donate to a student assistance fund and campus. to mentor graduating seniors through GW’s Career Connect program. Off-campus incident THREATS TO DO BODILY HARM Fundraising officials seek other avenues for Off Campus 4/13/2020 – 4:55 p.m. donations during pandemic Closed Case A male student reported that his female MEREDITH ROATEN safely.” reach record highs. ficulty maintaining connec- roommate threatened him in an off-campus SENIOR STAFF WRITER Carocci said fundraising He said his staff has been tions during the pandemic, residence. He said the female threatened that staff have encouraged alumni mostly making calls to thank but they can’t wait for the her brother would cause the student bodily With in-person interac- to contribute directly to relief donors for their past support, country to reopen to start harm. tions banned for the fore- efforts for students by donat- then quickly pivot the con- fundraising again. Off-campus incident seeable future, fundraising ing to the GW Cares Student versation to how the donor is “I’ve been fundraising a officials have been forced Assistance Fund and by men- holding up under the strain long time and I’ve seen reces- to rethink how to maintain toring graduating students of the pandemic response. sions before – more than one DRUG LAW VIOLATION through Career Connect that He said fundraising is a – and better days do come,” Thurston Hall one of the University’s main revenue streams during the sets up students with alumni long-term business and be- he said. “You go out to talk to 4/17/2020 – 7:00 p.m. pandemic. in their field. ing patient and supportive of a donor three years from now Closed Case Patty Carocci, the associ- “We are hoping to call on alumni and donors now will and that donor says ‘where GWPD officers responded to Thurston Hall ate vice president of alumni our alumni in the upcoming pay off later. you been? I haven’t heard where an area coordinator found a pipe in a relations and annual giv- month to offer support, ad- “What we have found is from you.’ That’s not a good male student’s room. The officers collected ing, said staff are connecting vice and congratulations to that if you’ve done a good job thing.” the pipe and brought it to the Academic with alumni through virtual the members of the Class of over time making the case to He said marketing to 2020,” she said. your donors for why that sup- promote GW’s bicentennial Center. events and with current stu- Referred to DSA dents through professional Consultant Washburn & port is important, now is just will likely continue even if development programs McGoldrick released a sur- a time to reinforce again why the campaign was delayed, while building up two new vey of more than 400 higher that support is so critical right which would still bring in THEFT II/FROM MOTOR VEHICLE emergency financial relief education fundraising staff now,” he said. money for the University. Public Property On Campus (2300 Block of G programs available for stu- earlier this month, finding Lambert said economic Eric Streiff, a senior man- Street) dents and those with critical that more than 40 percent of uncertainty is scaring fun- aging consultant at the phi- medical needs. Experts in surveyed staff worried that draisers, but universities lanthropy firm American 4/20/2020 – 9:00 a.m. they wouldn’t be able to meet should analyze and survey Philanthropic, said his firm is Closed Case higher education fundraising said checking in on alumni fundraising goals for the year. top donors before undertak- advising clients to continue to A male staff member reported that a male University President Thomas ing a drastic measure like invest in fundraising. He said subject stole his toolbag from his work ve- and other donors during this time can help remind donors LeBlanc said the University is canceling a major fundrais- it’s a “knee-jerk” reaction to hicle. expected to lose $25 million ing campaign. GW’s next cut funding for staff and mar- No identifiable suspects about the value of their phi- lanthropy even if economic by June 30 because of the im- capital campaign is sched- keting in the development of- strain creates short-term rev- pacts of the pandemic. uled to launch in early 2021, fice during times of financial POSSESSION OF DRUGS W/ enue shortfalls. GW has recorded the low- the 200th anniversary of the stress, but universities and INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE Carocci said all in-per- est alumni giving rate among University’s charter. other organizations who stop its peer institutions for two Lambert said donors’ at- focusing on fundraising will Statesman Apartments son events, including some alumni receptions around consecutive years but raised titudes and personal situa- create a disconnect with their 4/20/2020 – 9:37 p.m. the country, have been post- its third-highest donation to- tions can change many times donors in the long-term. Closed Case poned, and many have been tal ever in fiscal year 2019. before the bicentennial, espe- He added that the pan- GWPD and the Metropolitan Police Depart- transformed into virtual Fundraising experts said cially considering how rap- demic has the unintended ment responded to a report of marijuana in events. The development of- continuing to provide profes- idly the response to coronavi- effect of weeding out donors a male student’s room. D.C. Fire and Emer- fice has been promoting vir- sional support and check-ins rus pandemic evolves every who aren’t serious about the gency Medical Services informed MPD that tual networking and online with donors will ensure do- day. How long the pandemic organizations they donate to webinars through a new nations after the pandemic. persists will impact how do- and gives supporters the op- FEMS observed the contraband in plain view Matthew Lambert, the nors will be able to support portunity to show their loy- while extinguishing a fire in the kitchen. The weekly email blast to stream- line communication to sup- vice president for advance- the University’s major cam- alty. student accidentally started the fire while ment at The College of Wil- paign and in turn how the “The people that were attempting to flavor the marijuana. MPD porters, she said. “Our hope is to safely en- liam & Mary, said COVID-19 development office will plan fair-weather friends so to searched the residence upon receiving the gage with our amazing GW has changed the way his staff its work, he said. speak, who are not as com- student’s verbal consent and discovered and alumni community as soon approach alumni events. Michael Worth, a GW mitted, are going to go on, confiscated the contraband. as possible,” she said in an Lambert said the office is professor of nonprofit man- which is fine,” he said. “We’re Referred to the Metropolitan Police Department email. “We have a bicenten- emphasizing professional de- agement and the former vice going to end up with a stron- nial to celebrate and look velopment and networking president for development ger base that’s going to have –Compiled by Kateryna Stepanenko forward to the opportunity for alumni as unemployment and alumni affairs, said of- a stronger capacity for the fu- when we can gather together numbers over the past month ficials might have more dif- ture for most organizations.” Officials launch fund to support research related to COVID-19 of the University’s mission.” able academics outside of the studies related to the effects Miller said given the medical field, like those in of the virus. limited availability of funds, engineering and computer Yang Feng, an associate faculty should only apply science fields, to receive the professor of biostatistics at for funding if it is “critical to funding needed to contrib- New York University, said their project” or if they are ute to research on how to the fund will support inter- unable to secure funding most effectively carry out ep- disciplinary research efforts from other sources. idemiological measures, like between epidemiologists He added that the OVPR contact tracing, to mitigate and specialists in fields like will share the costs of allo- the pandemic. statistics and computer sci- cating grants with the public Loew said he hopes the ence. health and medical schools fund will advance research He said these diverse depending on the applicant’s his department is already fields play an important role affiliation. conducting on N95 masks in combating the pandem- “Even in these difficult and respirators. ics – engineering researchers times, we felt this was an im- He added that the goals can develop more efficient portant investment to make officials are prioritizing with methods to produce robust to contribute new scholar- respect to research on CO- protective medical equip- ship and research to the glob- VID-19 could raise GW’s re- ment and statisticians can al pandemic response and to search reputation given the study how officials allocate secure the future success of pandemic’s high profile. medical supplies nationwide. our faculty,” Miller said. Researchers in the pub- “It’s not just about under- OVPR staff will prioritize lic health school have ex- standing the disease spread funding projects that yield plored topics ranging from – it’s also a large influence FILE PHOTO BY ALEXANDER WELLING | ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR external funding opportu- the effects of COVID-19 on to different areas of our so- Vice President for Research Bob Miller said full-time faculty can request $5,000 to $25,000 through the fund for nities or bring recognition displaced populations to ciety,” Feng said. “A lot of research related to the pandemic. to the primary investigator sustaining the health care different research fields can and University, according to workforce during the pan- play a role in this epidemic. RACHEL ANNEX ects that seek to understand ditional financial support the research office website. demic. Pretty much everybody can STAFF WRITER COVID-19 using GW facili- for the fund, which will dis- Priority consideration will be “I hope that whatever re- participate to help us under- ties and resources. Faculty burse grants between $5,000 given to projects that gener- search is funded will be use- stand it.” The University is de- said the fund will provide re- and $25,000 in value, and ate rapid preliminary data, ful, No. 1, and recognized be- Rebecca Dutch, a profes- buting a research fund for searchers with the necessary researchers are encouraged promote the use of existing yond the University,” Loew sor of molecular and cellular regular full-time faculty in- financial resources to gather to apply for external support, drugs and therapies, use said. “We have a lot of very chemistry at the University terested in studying how to preliminary data and receive he said. GW’s “core” services and fa- good people in the Univer- of Kentucky, said her uni- mitigate the effects of CO- more substantial funding “Their projects have the cilities and address aspects of sity, and we always are inter- versity has a similar fund VID-19. from external organizations. potential to prevent suffer- telehealth. ested in making the Univer- that provides “seed fund- Staff in the Office of the Vice President for Re- ing, inform policy and re- Full-time professors sity more visible to increase ing” – financial support for Vice President for Research search Robert Miller said sponses to future outbreaks working at GW next academ- its reputation.” preliminary research – for developed the fund in col- officials launched the fund and strengthen the resiliency ic year are eligible to apply Researchers said dedi- COVID-19 projects. She said laboration with the Milken April 17 with the approval of individuals and communi- for a grant through June 1, cating a fund specifically researchers have to present Institute School of Public of the provost’s office using ties,” Miller said in an email. the website states. for COVID-19 projects will preliminary data to larger Health and the School of previously budgeted fund- “Discovering and dissemi- Murray Loew, a profes- reduce financial barriers to research funding agencies to Medicine and Health Scienc- ing for intramural programs. nating new knowledge for sor of biomedical engineer- conducting research and be competitive for more sub- es to support research proj- The OVPR will not seek ad- the public good is at the heart ing, said the fund will en- expedite the publication of stantial funding. THE GW HATCHET NEWS April 27, 2020 • Page 3 Nonprofit kitchen teams up with Nationals to feed thousands

