THE ACADEMY AWARD GOES T0... PAGE A3 THESE UNITED STATES PAGE B1 An alum, for the fi lm "Th e Golden Compass" Unique, D.C.-based band set to release new album THURSDAY The GW February 28, 2008 ALWAYS ONLINE: Vol. 104 • Iss. 45 Hatchet [email protected] AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER - SERVING THE GW COMMUNITY SINCE 1904 U.S. Mint rejects D.C. quarter SHARPSHOOTER statement released by the Mint. “Taxation Washington. Agency says design Without Representation,” the phrase D.C. The program asked District resi- hoped to print on the quarter, pays hom- dents to submit ideas for the coin to the age to the District's residents’ call to have Mint and the local government. Kevin was "controversial" a voting representative in Congress. It Kiger, communications director for D.C. appears on many District license plates. Vote, said the phrase “Taxation Without by Robert Lee The Mint called the design “clearly Representation” was the most popular Senior Staff Writer controversial.” design among District residents for their In 2007, a Congressional act mandated coin. The U.S. Mint rejected designs for a the inclusion of the District and U.S. ter- In an interview, Kiger said the Mint’s commemorative D.C. quarter Wednesday ritories to the 50 State Quarters Program. decision was hypocritical and unfounded, afternoon because they included the phrase The District’s participation in the adding that the group has no plans to “Taxation Without Representation.” program followed 10 years of lobbying lobby for the coin any further. The Mint nixed the proposed quarter from groups such as D.C. Vote, a non- “(This decision) is a slap in the face of design because it violates a law regarding profit organization that works to sup- the selection of state coins, according to a port Congressional representation for See QUARTER, p. A5 Ben Solomon/senior staff photographer Junior Noel Wilmore shoots one of his seven three-pointers dur- ing the men's basketball team's 85-68 win. See MBBALL p. B4. Senior tapped for Clinton conference photos by Nick Gingold/photo editor Students welcome Sen. Hillary Clinton during a fundraiser at Lisner Auditorium Monday night. She raised more than by Nicholas Profeta $200,000 for her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Hatchet Staff Writer Ryan Evans, a senior in the Elliott School of Internation Affairs, will represent GW at An uphill battle the first annual Clinton Global Initiative at Tulane University in New Orleans next month. Clinton rallies supporters Former President Bill Clin- ton created the international conference in collaboration aft er struggling in the primaries with mtvU to connect under- graduate students across the by Jennifer Easton country with leaders of gov- Senior Staff Writer ernment, business, education and other non-profit organiza- tions. Momentum was a buzzword during Sen. Hillary Clinton’s At the event, Evans will (D-N.Y.) presidential campaign fundraiser at Lisner Auditorium make a pledge to enact change Monday evening. in the District by creating a vot- Since Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), her opponent for the nom- Ryder Haske/assistant photo editor er enfranchisement initiative ination, eclipsed Clinton in delegates on his 11-state winning Ryan Evans will represent GW for high school seniors. He will streak this past month, the widespread feeling among media at the Clinton Global Initiative. meet with former President and political observers is that her momentum on the campaign Clinton and sign an agreement trail has run out. Clinton, who was introduced at Monday’s tisan foundation established to carry forward the tenets of donor rally as the next president of the United States, remains in 2005, at its headquarters in the GW and act for the nation’s optimistic and her donors’ wallets remain open. New York City. public service, a press release “I really feel that people are taking a second or third look at “I volunteered for the said. (the candidates),” Clinton said. “They’re starting to wonder, is past two years for the Clinton The forum will focus on there a difference between speeches and solutions?” Global Initiative in NYC, that’s four problem areas: poverty al- This dig at Obama wasn’t Clinton’s only criticism of her where I got the taste for it … leviation, global health, human competitor. Sen. Hillary Clinton, pictured above at Lisner Auditorium I saw people with ideas and rights, and energy and climate people with the money to en- Monday, is still trying to rally her donors and supporters as change. See CLINTON, p. A5 she has lost the last 11 primary contests. force change,” he said. Evans has past experi- Michael Tapscott, director ence working with the Clinton Global Initiative, a non-par- See GLOBAL, p. B3 CANDIDATECRAZE