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by Priya Anand Hatchet Staff Writer More than 700 students have been waitlisted for 2010-2011 University housing, a University official said Tues- day, with 150 rising sophomores who are guaranteed housing by D.C. law left unsure where they will live next year. Seth Weinshel, director of GW Housing Programs, said the number of students on the wait list for campus housing is longer this year than it was last year, increasing from 600 to 700 stu- dents. The increase in deferred students was caused by an additional 300 appli- cants for fall housing, Weinshel said. Freshman Cheney Lonberg, one of many on the wait list, joked about get- ting an apartment in Southeast D.C. in- stead of living on campus. “It’d be cheaper and definitely an experience,” she said. Despite her hu- mor, though, Lonberg said she is frus- trated. “Even though I am guaranteed hous- ing, I still feel like I’m a high schooler who has been put on the waiting list of Francis rivera | hatchet photographer every college I applied to. It’s frustrat- Students enjoyed the 70-degree weather Wednesday afternoon with games in University Yard. Rainy conditions are forecasted to return Thursday and ing – especially when everyone else Friday, however. Temperatures are expected to be in the high 50s over the weekend. knows and you don’t,” Lonberg said. Despite the wait list, Weinshel said the department expects to be able to of- fer all students an assignment. “We anticipate offering every stu- Masked thief fumbles Tonic robbery dent a housing assignment by the end of the semester,” Weinshel said. by Kira Brekke grabbed a cash register and fled out company on the evening of March anyone who has any information Eighty-five percent of students were Hatchet Staff Writer the building’s side door, said Jeremy 12 was involved, but did not know that leads to a conviction. assigned their first choice for housing Pollok, the restaurant’s owner and much else about the incident. Pollock said that the restaurant for the fall semester, Weinshel said. Last Witnesses of a robbery at Tonic general manager. “We take this very seriously,” was busy with around 50 to 100 year, 80 percent of students received Restaurant earlier this month told Four employees chased the man Mandell said, adding that it was dis- people at the time of the incident. He their top choice. city police they recognized the al- and were able to wrestle the register appointing to see the name of some- added that only people who were Some freshmen, like Elyse Gainor, leged thief as a worker for a local away from the suspect, Pollok said. thing he has worked hard for being sitting at the bar on the first floor based their room preferences on price food delivery service, according to The alleged thief escaped with $48, associated with the robbery. saw the incident occur. When the tiers. Gainor spoke to a housing repre- a Metropolitan Police Department according to the police report. Mandell said that D.C. Snacks cash register was brought back after sentative about her situation but still report. As the employees recovered the deliverymen are contractors, not em- the incident, he said that there were a feels like she has limited options. The suspect, described in the cash register, they recognized the as- ployees, but background checks are few claps and cheers. “I’m optimistic and disappointed at report as a 6-foot tall black male be- sailant as a worker for D.C. Snacks, a routine. He added that D.C. Snacks There has never been a robbery tween 30 and 40 years old and wear- local food delivery service, according is cooperating with the police to “try like this in any of the two Tonic res- See HOUSING: Page 14 ing a ski mask, entered the restaurant to the report. Matt Mandell, the de- to find a resolution” and said the taurants in the District, Pollok said. at around 7:30 p.m. on March 12, ac- livery service’s owner, said he knows organization is offering a potential cording to the police report. The man that no one who was working for the reward of 100 pints of ice cream to See ROBBERY: Page 14 Org leaders Program Board taps State compensated Radio to lead Fountain Fling State Radio, an alternative end of the year celebration on more than rock band from Massachusetts, the Mount Vernon campus,” will headline the 2010 Fountain Callahan said in an e-mail. Fling, Program Board Executive Last year Spoon headlined Vice Chair Wesley Callahan said the event, which was billed as local peers late Wednesday night. a combination of the PB’s tradi- The band, led by Chad tional Spring Fling and Mount by Chelsea Radler Stokes Urmston – a former Vernon’s Fountain Day. Hatchet Staff Writer member of the band Dispatch The band’s most recent al- – will perform April 24 on the bum, “Let it Go,” was released Student leaders of the University’s Mount Vernon Quad. The event in September 2009 and its first most influential student organizations is scheduled to run from 3 to 8 album, “Us Against the Crown,” are compensated substantially more p.m., according to PB’s Web site, was released in 2005. State Ra- than their counterparts at other D.C.- and will be free. dio opened for The Dave Mat- area colleges, according to figures from “PB and Mount Vernon thews Band in 2008. a top University administrator. Programming Council are both GW is one of seven stops chris gregory | assistant photo editor Student executives of the Program pleased to have rock band State on the band’s Save My Oceans Dana Perino, left, served as George W. Bush's press secretary from 2007 to 2009. Board, Marvin Center Governing Radio performing at Fountain tour, which advocates against She spoke at the Jack Morton Auditorium Monday evening. Board, Student Association, WRGW, Fling. This is the second year plastic pollution, overfishing, and The Cherry Tree yearbook receive that PB and MVPC have worked and global warming. University-funded leadership awards together to bring students an – Amanda Dick in the form of merit scholarships cred- GSPM hosts former ited to their student accounts. The Stu- dent Association president receives a $15,000 scholarship while the student government presidents at American Lifton names Gelman Bush press secretary and Georgetown universities receive $8,500 and $1,000, respectively. by Erica Obersi cussion kicked off the 2010 Distin- “As an act of recognition and com- renovations a top goal Hatchet Reporter guished Speaker Series hosted by pensation, these University awards the Graduate School of Political range from $3,000 to $15,000 for an aca- by Nicole Gulotta Facebook fan page “Get Gelman Dana Perino, former White Management. demic year,” Assistant Vice President of Hatchet Staff Writer Going,” which has gathered 1,163 House press secretary under Larry Parnell, associate pro- Student and Academic Support Services fans, and the WRLC to explore George W. Bush, discussed tricks fessor and director of the strategic Helen Cannaday Saulny said. Student Association Presi- the possibility of relocating more of her trade Monday night at the public relations program at the The $3,000 scholarships, sponsored dent-elect Jason Lifton declared books to an off-campus site to Jack Morton auditorium. GSPM, began by asking how Peri- by the Board of Trustees’ Joint Com- improving Gelman Library his make room for more study space. Perino, who was the second fe- no digested the news every day, mittee on Faculty and Staff, are award- first priority and pledged to work WRLC members, which in- male and first Republican woman given the continuous news cycle of ed to applicants who demonstrate with students, the Washington clude George Mason, George- to be the White House press secre- the modern media industry. leadership on campus. According to Research Library Consortium town and American, share com- tary, stressed the importance of be- “At the White House I read all the Student Financial Assistance Web and University administrators to puter and electronic database ing informed about the news at all hard copies of the five major news- site, other larger awards are given to improve the aging and often over- resources and a large storage fa- times, and advised the audience of papers before 7 a.m.,” said Perino, elected student officials as well as the crowded building. cility located in Upper Marlboro, about 100 students to read the hard who currently works as a political mascot and members of the pep band Lifton said he plans to work copy of newspapers to get the most with Ryan Last, founder of the See GELMAN: Page 14 out of their news. The informal dis- See PERINO: Page 12 See LEADERS: Page 12 Men's SPORTS OPINIONS A year later, NEWS NEWS basketball falls Give me some credit Belok continues Bringing home the bacon in first round Hatchet columnist Gabrielle Friedman argues the to fight military Engineering and computer science majors are the best of CBI Univ. should revisit its IB credit policies. • Page 4 politcy paid graduates, according to a recent survey. • Page 5 VCU tops Student has gained Colonials 79-73 ARTS national attention in postseason Teaching and consulting, with some art on the side since leaving Grad tuition will be among lowest in D.C. next year tournament. SMPA professor and lobbyist Peter Loge gets creative ROTC program. Per-credit cost ranks low, even with 5 percent in- • Page 9 with both words and art. • Page 7 • Page 3 crease for GW. • Page 3 Sarah Scire | Senior News Editor | [email protected] Emily Cahn | Campus News Editor | [email protected] Hadas Gold | Metro News Editor | [email protected] Lauren French | Assistant News Editor | [email protected] March 25, 2010 2.0 Amanda Dick | Campus News Editor | [email protected] Amy D’Onofrio | Assistant News Editor | [email protected] H News SnapShot In Brief D.C. to add downtown bike lanes in April Bike riding downtown