JARROD WARDWELL kitchens serving people af- D.C. through phone calls to STAFF WRITER fected by the COVID-19 out- coordinate its relief efforts break throughout the DMV with local residents’ needs. and the country. He said nonprofits have been A community kitchen Phelps said the stadium’s the organization’s “eyes and has taken over Nationals size has helped volunteers ears” in relaying local neigh- Park to deliver thousands of stay safe through social borhoods’ needs back to the meals daily to community distancing while banding kitchen. members cut off from food together to mass-produce “It’s just what we do,” resources while D.C. resi- meals out of a single location. Phelps said. “Whether it’s dents self-isolate. “We’re trying to do the after a national disaster, hu- Josh Phelps – a relief op- maximum with the mini- manitarian crisis or now this erations manager for World mum,” Phelps said. “Obvi- unprecedented pandemic, Central Kitchen, a nonprofit ously in the age of COVID, we like to hop in and help combating world hunger you want to be able to have people get fed.” and poverty – said the kitch- a large enough space to prac- Phelps said GW Hospital en is cooking 10,000 meals tice social distancing.” has been supplying WCK per day out of Nationals The kitchen cooks most with thermometers to check SIDNEY LEE | STAFF DESIGNER Park to deliver food to local of its meals in the morning volunteers’ temperatures ev- residents isolated from ac- and then hopes to distribute ery time they come to work. He said the Foggy Bot- need.” locals have worked together cessible food resources. He the entire load to the com- “Working with hospitals tom Association alerted Kennedy said food in- to share resources and cater said the kitchen began op- munity by early afternoon, and clinics is a big part of Foggy Bottom West End Vil- security is “hidden” yet to each other’s needs. erating out of the ballpark Phelps said. He said the what we’re doing, is feeding lage, a group providing aid widespread in the Ward 2 “People are really just on March 7 to supply local kitchen is delivering meals the frontline workers,” he to local seniors, of the redi- community and has intensi- pitching in to help out one communities with meals the through Uber and other said. rected meal deliveries and fied its grip on locals since another, and I think that that kitchen purchases from local delivery services that have Patrick Kennedy, the began regularly supplying the pandemic’s outbreak. really shows the promise restaurants throughout the waived delivery fees for the chair of the Foggy Bottom the senior-care group with He said the hospital’s cancel- and the potential of engage- District. kitchen. and West End Advisory meals on a consistent basis, ation of its discount program ment at the community lev- “We’re filling a lot of Phelps said police officers Neighborhood Commis- with help from other com- added to the community- el,” he said. pockets of need throughout have also visited the kitchen sion, said WCK originally munity leaders who distrib- wide struggle. Kennedy said local resi- D.C.,” he said. “Partnering to either pick up their own contacted GW Hospital with ute meals. “This crisis is hitting peo- dents have been “enormous- with the Nats, we’re able to meals or deliver them to lo- free meals to feed hospital World Central Kitchen ple at every socioeconomic ly grateful” for meal deliver- take over feeding of some of cal neighborhoods. workers five or six weeks has been delivering meals to strata, at every age level, and ies from the kitchen because the communities that they “The ultimate goal would ago, but the hospital direct- Foggy Bottom West End Vil- I think for us, what we re- of the food as well as the serve as part of their philan- just be that somebody has ed the kitchen to the Foggy lage for nearly a month. ally want to do is we want to social interaction. He said lo- thropic mission.” an extra meal every day, Bottom Association, a local “It’s not just the fact that meet the needs,” he said. cal relief efforts have aimed The kitchen partnered whether it’s a hot meal or neighborhood group. Ken- it’s meals,” he said. “It’s qual- Kennedy said he has at combating both loneliness with Nationals Philanthro- something that’s given to nedy said the hospital could ity meals, companionship been exchanging phone and hunger as seniors isolate pies earlier this month to them refrigerated, they can no longer run its discount and it’s just so important I calls and emails with local during the pandemic. pump thousands of meals eat up later – just to add sup- program, which provided think at times like this es- residents and has contacted “Just seeing another hu- out of the team’s venue every plemental meals to people’s local seniors with affordable pecially. And it would not building managers to relay man face and being able to day. José Andrés, a local chef diet,” he said. meals from the hospital’s caf- be possible without World messages to low-income resi- connect with someone is I and a GW visiting professor, Phelps said the kitchen eteria, because of restricted Central Kitchen. There really dents without internet access think really what people ap- has been heading WCK and has been working closely entry into the hospital flood- would be no one else with to keep in touch with the preciate the most about it,” numerous other community with several wards across ed with COVID-19 patients. the capability of meeting this Ward 2 community. He said he said. Dupont Circle farmers market continues serving shoppers JARROD WARDWELL who have limited access The market posted a STAFF WRITER to fresh food and poten- list of shopping alterna- tially have limited access tives to the market on its The Dupont Circle to groceries in general, but website, including almost farmers market is continu- it’s also providing an ad- 200 pre-order, pickup and ing to sell fresh produce ditional revenue outlet for delivery options from outdoors every Sunday farmers,” she said. nearby farmers and busi- despite the shutdown FRESHFARM is help- nesses in Dupont Circle of surrounding markets ing farmers sell and pro- and other neighborhoods under the public health mote their businesses on- in D.C. She said the re- threat of COVID-19. line while in-person sales sources are meant for local Molly Scalise, the com- may be limited as regu- shoppers who don’t want munications and outreach lar shoppers self-isolate, to travel to any of FRESH- director of FRESHFARM, Scalise said. She said the FARM’s operating DMV a D.C.-area nonprofit number of weekly spring locations. farmers market chain, said customers has declined Scalise said consum- Dupont Circle Market has from 4,000 to 5,000 a year ers can place a pre-order ARIELLE BADER | SENIOR PHOTO EDITOR utilized new safety mea- ago to 2,000 during the directly with vendors to Undergraduate and graduate students can sign up to buy groceries and babysit for health care professionals on the front pandemic. expedite their shopping lines of the fight against the pandemic. sures like hand-washing stations, online pre-orders Scalise said the num- and reduce their risk of in- and one-way roads pass- ber of vendors for FRESH- fection. Scalise said shop- ing through the market FARM has also decreased ping at the market is “grab Students launch program serving to keep shoppers safe. She by a third, as the market and go” as vendors are said the farmers market has less space available pre-packaging food be- families of health care workers expanded opportunities because of added space fore shoppers select their for local vendors to sell between stands to facili- purchases to cut down on JARROD WARDWELL cant portion” of the group’s of communications, said goods to online shoppers tate social distancing. She market congestion. STAFF WRITER student volunteers who work more than 50 students from and low-income residents said some farmers have “Everybody I think re- with families. schools throughout the D.C.- and posted an online list opted out of attending the alizes that we’re all doing A group of medical school “We were a small group area have assisted about 40 of alternate resources like market “due to safety con- everything we can to keep students is spearheading a of people who saw a need health care workers’ families pickup and delivery offers cerns.” each other safe and that program to provide hospital and wanted to start going as so far. The program serves from nearby farmers to The company posted it’s on all of us to follow workers with childcare ser- quickly as possible, but we’re workers from hospitals boost local farmers’ sales. a support page earlier this those rules to make sure vices while parents are on the doing the best we could the across the D.C.-area like GW “We at FRESHFARM month for farmers on its that we’re protecting each frontlines of the fight against whole time,” McClintock Hospital, MedStar George- really strongly believe that website, which includes other,” she said. COVID-19. said. town University Hospital, farmers markets are an “action items” like a farm- Scalise said the mar- Kime McClintock, the co- She said the program Howard University Hospital, essential service,” Scalise ers’ relief fund, business ket has been reviewing its director of internal affairs for requires that each student Washington Hospital Center said. “We provide fresh loans and financial, busi- operations every day to DC COVID Sitters – a D.C.- works with only one family and Children’s National Hos- local food to our commu- ness and legal resources. ensure the shopping space area medical student group at a time until the family no pital, McClintock said. nities all year round, and “Our first priority is is clean. She said the mar- assisting health care work- longer needs help “to contain “It’s been amazing to see during the pandemic is no being there for our farm- ket is limiting the number ers’ household needs – said exposure” to households at the community come to- different.” ers,” she said. of shoppers in the outlet students are babysitting, tu- risk of infection. She said the gether in this manner dur- She said FRESHFARM Scalise said FRESH- at one to two people per toring, grocery shopping and group has spoken with rep- ing such a rough time for so has focused on its “pop- FARM is working closely group, requiring all shop- dog walking for local health resentatives from GW’s Di- many people and how will- up food hub,” in which with its farmers to ensure pers to wear masks and care workers during the pan- vision of Infectious Diseases ing people are to help one an- farmers bring extra food they can continue to main- marking shopping lines demic. She said students who who have suggested frequent other out in a time of need,” from their farms to its tain a financially stable to facilitate safe social dis- volunteer with the program hand washing and social dis- she said. market delivery sites. She business through contin- tancing. are matched with nearby tancing as ways to protect Nishikawa said school said FRESHFARM packs ued sales and the com- Scalise said purchases families to help with child- health while students are and daycare closures and the food at these sites pany’s expanded online have jumped despite the care and household services working with families. hospital schedule fluctua- and delivers it to nearby resources. drop in customers because while parents are out treating McClintock said some tions have rattled families low-income families reg- “We always have a shoppers are trying to COVID-19 patients. students have expressed con- with health care workers. istered with institutions really close ongoing rela- minimize trips and avoid “We felt that this was cern about volunteering with “Not only are their work like senior centers, day- tionship with our farm- going to indoor grocery something that was in need, the organization out of fear schedules changing day-by- care facilities and nonprof- ers,” Scalise said. “And so stores, which she said are given that we had heard so they might carry COVID-19 day with demand but also the its like Bread for the City we’re offering guidance more dangerous than the many families saying they into their own homes with at- availability of people helping throughout the District. on how they can get on- open-air markets. She said needed help with childcare risk parents. them out – their schedules’ Scalise said the pop- line, implementing sys- she has heard customers for their kids because they “I would definitely reit- changing as well – so there’s up hub could be another tems that make it easier say they feel more com- had to go into work them- erate that this type of volun- a lot of moving parts that I source of revenue for for them to sell their prod- fortable and safer shop- selves or they have telemedi- teer effort isn’t for everyone think everyone has had to farmers who might be ucts.” ping at farmers markets cine appointments all day because it does carry inher- find ways to figure out,” she struggling to reach the She said the market instead of grocery stores. long,” McClintock said. ent risk and that there are so said. same clientele during the is constantly improving “It is a major destina- Health care providers in many ways for students to Alison Distler, a GW pandemic. its safety measures to tion for a lot of people, and the D.C.