PEACE NOT PREJUDICE PAGE A3 HOROWITZ SPEAKS ON CAMPUS PAGE A6 Clerics promote peace, discount racism Audience member removed from event by UPD MONDAY The GW October 29, 2007 ALWAYS ONLINE: WWW.GWHATCHET.COM Vol. 104 • Iss. 21 Hatchet @ AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER - SERVING THE GW COMMUNITY SINCE 1904 More swastikas A Fabolous Invasion found on door Best-selling rapper kicks off basketball seasons at Smith Center by Robert Lee Jewish students.” Hatchet Staff Writer “There is no place for such things at this or any other univer- Four swastikas – each progres- sity,” Knapp said in the release. sively larger in size – have been “We do not condone, and we will drawn on the door of a Jewish not tolerate, the posting of images freshman living in Mitchell Hall. or texts that vilify any religious, The perpetrator of the ethnic, or racial group.” anti-Semitic drawings is still Marshak, who is also a Hatchet unknown. The University Police reporter, left campus to escape any Department could not be reached scrutiny after she found the second for comment about any ongoing swastika, she said. investigations. Marshak said she did not think The fourth – and largest – the first drawing was an attack. swastika was drawn in permanent After finding four drawings on her marker sometime Sunday morn- door, she said she is reaching to ing, said Sarah Marshak, the target outside organizations for help. of the drawings. UPD took pictures “At this point, I’m taking this and washed the symbol off the past GW,” Marshak said in an by Mike Phillips door. interview with The Hatchet. “I am Hatchet Reporter On Friday, University President thinking of contacting the Anti- Steven Knapp said in a news release Defamation League. I can’t let this New York rapper Fabolous made more that the swastikas were “an expres- than 2,000 GW students wait more than two sion of hatred directed against our See DRAWING, p. B4 hours for his Colonials Invasion performance Friday night at Smith Center. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES While waiting for the performer to arrive, students attending Colonials Invasion were treated to an introduction of the men’s and women’s basketball teams for the upcoming season and performances by the dance and Facilities, cost cheerleading squads, mascots and the pep band. “Hopefully you guys can come to all of the games,” Karl Hobbs head coach of the men's basketball team, said. deter students He added, “The thing that makes this place by Lindsay Corcoran the chair of the physical facili- special ... is the fans. There’s a reason it’s one of Senior Staff Writer ties committee in the Faculty the hardest places to play.” Senate. Since its inception in 1997, the kick-off cel- Things have gotten so rough “Given the many less expen- ebration for the men’s and women’s basketball at the School of Engineering sive (universities), the effective- teams has had many different names. and Applied Sciences, ness of our recruiting From 1997 to 2002, the event was known students are essentially efforts depends to a as “Midnight Madness” and was cancelled in working in stairwells, “SEAS large extent on the dis- 2003 because of “the loss of a basketball focus University President count rate from regu- and increased hoopla from side acts,” The Steven Knapp told the has been lar tuition SEAS can Hatchet previously reported. Board of Trustees last trying for offer potential fresh- In 2003, the celebration was changed to week. men,” Helgert wrote Colonials Invasion and was held for two years Old facilities, a weak some time in an e-mail. until it was cancelled last year because of reputation and declining Over the past budget cuts. When GW last held Colonials enrollment has caused to increase two to three years, Invasion, in 2005 officials reported that 3,500 the school to announce the number of fresh- people attended the event. As a replacement, plans to increase the size enrollment.” man entering SEAS “Spirit of the Night” was organized as a less of its freshman class by has decreased. This extravagant way to get students excited about about 100 students. DON year, 112 freshmen the upcoming basketball season. The cost of GW is enrolled in SEAS, This year the Student Association lobbied especially a deterrent LEHMAN while last year there the University to bring back Colonials Invasion for students considering UNIVERSITY VP were 130 students in with the inclusion of a major musical act. that many “engineering the freshman class. Despite the chart-topping rapper’s success, families” are middle class In the past, the many students were unfamiliar with Fabolous and have trouble paying for GW, school has had as many as photos by Ben Solomon/senior photo editor and some would have preferred a return to said Hermann Helgert, a profes- Fabolous performs at the end of Friday evening's Colonials Invasion, held at Smith sor in SEAS who also serves as See SEAS, p. B4 Center. The rapper was slated to perform twice, but ultimately performed once. See INVASION, p. B4 BASEBALLBLISS Knapp: Tuition is misleading especially