may become easier for cyclists this year as construc- tion on new bike lanes is expected to start in April. The District Department of Trans- portation plans to add lanes to five major streets as part of a 2005 plan to change the bike infrastructure of D.C., as well as to prepare for an expansion of its bike rental program, SmartBike D.C. By May, new bike lanes on Penn- sylvania Avenue are expected to be complete, followed by more lanes on other streets. On Pennsylvania Avenue in particular plans call for the median to be converted into two bike lanes from 3rd Street to 15th Street NW. Near GW’s campus one proposal would remove a vehicle lane to make a bike lane on the left side of I Street NW from 11th Street to 21st Street NW. A bike lane already on 15th Street will be extended south to Pennsylva- nia Avenue. On L Street, DDOT plans to remove a vehicle lane on the left side of the street so cyclists can travel from 12th to 25th Street NW. Plans also call for removing a ve- hicle lane on 9th Street to flow south to Chris Gregory | ASsistant Photo Editor Constitution Avenue. Thousands of protesters gathered and walked through D.C. last weekend to rally against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. At least six demonstra- On March 18, DDOT held a meet- tors were arrested Friday, according to a report from The Washington Post. ing to get public input on the proposals and other options for the lanes, from how they will be painted to where posts will go to separate the lanes from Calendar cars. According to an announcement about the proposals on DDOT’s Web site, cities like New York and Montreal Thursday Friday Saturday were used as guides for designs for the Redefining Republican: No Labels. Rock the Vern: Anything- Voices from the Streets Battle of the Bands District. No Boxes. No Stereotypes. But-Clothes Run Listen to a concert Rock out with Epsilon Sigma While cyclists wait for the new Alpha as they partner with lanes, they can check out new biking Blogger and columnist Meghan Take off your clothes... benefiting Street Sense, paths that were added this month to McCain will speak about her and put on a homemade a publication sold and St. Jude Children’s Research Google Maps, as well as DDOT’s Web experiences on the campaign trail and costume during the Vern produced by the homeless Hospital to raise money for the site for a bike map of D.C. the future of the GOP. Cup’s final event. in D.C. hospital. –Amy D’Onofrio Jack Morton Auditorium | 7:30 to MVC Quad | 4:30 to 6:30 Potter’s House in Adams Marvin Center Continental 9 p.m. p.m. Morgan | 7 p.m. Ballroom | 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Clarification Multimedia H All this and more... Now at gwhatchet.com In “Well-liked Hillel director to leave post this summer” (March 8, video blog Blog p. 3), The Hatchet reported that over Alternative spring breaks South Hall has power problem White House garden tours half of GW Hillel’s operating budget Students travel to New Orleans to work with White House to distribute free comes from fundraising. The official First four floors went without number is 80 percent. Habitat for Humanity during spring break. power for most of Tuesday. tour tickets for April 17 and 18. The GW Hatchet News March 25, 2010 w Page 3 A year later, Belok continues to fight military policy

ing his dreams of serving in in 2010. Student advocates the Navy. The law mandating the Since Belok’s discharge “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy against 'don't ask, protests, rallies and marches was passed by Congress dur- in his honor and against the ing the Clinton administration "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy to protect service members don't tell' have taken place on campus living in close quarters from and nationally. Belok has been uncomfortable situations. by Melissa Turley interviewed by CNN, FOX While the policy does not ban Hatchet Reporter News and the Washington homosexuals from joining the Post in recent months and military, it does ban all “homo- Sophomore Todd Belok said he is working with na- sexual conduct,” according to said he never wanted to be tional leaders, including the the Department of Defense’s an advocate. He wanted to be Servicemember’s Legal De- Policy on Homosexual Con- a naval officer; he wanted to fense Network and Service- duct. More than 13,000 service serve his country. member’s United, to end the members have been dismissed But in the almost 15 policy. Earlier this month, he from the military as a result of months since his expulsion appeared in national media this policy since 1993, accord- from GW’s Naval Reserve after wearing a “Fired Under ing to the New York Times. Officers Training Corps pro- don’t ask, don’t tell” T-shirt to In March, Sen. Joe Lieber- gram, Belok has gained na- a press conference. man, D-Conn., teamed up tional attention by advocating "It's pretty motivating with Democrats on the Senate for the repeal of the military’s being with people who are Armed Services Committee to "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy. working to make some really introduce the Military Readi- The government to amend positive change in the coun- ness Enhancement Act of 2010 the policy barring homosexu- try," Belok said. "I definitely which would to repeal "Don’t als from serving openly has feel grateful for these oppor- Ask, Don’t Tell" if passed. picked up steam, with a top tunities." The bill would reverse Luke Rosenbloom | Hatchet Photographer U.S. military officer, Admiral He has also traveled the current policy, allowing Sophomore Todd Belok, who was kicked out of GW's Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps in 2008 after it Mike Mullen, supporting the across the country to protest homosexuals to serve openly was disclosed he was gay, has gained national attention for his continued fight against "don't ask, don't tell." repeal and President Barack and speak out against what he in the military. Similar legis- Obama affirming his opposi- calls a discriminatory policy. lation was also introduced in at GW. Navy Captain Brian The University’s policy be a violation of University tion to the policy during his Nationally, the fight over the House. In response to the Gawne, a professor of Naval states that any group using its antidiscrimination policies.” State of the Union address. "don’t ask, don’t tell" is gaining possible repeal, the Penta- Sciences at GW, said if Con- trademarks will not “discrimi- But because GW receives fed- At a party during his fresh- momentum. While campaign- gon will be launching a nine- gress changed the law, GW nate against any persons or eral money, Congressional law man year, two fellow mid- ing, President Barack Obama month study on gays in the would follow. groups based on age, ancestry, supersedes GW’s policies. shipmen saw Belok kissing his pledged to repeal the contro- military, the New York Times “If Congress changes belief, color, creed, disability, “GW follows all federal boyfriend and reported Belok versial policy and during his has reported. the law, the armed forces are national origin, race, religion, policies and laws,” GW Di- to the unit. After discipline State of the Union address in Repealing the policy constitutionally obligated to sex, sexual orientation, veteran rector of Media Relations Mi- trials, Belok was dismissed January, Obama promised to would mean structural chang- comply with those changes,” status or other illegal basis, or chelle Sherrard said. “DADT from GW’s ROTC unit, end- direct his attention to a repeal es within the ROTC program he said. in any other way that would is a federal law.” u GW grad programs to be some of the cheapest in D.C. next year

Williams said this week. This June 30, 2011 - should be at credit hour, according to for the GW Medical Center, Tuition rate will year, the tuition rate was or below the national aver- American’s Web site. Gradu- said schools often have a FACTFILE $1,118 per credit, according age for graduate tuition. Last ate students at Georgetown range of tuition to cover the still increase 5 to the Office of Institutional year the average increase per will pay $ 1,577 during the needs of the institution. Research and Planning. year was 6.4 percent, and 2010-2011 year, according to “Because of the many 5 Unlike undergraduate GW tries to increase at a rate its Web site. Catholic's per different programs that we Percent graduate school percent in 2011 tuition levels, which are set of 5 percent, she said. credit rate will be $1,315, have at the School of Medi- by the Board of Trustees, The $1,175 level is only and only Howard's graduate cine and Health Sciences tuition will increase in 2011 by Justin Kits graduate tuition levels are for programs located on rate – $1,603 per credit – will and the School of Public Hatchet Reporter determined by market price. Foggy Bottom and does not be lower than GW's. Rates Health and Health Services, Williams compares tuition include the School of Busi- for MBA, medical and law we have a range of tuition 6.4 Tuition rates for gradu- rates at about 20 other col- ness’s MBA programs, the students at those institutions rates,” Chapman said. “In Last year's national average ate programs on the Foggy leges and universities to de- GW Law School or the medi- vary. general, however, we have graduate tuition increase Bottom campus are slated velop GW’s tuition levels, cal school. The main focus of gradu- held the tuition increases at to increase 5 percent for the she said, adding that she Tuition for law students ate tuition is to cover the both schools to modest lev- 2011 fiscal year, a University also speaks with upper-level will be $1,547 per credit costs of the programs so els, recognizing the desire to $1,118 official said this week, but administrators, deans and