-area can sign up for be able to volunteer and give medical school student who “We’ve really ramped avoid dangerous crowd- so as long as people need the program after upload- back in a way that is safer,” began volunteering with the that program up during ing on the market’s usu- to eat, we want to be there ing their hospital badge and she said. program last month, said she the pandemic, which not ally packed walkways be- and serve our communi- listing the household assis- McClintock said grand- has been cooking and pro- only is helping people tween food stands. ty,” Scalise said. tance they need, like grocery parents were previously viding homework help and shopping or babysitting, Mc- leaving their own homes to entertainment for a family’s Clintock said. provide household care to children a few days per week. She said local undergrad- many of the program’s fami- She said the children’s par- uate and graduate students lies, placing the grandparents ents both work in the medi- from GW and other schools at greater risk from the virus. cal field at GW and Howard like Georgetown and How- She said the pandemic has universities’ hospitals. ard universities can apply to displaced some seniors who Distler said she and oth- the program by visiting the were previously living with er medical students were organization’s website. She their children who work as “frustrated” when they were said the students can use health care workers. pulled from their clinical an online map of registered “The thing with COV- rotations as the pandemic families displaying the help ID-19 is that there’s so much began to intensify in the Dis- they are requesting to match fear, especially for anyone trict. She said they were eager with a family. who’s a little bit elderly or to help the medical commu- McClintock said nation- might have some underly- nity in any way possible. wide efforts to provide hos- ing health condition and fear “While I can’t be in the pital workers with childcare of transmission, and so a lot hospital playing the part of a assistance in Minnesota, of health care workers didn’t trusted medical team mem- Missouri, Pennsylvania, Or- want to rely on their own par- ber, I can at least play the egon and California inspired ent for child care anymore,” part of a trusted individual the group to carry out their McClintock said. who can support health pro- FILE PHOTO BY ARIELLE BADER | SENIOR PHOTO EDITOR FRESHFARM, which operates the Dupont Circle farmers market, is taking extra precautions – like program in D.C. She said GW Moena Nishikawa, the fessionals in an entirely new distancing stalls – to ensure customer safety. students make up “a signifi- organization’s co-director way,” she said. April 27, 2020 • Page 4 NEWS THE GW HATCHET Student affairs office holds virtual programs during instructional continuity TIFFANY GARCIA newsletters and student lead- Rubin Roy, a freshman STAFF WRITER ers’ assistance. She said offi- majoring in computer sci- cials hope the events can help ence, said he is a member of Division for Student Af- students “find a sense of bal- multiple student organiza- fairs officials are providing ance between academics and tions including the Hindu emotional and mental sup- self-care” during the instruc- Students Association and port for students via online tional continuity period. Association for Comput- programming as a substitute Petty said officials have ing Machinery, making his for in-person activities dur- seen a “positive” turnout transition to online learning ing the virtual learning pe- from students who have par- a larger adjustment after he riod. ticipated in programming. lost his daily interaction with DSA officials released a She said some of the DSA’s people. series of programming and social events, like the Lerner He said he has not attend- mental health resources like Health and Wellness Cen- ed any of the DSA’s events anxiety tool kits and virtual ter’s sponsored virtual trivia but has taken advantage of sports competitions for stu- – a national quiz event where other online virtual learning dents to participate in while teams of students compete seminars specific to his inter- most remain off campus. against each other for college ests like the Nashman Center Students said the virtual pro- gear on the platform Twitch for Civic Engagement and gramming events are ben- – is attracting more than 50 Public Service’s advocacy eficial to students struggling students each week. workshop on virtual service with disruptions to their so- “We are happy to be see- work. cial and daily lives but added ing a lot of students return- “It can’t hurt to just go that the times of the events ing each week and creating there and learn more about often conflict with their new virtual teams,” Petty said. something that they offer,” schedules at home. “An added bonus to the trivia Roy said. “All of them have “When we can’t be to- is that our students are com- really been giving me the FILE PHOTO BY DEAN WHITELAW | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Vice President of Student Affairs Cissy Petty said her department is holding online events like virtual sports competitions gether in person, we connect peting against students at chance to interact with GW and Netflix streaming parties to substitute for on-campus activities. virtually,” Cissy Petty, the other colleges.” in ways that I’d have liked vice president for student In addition to virtual so- to before this all happened all getting our housing as- of alerting students about via polls to make the events affairs and dean of students, cial gatherings, the DSA is of- and definitely not the same, signments and classes for resources being offered. She more enticing to join. said in an email. “We are a fering virtual mental health- but it’s close enough, and it’s next year and things feel like said students coping with “They just haven’t community. We are going to focused sessions like group something I’m really appre- they’re moving really fast, the changes to their daily sparked my interest,” Younes continue to be a community, counseling and self help tool- ciative about.” and we don’t even know routines could benefit from said. “I think I saw one for a and through these events we kits to teach students tips for Roy added that he would about the fall yet,” Roy said. interacting with each other, movie night. I can just watch hope we will continue to pro- managing stress and anxiety be interested in attending Administrators plan for and she is interested in par- movies with friends online.” vide connections with and symptoms. Petty said some DSA’s events because of the students to resume in-per- ticipating in the events in the Younes added that the among students with similar of the mental health discus- chance to virtually socialize. son classes and residency coming two weeks. mental health services of- interests.” sion series events like the He said the group counsel- in the fall 2020 semester, but “Just like with anything, fered are “a lot” more ben- Petty said the events, “anxiety toolbox,” which ing sessions are a “great” other institutions like Boston a big change in your daily eficial to students than social ranging from mental well- is designed to increase stu- resource for students to air University are considering routine, or the way that events like Netflix parties ness discussions to Netflix dents’ understanding of their their grievances as stress pushing back the start of the you’re learning can affect because many students have parties, are designed to offer anxiety, typically host three from finals, online classes fall semester to January 2021 your mental health negative- lost safe spaces on campus students a space to connect to five students per session and the COVID-19 pandemic if public health authorities ly,” Campo said. “It’s impor- and forms of support with with each other virtually because officials offer them weigh on student’s mental continue to limit mass gath- tant to have those resources the transition home. by sharing similar interests. “often.” health. erings. there.” “Mental health services Programming is planned to Students said mental “I think everybody could Sofia Campo, a freshman Freshman Maya Younes are really important especial- run until May 13, according health services officials are use the opportunity to just majoring in psychology, said said they do not plan to at- ly right now,” Younes said. “A to the DSA website. offering to provide a space at the very least talk or re- she has not attended any of tend the social virtual plan- lot of change is really disrup- Petty said officials are for students struggling with lieve some stress, especially the events because she has ning events because they do tive for people’s schedules promoting their events anxiety and isolation from right now because on top of been busy with her online not cater to her general inter- and regimes and there’s a lot through other University peers to talk through their everything that’s happened classes, but she felt her pro- ests. They said DSA should of uncertainty about what’s departments’ social media, emotional struggles. to finals season and we’re fessors have done a good job have asked for student input going to happen next.”

Asian, Pacific Islander students hold annual celebration on social media MAKENA ROBERTS MSSC officials switched the the Korean Cultural Soci- CONTRIBUTING NEWS EDITOR University’s celebration to ety, said there is “very little” April in 2004 so all students representation of Asians or have the opportunity to par- Asian Americans on main- Asian and Pacific Island- ticipate in various cultural stream media, which can er student organizations are events for the Asian Pacific contribute to perpetuating observing this year’s Asian Islander celebration, accord- stereotypes. Pacific Islander Heritage ing to the MSSC. Ten student Im said the virtual chal- Celebration through a social organizations sponsored lenge promotes Asian cul- media challenge. this year’s joint heritage cel- ture on social media in line The APIHC Challenge, ebration with the MSSC. with the APIHC theme this a social media campaign Nina Mellor, a junior year. She said the theme of launched by members of and the vice president of broadcasting one’s heritage the Asian American Student the Asian American Student and identity is a lightheart- Association on April 17, asks Association, said AASA ed activity to engage with students to post pictures of members planned a “Let’s amid the global pandemic. Asian heritage, like cuisine Unpack That” networking “I think it’s a really nice or television shows, on Face- conference for the organi- way to promote these differ- book and Instagram with zation’s APIHC event, but ent things that people can #BroadcastingFromHome, the plans were canceled be doing to be active in the according to the Multicul- because of the pandemic. community and to support tural Student Services Cen- She said the event would each other, especially now, FILE PHOTO BY SYDNEY WALSH | PHOTOGRAPHER ter Instagram. This year’s This academic year, the Student Court issued opinions on cases dealing with graduate student representa- have included small group with this lighter theme that tion in the SA and whether executive branch members could serve on a special senate committee. Asian Pacific Islander Heri- discussions between partici- people can just engage in tage Celebration focuses pants centered around sen- without being too stressed on the theme “Broadcast- sitive topics in Asian Ameri- about it, especially now ing Ourselves” to promote can culture and identity that we’re all kind of stuck Student Court held most active Asian and Pacific Islander like cultural appropriation at home and not really sure culture in the media, accord- and social misconceptions what to do,” Im said. ing to the MSSC website. session in nearly two decades for students to examine the Britney Gho, a sopho- SAMANTHA SERAFIN MSSC director Michael issues affecting Asian com- more and a program direc- ate seat vacant, the website cause permitting executive Tapscott said the AASA cre- munities. tor for KCO, said the group’s REPORTER states. members to serve on senate ated the challenge so Asian Mellor said AASA mem- members planned to have Arminivage said he be- committees would breach students could continue to bers decided to develop multiple karaoke, Korean Student Court judges gan serving as chief judge the standard of separation show their cultural values the “APIHC Challenge” so jewelry-making and ring said they tackled four cases last fall continuing to work of powers. like family on social media students can continue cel- toss booths set up in Kogan this academic year, mak- on a case between an SA “It was a very learnable and share them with others. ebrating their Asian heri- Plaza with Korean street ing this year’s court the graduate senator and the SA moment for everyone on He said the challenge will tage virtually. She said the food and traditional instru- most active one in nearly 20 that alleged misrepresenta- the court to have to make “supplement” canceled API- organization intends have mental performances but years. tion of graduate students – that decision while know- HC in-person events, which participants share images are now helping facilitate The court worked on a case in progress for nearly ing the correct legal answer originally included the an- of their culture like fam- the APIHC virtual chal- cases this year ruling on the two years. He said the case might result in people’s nual Philippine Cultural ily recipes with their peers lenge. She said members separation of powers be- should not have taken feelings getting hurt,” he Society’s Culture Show and across the world to provide have been posting Korean tween executive members two years to close, but the said. “That was a difficult a Korean night market in students with a sense of recipes and Korean televi- within the Student Asso- court refiled the case twice, choice for us.” Kogan Plaza called Korean community. sion drama shows. ciation, closing a two-year which delayed the judges SA Associate Court Jus- Culture Night: Moonlight “I think people are try- “Over the past year, I’ve case between an SA gradu- from making a final ruling. tice Ian Haimowitz, a senior Memories. ing to find normality in this definitely seen KCO has ate senator and the SA and Arminivage said he had majoring in international “The students have been not normal time, and hope- brought a lot of people who overseeing two complaints hoped to digitize case opin- affairs, said he wrote the very inviting and inclusive fully seeing their familiar aren’t Korean into Korean filed between SA mem- ions and place them on the court’s opinion regarding of this transition and have students posting about what culture,” she said. “And I bers. Court judges said they SA website, but he could not the question of the SA’s sep- worked together to develop would have been is comfort- think the best part of just worked to amend the court fulfill his goal because of the aration