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The GW Hatchet News September 7, 2010 W Page 3 Professor's Expertise Featured on 'The Colbert Report' Rehman Preaches That She Teaches About Today An independent student newspaper • Serving the GW community since 1904 TUESDAY The GW September 7, 2010 ALWAYS ONLINE: WWW.GWHATCHET.COM Vol. 107 • Iss. 7 Hatchet Wale, Travie McCoy EMeRG draw thousands to alcohol UniversityYard cases rise by SaIra THadanI lining up at the H Street en- Hatchet Staff Writer trance to the event beginning at 3:45 p.m., PB officials said, add- 14 percent Nearly 5,000 people crowd- ing that attendees flowed in con- ed University Yard Saturday tinuously throughout the event, for Program Board’s annual Fall which ended around 9 p.m. by JamIe Blynn and madeleIne morgenSTern Fest event, the executive chair of “No one’s been leaving so Hatchet Staff Writers PB said, making this year’s fes- far, [which we] can monitor tival one of the largest in recent since there’s only one entrance The number of students trans- GW history. and one exit,” said Rob Maxim, ported to the GW Hospital for alco- The event featured perfor- executive vice president of the hol-related incidents increased nearly mances by big-name rapper Student Association, which gave 14 percent last year, a senior Univer- Wale – a D.C. native'' – and Travie a $25,000 co-sponsorship to the sity official said. McCoy, who performed at GW’s event. “I think closing off the During the 2009-2010 academic Spring Fling in 2008 as the lead other gates and leaving only one year, EMeRG – the group that pro- singer of the band Gym Class open was a good idea.” vides emergency medical attention to Heroes. Despite the threat of rain as students - treated 271 students, said “This year’s Fall Fest was a result of Hurricane Earl, Cal- Tara Pereira, the assistant dean of the largest in recent history,” lahan said that “nothing better students and director of Student Ju- said Wesley Callahan, the execu- could have been asked for” in dicial Services. tive chair of Program Board. “It terms of the weather, as a cool In the 2008-2009 academic year, was the best one that I have ever breeze and sunny skies lasted EMeRG transported 238 students. seen.” Pereira credits the increase to stu- Students and guests began See FALL FEST: Page 6 dents calling for EMeRG more read- ily. “It really has gone up every year,” Pereira said, adding that the increase is likely due to students being less This is one of the best crowds that I've seen afraid to report incidences of exces- sive drinking. in the last few months. Already this semester, alcohol-re- lated incidents are slightly up. Since – traVIE MCCOY, Singer the start of term, there have been 12 alcohol-related transports by EMeRG, compared with eight this time last year. “It’s concerning because I worry for each of those 12 students,” Pereira said. Pereira said the jump in alcohol- related transports during the first week of school does not necessarily mean there will be an increase in al- '' cohol transports over the academic year. Students, at times, will not call EMeRG for themselves or their friends because of the disciplinary consequences they could face. GW does have a medical amnesty policy that covers both the caller and the stu- anne wernIkoff | PHoTo edITor dent in need of assistance, but only if Clockwise from top: D.C. native Wale raps on stage at Fall Fest, singer Travie the student does not have any prior McCoy interacts with the crowd during the opening set and a member of Travie McCoy's crew surfs the crowd during the performance. See EMERG: Page 6 GW graduate New full-time faculty hires in past 3 years, breakdown by school: runs for seat CCAS 52 SEAS 24 Almost 1/3 the total in Maryland number of SEAS GWSB 19 staff members by SHaeera TarIq Hatchet Staff Writer GSEHD 16 Kyle Lierman may be the top fundraiser in the Democratic primary ESIA 12 campaign for a seat in Maryland’s House of Delegates, but less than a year ago, the 23-year-old candidate Law 10 was just a normal, politically charged student studying on GW’s Foggy Bot- CPS 5 InformaTIon ProVIded By THe offIce of THe ProVoST tom Campus. graPHIc By racHel lee After spending the months fol- lowing his December 2009 gradua- tion volunteering for earthquake re- lief in Haiti, Lierman returned to his Analysis: SEAS leads in hiring percentage home state of Maryland to find that Del. Bill Bronrott, D-Montgomery, was leaving the long-held seat. by dImPle mIrcHandanI and promote research on a na- research needs,” said Univer- scholarship agenda,” Lehman Lierman – who works for House Hatchet Reporter tional level. sity Provost Steven Lerman. said, in June. “We have a goal, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., The Columbian College Last October, SEAS began as you already know, to raise and whose father was the Democratic Over the past three years, of Arts and Sciences hired the a voluntary