hour, spokeswoman Claire students can “continue pur- keep education affordable Current graduate tuition GW’s graduate programs senior officials before setting Duggan said. According to suing academic excellence,” and the need for resources will still be some of the least the rates. Because the major- the University Budget Of- Williams said, noting that to offer the highest quality cost per credit hour expensive in the District. ity of graduate students are fice’s Web site, tuition for the officials try to be cost effec- education that our students Graduate-level tuition part-time, most students pay School of Business’ global tive and thoughtful about deserve.” will increase to $1,175 per per credit hour. MBA program will be $1,250 revenue in order to keep tu- Chapman said the medi- $1,175 credit hour for the year, As- Williams said that GW’s per credit. ition down. cal center budgeted for Amount graduate tuition will sistant Vice President for graduate tuition levels for For the current academic Michael Chapman, assis- increased financial aid to cost per credit hour in 2011 Graduate and Special Enroll- the 2011 fiscal year – which year, graduate students at tant vice president for com- students in the incoming ment Management Kristin runs from July 1, 2010 to American paid $1,237 per munications and marketing academic years. u Justin Guiffré Lyndsey Wajert Opinions Editor Contributing Editor [email protected] [email protected] H OpinionsMarch 25, 2010 w Page 4 Staff Editorial The recap, and what's to come Close the Showing the library some love A bright future for GW men's basketball engineering

It is unlikely that students would W’s men’s basketball season came to an Besides these fan favorites, basketball lov- ever really love their university library. abrupt end last Tuesday when the Colo- ers have been fortunate to see the emergence of school In truth, a campus' library is usually the nials hosted the Virginia Commonwealth Joseph Katuka and Tony Taylor. Katuka finished place students go to make themselves so GUniversity Rams at the Smith Center as part of the regular season strong, posting career highs in mind-numbingly bored that doing home- the first round of the College Basketball Invita- points and rebounds in games against Saint Jo- he administration’s attempt to work is their last vestige of sanity. But the tional (CBI). Officially invited to the tournament seph’s and La Salle, respectively. He has started buy out almost 50 percent of complaints that surround Gelman Library March 14, head Coach Karl Hobbs jumped on this playing up to his potential and his height. Taylor the School of Engineering and do not focus on the anxiety of paper writ- opportunity to continue the has been the steady hand TApplied Science faculty begs the ing or the dread of pulling an all-nighter Colonials’ basketball sea- GW had been searching for question of whether the buyouts before a midterm. Rather, students have son. Even though GW came Yogin Kothari at the guard position. He should be extended to all faculty made it clear that the current state of within two points with 14 limited turnovers, dished and the operation closed down. Gelman as a campus facility and resource seconds left in regulation, Columnist out assists and provided The most remarkable aspect of the is unacceptable. the Rams prevailed 79 to offense when necessary. buyout is its breadth - one half of This semester, the Facebook group 73, and the Colonials were He has helped improve the the faculty. As The Hatchet has re- “Get Gelman Going,” a group which em- bounced from the first round of the CBI. flow of the Colonials’ offense, which seemed a ported, all faculty members who phasizes the need for library renovations, The loss to VCU definitely wasn’t the perfect little sluggish over the past few years. came before 1994 received an offer has garnered over 1,100 supporters. While way to end the season, but the game did repre- While the players have played a significant to encourage their quick departure. we understand that Facebook activism is sent just how far the Colonials have come after role in the revival of the GW men’s basketball something to be wary of when gauging two consecutive disappointing campaigns in the program, the coaching staff deserves just as much student support, we also believe that this 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 seasons. While there’s credit. We fans may not always agree with Hobbs’ Donald O. Parsons is representative of a strong sentiment still room for much improvement, the Colonials decisions during the games, but after coming on campus – this year’s senior class gift far exceeded preseason expectations by not only under fire over the last few years, he has really will be donated to the library, for exam- clinching a spot in the Atlantic 10 tournament for worked hard to put together a strong product on This does not mean the administra- ple. Combined, these efforts show how the first time in two years, but also by playing in a the court. With the help of his assistants, Hobbs tion would like to part with every much students want to see the library im- nonconference postseason game for the first time has finally shown immense dedication to this engineer in the targeted group, but proved. since GW’s last NCAA Tournament appearance program, and his efforts are beginning to take that the cohorts of professors who The central issue for Gelman stems in 2007. GW men's basketball in the right direction. came to GW before 1994 on average from the fact that it receives no money Looking back on this season, labeled as a “re- The 2009-2010 men’s basketball season was a have projected greater costs than from the University for capital expendi- building year” by fans and the media, we can see success. Not only did the team go above and be- benefits. In a standard academic tures. GW stops at funding only the ad- just how much the men’s basketball team has suc- yond preseason expectations, but it also showed career, the 1993 deadline is a rela- ministrative and operational costs of the cessfully resurrected itself to be competitive for that it could compete with the best when giving tively recent time. A new assistant library, and thus it is up to Gelman’s own the next few years. Hobbs has successfully devel- its strongest effort. For example, the team came professor is unlikely to be awarded development office to fundraise for any oped a strong corps of young freshmen who have close to beating Richmond and Xavier, two teams a full professorship in less than 12 improvements to the library. The develop- positively impacted GW’s success on the court. that earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament. Still, years. Most take longer. Led by A-10 All-Rookie team member Lasan while this season was a great accomplishment, Is this bleak judgment of SEAS Kromah and featuring Dwayne Smith and Bry- it is not where the program needs to be year-in rooted in reality? Casual evidence an Bynes, these freshmen have taken prominent and year-out. It has to consistently improve and does come down on the adminis- The central issue for Gelman stems roles in Hobbs’ rotation. Each brings a unique as- compete annually to earn a bid to the NCAA tration’s side. The GW community pect of the game to the team, whether it’s strong Tournament. If Hobbs and the Colonials can im- may lament undergrad rankings in from the fact that it receives no defense, explosive offense, or the ability to shoot prove with the group they have built so far, there the low to mid-50s, but the latest lights out from the three-point line. Given these will be much more for GW fans to celebrate next US News and World Report ratings money from the University for strengths and the ability to further develop dur- March. place the GW undergraduate en- ing the offseason, I have confidence the team will -The writer, a sophomore majoring in gineering program as tied for 95th capital expenditures. be increasingly successful in the coming years. international affairs, is a Hatchet columnist. with six other schools among the 101 schools with Ph.D. programs that were rated. As a graduate engi- ment office has set their fundraising goal Caring about student health care neering program, GW is unranked. at $5 million, but all indications are that by Sara Fischer It is one of the approximately 100 they are still far short of this total. These engineering graduate schools not in numbers illustrate two problems for the the top 95, but we can say no more. effort to renovate Gelman. First, it is clear In one of his many reflections that the development office of Gelman upon stepping down as president, Library is ill-equipped to effectively fund then-President Stephen Joel Tra- the renovations that students want to see. chtenberg claimed that his deci- Second, the planned renovations, with the sion not to close the engineering hefty $5 million price tag, are simply too school was one of his best. Even at ostentatious and unrealistic. the time, that struck me as unusu- The onus for seeing improvement ally and uncharacteristically mod- for our library is twofold. It is up to the est of him. The school has been a administration to put some resources to- large drain on the tuition payments ward capital improvements for Gelman. of GW students in more successful It is clear from the dilapidated state of programs. The school chronically many of the floors of the library that the struggles with its undergradu- current method of funding improvements ate enrollments despite enormous is not adequate. On the other hand, stu- subsidies. In 2007, undergraduate dents must also be willing to contribute engineers received financial aid at to the effort. Currently, the tuition-based almost double the rate of other stu- $50 dollar opt-out voluntary fee is the best dents, with tuition “discounted” at way for students to tackle the issues they 46 percent versus the 28 percent for are concerned with. There is warranted undergraduates as a whole. Pre- debate over whether this fee is the most sumably the remainder of their ex- effective way of fundraising, but for now penses was absorbed by students in it is one of the only options directly of- the other schools. It is no accident fered to students. that CCAS cannot afford adequate Every student has encountered the professional advising without the main issues that Gelman faces. The first, miraculous intervention of the In- fourth and fifth floors are in embarrassing novation Task Force. condition, and the library as a whole deals Proposing to release half your with periodic overcrowding. Addition- faculty is a tough assignment for ally, the search for a study room typically a new dean, as is deciding what to ends in disappointment, while the eleva- do next. Dean David Dolling ar- tors and many desks are in desperate need rived on campus two years ago full of repair. We see that students are making of enthusiasm for the “industrial these issues a priority, and the University park” model of the proposed Sci- Give me some credit ence and Engineering Complex, an- should follow suit. nouncing at an early Faculty Senate The University should revisit IB policy committee meeting that engineers no longer had specialty areas; they ith registration for fall 2010 right higher level courses, which are two-year com- went wherever the money was. He Quotable around the corner, the two things on mitments, and nothing for their standard level has since perhaps come to realize my mind are coursework and credits. coursework, which is identical to AP? It seems that donors are less excited about WRummaging through the fall catalogue trying the University is simply favoring the AP pro- industrial parks than deans are to “When we think about to find classes that start after 9:35 and are Rate- gram and this causes IB students to have fewer lead them, and he began to articu- myprofessors.com-approved credits than they rightfully de- late a more focused mission for the Washington, we all know about the can be tedious. But I'm still serve. school. At a recent senate meeting, stressed about credits I earned Gabrielle Friedman But the problem with the he reported that cyber security and politics, and we all know about the in high school - credits the Uni- way GW deals with the IB pro- high speed computing are strengths versity does not fully accept. gram does not stop there. Stu- SEAS can build on, and indeed he monuments, but underneath, there’s International Baccalaure- dents receive only elective cred- has taken steps to revive the Cyber ate (IB) courses are just not of equal value to it for the exams they take at a higher level (and Security Institute. a very thriving art community here." Advanced Placement (AP) courses here at GW, receive the necessary score for credit). Going A new SEAS with a cyber se- even though the work is just as difficult – if back to the same credit chart, one can see that curity and high speed computing – Karen Ahlquist, chair of GW’s not, in some cases, more challenging. The IB a 4 or 5 on an AP American History exam will focus will at least make fewer de- program is AP’s crazy uncle, similar to AP in give a student credit for HIST 40, whereas a 6 mands on lab space, which may de- music department that it is also a college-preparatory program or 7 on the IB History of the Americas exam (IB light my science colleagues should focusing on mainly the same subjects offered is graded on a 1 to 7 scale) gives that student the SEC be built. Despite the poten- in AP (with additions in the language depart- credit for HIST 099 – the equivalent of an elec- tial space savings of this new mis- ment since it is an international program). Yet tive course. So after two years of hard work, IB sion, it seems appropriate to ask a it is different in that the courses are offered two students can look forward to only getting elec- deeper question – is it not time to ways: standard level or higher level. tive credit. How generous! close SEAS entirely? The adminis- Have an opinion? Standard level teaches the material for one While AP students have the ability to get tration first proposed to scrap the year and tests through an international stan- out of taking graduate curriculum requirement engineering school building, then it dardized exam (similar to AP). Higher level courses (which is the main reason most of us proposed to scrap its faculty. Maybe teaches more material in a subject area over a decided to take college-prep courses in high it is time to scrap its administrators two-year period and tests through a standard- school), IB students are stuck taking courses and be done with it. SEAS may be ized exam (AP on steroids). Additionally, the in college that simply regurgitate material they struggling because of the educa- amount of courses students can take at a high- already learned in high school. It is imperative tional planning failures of the past,

er level is capped due to the rigor. But IB stu- that GW reexamine its policy toward IB credit but it is just as likely that engineer- H dents take a mix of standard level and higher and reflect a better understanding of the pro- ing is a poor fit for a law and so- level courses. gram. Otherwise, the school is just lessening cial science-driven university four [email protected] A simple scan of the credit charts for both the incentive for IB program students to come blocks from the White House. In IB and AP coursework found on the GW Web to GW, while continuing to make registration these financially difficult times, it site reveals that “[IB] credit is granted only for for current GW students all the more frustrat- makes sense to focus resources on higher level exams.” Herein lies the problem. ing. the University’s strengths. If the AP program is a one-year commitment, -The writer is a freshman majoring in – The writer is a professor of why do IB students only receive credit for international affairs. economics.

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The GW Hatchet News March 25, 2010 w Page 5 Nationally, engineering majors get highest starting salaries ployment information manager Even during the reces- based on the job market, then Technical majors at NACE, said of the number of sion, Myklebust said almost by the time you graduate, you students graduating with engi- all SEAS students have job may not get a high salary [be- To p 10 Hi g h e s t Pa i d Disciplines are valued in work neering majors. offers because of their ability cause the job market might The study shows petroleum to take scientific knowledge change] and you may end up Petroleum Engineering $86,220 engineering majors – account- and design new things society stuck with a major you don’t 1 place, survey finds ing for less than 1 percent of needs, or are accepted into a enjoy,” she said. Chemical Engineering $65,142 all bachelor’s degrees received master’s, law school, medical For freshman Scott McColl, 2 by dimple Mirchandani – can earn a starting salary of school, or graduate business studying electrical engineering Hatchet Reporter $86,220 after college, the high- program. at the School of Engineering 3 Mining & Mineral Engineering (incl. geological) $64,552 est total found in the study. Besides various majors and Applied Science was ideal Engineering majors ac- Other high-paying disci- within engineering like petro- because the department com- Computer Science $61,205 count for eight of the top 10 plines include chemical engi- leum, chemical and mechani- bines electrical engineering and 4 highest paid degrees, the Na- neering at $65,142 and mining cal, computer science majors computer engineering to help Computer Engineering $60,879 tional Association of Colleges and mineral engineering at ranked number four. Informa- foster more research and inno- 5 and Employers’ winter 2010 $64,552. tion sciences and systems ma- vation in such fields. salary survey found. Barbara Myklebust, as- jors ranked number 10. “I chose electrical engineer- 6 Electrical/Electronics & Communications $59,074 After reviewing job offer sistant dean for student affairs “Engineers have been af- ing because figuring out basic Engineering data from students at 200 col- and research professor of elec- fected because overall salaries circuits in my AP Physics class leges and universities, the as- trical and computer engineer- are not as high as a few years came easily and was interesting sociation concluded majors in ing, said a range of engineering ago. But getting a job won’t be to me,” McColl said. 7 Mechanical Engineering $58,392 various engineering disciplines, jobs are in demand despite the as difficult as most other ma- NACE will provide a sec- computer science and informa- recent job market woes. jors,” Alex Florescu, a senior ond look at salaries for the class 8 Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering $57,734 tion sciences and systems are “Engineering job opportu- majoring in computer science, of 2010 in April with the release among the best-paid. nities are holding steady, very said. of the spring 2010 salary sur- Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical $57,231 “Engineering majors are so robust,” she said. “Biomedical Since the job market chang- vey. 9 valued because it is a technical engineering jobs will increase es so often, Florence Wong, a se- “Over the next 10 years, Engineering major. The number has been in opportunity. It is not reces- nior majoring in mechanical en- engineers will continue to see a decreasing each year and that’s sion-proof but because of the gineering, said students should rise in salaries – not huge, but Information Sciences & Systems $54,038 why there’s more demand