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TRACHTENBERG PAGE 8 WATER POLO PAGE 10 Former Univ. president touts new book Colonials lose to Navy 18-12 THURSDAY The GW October 9, 2008 ALWAYS ONLINE: WWW.GWHATCHET.COM Vol. 105 • Iss. 16 Hatchet AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER - SERVING THE GW COMMUNITY SINCE 1904 Bookstore employee steals $14,000 by Bryan Han Senior Staff Writer A GW Bookstore employee is being charged with fi rst-degree theft for alleged- ly stealing more than $14,000 from the store through fraudulent refunds, according to court documents. Marco Pareja, 30, told the bookstore di- rector and a manager on Sept. 9 that he had made fi ctitious refunds to his credit card to- taling about $10,000 and another $4,000 in refunds to a friend’s card, court documents state. He transferred the money over eight transactions between February and August 2008. See BOOKSTORE, p. 8 Council bans Jonathan Ewing/Hatchet photographer Student Association senators raise their placards during Tuesday night's meeting. The unprecedented $348,800 initial allocations bill for student orga- single sales nizations passed nearly unanimously. Bill prohibits '40s' in SA gives student groups $350,000 Foggy Bottom by Emily Cahn After Tuesday’s vote, the total communicate with them openly,” said “I understand that a radio station by Alexa Millinger Senior Staff Writer amount doled out for initial allocations Bindelglass, a sophomore, while intro- has immense operational expenses, but Metro News Editor reached $348,800, up from $227,770 last ducing her committee’s recommenda- we just cannot afford to fund everything Nearly every student organization year. tion. “I am confi dent that tonight’s bill is we want to,” Bindelglass said. “We went The D.C. City Council approved a mea- that requested additional initial alloca- SA Sen. Julie Bindelglass (CCAS-U), fair and appropriate.” line by line to say what we can fund. I sure Tuesday to ban sales of single contain- tion funds received them at Tuesday chair of the fi nance committee, said stu- Hannah Byam, general manager of wish we could do more but I am again ers of beer and liquor in two city wards, night’s Student Association senate meet- dent organizations submitted requests to WRGW, GW’s radio station, petitioned pointing back to the two million in re- including Foggy Bottom. ing. the fi nance committee for initial alloca- the SA for an increase in the organiza- quests.” The bill will prohibit the sale of indi- Senators debated the initial alloca- tions that far surpassed the funds avail- tion’s initial allocation. Due to the increase in the student fee, vidual containers of malt liquor and beer tions for about two hours, but eventually able in the student fee account. When Byam, a senior, said WRGW could many student organizations applied and that are 70 ounces or less. The legislation passed the bill by a nearly unanimous the fi nance committee drafted the allo- not afford to stay on the air without an received increases in their initial alloca- also prohibits the sale of liquor in contain- vote without the fi reworks and contro- cations bill, it tried to get the groups as increase. tions. But organizations like the Chinese ers less than a half pint. versy characteristic of past years. Only much money as possible and was able While WRGW received an increase American Student Organization were Emergency legislation currently in ef- Sen. Logan Dobson (CCAS-U) opposed to give many organizations more funds of $700 over last year, the organization not initially allocated funds. fect will impose a ban on single sales until the bill, and Sen. Rob Schrotte (GSEHD) than last year, she said. did not receive all of the funds they abstained. “We tried to treat orgs fairly and asked for. See ALLOCATIONS, p. 8 See SINGLES, p. 8 GW hosts green symposium EYEINGOBAMA by Madeleine O’Connor adding that GW can prepare members of Hatchet Reporter the community for green jobs. “We don’t have a community college Passion and talent from the GW com- here, so the question is how do we fi ll that munity are what will help propel the Dis- gap in providing entry-level jobs,” Knapp trict’s green movement, University Presi- said. “We can work with the city.” dent Steven Knapp said Monday at the Knapp noted that sustainability is part D.C. Symposium on Urban Sustainability. of every school at GW and spoke about The three-session symposium, hosted how the University demonstrated its com- by GW at the Jack Morton Auditorium, mitment to sustainability by offsetting opened with speeches from Knapp and 77,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emitted city offi cials stressing the importance of by the event. the green initiative and the partnership