separation incen- our standing as a research uni- Party chair in Maryland – said he felt the School of Engineering and largest number of full-time pro- tive program that offered fac- versity.” that the opening provided the per- Applied Science has hired 24 fessors and faculty members of ulty members who started at The hiring report also comes fect opportunity to begin his dream new faculty members, amount- all the other schools within the the University before 1994 the amid nationwide hiring freezes career. ing to one-third of the full-time University, with 52 hires during opportunity to accept a finan- at colleges and universities. De- “I think that I decided early on faculty members in SEAS, ac- the same time period. The 52 cial buyout and leave their spite the economic downturn, that I have something different to cording to data given to The hires, however, only amount to position at the University. The GW has been able to recruit offer,” Lierman said. “I think it’s a GW Hatchet by the Office of the 11 percent of the full-time pro- move would allow GW to hire and hire new faculty members unique race, and obviously my age Provost. fessors in the school, a Hatchet new faculty that are “research- without issuing any layoffs or stands out.” University President Ste- analysis found. active,” former Executive Vice involuntary firings. The School of Business graduate ven Knapp has long-hoped GW The College of Professional President of Academic Affairs Lerman said every school also has a laundry list of prominent will become a premier research Studies hired the largest per- Donald Lehman said at the within the University has an Americans who have donated to his institution. With the potential centage of its full-time faculty, time. A similar round of buy- intricate process for recruiting war chest, including former presi- building of a Science and Engi- according to the data, at 35 per- outs was offered to CCAS fac- new members to its faculty, a dential candidate Howard Dean, Ex- neering Complex coupled with cent. ulty in the spring. system that must fit into the ecutive Editor of Roll Call newspaper an increases hiring in research “Our hiring reflects a bal- “We almost never these overall recruitment process for heavy disciplines, like engi- ance between funding we have days hire anyone who doesn’t See LIERMAN: Page 6 neering, GW is moving to hire available, and our teaching and have an active research and See HIRING: Page 6 SPORTS OPINIONS NEWS Women's soccer A presidential perspective Marriott hotel Percent of University administrators dips sweeps weekend President Barack Obama writes to college students to tell raises concerns Compared to national trend, GW has decreased Colonials earn first them what his policies mean for them. • Page 4 University officials the amount of administrators per student while most schools have had increases. • Page 5 two victories of LIFE are working to the season against Miss D.C.'s royal cause prevent conflict over No cases of bedbugs confirmed this fall UMBC and Mount Miss D.C., a GW medical student, partners with GW construction times. Using a new type of mattress is one way GW is St. Mary's. • Page 8 Hospital to promote preventative care. • Page 7 • Page 10 working to stop bedbugs in residences. • Page 3 Emily Cahn | Senior News Editor | [email protected] Madeleine Morgenstern | Campus News Editor | [email protected] September 7, 2010 Amy D’Onofrio | Metro News Editor | [email protected] Kara Dunford | Contributing Editor | [email protected] Amy Rhodin | Campus News Editor | [email protected] Priya Anand | Contributing Editor | [email protected] H News SnapShot IN BrieF GW ranks high on G.I. Jobs college list GW ranks among the top 15 percent of “military-friendly” schools across the country, as ranked by G.I. Jobs mag- azine in August. According to the magazine, the Uni- versity offers program flexibility, vet- eran support, financial benefits and so- cial outlets, including having a student veterans’ organization on campus. One specific financial benefit not- ed is the University’s participation in the Yellow Ribbon Program, which provides veterans with up to the full amount of tuition expenses at partici- pating colleges and universities. Ap- proximately 240 students participate in the Yellow Ribbon Program, out of the 415 military or veteran students the magazine has identified as being enrolled at GW. Dan Fazio, the managing editor of G.I. Jobs, said ranking schools has be- come an increasingly important part of the publication. “Education has had a significant presence in the magazine since the [magazine’s] inaugural issue in 2002, growing over time into an annual edu- FRANCIS RIVERA | HATCHET STAFF PHOTograpHER cation guide and the military-friendly Members of the student dance group Capital Funk perform in the middle of University Yard during Saturday’s Fall Fest.
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