for breadth of work, there will al- major in what they love. small to moderate increases,” 10 Source: Winter 2010 Salary Survey, national Association of Colleges and Employers engineers,” Andrea Koncz, em- ways be jobs in the market.” “If you pick your major Koncz said. u Page 6 w March 25, 2010 News The GW Hatchet Local library's renovation plans proceed with the city and community cessibility of the library. On Mayor approves to build outstanding, world the private side they did not class, new facilities on these want the residential units to proposal for West sites,” said Joe Sternlieb, vice be attractive to students,” president of Acquisitions at Sternlieb said. EastBanc Inc. Asher Corson, president End Library The Foggy Bottom of the Foggy Bottom Asso- and West End’s Advisory ciation and a commissioner by Maryann Tadros Neighborhood Commis- hatchet file photo for ANC 2A, said he was Hatchet Reporter sion weighed two submitted pleased by the city’s selec- plans for development and Along with the reno- tion. D.C. Mayor Adrian Fen- supported EastBanc’s plans. vated new library and fire “Although I had hoped ty has chosen a $150 million The city’s decision was station, plans call for 10,000 that there would be more proposal to renovate the largely due to EastBanc’s in- square feet of retail, 235 proposals to be submitted to West End fire station and clusion of changes to the fire parking spaces and 205 units the city, I think that we got library located just off cam- station, said Sean Madigan, of housing –with 50 units set a high quality developer and pus, echoing recommenda- communications director for aside as affordable housing. will get a good product,” tions from two neighbor- the Office of the City Admin- The Metropolitan Police Corson said. hood groups. istrator. Special Operations Division This is not the first time EastBanc Inc. will rede- Eastbanc proposed de- at 24th and L streets is adja- EastBanc has been chosen for velop the library at 24th and veloping both the library cent to the library and will be the redevelopment. Back in L streets and the fire station and fire station site, while part of the development site, 2007, the city chose EastBanc at 23rd and M streets, and the other team proposed just as the division is moving to for the project but neighbors construction on the two the one site. “We’re looking Southwest D.C., according objected and the deal was buildings could begin by to maximize the develop- to a news release from the called off, but Corson said he 2012 if EastBanc’s proposal is ment potential of those sites Office of the Deputy Mayor is happy with the decision. approved by the D.C. Coun- and to have better public fa- for Planning and Economic “There is no question cil and Zoning Commission. cilities,” Madigan said. Development. that Eastbanc’s scheme was “We are very pleased to The mixed-use develop- “The most important more appropriate for the lo- have been chosen. We are ment is expected to cost $150 thing [to the community] cation. I am very thankful,” looking forward to working million to build. was the location, size and ac- he said. u

francis rivera | hatchet photographer Junior Rob Maxim reacts after winning the Student Association executive vice presidency March 11 in the Marvin Center. Maxim elected SA vice president

focus on the issues.” Maxim receives Maxim added that he was looking forward to working 794 votes; Dobson with next year’s SA President Jason Lifton, saying that the two of them have had a “good garners 736 working relationship” over the years. by Madeleine morgenstern Maxim also pointed out Senior Staff Writer that he was the only EVP can- didate in the race that was not Junior Rob Maxim was an SA senator. elected Student Association “I really think this is a huge executive vice president ear- thing on the message of the lier this month, beating class- SA, and where students want mate Logan Dobson in a run- the SA to go,” Maxim said. off election with 51.9 percent The EVP candidate pool of the vote. was whittled down to two af- The scene in Columbian ter Jon Binetti and Josh Gold- Square on election night – stein came in third and fourth Thursday night before spring place, respectively, during the break – was more subdued general election in Februrary. than the night of the general Neither Maxim nor Dobson election announcements last reached the 40 percent vote month. Only a dozen mem- threshold required to win the bers of both Maxim and Dob- general election, thus trigger- son’s fraternities, along with ing the runoff. some friends, were on hand to Two other runoff elections support the candidates. were also held. Ivy Haskins The final vote tally was and Kathryn Pitts tied for the 794 to 736. graduate SPHHS senate seat, “I’m thrilled, I knew it and Haskins won the Marvin was going to be close,” Maxim Center Governing Board grad- said. “I’m looking forward to uate seat. implementing what students Joke candidate Steve Holt want, working with the sen- was originally one of the three ate and really getting them to tied for the MCGB seat. u

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FPP's production of ESA fraternity's battle of Check out receSs' newest Check this "Rumors" is happening the bands will be rock- show - "High Society" - at all this weekend at the ing the Marvin Center the Marvin Center March out... Lisner Downstage. March 27. 26. Tickets are $3. Arts Takes... Quick Hatchet Arts looks at Calif. indie pop and a debut album from a power duo “Big Echo” The Morning Bend- ers Everything about this California-based band’s music is bright and sunny. Unfortu- nately, this tends to give The Morning Benders' newest release, “Big Echo,” a one-note quality. The album starts off strong, with lush vocals and big, bold sounds, but about halfway through it devolves into a series of nondescript, nearly identical songs that struggle to hold your interest. If every song on “Big Echo” was like the lead track “Excuses,” however, this would be a very different review. Written in ever-appealing 6-8 time, this song features soaring harmonies (masterfully laid down by singer Christopher Gina Orlando | hatchet photographer Current recipients of Presidential Arts scholarships performed and answered questions for prospective scholars during auditions held March 6 Chu), shuffling percussion and an overall lively, and 7. More than 200 prospective students applied for the scholarship this year. happy demeanor. This is the kind of music the group makes at its best. “Promises” is another solid track, with shift- Arts scholarship applications rise ing time signatures and a catchy bridge. The fuzzy guitar line and soft bass bring to mind a More than 200 prospective students auditioned this year lot of Grizzly Bear’s work; this isn’t surprising, by HANNAH TRAVERSE line, and many current applicants At the auditions, which oc- ditions with her daughter Emily, since The Morning Benders have frequently Hatchet Reporter heard about the scholarship from curred on campus March 6 and also a prospective dance scholar. drawn comparisons to that group, and Grizzly GW recruiters who visited their 7, current PSA students gave sup- After taking Emily to auditions at Bear’s bassist Chris Taylor helped produce the Application numbers for high schools. port to the applicants and spoke a number of different schools, Ip GW’s Presidential Scholars in the Napper said that, on average, enthusiastically about the schol- said she was impressed with the album. Arts program increased signifi- 60 percent of the students accept arship program. help the PSA program offers to “Wet Cement” and “Pleasure Sighs” are cantly this year, jumping about 25 the 30 scholarships handed out “I think it’s a good mix of students interested in completely more mellow takes on the band’s cheerful, percent since last year. each year. For this reason, offers studying the arts, but also know- different areas of study. The PSA program offers are usually extended to about 50 ing something about the world,” “One of the nice things is beach bum sound. The latter has a silky, deli- several $15,000 scholarships in applicants. freshman Maddie Hendricks, a the support that’s given to cross cate feel to it, as you might expect a “pleasure dance, fine arts, music, and the- Karen Ahlquist, chair of theater scholar, said. “As an in- majors and minors,” Ip said. “It’s ater to prospective GW students. GW’s music department, said she coming freshman, it was really clear there’s collaboration be- sigh” to have. First made available more than considers the auditioning process nice to have a community.” tween departments.” The group loses its creative edge from here, 15 years ago, there are, on aver- for the PSA program a “first rate” Many PSA students have a Dance department chair Dana though; while songs like “Stitches,” “Mason Jar” age, 100 applicants per year, but recruiting tool, giving students double major, taking advantage Tai Soon Burgess commended the past few years have seen a who might not even receive the of courses that would be unavail- the PSA program for fostering art and “All Day Day Light” are good, there’s noth- steadily expanding application scholarship a chance to talk with able at schools strictly devoted to education. Burgess said college ing to set them apart from the tracks around pool, according to data from the GW faculty members and get a the arts, and only PSA students would not have been an option them. They’re all mild, forgettable guitar lines Office of Admissions. This year, better sense of the University. The in fine arts are required to major for him without a dance scholar- more than 200 applied; in 2009, program is important in promot- in the field; those who apply for ship, and his education in the arts and bare, boring vocals. The final track, “Sleepin 153 students auditioned