of powers, stating the Virtual APIHC Chal- ing,” Mellor said. having these events and bylaws into the new SA relatively large number of the principle is “inherent” lenge,” Tapscott said. Carolyne Im, a sopho- being a part in creating it is constitution this year and court cases this year and the in the constitution. He said The national Asian more majoring in political that it’s really nice to meet advised future court lead- switch to online classes. He writing the court opinions American Heritage month communication and the people and really get to en- ers to continue explaining said digitizing the past court for a case challenged him as takes place in May, but external relations chair for joy the culture.” their opinions after closing opinions would provide SA an undergraduate because a case to increase the court’s senators and students seek- he had not learned how to campus presence. ing the court’s help easier ac- write an opinion piece – a SA Chief Court Justice cess to the documents when skill taught in law school. Wayne Arminivage said he filing lawsuits. SA Associate Court worked to add the court’s He said the physical Justice Britt Lewis said bylaws into the SA’s on- documents for court prec- the court did not discour- line governing documents edents are currently stored age hearing any case filed to ease access. He said he in the GW Library archives from a student, contribut- used his constitutional law in Virginia, which required ing to the relatively large knowledge from study- him to comb through de- number of cases the court ing as an undergraduate cade-old boxes of SA docu- addressed this year. Lewis at Penn State University to ments when working on de- said he hopes the new SA increase transparency be- cisions for this year’s cases. president will select justices tween members involved He said the most chal- who represent both the un- in a court case, speaking lenging case the court dergraduate and graduate regularly with The Hatchet heard this year questioned student body to ensure ad- to explain case opinions. the constitutionality of equate representation. The court is an indepen- three members of the SA “I think that it’s really dent judicial branch that executive – SA President SJ important to have a mix- decides on complaints in Matthews, Executive Vice ture of undergraduate and the SA executive and legis- President Amy Martin and graduate students, and the lative branches and deter- Vice President for Judicial GW student body is pretty mines the constitutionality and Legislative Affairs Lo- unique in that there are of SA actions, according to gan Basch – serving on the more graduate students the SA’s website. This year’s constitutional committee. than undergraduate stu- court consisted of one chief The court ruled that the trio dents, and it can feel pretty GRACE HROMIN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER COVID-19 may have canceled all on-campus Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Celebration events, but Asian judge and three associate could not constitutionally separate on campus a lot,” American Student Association members launched a social media campaign to commemorate the month. judges, leaving an associ- serve on the committee be- Britt said. THE GW HATCHET NEWS April 27, 2020 • Page 5 Professor contributes to research on effect of anxiety in parents on children JULIA RUSSO tal health are independent the study initially in 2002 STAFF WRITER of children’s heritable risks, when the children were not and if parenting amplifies or even yet born and to follow A psychology profes- dampens the expression of them across development,” sor contributed to research heritable risks,” Ganiban said Leve said in an email. “Some showing how both a child’s in an email. of them are now 17 years environment and genetics She said Andy Field, old!” can affect the emergence of the study’s lead author, de- Researchers used the anxiety. signed the project to include NIH funding to design the Jody Ganiban, a professor adopted children with both study, recruit families, collect of clinical and development their adopted parents and and code the data, compen- psychology, participated in biological parents to explore sate families for their time research that will be pub- whether children developed and disseminate finances to lished in May on the chances anxiety from environmental research and practitioner au- of parents passing on their impacts or from genetic in- diences, Leve said. anxiety to their children. heritance. “This study shows that Ganiban said her project “It is also important to we need to keep in mind studied parents’ effects on note that very few studies that just because a mother children developing anxiety have explored the impor- or father is anxious, that during early childhood and tance of fathers in the devel- doesn’t mean that the child whether these effects are best opment of child anxiety,” will also be anxious,” Leve explained by environmental Ganiban said. said. “There are lots of other or genetic processes, find- Leslie Leve, an alumni factors not measured in this ing that parent anxiety has a faculty professor of educa- study that also play a role. It small effect on the develop- tion at the University of Or- also serves as a reminder that ment of childhood anxiety. egon and a contributor to the it’s important to study both The researchers tracked study, said parental anxiety mothers and fathers when 561 adopted children and may influence whether their there are two parents in the ERIC LEE | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER looked for the emergence of children will become anx- home.” Jody Ganiban, a professor of clinical and development psychology, participated in a study that examined whether anxiety when the subjects ious, but many other factors Leve said most of the proj- anxiety in children is an environmental or a genetic phenomenon. were between 18 months not measured in the study ect’s researchers have been tention of researchers who families is hard work, takes with Leve after joining CFR and four and a half years of could also play a role in de- studying anxiety together for are interested in understand- a really long time and takes a Director David Reiss’ Early age. The study found parent termining incidences of anxi- more than 20 years and were ing how genes and the envi- team effort to be successful,” Growth and Development anxiety had a “trivial” ef- ety disorders. introduced to one another ronment work together to in- Leve said. “I feel fortunate to study on environmental in- fect on children developing She said the research by their graduate school ad- fluence child development,” be part of such a strong and fluences on child health out- anxiety from 18 months of team plans to follow up with visers. She said the research Leve said. collaborative team!” comes. age through preschool, with the same children at the team eventually expanded to She said the researchers Jenae Neiderhiser, a pro- “We have a number of anxious mothers and fathers’ ages of 11, 13 and 15 to learn include faculty from around first discussed the original fessor of psychology and team members, graduate child-raising practices hav- more about how early child- the world – some of whom study design in 1995. She human development and students, postdoctoral re- ing a roughly equivalent in- hood anxiety levels predict were co-authors of this re- said they did not receive family studies at Penn State searchers and faculty at dif- fluence. the condition during ado- search paper – because the NIH funding until 2002, and University and a contribu- ferent universities who are “Since our study sample lescence. Leve said the team unique nature of the study each of the papers they have tor to the study, said she first interested in understanding includes adopted children, has been “fortunate” to have drew psychology scholars to written has taken about two met Ganiban in 1994 when the development of anxiety along with their adopted received funding from the the project. years from conception to she began working at GW symptoms in children who parents and biological par- National Institutes of Health “This happened in part publication. and they collaborated at the will continue to examine ents, we are able to explore if for the past 18 years. because our study is quite “Doing this type of lon- Center for Family Research. questions related to this pub- parental influences on men- “This allowed us to start rare, and it can draw the at- gitudinal research with She said they began working lication,” Neiderhiser said.

IT, Libraries staff adapt emergency continuity plans to COVID-19 ILENA PENG IT department’s website, Innovation has also re- CONTRIBUTING NEWS EDITOR which include information ceived more than 950 sup- on topics like using Black- port requests since online Five weeks into the in- board Collaborate and log- learning began on March structional continuity pe- ging into Adobe Creative 23 – a 180 percent increase riod, technology support Cloud, were accessed near- relative to requests re- staff said they have suc- ly 14,000 times over the ceived during the fall se- cessfully supported faculty course of four weeks, com- mester, Henry said. and students through the pared to 3,500 in a similar Henry said the Librar- unexpected crisis. timeframe normally. ies and Academic Innova- Officials said they have Early said her depart- tion team followed a plan bolstered GW’s efforts to ment’s COVID-19 IT Task developed last year aimed move administrative and Force, which launched in at continuing instruc- academic operations to March with IT leadership tion in the case of weather online learning with live from across GW’s schools closures, which included chats, remote desktop and departments, have plans for library staff to support and a four-fold addressed the “most com- work remotely. increase in faculty work- mon technology obstacles” “Although that plan- shops to address technol- raised by remote learning. ning was done mostly ogy issues and ensure “Teams were able to with weather closures in students and faculty have ensure continuity of op- mind, it proved an invalu- access to the software they FILE PHOTO BY SYDNEY WALSH | PHOTOGRAPHER erations and business pro- able guide for faculty in the Carol Hayes, the director of the writing center, said her team created the program after hearing from students that need. GW Information cesses even during a glob- transition to this virtual they lacked motivation to complete their assignments while at home. Technology and Libraries al crisis which is not an learning period,” Henry and Academic Innovation easy task,” she said. “It is said. staff said planning ahead through the focused efforts Aisha Jackson, the di- Writing center holds virtual cafes to of time enabled their de- of crisis planning, strategic rector of academic tech- partments to assist the technology investments nology applications and University in moving op- and ongoing collabora- design at the University of push students to finish papers on time erations virtually. tion across diverse teams Colorado Boulder, said the “While no one could that we can remain such a instructional continuity ISHA TRIVEDI down and you do it,” she might not know before,” she have expected the impact strong community during period across higher edu- STAFF WRITER said. “The cafes are really said. COVID-19 made across this historic time.” cation caused by COVID-19 about writing, but they’re Anna C said the cafes higher education, GW IT Dean of Libraries and is more akin to “emergency The GW Writing Center also about writing in the have also been helpful to had prepared business Academic Innovation Ge- remote learning” than tra- debuted a virtual writing company of others.” her since she is able to spend continuity plans for possi- neva Henry said her de- ditional online learning, cafe earlier this month to mo- Hayes said the cafes are time on her own work. ble situations which would partment offered more which requires additional tivate students to collaborate offered five days a week at “I like it a lot as a con- require remote work and than 50 workshops that advanced planning. with peers on writing assign- several times to accommo- sultant because I’m able to online instruction,” Chief trained 800 instructors in She said the univer- ments during the instruc- date students in different get some of my own work Information Officer Lo- online teaching skills and sity’s officials have also tional continuity period. time zones, with writing cen- done at the same time, so it’s retta Early said in an email. tools since March 9 – four worked with companies The cafes, which are simi- ter consultants present dur- not like I’m just sitting there “Teams were able to lever- times the number of work- to offer temporary free li- lar to a virtual study group, ing each meeting to check watching everybody else do age these plans to make shops usually held in this censes for software like accommodate up to 15 stu- in on students’ progress and work,” she said. the sudden transition as time period. She said all the Adobe Creative Cloud dents at one time to discuss “provide quick advice” using She said since the cafes streamlined as possible.” available library, Academic Suite and statistical pack- and work on their writing the chat function on Zoom. began two weeks ago, atten- IT staff experienced a Commons and Academic age SPSS, since students assignments in the presence “There’s some account- dance has been low in the be- slight increase in support Technologies staff mem- can no longer access com- of other students over Zoom. ability