if they’re going for About 60 percent of under- President wants that kind of shock effect,” Knapp graduates receive some financial said. aid, and GW has the highest Under GW’s fixed tuition average need-based aid package to better explain plan, incoming students pay in the country – according to the same tuition every year they U.S. News and World Report. attend the University. Housing Knapp said he hopes to cost and food costs are not fixed. by Bryan Han increase the amount of schol- When fixed tuition was imple- Senior Staff Writer arship grants given out, rather mented in the 2004-2005 school than burden students with loans year, tuition rose 16 percent – and debt. Communicating GW’s cost compared to the normal 3 to 4 He also asked his senior staff is one of the greatest challenges percent increase. to research ways to increase the facing the institution, University “(The media) didn’t look at affordability of the University. “It's hard President Steven Knapp said last the four-year tuition or five-year Tuition, housing, financial aid to get (the week in an interview with The tuition. They only looked at that and fundraising are among the Hatchet. initial sticker price and that’s the key areas of interest, he said, but media) GW’s high sticker price – part that’s a little bit mislead- lowering the current tuition is which was the first in the country ing,” he said. not an option. to tell the to surpass $50,000 – is deceiving, Knapp said he has no plans Lou Katz, the executive vice Knapp said. He added that the to discontinue fixed tuition. president and treasurer, said whole mainstream media ignores GW’s Overall affordability is his pri- affordability is a high priority story.” fixed tuition and financial aid, mary focus. in all departments leading up to Ryder Haske/assistant photo editor often looking only for simple STEVEN from left to right) John Lancaster, David Young and Patrick Pho cel- “(W)e’re not ultimately inter- the next Board of Trustees meet- indicators that apply to all insti- ested in the media. What we’re ing in February. KNAPP ebrate the Boston Red Sox 2007 World Series victory at Rhino Bar in tutions. Georgetown. The sweep of the Colorado Rockies gives the Red Sox its ultimately interested in is our “As we go into this budget “It’s hard to win that with students and making sure they UNIVERSITY second title this decade. the media because it’s hard to can come here,” Knapp said. PRESIDENT get them to tell the whole story, See TUITION, p. B4 Annual sex-themed show has a cult-like following on campus Clothes off , curtains up by Marisa Kabas the common thread that weaves together the “I’ve loved Rocky since I was 11 years Hatchet Staff Writer lives of a number of GW students from var- old,” Rozenberg said. “My mother intro- ied backgrounds who otherwise might not duced me to it.” He said that when he came They live among us. No, not witches or have had a platform to express themselves. to Colonial Inauguration before his fresh- zombies, but the cast of GW’s production of Is being a part of Rocky automatically an man year, he was automatically drawn to “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” induction to a GW counterculture? the cult classic. Each October, Forbidden Planet When junior Paul Rozenberg enters He has starred as Dr. Frankenfurter, the Productions presents the show with a cult- rehearsal, he wears shorts, a T-shirt and a role made famous by Tim Curry, since his like following, providing the most risqué pair of flip-flops. Right before opening night freshman year, and this year donned the and edgy display in student theater. on Friday Paul appears again, this time in a director’s hat along with co-director Andrew It seems that this show, about a couple red corset, fishnets, sky-high black patent- Springer. Ryder Haske/assistant photo editor that wanders into the den of multi-talented leather heels and the signature scarlet lips. Forbidden Planet Productions' Rocky Horror Picture Show is a transsexuals, is more than just a show. It is Somehow, it looks natural. See ROCKY, p. B1 staple of Halloween at GW. Order online or by phone • (202) 338-2478 WWW.WINGOS.COM We accept GWorld and major credit cards Burgers • Wings • Hotdogs • Milkshakes The GW Hatchet | Monday, October 29, 2007 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FOUR DAY Page FORECAST 2 HIGH 61 | LOW 42 HIGH 67 | LOW 46 HIGH 69 | LOW 50 HIGH 65 | LOW 43 Eric Roper – Metro News Editor ([email protected]) Elise Kigner – Campus News Editor ([email protected]) Andrew Ramonas – Campus News Editor ([email protected]) Nathan Grossman – Assistant News Editor ([email protected]) pus since freshmen year, always GWBRIEF doing something to enhance cam- CAMPUS pus spirit.” SNAPSHOT Frightening Facepaint Students chosen as GW's – Ben Toder CALENDAR President and First Lady Voters named Casey Pond GWBRIEF MONDAY president and Christina “Mo” Vazquez Mauricio first lady in Vanderbilt adopts newspaper Iraq: Today’s Reality, Tomor- GW’s first-ever President and First program started by SA at GW row’s Horizons Lady Competition.