for the ing some of the lesser-known theater, dance and music have the gave him a perspective he would In,” redeems the group somewhat; it’s a dreamy scholarship; 134 auditioned in academic programs at GW by option of majoring in something not have gained by simply going 2008; and 130 did so in 2007. providing visibility to its arts de- different. straight into the professional field little tune with nice, tight harmonies. Still, “Big Dr. Kathy Napper, executive partments, she added. “I really want to do dance of dance. Echo” needs a big finish, one that does its first dean for undergraduate admis- “When we think about Wash- and pre-med in college – this “It can be scary to com- half justice. sions, said in an e-mail that GW ington, we all know about the is a perfect opportunity,” said mit to the arts when entering uses “a variety of avenues to ‘get politics, and we all know about Livvy Gruder, a prospective stu- a university. The arts seem –Caroline Coppel the word out’ ” about the schol- the monuments, but underneath, dent who auditioned for a dance ephemeral at times, often not arship. Information about the there’s a very thriving art com- scholarship. completely supported by our program is easily accessible on- munity here,” she said. Jeanette Ip attended the au- society,” he said. u “Broken Bells” Broken Bells At its heart, Broken Bells’ eponymous de- An after-school artist but album sounds like by Jill Beckerman constructed “Certain, Memo- a brand new Shins re- Hatchet Reporter ry,” a recent piece, by build- lease. This is not a bad ing a wooden box on the top When he's not teaching or half of a mannequin. Inside thing at all. consulting, Peter Loge is still the box is a string of random The brainchild of Shins’ frontman James working. photographs hanging above a Mercer and Brian “ DJ Danger Mouse” Burton, Loge is a part-time pro- die, a toy watch and a dried fessor in the School of Media rose, among other things. “Broken Bells” effectively combines, for the and Public Affairs, and works Loge said that the piece was most part, the eerie vocals and creative instru- at Milo Public Affairs as a inspired by his perception of mentation for which both acts are known. “The consultant advising elected memories. officials, candidates and ad- “We are certain of our Ghost Inside,” for instance, has an addictive vocacy organizations. But memories but they are uncer- groove that grabs you from the song’s opening beyond this already busy life, tain and random,” he said. Loge is also an active artist Although he does not conduct notes, and Mercer sings in a falsetto not im- in the D.C. area. He has had art classes, Loge is neverthe- mediately recognizable. “Vaporize” makes use pieces displayed in various less a professor at heart, as ea- of funky Hammond organ and brass lines, and galleries in the District, and ger to teach about his favorite recently showed some of his artists – Duchamp and other “Sailing To Nowhere” is a weirdly indulgent tune work at a charity event host- cubists and postmodernists – that sounds like a mini symphony, changing its ed by the soccer organization as he is to integrate various el- sound and mood while keeping the same me- D.C. United. He also serves ements of their work into his on United for D.C.'s board of own. Of the many galleries in lodic thread; it's a true result of collaboration. directors. the city, Loge counts among There are times, however, when Mercer’s in- Loge said his artistic in- his favorites The Phillips Col- fluence comes on strong, giving certain tracks spiration came after he gradu- lection and the sculpture gar- ated from Emerson College. den at the Smithsonian. an overwhelmingly Shins-esque feel. “The High “I saw a play about Mar- When he first started, Loge Road ”has a slow, poetic outro chorus (“It’s too cel Duchamp and thought said, he took a more business- it was the coolest thing ever like approach to being an art- late to change your mind/You let loss be your and became obsessed with ist, even using an art dealer. guide”) that could have easily found its way into him,” he said. “Then at some After he met and married his a track on “Wincing The Night Away.” Likewise, point [I] started gluing things wife, he stopped working for a together.” He added that he while, saying that most of his “Your Head Is On Fire” is a mellow, dreamy track still counts Duchamp as an “depressed artist’s creativity” that is classic Shins. influence and always makes left him. Now, Loge said he This tendency to invoke Mercer’s other sure each of his pieces has an doesn’t feel like he’s exercis- “argument.” ing his artistic side when he group only benefits the album: that sound is Loge described his art as creates his pieces; rather, it’s great, and it doesn’t matter on which album it “dioramas like you made in just another aspect of his life. elementary schools… only He said he often finds inspira- appears. Let’s hope the Burton-Mercer partner- michelle rattinger | assistant photo editor if you’re an adult they’re tion in his day jobs. ship lasts well beyond “Broken Bells.” Peter Loge, a professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs, shows not called dioramas, they’re “It’s all seamless,” he said. –Caroline Coppel off his artwork at his home in Adams Morgan. called an assemblage.” He “My life is my work.” u

FiveTenTwenty A weekly entertainment guide for the cash-strapped college student. If you have If you have If you have Check out 14th Grade Play- Jukebox the Ghost will be Blues/rock ers’ production of “Dr. Hor- playing at the Black Cat band Black rible’s Sing-Along Blog” March 25 with Tally Hall Rebel Motor- $ starting April 1 at the Lisner $ and Skybox. Tickets are $13, $ cycle Club is 5 Downstage. It’s a tragedy, a 10 but you can afford the ex- 20 playing at the comedy and a musical, and you get it all for just $5. tra $3 to see a band that got its start at GW. 9:30 Club April 5. Tickets are $20. Page 8 w March 25, 2010 News The GW Hatchet Study finds Obama's transparency efforts fall short

government agencies in an study showed the White overnight. ministrations of Presidents eighth audit done by the Only four of 28 effort to increase transpar- House deserved an A for “We had applauded Ronald Reagan, George National Security Archive ency. effort, but that the results President Obama’s declara- H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. since 2002. The report, released were still incomplete. I tions about open govern- The technique for the The audit was released agencies audited March 15, found the Obama think the headline writers ment starting on his first audit is called a Freedom of at the beginning of Sunshine administration was not just liked the man-bites- day in office, and like- Information audit, wherein Week, the federal govern- released more docs as transparent as Obama dog angle, since Obama is wise the new FOIA guid- journalists or investigators ment’s annual attempt at pledged it to be during the so pro-openness, so to have ance from Attorney Gen- submit FOIA requests, not openness and transparency. by Michelle Brown campaign. The report found any mixed results from the eral [Eric] Holder in March just to obtain information, Blanton said the audit Hatchet Staff Writer that only four out of 28 fed- agencies becomes a reflec- 2009,” Blanton said, refer- but also to judge the re- – despite being negatively eral agencies audited had tion on him.” ring to Holder’s pledge to sponsiveness of the agency portrayed by the media GW’s National Security released more documents The headline of a story shy away from the Bush to the request. This is the – served its intended pur- Archive released a study under the FOIA program in the Los Angeles Times administration’s less open pose. last week that showed Pres- than Obama’s predecessor, read, “A little secret about stance on releasing docu- “The best result of the ident Obama’s administra- President George W. Bush. Obama’s transparency,” ments. “But based on our "The study showed the Audit was the response of tion may not be as trans- Additionally, the audit and a headline in the New experience with thousands the White House,” Blan- parent as it had pledged to found that only 13 out of 90 York Times read, “Report is of FOIA requests across White House deserved ton said. “On Monday last be, but the archive’s direc- agencies had changed their critical of Obama’s efforts hundreds of agencies, we week, we made headlines tor said this week that the FOIA manuals in response at transparency.” Many suspected that not all agen- an A for effort, but all over the country with study was misrepresented to Obama’s pledge. blogs used the report to cies were living up to those our finding that only 13 out by members of the news Though he said the re- criticize Obama on the eve standards. So we did this that the results were of 90 agencies had really media. sults of the audit were not of the historic health care audit to see just how far the changed their FOIA manu- Archive Director Tom surprising, Blanton felt the bill, passed Sunday night. Obama-Holder guidance still incomplete." als or guidance in response Blanton conducted an audit study was portrayed by While Blanton said his had pushed agencies for to Obama. On Tuesday, the of how many documents many national media orga- independent research in- more open government.” White House chief of staff were released by President nizations in a more nega- stitute was excited that Blanton said the study tom blanton and the White House coun- Obama’s federal agencies tive light than he intended. the Obama administration found that many agencies sel sent out a memo to all under the Freedom of In- “The headlines were pledged to be more open, have backlogs in processing GW National Security agency heads telling them formation Act – a program way more