there,” she said. ginning of the week at about requests during the begin- bers were prepared to sup- puter labs. Officials said the cafes are Hayes said the cafes are three to four students and ning of the instructional port faculty during the GW Academic Tech- designed to help students not designed to replace one- has increased as the week continuity period, at about transition to online classes. nologies launched a vir- who face difficulties keep- on-one tutoring appoint- progresses, reaching around 1,800 incident tickets pro- “While the library tual computing lab, al- ing up with school work and ments that the writing center eight students in sessions at cessed from mid-March to buildings may be physical- lowing students to access meeting the deadlines neces- continues to offer online but the end of the week. mid-April, and the most ly closed, services includ- software like RStudio, SAS sary for their classes during rather to encourage students “It kind of depends on significant increase in ing personal assistance and and SPSS, and Academic the COVID-19 pandemic. to get their work done on where people are in their users accessing Univer- consultation, workshops, Technologies obtained a Carol Hayes, the director time. homework load and things sity self-help articles, Early tutoring, access to special- license for all GW students of the writing center and an “It’s not really about pro- like that, but I have noticed it said. ized software and much to download Stata until assistant professor of writ- viding that kind of tutoring gets higher toward the end of She said that in the more remain available dur- June 1, Henry said. All GW ing, said staff created the support in the moment,” she the week, probably because same period, the number ing GW’s virtual learning students have access to cafes in response to feedback said. “It’s really about just people want to get started of views on University self- period,” Henry said. the Adobe Creative Cloud she heard in talking with stu- giving people the motiva- with a productive weekend,” help articles hosted on the Libraries and Academic Suite. dents, who said they struggle tion to sit down and write on she said. to establish a daily schedule whatever project they want.” Olivia, an undergraduate and stay motivated to com- Anna C, an undergradu- consultant for the writing plete writing assignments on ate consultant for the writing center who also asked her time. center who asked her full last name be omitted due to “Those things combined last name be omitted due to the center’s general academic to make me think that we the center’s general academic confidentiality policies, said needed to have something confidentiality policies, said the cafes were implemented where writers could write the cafes have helped keep to virtually recreate the ex- in the company of others, to students on track with their perience many students are have that connection to oth- assignments and promote accustomed to of working at ers,” she said. productivity. She said un- a library or coffee shop with Hayes said students dergraduates have primarily classmates or friends. briefly discuss the goals they been utilizing the cafes, al- She said writing center want to accomplish in terms though the sessions are open staff knew students would of their writing assignments to graduate and doctoral stu- struggle without the same at the beginning of the cafe. dents as well on the writing “academic routine” during She said the students spend center’s website. the instructional continuity most of the two-hour meet- She said the students period and hope the cafes ing working individually on in the cafes she has hosted can help provide structure in their assignments, with time were “pleasantly surprised” students’ daily schedule. allotted for a break in the at how productive they were “Everyone is definitely in middle and a discussion at when in the presence of other a different place in terms of the end about what students students on Zoom. their workload and in terms were able to complete. “I think people are sur- of their headspace regarding “You come to these ses- prised by the positive syn- the pandemic, so that’s some- sions with a specific writing ergy that comes on, even thing that is definitely ever- FILE PHOTO BY ARIELLE BADER | SENIOR PHOTO EDITOR goal in mind, you articulate though it is over Zoom, and changing in the cafes that we Libraries and Academic Innovation Dean Geneva Henry said her division held more than 50 workshops with about it to others and then you sit it’s over with people who you do have to adapt to,” she said. 800 faculty to ensure a smooth transition to online classes. WHAT THE UNIVERSITY WON'T TALK ABOUT THIS WEEK How officials are disbursing funding from the GW Cares Student Assistance Fund

FROM GWHATCHET.COM/OPINIONS “We need to recognize and support the essential workers that are risking their lives to Opinions provide services that we use every day.” April 27, 2020 • Page 6 — JINA PARK ON 4/20/20 Officials must keep students in the loop about fall semester plans STAFF EDITORIAL As the May 1 deadline for col- faculty, whether that means pre- lege decisions approach, many high senting potential contingency plans school seniors are considering stay- or benchmarks officials are using to ing closer to home and attending decide whether to hold in-person in-state public colleges come fall. class. Universities like California On the other hand, current students State Fullerton have announced might feel anxiety about another their classes will be held online in semester online and need more fi- the fall, and peer school Boston Uni- nancial support from GW. The Uni- versity announced it is creating a versity must remedy both concerns. plan for what will happen if classes Among potential students’ big- must be held online until 2021. GW gest concerns is the uncertainty of does not need to announce defini- enrolling at a campus that they have tively if they are holding classes on- not had the opportunity to tour. line in the fall, but they need to be Both potential and current students clear about how they will handle may ultimately choose to attend a the situation if they must. school closer to home or a cheaper That being said, the University’s option because of the fear and efforts to entice high school seniors anxiety surrounding COVID-19, to choose GW should not negatively employment and travel across the impact returning students, nor can country. To alleviate stresses on the concerns of already enrolled both ends, officials should commu- students be ignored. The University nicate clearly about academics on- should increase tuition discounts in line to reassure students about the the face of demonstrated additional quality of their education and make hardship where possible by approv- financial changes that reduce some ing more change-of-circumstances of the uncertainty about the cost of requests so families struggling fi- college. nancially are able to afford GW. The The University’s communica- University has taken some steps tion with admitted students must – like establishing a fund through convince them why they should which people can give to students still attend GW. The University Cartoon by Hannah Thacker in need – but more should be done. sends out frequent emails concern- Taking these additional steps will ing COVID-19 to give potential ensure GW is affordable for not students an idea of what GW is decision-making processes. GW experience, should classes stay ston Hall renovation, and return to only low-income families, but also like, but tour guides, resident advis- Officials should also lay out a online. Communicating clearly a fixed-tuition model, which previ- for those who have come under ers, area coordinators and faculty clear contingency plan for online about online classes and support ously allowed parents and students pandemic-related hardship. should make themselves available classes in the fall if the threat posed services will reassure existing stu- to gain an accurate sense of their Economic concerns and pan- to field questions through Zoom by the pandemic does not subside. dents and convince prospective stu- cost of tuition over five years. An demic-related stress are real for or over email. These employees can Administrators should proactively dents that GW still has much to of- accurate estimate of the total cost many GW families amid the on- answer questions students may detail what will happen to classes fer them – even if we end up online of attending college is crucial for going crisis. It is essential that all have about campus life that could that rely on University infrastruc- for a bit longer. incoming students worried about students – incoming and returning have been answered on a campus ture, like labs and fine arts courses. The University should ensure their financial situation as coronavi- alike – and their families be kept tour or at an admitted students Administrators should let incoming coming to GW is financially feasible rus-related unemployment contin- in the loop about how the Univer- day. Effective outreach from RAs and current students both know despite the economic effects of the ues to climb. sity plans to respond. Doing so will or tour guides would also alleviate how to access resources like career pandemic. GW could roll back its The University should also be ensure GW remains an option for concerns among parents, who play and academic advising online so new floating tuition policy, intend- more transparent about the fall se- those seeking to begin their under- an active role in their child’s college students are able to have the “full” ed to fund projects like the Thur- mester with current students and graduate experience. GW’s reluctance to divest OK boomer, young generations are contributes to climate genocide not as coddled you think t’s a landmark that every student, Center, a corporate propaganda factory ew York Times colum- mental health issues younger in the United States at Col- passing through Kogan Plaza on the that advocates for the deregulation of the nist David Brooks ear- people face are not caused by umbine High School in 1999. way to class, knows well – a large industries that are destroying our planet. lier this month wrote coddling. If anything, they’re Since then, there have been Iconcrete slab, laid on the ground next Our neighboring peer institutions Na piece about “learning what caused by the serious issues school shootings every year to the dome, with the words “FREE understand that by investing their en- hardship has to teach us,” younger generations have until March, when schools MANDELA” carved in capital letters. dowments in the fossil fuel industry, they headlining the piece “The age faced and will continue to closed due to the coronavirus. The slab has been around since 1985, are selling out their students’ futures and of coddling is over.” Brooks, deal with their entire lives. Because schools closed, last when student activists carved the words placing profit over people. As a result of a Baby Boomer, echoed the Young people are anything month was the first March into drying cement in a campus alleyway years of tireless organizing by campus opinions of many in his gen- but coddled, and suggest- without a school shooting as an act of protest against the South activists, AU announced April 22 – the eration, choosing to peg the ing otherwise demonstrates since 2002. And yet, despite African apartheid regime. In 1999, when 50th anniversary of Earth Day – it has ongoing pandemic and im- Brooks’ ignorance. their peers being shot and Kogan was remodeled, former Univer- fully divested from all direct and indirect pending recession to his belief Boomers look at the killed at school, millennials sity President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg investments in the fossil fuel industry, that millennials and members younger generation and and Gen Z have seen no sub- chose to preserve the slab to serve as a joining Georgetown, which announced of Generation Z have not ex- blame their poor economic stantive gun control measures sign of students’ commitment to political its plans to divest on February 7. perienced true hardship until prospects and lack of money from older generations that and social activism. Always one to stand out from the now. on $5 Starbucks coffee and $15 hold political power. While crowd, GW has opted for a slightly differ- avocado toast. But the reality Brooks’ and older generations ent approach to divestment. Whereas AU Hannah Thacker is the younger generation is have failed to act, the younger Pranay Somayajula trying to make a living in the generation have been dying in President Sylvia Burwell responded to Contributing Opinions Sunrise GW Organizer students demanding divestment by offer- aftermath of the Great Reces- schools for at least a decade. ing them a meeting, University President Editor sion, which caused a boom Saying the generations have Thomas LeBlanc compared divestment in student loan debt as the been closed off to the dangers to “shooting all the black people here.” job market collapsed, and in of the world is insensitive and But the cruel irony of the memorial Whereas Georgetown responded to an economy ruined by Baby wrong. is that unlike 155 other colleges and uni- divestment protests by heeding calls for a Brooks claims that “safe- Boomer politicians. On top One of the biggest prob- versities across the country – including change, GW sent its campus police force tyism,” the belief that safety of that, the pandemic is lead- lems the younger generation D.C. neighbor Georgetown University to