be- The University is also constructing tween the University and the District. two residence halls, both of which will be Knapp said GW “can and should strive Leadership in Energy and Environmental to become a national model” for urban sus- Design-certifi ed to meet certain sustain- tainability. ability standards. “We’re going to try to raise the bar as “I believe every project should be we proceed in developing in our campus,” LEED-certifi ed,” said D.C. Councilman Knapp said. Kwame Brown (D-At Large), who spoke Anne Wernikoff/assistant photo editor He said students lead the green move- at the event. He said he hopes people will President Steven Knapp speaks at a ment at GW with unprecedented enthu- continue to bring LEED certifi cation into forum on urban sustainability at Jack siasm and the University can continue to Morton Auditorium Monday morning. affect change in the greater community, See GREEN, p. 8 Seniors can personalize gift class gift coordinator. Only 11 percent of graduates currently Class Gift donations Anderson, a senior, said he wants the give back to the University, a fi gure ad- donation to have a “more direct impact on ministrators hope to increase to fulfi ll their the student society.” goal of bringing donations for fi nancial aid will fund specifi c The 2008 senior class gift committee from $10 to $40 million over the next fi ve – which raised an unprecedented $36,628 years. – collected from one-fourth of the gradu- “By doing this, we hope to teach the parts of Univ. ating class, but Anderson said he hopes to value and importance of philanthropy," break this record and have one-third of his said Zach Briton, assistant director of by Risa Langelo class contribute. Touting the slogan "We’re young alumni and student giving. "So that Hatchet Reporter kind of a big deal,” Anderson said he hopes a current senior who designates their gift the personalized donation process will en- to their own student organization can im- This year’s Senior Class Gift Commit- courage more seniors to contribute. mediately see the impact of his or her gift tee wants to transform the way GW seniors “Participation is key,” Anderson said. and realize why their support is necessary give back to the University. "It’s not as much about the amount we in the future." The Class of 2009 will be given the op- raise but instead the number of seniors The money donated by each senior tion to donate their portion of the class gift Jonathan Ewing/Hatchet photographer that participate. They can give to their stu- will be matched dollar to dollar by two About 200 students attended a watch party for the presidential debate, to whichever part of the University that dent organization, sports team, academic alumni, 1977 graduate Alan Lafer and 1992 has been the most signifi cant to them, said hosted by the College Democrats Tuesday night in the Marvin Center. school, the President’s Fund for Excellence See Story, p. 8. senior David Anderson, this year's senior or to scholarships for GW students.” See SR. GIFT, p. 8 The GW Hatchet | Thursday, October 9, 2008 H WWW.GWHATCHET.COM Page 2 Newsroom: GW Starbucks halts 24-hour service Nathan Grossman – Campus News Editor ([email protected]) Web Extra: Univ. opens new facility in Alexandria Sarah Scire – Campus News Editor ([email protected]) Alexa Millinger – Metro News Editor ([email protected]) Video: Student reaction to arming UPD >> Danielle Meister – Assistant News Editor ([email protected]) City elicits plans for CAMPUS Univ. to cut CI ses- SNAPSHOT Veteran's Voice CALENDAR sions, hire more West End Library Cabinet members land development THURSDAY HIGH 79 | LOW 60 GW offi cials plan to expand After nixing the sale of a JESUS FOR PRESIDENT? the Colonial Cabinet by six mem- section of land containing the FAITH AND POLITICS: THEN & NOW bers and cut down the number of West End Library to a private Learn about the history of Colonial Inauguration sessions developer last year, the city is religion and politics in the from fi ve to four starting next sum- putting out an open call for de- Supreme Court and politi- mer, a senior administrator said velopers to propose new plans cal parties from a renowned this week. for the area. Georgetown professor. Robert Chernak, senior vice The Office of the Deputy 7:30 p.m. president for Student and Aca- Mayor for Planning and Eco- 805 21st St., Room 310 demic Support Services, said if the nomic Development is expected plan is approved, there will be an to release development plans increase of 100 students and 100 this November for the lot at FRIDAY parents per session and CI sessions 24th and L streets. The request will fi nish before the Fourth of July HIGH 79 | LOW 56 will outline the needs of the PROJECT PB&J holiday.