Ralph Nader to Students pay tribute hold rally at ESIA Presidential candidate Ralph Nader will hold his first campaign to hate-crime victim rally with a new vice presiden- tial running mate at an event in by Elise Kigner to school, where he often found the Elliott School of International Campus News Editor himself subjected to bullying. Affairs Thursday. “We need to stand up for those Nader, an independent, is More than 50 people huddled who are forced into silence and scheduled to reveal the candi- around the Civil War memorial can’t stand up for themselves,” date's name several hours earlier in Dupont Circle Monday to pay said Amy Dorfman, a junior and at the National Press Club. tribute to Lawrence King, a gay member of GW’s Allied in Pride. "The press conference is the California teen who was allegedly About 15 members of Allied actual announcement, and the murdered because of his sexual in Pride came out for the vigil. event at GW is basically the VP preference. Dorfman said people are not pay- running mate's coming out party." “In schools across the coun- ing enough attention to King’s said Chris Driscoll, interim media try it can be very, very hard to death at the national level. director for the campaign. He be who you are and Lawrence “We live in a heterosexual added they are anticipating about was no exception,” said Eliza society, and it’s easy to ignore the 300 people will attend, mostly Byard, deputy executive director reason he was killed – which was local residents. of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight a hate crime,” Dorfman said said. Both Nader and his vice presi- Education Network, which orga- People across the country have dential candidate are expected to nized the vigil. “Faggot, dike, held more than 30 vigils so far speak. sissy, queer, fairy – (these) are the to remember King and more are Driscoll added they chose GW weapons of choice for students scheduled for the coming weeks. because "it was just purely conve- who attack each other (based on Christopher Dyer, director of nient." The campaign is based in sexual orientation).” LGBT affairs for Mayor Adrien the District, and the Elliott School King, a 15-year-old from Fenty's administration, said at the had an auditorium with appropri- Kathleen Kuever/Hatchet photographer Oxnard, Calif., was shot by a vigil that the city is working to ate capacity. Candidates for positions in the Student Association, the Program Board and the Mar- classmate early this month, a make the schools safer for gay The rally will take place vin Center Governing Board tried to entice students to vote by handing out cookies, murder that is being called a hate and straight students. He said he at 6:30 p.m. in Harry Harding hot chocolate, lollipops and palm cards Wednesday. See ELECTION on p. B3. crime by prosecutors. The junior looks forward to reporting new Auditorium. The cost is $2. high student had recently start- –Eric Roper ed wearing makeup and jewelry See LAWRENCE, p. B3 The GW Hatchet | Thursday February 28, 2008 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday FOUR DAY Page FORECAST 2 HIGH 38 | LOW 25 HIGH 47 | LOW 40 HIGH 48 | LOW 31 HIGH 52 | LOW 40 Elise Kigner – Campus News Editor ([email protected]) Andrew Ramonas – Campus News Editor ([email protected]) Eric Roper – Metro News Editor ([email protected]) Alexa Millinger – Assistant News Editor ([email protected]) Donations are going to support someone who’s either passed CAMPUS GREEKBRIEF the V Foundation for Cancer, the away from cancer, or had it fraternity’s national philanthropy. cured,” Lubens said. “It’s a good SNAPSHOT Career Crunch CALENDAR Theta Delta Chi members sit on Lubens said Friday’s bad event to do for the community, couches to support cancer weather helped worked in their and we’re having fun out here.” Thursday favor as many passersby donated This event marks the frater- The Theta Delta Chi fraternity out of pity for the brothers sitting nity’s attempt to reinvigorate their One Love: A Tribute to Bob raised money for cancer research outside in the cold. philanthropic efforts after a period Marley without even getting up from the “We got a lot of money on of little action, they said. A night of poetry and couch. Friday - more than we expected “We haven’t been doing (phil- acoustic performances by The fraternity’s recent “Couch - because the weather was so bad. anthropic) events for the last few campus and area performers Potatoes for Cancer” fundraising I wish it was a little colder now, years because of a lack of leader- will honor poet, singer, song- event involved members of the we’d get more pity,” he said. The ship, a lack of motivation,” Lubens writer and activist Bob Marley. fraternity sitting on a couch they brothers even brought a television said.