assault peaceful student protesters. is more important than any- ing to increased economic is being handed from the – GW never divested from South African Instead of listening to 86 percent of the thing else, has led to over- insecurity, job loss, a looming older generation is not a tank- apartheid. Instead, officials allowed student body who voted in favor of di- protective parents that raise recession and the potential ing economy, endless wars or the University to remain financially vestment, Board of Trustees Chair Grace weak and sheltered children. destruction of future job mar- school shootings – it’s the cli- complicit, and we waited until years after Speights issued a noncommittal response He highlights higher rates of kets. mate crisis. the fact to cynically co-opt the work of and declined to commit to divesting. anxiety, depression and sui- Millennials and Gen Z Members of Gen Z view student activists and use it as a selling GW’s steadfast refusal to divest from cide among young people as have also never experienced climate change as the top point for admissions officers. fossil fuels is the most recent symptom evidence that parents are un- an America not at war. We challenge of the time. But Now, four decades later, GW is again of a corrupt, power-hungry administra- able to teach their children have been at war in Afghani- Brooks’ generation failed on financially complicit in another moral tion that is more concerned with holding how to function in the world. stan since 1999, and many its response to the issue. As a issue: the climate crisis. The science is onto its own power than it is with acting He feels that the hardship grew up during the Iraq war result, the younger generation clear and unequivocal – climate change in the best interests of students and their induced by coronavirus will between 2003 and 2011. And is being handed an earth suf- is real, it is caused by human activity futures. It illustrates the extent to which help shape young people into yet older generations seem focated by carbon pollution, and just 100 fossil fuel companies are re- GW is a poster child for what happens stronger versions of them- perplexed when young peo- increased temperatures and sponsible for 71 percent of global carbon when an unaccountable administration selves and curb “safetyism.” ple are reported to be less extreme weather like hur- emissions. Just as clear is the fact that left and undemocratic decision-making But Brooks’ vague descrip- patriotic than former genera- ricanes and floods. Younger unaddressed, climate change is going processes run a university like a private tions of trivial examples of tions. They have witnessed generations are and will need to deny an entire generation any hope business rather than an esteemed institu- “coddling” young people is what are seen as pointless to deal with a crumbling of a livable future. Its devastating effects tion of higher learning. frankly offensive to all of the wars for their entire lives: one Earth. They do not have the are already being felt by communities of There are 17 days until the Board’s hardships that younger gen- war based on lies about weap- privilege to be coddled. If they color and communities across the Global spring meeting on May 14. That’s 17 days erations have endured. ons of mass destruction and were, the planet would not be South, delivering the most acute harm for the Board to finally see the light and If hardship shapes charac- another that was revealed to able to support us when we to those who are the least responsible for decide they no longer want to have blood ter, like Brooks says, then he be a failure that we were mis- get to be Brooks’ age. this crisis. The term “climate change” is a on their hands. 17 days for the Board to needs to educate himself on led about. The younger gen- Baby boomers like Brooks sanitized euphemism. Let’s call it what it heed the call of science, justice and the what Gen Z and millennials erations are used as pawns are responsible for many of is – climate genocide. overwhelming majority of GW’s student have lived through. Growing to fight the wars that those in the situations that millenni- And what is GW’s response to this so- body, and make clear with a vote to up during multiple national D.C. deemed politically im- als and Gen Z have been put bering reality? Instead of acting swiftly, divest that they will no longer allow our crises, and now a pandemic, portant. Now, they question in. Do not lecture millennials GW still has $50 million invested in the university to remain complicit in climate has shaped and continues to the systems of power that led and Gen Z on how they have fossil fuel companies that are causing genocide. shapes how these generations them there. not faced real hardship. Their this crisis, or 3 percent of the University’s To Leblanc, Speights and other Board view the world and what they Let’s not forget that mil- futures are being destroyed $1.78 billion endowment. As a point of members: the GW community is watch- want to do with it. lennials and Gen Z have by older generations which comparison, GW’s Sustainable Invest- ing. If you choose once again to sell out Both generations have grown up with the constant do not need to deal with the ment Fund is worth a paltry $2 million, our futures to the fossil fuel oligarchs, we lived through 9/11, three or threat of school shootings. consequences of their actions. or just more than one-tenth of 1 percent will not forget it. four recessions, endless wars Some millennials and mem- –Hannah Thacker, a of the endowment. Meanwhile, GW con- –Pranay Somayajula, a sophomore double in Iraq and Afghanistan, near- bers of Gen Z were in school sophomore majoring in political tinues to remain the home of the Koch- majoring in political science and international routine mass school shootings during what is considered the communication, is the and Exxon-funded Regulatory Studies affairs, is a Sunrise GW organizer. and a worsening climate. The first major school shooting contributing opinions editor.

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Restaurants alter menus during pandemic DIEGO MENDOZA ings. oasis along with her hus- STAFF WRITER Guests can expect band Trent Allen, said they six types of hearty, juicy are the only two work- Chefs and restaurant sandwiches which are ers running the modified owners have come to stuffed with some of Fed- take-out service. She said know that the best way eralist Pig’s most popu- the restaurant’s European to help people through lar proteins, including and local beers and “rich quarantine is through pulled pork and shaved and comforting” foods what they know best: ribeye. Sonderman said like homemade soups are food. patrons can also find meant to cheer people up With D.C. social dis- lighter options like veg- during the pandemic. tancing rules in place gie sandwiches and sal- “We can all share a until May 15, restaurants ads. salad and go for a run across the District are He said his favorite when this is over,” Webb switching up their menus sandwich is the pulled said. to include new dishes pork melt ($14), but cus- Webb said her favor- that are meant to comfort tomers seem to love the ite item on the menu is and warm souls. From “Feddy” cheesesteak the cheesy, savory waffle hearty quick bites to DIY ($15) too. paired with barbecue Sonderman said he pulled pork. You can also CAMILLE DESANTO | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER desserts, mastering take- Looking for ways to kill time in isolation? Check out these faculty recommendations for books to pass the time. out menus is becoming wants to offer a menu di- pick up a bowl of their commonplace for food es- verse enough that some- award-winning chili ($8), tablishments. one can eat there several which she said includes Book recommendations from Here are four restau- times a week without get- an “absurd amount of rants that have gone the ting bored of the food. Guinness.” extra mile to give custom- “The menu is inspired “Pair it with a Man- professors by some of the great sand- hattan and call it a night ers an extraordinary at- JULIA RUSSO & home dining experience. wich and burger places – or breakfast?” she said. we’ve been to and of “Who are we kidding, ZEINA MOHAMMED American life. “The Political Determinants Fedwich course with a little bit of there are no rules any- REPORTERS “Dos Passos captured of Health,” which was rec- the Fed Pig barbecue flair more.” early 20th Century Ameri- ommended to her by a men- For those who miss can hopes, fears and often tor. Barlow said she also Southern barbecue, Fed- we have become known For those with a sweet for in our sandwiches tooth, customers can en- You may have blown brutal reality in a style worked with Dawes on a eralist Pig’s pitmaster, through all the books you and with substance that statement addressing the Rob Sonderman, is offer- here,” Sonderman said. joy a tube of raw cookie Customers can order fit in your suitcase home, rings true in 2020” Loge health of black Americans ing quick lunch options dough ($5), either to eat as delivery via Postmates or but there is more in store said. amid the pandemic. through a new sandwich is or bake at home. Webb DoorDash or place an or- after you wrap up finals. Dawes writes in the pop-up, chiefly named said she and Allen have der for curbside pickup at We asked professors W. G. Sebald’s book that factors like en- “Fedwich.” The pop-up also re-introduced $1 Kramerbooks every day from different academic “Austerlitz” vironment, living condi- is located in the Kramer- chocolate truffles – a sta- from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. ple from the now-closed departments to tell us English professor Da- tions and inadequate food books and Afterwords about the books they’re vid McAleavey said he has options affect people’s ac- Cafe in Dupont Circle. Kangaroo Boxing Club Midlands Beer where Allen used to be enjoying right now or always found the voice of cess to health care. Barlow The sandwich shop Garden some of their all-time fa- Sebald’s books to be calm- said he draws on a “criti- lacks its mother restau- the head chef. In order to purchase any vorites. From books relat- ing and his perspective to cal inflection point” in rant’s giant smokers, but If you’re craving a growler, a barrel-aged Man- ed to the pandemic to the be “deeply humanist and America that has caused the shop includes a flat crisp European growler hattan or a nitro lemon drop, history of America, here’s philosophical.” a greater push for health top grill where the meats beer, order dinner from Midlands asks that custom- a rundown of top picks “Austerlitz” follows equity. are seared to a brilliant Midlands Beer Garden ers order some food items, they emailed to us. the character Austerlitz, “He describes struc- and flavorful crisp. Son- and you can enjoy a re- even if that means ordering a Czech Jew who was tural inequities and offers derman said he is still freshing IPA or a warm- a single truffle. Midlands is Langston Hughes’ sent away during World a model for strategically trying to balance fat, acid ing brown ale of your open for pick-up Thursday “Let America Be War II with hundreds of addressing it,” she said. and heat at the pop-up choice. through Sunday from 1 to 8 America Again” or other children on a train “Not only is his perspec- with several menu offer- Robin Webb, the co- owner of the spring-time p.m. John Dos Passos’ to safety in England when tive timely, but necessary “USA Trilogy” he was 4 years old. McA- for understanding how to Peter Loge, associate leavey said that while the address health inequities professor of media and book is somber, it can help among Americans.” public affairs, suggested us escape to a time when reading “Let America Be the world faced different T. Kira Madden’s America Again” for peo- struggles. “Long Live the Tribe ple short on time. He said “In our age of politi- of Fatherless Girls: this poem by Langston cal discontent and inter- A Memoir” Hughes argues that the national distress, a book Director of creative United States hasn’t lived like this one which offers writing Lisa Page suggest- up to its promise of the a wide historical glimpse ed exploring childhood American dream, but “we into another era of tre- trauma through Madden’s must try.” mendous social agony memoir. Page said the sto- For those with more could be useful medi- ry navigates multi-racial time on their hands, Loge cine,” he said. identity, gender and class. recommended “USA Tril- “It’s also about privi- ogy,” which examines the lege, about parental ne- first three decades of 20th Daniel E. Dawes’ glect, trauma and sub- century America through “The Political stance abuse,” Page said. a trio of smaller novels. Determinants of “Her father is mostly ne- Loge pointed to Matt Health” glectful, yet his death kicks Hanson, a writer for The Assistant professor of off the writer’s decision to CAMILLE DESANTO | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER New Yorker, who said the writing Jameta Barlow, a write this book. It’s bril- A new pop-up called Fedwich, based out of the Kramerbooks and Afterwords Cafe in Dupont Circle, is book was a “linguistically specialist in black women’s liant, funny and insight- offering six hearty sandwiches and some lighter options for order online. adventurous” picture of health, suggested reading ful.” GAMES OF THE PAST MEN’S GOLF SOFTBALL at A-10 Championships vs. Temple Saturday, April 27, 2013 Wednesday, May 3, 2013 Men’s golf tied for seventh overall at GW’s win over Temple put them in first the conference championships. place in the A-10 standings.

NUMBER The number under par men’s golf recorded in the opening round of the 2017 A-10 SportsApril 27, 2020 • Page 8 Championship, setting a program record. CRUNCH 15 Christian draws inspiration from past men’s basketball teams, coaches EMILY MAISE eventual runner-ups. SPORTS EDITOR Christian said Colonials in the past played with “swagger” and Marked by a Sweet Sixteen run had confidence when they stepped and consecutive trips to the Big onto the court. He added that he Dance, men’s basketball head coach loved the emotion and pride the Jamion Christian has leafed through teams exuded about playing at GW. old clips of the team through the “Those are things that great 1990s and 2000s to understand its programs have, just a great level of history. pride,” Christian said. “You could The Colonials have gone dancing see it every time they played. Every 11 times under four head coaches game you watched, home or away, and are in the thick of rebuilding they just had the confidence they the program to its former pedigree. were the best team on the floor, and With GW’s winning history in his it’s just fun to watch.” rearview mirror, Christian said Jarvis stayed behind the bench he has analyzed how past teams for seven seasons, leading the squad played and is “inspired” to lift the to three more NCAA Tournament squad to its former glory, sharing appearances. The then-No. 10 clips of old games on Twitter. Colonials knocked off the University “Over this time I’ve just been of Alabama at Birmingham before obsessed with watching how it was, falling to then-No. 2 UConn in the and I’m really determined about second round of the 1994 NCAA how we can get it back there and Tournament. The team was ousted make it our own,” Christian said. in the first round in 1996 and 1998, The Colonials’ first two trips to falling to Iowa and Oklahoma State, the NCAA Tournament were in 1954 respectively. and 1961 under head coach William Jarvis was an international Reinhart. He spent 24 seasons at recruiter, bringing in players from the helm of men’s basketball, but four continents during his time at FILE PHOTO BY ZACH BRIEN | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER his teams could not escape the first GW. Christian said the success on As college athletics grind to a halt amid COVID-19, men’s basketball head coach Jamion Christian has spent his time looking back at old squads to analyze their strengths. round. the national stage drove people into A 32-year drought would plague Foggy Bottom. tournament in a 20-point loss to to Georgia. 2014 as a No. 9 seed. The Colonials men’s basketball before it reappeared He added that he and his Indiana. After nabbing the regular season left early, losing a five-point decision at the NCAA Tournament. With the coaching staff are setting up the Christian said Penders A-10 title in 2006, the Colonials to Memphis in the first round. program manned by Mike Jarvis at infrastructure to start recruiting emphasized guard play, which won an at-large bid to its second Lonergan was fired from the the time, the squad returned with internationally within the next allowed them to score and be quick consecutive NCAA Tournament. program in 2016, and GW brought a vengeance to reach the Sweet “two or three years.” He is currently on the hardwood. The squad bested UNC-Wilmington in Maurice Joseph to helm the team Sixteen. Despite a 21-9 record, the focused on nabbing transferring After three seasons, Penders by three points before facing off with for three seasons before he was also Colonials were a Cinderella team – a student-athletes, a market Christian was replaced by Karl Hobbs, top-seeded Duke. The Colonials fell dismissed. No. 12 seed who hadn’t hit the court said is “big right now.” who stayed a decade and led the 74-61 to the Blue Devils, ending their Christian took the reins in 2019, since losing in the first round of the “You’ll have a great familiarity program to three straight NCAA season in the second round. leading his team to a 12-20 overall Atlantic 10 Tournament. with more players because guys are Tournament appearances, two A-10 With another A-10 record in his first season. He said Christian said Jarvis played transferring and moving around championships and one regular Championship under its belt, his team needs to have confidence, with a “cerebral” style that featured more,” Christian said. “You want to season A-10 crown. Hobbs’ squad earned another utilize its size and three-point shot aggressive guards and talented make sure that you’re doing some Christian said Hobbs played tournament berth. At the No. 11 but ultimately play as a team to get forwards. leg work with some guys that might a fast-paced, aggressive style seed, the Colonials were trounced back to its former glory. The team upset then-No. 5 New be a little bit above you because you of basketball that “pressed and by No. 6 Vanderbilt in the first “It is about making sure Mexico in the first round and held want to have a relationship with trapped,” which helped produce round. your talented guys are playing then-No. 13 Southern off to reach the them if they decide to leave.” high-level athletes. Hobbs ended his tenure with well together and understand third round of the tournament – a After Jarvis departed for St. After cutting down the nets at two seasons creeping above .500, the importance of being on a feat no team on the men’s or women’s John’s, Tom Penders took the reins the A-10 Championship in 2005, and the athletic department brought team and see the barriers within side had previously attained. The of the program, leading it to its the Colonials turned their attention in Mike Lonergan to strengthen the themselves,” Christian said. “We’re squad squared up with Michigan’s second straight Big Dance. But the to its first tournament game in six program. After two losing seasons, trying to attract players to GW who Fab Five and took the contest down Colonials, a No. 11 seed, couldn’t seasons. The team, slated as a No. Lonergan took the team to its final understand the bigger picture and to the wire, ultimately falling to the shake their streak of one-and- 12 seed, made an early exit, falling NCAA Tournament appearance in who they can become.” done finishes, bowing out of the Professional sports drafts bring new additions to D.C.

yards. His efforts landed him 821 snaps. A versatile lineman, second-team All-American Ismael saw time at the left guard, Athletic Conference and AAC center and right guard positions Co-Special Teams Player of the and was named to the All- Year this season. Mountain West first-team. He was a mainstay for the Aztecs in Saahdiq Charles his final season, playing 954 of Charles is a 6-foot-4-inch, the team’s 956 offensive snaps 295-pound offensive tackle at center. He earned another from LSU and was selected No. All-Mountain West first-team 108 overall. A 2020 National selection. Champion, he played most of his minutes at left tackle but also Khaleke Hudson nabbed minutes at right tackle Hudson is a 6-foot, and right guard. 220-pound linebacker out of He notched nine starts in his Michigan and was drafted No. freshman season, playing a total 162 overall. Hudson saw time as of 687 snaps to earn a spot on a safety and linebacker, starting the Freshman All-SEC Team. He 37 of 52 career games. played in and started 10 games at He played as a safety and on left tackle during his sophomore special teams his first season, year, for a total of 762 snaps. blocking two punts. He had a After missing the breakout sophomore season, nonconference schedule due completing 83 tackles, 18.5 to a violation of team rules, tackles for losses and nabbing he started the nine remaining two interceptions on his way games at left tackle during his to an All-Big Ten third-team final season with the Tigers. selection. With 653 snaps under his belt on In his junior and senior HATCHET FILE PHOTO the offensive line, his unit won seasons, he started 24 games The Washington Mystics picked up two players, Jaylyn Agnew and Sug Sutton, at this year’s Women’s National Basket- the Joe Moore Award for the top at viper, securing 146 tackles, ball Association draft earlier this month. offensive line in the nation this four sacks and three blocked year. punts. He nabbed an All-Big Ten EMILY MAISE 32 games. Ohio State and was drafted honorable mention his junior SPORTS EDITOR She battled through injury in No. 2 overall. In 38 games Antonio Gandy-Golden year. her third year on the hardwood played with the Buckeyes, he Gandy-Golden is a 6-foot-4- With competition around the but still netted more than 10 amassed 30 sacks, increasing inch, 220-pound wide receiver Kamren Curl world on pause because of the points per game. As a senior, his takedowns every year. His from Liberty and was drafted Curl is a 6-foot-2-inch, COVID-19 pandemic, all eyes Agnew led the Big East in defensive prowess earned him No. 142 overall. Gandy-Golden 198-pound safety from Arkansas were on the Women’s National scoring, averaging 20.8 points a finalist spot in this season’s made an immediate impact and was picked No. 216 overall. Basketball Association and per game and firing at a .440 Heisman voting, making him his freshman season, finishing He made an immediate impact, National Football League drafts clip from the field and .374 from the ninth defensive player to second on the team in receiving starting 11 of 12 games as a over the past two weeks. three-point range. She tacked on reach the feat since 1982. yards (315) on 21 catches. freshman cornerback and Two D.C. teams – the 6.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and one He led the Big Ten and He exploded in his tying for the team lead in pass Washington Mystics and blocked shot per game on 37.7 NCAA with 14 unassisted sacks sophomore season, to lead the breakups (eight). He moved to Washington Redskins – grabbed minutes per contest. for 117 yards, averaging 1.38 Big South in receiving yards the strong safety for his final two selections to bolster squads sacks per game this year. He (1,066) and receptions (69). years with the team, starting 22 that were heading in opposite Sug Sutton finished fourth in the NCAA He started eight of 10 games games for the Razorbacks. directions last season. The Sutton is a 5-foot-8-inch and first in the Big Ten in tackles and nabbed Big South All- As a sophomore, Curl played Mystics, who are reigning guard out of Texas and was taken for loss, with 16 under his belt. Conference first-team honors. 722 snaps and recorded three or WNBA Champions, nabbed two No. 36 overall. She racked up With six forced fumbles, Young He recorded two more 1,000- more tackles in every game. A selections while The Redskins, much of her playing time during led the NCAA and conference plus receiving yard seasons and Preseason All-SEC Third Team who finished last season 3-13, her freshman and sophomore again, averaging .5 per game. ranked in the top-five nationally selection prior to his junior selected eight players. seasons, starting in a total of in the category his senior season, Curl notched 789 snaps. The drafts were modified three games and averaging 3.8 Antonio Gibson season. He claimed back-to-back His 76 tackles were the fourth- to comply with stay-at-home and 6.8 points, respectively. Gibson is a 6-foot-2-inch, 10 touchdown seasons, starting most on the squad and his 46 orders, with cameras present in She exploded during the 220-pound wide receiver out out wide in all games to wrap solo tackles ranked No. 2 on the players’ homes to capture their 2018-19 season, starting in all of Memphis and was taken his career as a Flame. team. reactions. Meet the Mystics and 33 games, averaging 12.7 points, No. 66 overall. He came to Redskins’ newest additions: 5.4 assists and 5.4 rebounds Memphis by way of East Central Keith Ismael James Smith-Williams per game en route to spots Community College, where he Ismael is a 6-foot-3-inch, Smith-Williams is a 6-foot-3- Washington Mystics on the Big 12 All-Conference ran for 1,120 yards and scored 16 310-pound offensive lineman inch, 265-pound edge defender Jaylyn Agnew First Team and Big 12 All- touchdowns. out of San Diego State and was from NC State and went No. 229 Agnew is a 5-foot-11-inch Tournament Team. Sutton kept A jack-of-all-trades, Gibson drafted No. 156 overall. He overall. His college playing days forward out of Creighton and her momentum up her senior saw most of his time on the field made an immediate impact his were truncated by injuries in his was selected No. 24 overall. After season, averaging the fifth most as a wide receiver, scoring eight freshman year, starting in all first two years. redshirting her first season with assists per game in the Big 12 touchdowns and making 38 13 games as a center and right In a return to the field, Smith- the Bluejays, she nabbed Big East (4.1) and 10.4 points. catches for 735 yards. But he also guard. He played the most snaps Williams blocked a punt that led Freshman of the Year. She kept stepped in at running back and (829) of any player en route to a to a touchdown and notched 37 the momentum up in her second Washington Redskins took a few snaps at quarterback second-team all-Mountain West total tackles. He finished his season, earning a Big East Chase Young this season. He served as the honor. collegiate career with 82 tackles, Second Team All-Conference Young is a 6-foot-5-inch, primary kick returner, recording He started all but one game 12 tackles for loss and three pass selection after starting in 31 of 265-pound defensive end from 23 catches and running for 645 his sophomore season, taking deflections. THE GW HATCHET DEPARTING SENIORS 2020 April 27, 2020 • Page 9 Graduating seniors reflect on their time at The Hatchet Each year, graduating editors are given 30 final column inches – “30” was historically used to signify the end of a story – to reflect on their time at The Hatchet, published in the final issues of the year. With a little help from my friends A helping hand

LEAH POTTER MEREDITH ROATEN MANAGING DIRECTOR DIGITAL EDITOR It’s starting to smell like spring. The through the long hours and looming dead- One month at a summer program. Four happened and she helped me write words cherry blossoms are erupting in delicate lines. But looking back, what really helped or five yearbook layouts. Three photos care- until I had a whole story. shades of pink and white, and bees can be me persevere was the extraordinary group fully shot in automatic mode. A deep-root- The Hatchet took me in when I had no found hovering over flowers or compost of women working on the same news team. ed love of public radio. That’s what I had experience, a small amount of talent and a piles. It was around this time three years And later, especially when I became man- when I decided that I should write the news lot of ambition. Its editors, photographers ago that I came to know The Hatchet’s aging director, it would be the entire staff. for the rest of my life. and reporters invested their time and effort townhouse as my home and the paper’s You meet so many people during your I didn’t know how to write a lede or into a bumbling freshmen who had nothing staff as my family. time as a college student. Some people you what a graf was but I was determined to to give but dedication. Before I officially joined The Hatchet’s might only encounter once. Others you sign up for everything. I quickly found out Within a month of my first blog, I was staff, I was kind of all over the place. I wasn’t might only interact with for a semester. But that after you write for The Hatchet, you standing in a roomful of members of the sure what classes I should be taking, I was each time I got to know someone new at The can’t write for the TV station or radio. College Republicans celebrating a Trump horrible at managing my time and I felt a bit Hatchet, I had a feeling that they weren’t I may have stumbled over the first hur- victory. The month after that I interviewed lost. I wasn’t even sure about studying jour- going to be just another acquaintance. dle but I was ready for anything. At least the restaurant owner at the center of the nalism; I came to GW with biochemistry The Hatchet’s townhouse is a place until I sat down to write my first blog. I sat PizzaGate conspiracy theory. And a few as my second-choice major, and I thought where I’ve found love and camaraderie for at an hour long lecture on urban agricul- weeks after that I ran away from the sounds I would eventually pursue a more science- four years. It’s where I wrote song parodies ture, a topic which I had no background in, of protestors screaming from tear gas at the oriented career. I even thought I’d attempt in between editing drafts. And it’s where I and took what I at the time thought were inauguration day protests. the pre-med route. spent more than six hours decorating the extremely tedious notes. In a matter of a few stories and several Ultimately, my love of writing com- basement with a friend for the holidays. When I got back to the townhouse, I thousand words, my idea of what report- pelled me to focus on journalism, and I Of course, it’s also a place where I’ve found a buzzing newsroom full of report- ing was actually like was completely trans- joined The Hatchet as a reporter my fresh- stayed up until 3 a.m. working on stories, ers turning around last minute stories for formed. But my belief that it was the busi- man year. A weekly reporting schedule and encountered the largest, reddest cock- Monday’s print edition before the end of the ness that I should be in was stronger than kept me grounded. Tight deadlines meant roach I’ve ever seen in my life. But through business day. My editor gave me two hours ever. I had to stay organized. And Friday report- it all, the townhouse will remain the place to write up about 500 words about the lec- I have done a lot more than stumble ing days in the townhouse I looked for- where lifelong friendships originated. ture, easy. blindly into different events and write ward to. Saying goodbye to The Hatchet’s town- I sat on the newsroom couch, staring down a few words. I helped launch a pod- In the spring of my freshman year, I got house feels like the end of a long-running almost unseeingly at my computer screen cast. I learned how to review tax documents the call that I was going to be a news editor. sitcom. It’s as though I should be packing and flicking back and forth between the and translate Faculty Senate policy. My by- I was ecstatic. But my excitement quickly up boxes as wistful music plays, and I’m Google Doc that I had just learned how to line has been on the front page many times morphed into apprehension as I attempted surrounded by everyone who made these use and a recording of the lecture. Nothing and 350 of The Hatchet's posts are mine. to take on an intensive reporting schedule past four years so special. Let’s hope this more than an outline went on to that docu- But nothing has meant more to me than and juggle dozens of stories each week. isn’t really goodbye, and that the reunion ment for a whole hour. that first blog that another reporter had to Imposter syndrome set in. Considering my special is just a little ways down the road. When I finally broke out of my daze of drag out of me. Because that’s what this in- dyslexia and anxiety, I questioned if I could I love my friends and family more than paralyzing fear, there was another reporter stitution does. Though informing the com- really do this – a job that required impec- anything. What truly defined my college sitting by my side. She smiled at me and munity is The Hatchet’s biggest mandate, cable writing and grace under pressure. experience – and my time on The Hatchet – asked to see what I had so far. I had noth- training the next generation of journalists I’m sure in part it was my hard work and were the human beings that made even the ing to show her but my pulse grew steadier to fall in love with their profession is what dedication to this institution that got me toughest of times worth while. as she asked me questions about what had makes it great. The beauty is in the details Finding my own form of advocacy

NATALIE PRIEB DANI GRACE COPY EDITOR SENIOR NEWS EDITOR The biggest thing I’ve learned as a copy cure to a disease. It’s the details in a sports In high school, I suffered from “big fish, become. editor is that the role is inextricably linked to story that make you feel like you were sitting small pond” syndrome. I thought my perfor- Throughout my four years at the paper, the importance of detail. You watch for ev- on the edge of your seat at that game, and it’s mance in the next musical would be the talk however, I realized I had become one of the ery accidental Oxford comma, every abbre- the details in an opinions piece, the section of the town or that surely people would be biggest activists in the community just in the viation that should be spelled out and every closest to my heart, that make you look at an thinking about the fall’s homecoming game myriad articles I wrote or edited and pub- spelled out word that should be abbreviated. issue in a way you’d never thought about. months afterward. I filled my days from lished. You learn that AP style has some rules that Some might say that being on staff for 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., shuttling myself between We student reporters conducted inter- are very easy to remember and some that only a year of my college experience makes school and practice and rehearsals with views, crunched the University’s budget seemingly make no sense at all. You look it a detail in the overall scope of things, and barely a thought about how I impacted the numbers late into the night and ran down for style and grammar errors on your laptop in a way, that’s true. I didn’t spend as much outside world. the street to be the first to report about a stu- screen until 2 a.m. when your eyes are red time in The Hatchet townhouse as students After I decided to attend GW, in a “big” dent group protesting to lobby administra- and your head feels like mush. All you want who are on staff for most of their college ca- city with thousands of people working to tors for change in one area or another. is to get into bed because the next morning reers, and I’ve only known most of the peo- generate change on national and interna- We’ve shed light on the University’s you need to do the reading you didn’t do on ple on Volume 116 since last April, with very tional levels, I realized just how small of a problem areas brought in lawsuits against prodo day, but you keep going. few exceptions. bubble I had been living in. administrators or departments. We’ve given It’s a strange experience doing a job that Yet this past year on staff has given me Foggy Bottom is still a niche environ- a platform to small business owners wor- most people don’t see the results of – that is, some of the most cherished details of my ment, but I was suddenly surrounded by so ried about their stability in the community except when you mess up. No one knows time at GW, ones I can’t imagine not hav- much more drive and culture and oppor- among construction or new competition. that you fixed a Hatchet or AP style error ing. All those late Sunday nights goofing tunity than I had previously encountered. I One of the best parts about joining stu- in the third graf, but everyone will see the off in the basement and singing along to still wanted to pack my days with new ac- dent news was learning that not everyone’s grammar mistake you didn’t catch in the Spotify playlists. Editorial board meetings tivities and try my hand at everything, but favorite book is Eats, Shoots and Leaves – sixth graf. I don’t write this with frustration that always resulted in laughter and getting this time I wanted to ensure I could feel the Hatchet staff members are often aspiring or annoyance, however, because I’ve come to completely off-topic. Deliberating Student mark my work left on the world. journalists, but we’re also future internation- love the importance of small details. It feels Association endorsements in the townhouse Then I joined The Hatchet and started al affairs, finance, psychology and computer like a little secret, doing a job that only you until 4 a.m. Hatchet Halloween, Thanksgiv- taking journalism classes. I soon learned science specialists. and a select few realize the importance of. ing and Holiday. Most of all, a talented, won- that journalists were highly encouraged to We’ve learned first hand that the count- Being a copy editor has taught me that derful group of people who I will forever be pocket personal advocacy to ensure that our less hours of interviewing, writing, videoing the details matter, even the ones most people grateful that I got to know. articles were free of bias. and editing has brought visibility to groups fail to notice. I’ve learned this watching for The Hatchet is the biggest, brightest de- As a journalist, you don’t sign petitions, that might not have the resources to advo- grammar or AP style, but when you read tail of my college life, and I can’t imagine the you limit or eliminate the number of politi- cate for themselves. And I’ve learned that I every story every single week, you see the last four years without it. I can’t imagine not cal conversations you enter and you’re care- can channel my activism in the topics and beautiful details that editors and writers put having had the opportunity to learn from ful about what you post on social media. people I report on. into the stories they produce. It’s the details the people listed below, all of whom directly How quickly my vision of attaining Twitter Looking back, I’m proud to have spent so in a culture profile that bring a local restau- or indirectly made me a better writer and fame for opinionated quips flitted out the much time getting to know the Foggy Bot- rant owner or student leader to life. It’s the editor. It breaks my heart that I won’t get to window. tom and GW communities and realize now I details in a news story that demonstrate the say goodbye to the current Hatchet staff in This new understanding brought me to can use the written word to attain that level state of old buildings on campus or the im- person, but I hope this piece sums up how the conclusion I couldn’t be the memorable, of social responsibility I was looking to ful- pact of a professor’s research on finding a much they mean to me. strong-voiced campaigner I had planned to fill.