critical of Obama he said he did not expect their FOIA requests, with to change their FOIA man- that enables Americans to than the study was,” Blan- years of backlogged FOIA some requests as old as 18 Archive Director uals and guidance. Now obtain documents from ton said in an e-mail. “The requests to be processed years, pending from the ad- that’s action!” u Dan Greene Louis Nelson Sports Editor Contributing Editor [email protected] [email protected] H SportsMarch 25, 2010 w Page 9 In brief Softball stopped at home by Towson Baseball beaten by Mason The GW softball team lost Despite turning 10 hits and six Wednesday afternoon, falling 2-1 to walks into nine runs, the GW baseball- Towson in a brief, one-game break team lost 10-9 at George Mason in ex- from Atlantic 10 action. The Colonials struck first against tra innings Wednesday for its second the Tigers, scoring in the first inning consecutive one-run loss. when junior third baseman Katie Ter- The Colonials (9-8) and the Patri- razas drove in senior lead-off hitter Amanda Holst on a single to right ots exchanged early scoring bursts, field. That first-inning run proved with Mason's 6-3 lead through three to be the final tally of the game for the Colonials, however, as they were innings being erased by a trio of GW held to just four hits for the remain- runs in the top of the fourth. The der of the game. teams traded two and one-run frames GW starter Kara Clauss went six and one-third innings, but surren- over the next few innings and finished dered both Towson runs, allowing the first nine innings tied at nine runs the Tigers to score once in both the apiece. fourth and sixth innings to earn the loss. In the bottom of the 10th, Mason The game was GW’s first since first baseman Dan Palumbo got on splitting a double-header at home last week against La Salle, winning base with a lead-off single off GW the first game 4-2 before dropping junior Tommy Gately and eventually the back half of the twin-bill to the came around to score on a double Explorers 8-6. The Colonials will return to the from teammate Brig Tison that won field again this weekend with games the game for the Patriots. Saturday and Sunday against Rhode Senior centerfielder Jon Chirum- Island. Saturday’s game against the Rams is set for 3 p.m. and Sunday’s bolo was a perfect four-for-four at Jordan Emont | hatchet Photographer first pitch will be at noon. GW softball coach Kim Staehle, left, watches as one of her players slides safely into third base during the Colo- the plate, walking once and scor- –Louis Nelson nials' 2-1 loss to Towson Wednesday. GW is now 4-13 overall and will host four games in three days this weekend. ing three of GW's runs. Seniors Chris Luick and Curtis Eward and freshman Robbie Haben each drove in two runs Men's basketball loses in CBI over break for the Colonials, with Luick recording by DAN GREENE two hits and also walking twice. See full game recap on Sophomore Marshall Seedorff Sports Editor was the lone GW pitcher not to sur- The Hatchet's Spring break didn’t last render a run, pitching two and two- long for the GW men’s bas- Courtside Blog thirds scoreless innings that spanned ketball team. A week after an Atlantic 10 tournament loss at from the sixth until the ninth. Dayton seemed to end their blogs.gwhatchet.com/ The Colonials will host Duquesne season, the Colonials took the courtside in a three-game series at Barcroft Park floor once more, this time host- ing Virginia Commonwealth in Arlington, Va. this weekend begin- University March 16 in the first If they need help in any way, ning Friday at 3 p.m. round of the College Basketball I’ll talk to them or anything – Dan Greene Invitational postseason tourna- like that,” Hollis said. “I’m just ment. excited to see what the rest of Cricket learns at nationals But that second life didn’t the world’s like, to see what Despite less than ideal results on last long either; despite a pair the life is after college basket- of second-half rallies that cut ball. But I had a great deal of the pitch, GW’s club cricket team re- double-digit deficits down to fun playing college basketball. turned from the national champion- two points and a career-best I met a lot of guys that’ll be ships in Florida this week with valu- 30 points from senior Damian friends forever.” Hollis, GW fell 79-73 to the vis- Some of those teammates able insight into how to improve the iting Rams to end the season. who will be coming back next team going forward. The final score being as year made a strong impact close as it was was due in large in the loss to VCU as well, “It was a great learning experience part to Hollis’ inspired farewell such as freshman Lasan Kro- for us,” said freshman member Hugo performance, with the senior mah (18 points, five rebounds, Scheckter, adding that the tourna- scoring 14 of his points in the three steals) and sophomore final 5:05 of play and adding Tony Taylor (eight points and ment was “a bonding experience that a team-high eight rebounds in a game-high eight assists). definitely brought us closer together his last game as a Colonial. Hobbs said all of the Colonials as a team.” “I think he has a very bright coming back next fall should future,” head coach Karl Hobbs benefit from the postseason ex- Despite falling short of the semi- said of Hollis. “I think if he perience. finals after a round of matches that chooses to continue playing “We think this is gonna be included a narrow loss to local rival basketball, he’ll have an op- a momentum booster for us portunity to do that… He’s too because now they’ve tasted it George Mason, GW was able to earn good of a player to not contin- a little bit,” Hobbs said. “It’ll a spot in the top 20 of the national ue to play.” motivate them to work out. It’ll With an eye now turned motivate them to dream the rankings. toward what lies ahead, Hollis dream. And the ultimate dream The GW cricket team currently said he is not done contribut- for our program is winning the practices in the baseball batting cage ing to GW’s program. Atlantic 10 tournament and “The remainder of the time playing in the NCAA tourna- at the Smith Center, but was com- Photo Courtesy gW Sports information that I’m here, I’m gonna be try- ment. That’s our goal and that’s peting against teams who regularly Tony Taylor had eight points and eight assists, but GW fell to Virginia Com- ing to give everything I’ve got what we’ll be shooting for next u practice on grass pitches. The differ- monwealth University in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational. to the guys that are returning. year.” ence in surfaces alters the way the ball acts while in play, a discrepancy that Scheckter said takes some getting Men's volleyball club sees spike in success used to. “If we had played all four games by Elizabeth traynor Hatchet Reporter and then played them again there would have been very different re- A year ago GW’s men’s club sults,” Scheckter said. volleyball team didn’t have a place to practice. In a week, they In addition to the national rank- will be on their way to Kentucky ing, Scheckter said that many spec- for a national championship tour- nament. tators commented on the skills of Such has been the up-and- the GW players. They also earned down nature of the club over its attention from the head of athletics history. “The men’s volleyball club at the University of the West Indies, has been on and off for a long where cricket is a varsity sport, whom time,” said senior Joe Parise, the Scheckter said was “very excited club’s captain for three years and president for two. “But it was off about the progression of our team when I arrived here as a fresh- and may be looking for a future part- man.” nership.” Parise and classmate Cem Oztreves went about restarting The team will return to compe- the team as freshmen, trying to tition this Saturday at American at 3 recruit new players despite not attending any tournaments or p.m., then head to the Ohio Invita- playing games. “The general response at the beginning was spotty,” Parise said. Number crunch Funded purely on dues, the team’s initial philosophy was to The number of simply show up and have fun. Jordan Emont | Hatchet Photographer times baseball se- Over the next two years, howev- Coach Daniel Davidson, left, has helped revitalize the GW men's club volleyball team in the past year. Looking on er, the team became more serious. from left to right are sophomore Mike Pierce, junior Eric Rosenfeld, freshman Donovan Allen and senior Joe Parise. nior Jon Chirumbolo They held more fundraisers and reached base in as participated in activity fairs to at- “We were on our own, more Davidson became the driving tional playing Georgetown,” many plate appear- tract new members. or less,” sophomore Joe Verde force behind the team, pushing Verde said. ances Wednesday Eventually the size of the club said, explaining that the Univer- them to join a league and, eventu- Next the team will play in the 5 grew and the group was able to sity didn’t offer much support. ally, attend the upcoming nation- EIVA league championship this at George Mason. Chirumbolo went get club sport funding from the Fortunately, around the same al tournament. The team signed coming Saturday at the Univer- 4-for-4 with a walk and three runs. University and even purchase time, a man named Daniel David- up for an adult league in Fairfax, sity of Maryland, its final action uniforms. The team played in son contacted Parise expressing Va. to obtain more practice time, before the unfamiliar competition some matches and started to be- an interest in coaching the team. and Davidson’s numerous con- of the National Collegiate Club come more organized until it was Davidson had prior experience in nections in the volleyball world Volleyball Championship the fol- faced with a new challenge: find- coaching volleyball teams at oth- enabled the team to participate in lowing weekend. Last Word ing a place to play. er universities and the GW team, more scrimmages and games. “We don’t really know what Due to renovations to the and wanted to help. Now the team has progressed to expect,” Parise said. “It’s hard "I'm just excited to see what the Smith Center last spring, the “He last coached a GW team to the point of competitive suc- to know how teams from Califor- building’s auxiliary gyms could about seven years ago and took cess, winning a divisional cham- nia are going to play.” rest of the world's like, to see what no longer be used for team prac- that team to nationals,” said ju- pionship in the Eastern Intercol- Despite that uncertainty, tices. The backup plan, to use a nior Eric Rosenfield, the club’s legiate Volleyball Association last Verde said he is confident the the life is after college basketball." gym on the Mount Vernon cam- current captain and president. weekend by besting seven other team will continue to play well. – Men's basketball senior pus to practice, was destroyed “Now he’s come on board as both teams, including the rival team “After winning the division when construction of the new a coach and a sort of organiza- from nearby Georgetown. championship,” he said, “we Damian Hollis Pelham dormitory interfered. tional director.” “We always get pretty emo- have a lot of momentum.” u Page 10 w March 25, 2010 News The GW Hatchet 82 academic integrity violations given last year National Cherry said. “For the most part, on this, and the syllabus is Blossom Festival the code is clear, yet it is quite clear on this. As for Three-quarters of subject to interpretation second chances, I do not and therefore has some see a rationale for it,” Wil- begins Saturday violations were for flexibility.” son said. The National Cherry The consequences for Although penalizing a Blossom Festival officially violations of the academic student for code violations starts this Saturday, with an plagiarism code vary greatly depend- is often necessary, profes- opening ceremony slated ing on the severity of the sors interviewed said it at the National Building by Jennifer Terker offense, Terpstra said. was still an unpleasant Museum that will feature Hatchet Reporter About 83 percent of the thing to do. the Ambassador of Japan perpetrators failed the giv- “Catching a student and Miss D.C. among other Though the Academic en assignment, 16 percent cheating is the last thing performers. The festival is Integrity Office strives to failed the course and one in the world any professor scheduled to last through inform professors and stu- wants to do. It is emotion- April 11. dents about the academic ally painful at a level that An annual two-week code and its consequences, "For the most part, is difficult to describe. To event, the festival celebrates 82 violations were found the code is clear, photo illustration by marie mcgrory | hatchet photographer have the student-teacher the blooming of the cherry during the 2008-2009 aca- About 83 percent of academic integrity violators failed the given relationship disrespected trees surrounding the Tidal demic year. yet it is subject to assignment, 16 percent failed the course and one student was expelled. to that level is an amazing- Basin and Jefferson Memo- According to data from ly painful experience that rial. The trees were a gift the office, the perpetrators interpretation and and are not expunged upon zero-tolerance policy for sucks time, energy and ef- from Japan in 1912. were half male, half female, graduation.” cheating and believes the fort away from scholarship Performances are sched- with 74 percent being un- therefore has some During the 2007-2008 normal penalty issued for and other students,” said uled throughout the week dergraduate students. The academic year, the Aca- first offenses “is far too School of Engineering and near the Tidal Basin, and majority – 76 percent of flexibility." demic Integrity Office lenient since most cheat- Applied Science professor include a fireworks show these violations – were for found 89 violations, 76 ers cheat to begin with be- Julie Ryan. on the southwestern water- plagiarism, followed by 18 percent of which were for cause they’re in danger of Ryan, a strong advo- front April 3. A parade, held percent for cheating. TIMOTHY TERPSTRA plagiarism and 17 percent failing. College students cate for academic integrity, on April 10, will mark the Office of University for cheating - almost iden- are adults and understand said, “Cheaters steal much end of the festival. Students and Academic Academic Integrity tical to the 2008-2009 aca- the consequences of their more than just the oppor- According to the official Integrity Director Timothy demic year. actions,” he said. tunity to actually learn Cherry Blossom Festival Terpstra wants to prevent Director The office encourages Professor of finance something: They steal time Web site, the peak bloom confusion regarding the professors to enforce the Arthur Wilson agreed stu- that other students might dates will be April 1 through academic code that results student was expelled. code when they suspect a dents should understand have had with the profes- April 4. Peak bloom dates in these violations. “A couple of areas of violation, and professors and be aware of the aca- sor; they steal the emo- are defined as days when 70 “The AI policy is en- confusion on the AI policy have different approaches demic expectations. tional energy that a profes- percent of the blossoms are forced by the Academic revolve around the perma- and standards when it “It should not be nec- sor might put into future fully blooming. Integrity Office, the Aca- nency of the record of vio- comes to integrity in their essary to say, ‘Don’t take classes; and they steal part Monitoring the blooms demic Integrity Council, lation and the notion of in- classrooms. credit for someone else’s of the value of legitimate is a full-time job held by GW professors, adminis- tent,” he said. “Violations History professor work.’ Even so, I think the grades earned by honest National Park Service hor- trators, and students,” he are permanently recorded David Silverman has a University is quite clear students.” u ticulturists who provide forecasts and updates as needed, according to the CRIME LOG UPD that an unknown Liquor Law Violation Georgetown UPD that she moved service's Web site. Horticul- individual was throwing Department of Public out of her room due turists update the site daily Destruction liquid out of a window 3/12/2010 – 2156 F Safety to a conflict with her with bloom briefings. at pedestrians. 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UPD responded to a a smoke detector had campus – Multiple 3/19/2010 – Philip She was assessed and report from GW Book- + been pulled from the times – Case closed Amsterdam Hall – transported to GW store staff that four Follow ceiling. 1:40 a.m. – Case Hospital. employees were being Referred to Student A parking attendant closed Subject barred from terminated for taking Judicial Services in the Marvin Center campus chips and soda with- Stay up to reported that an un- UPD observed in a hall- out paying during their Disorderly Conduct known male had called way an intoxicated fe- Theft shifts over a period of date with The her twice and used ob- male who was found to seven months. Hatchet on 3/12/2010 – Philip scene language toward be a Georgetown Uni- 3/19/2010 – JBKO – Open case Amsterdam Hall – 9 her. The complainant versity student. She was Time unknown – Case Twitter. p.m. – Case closed claimed not to recog- assessed and transport- closed –Compiled by T.C. nize the voice. ed to GW Hospital. Flowers @gwhatchet A student reported to No identifiable subject Referred to A student reported to The GW Hatchet News March 25, 2010 w Page 11 Model UN team wins diplomacy awards in Taiwan the world to send students Hague, Netherlands. In 2008 working on generating solu- Six students take to participate in the confer- the group sent 12 students tions to world problems, but ence, and delegations reg- to the conference in Pueblo, also got a chance to experi- home honors given ister as early as October for Mexico. ence the sights and sounds the March conference to in- Dieringer cited the high of the host city. The group crease their chances of being cost of participating in the went on nightly cultural and at conference assigned a desirable coun- overseas conference as a social events, and had the by Drew Spence try to represent, said Alison reason why fewer students opportunity to hear interna- Hatchet Staff Writer Dieringer, MUN coordinator have attended the past cou- tional leaders speak, includ- for GW’s International Af- ple of years. ing Taiwanese Head of State This spring break the fairs Society. Each year the Student Ma Ying-jeou. GW Model United Nations “To be chosen to attend Association and Senior Vice Although the conference delegation made their third- World MUN as a delegate President for Student and only modeled issues that annual voyage to the World from the GWU team is very Academic Support Services dominate world discourse Model UN Conference, trav- competitive,” Dieringer said Robert Chernak help the in reality, delegates did have eling the furthest the group in an e-mail. “There is an delegation defray the cost of many opportunities to con- has ever been for the event, open application process ad- the trip, Dieringer said. front real world issues, in- to Taipei, Taiwan. vertised on the International Those who did have the cluding representing China A team of six GW stu- Affairs Society [e-mail list] chance to go to Taiwan said at a conference held in Tai- dents made its way to the Photo Courtesy of Alison Dieringer and from those applications that the conference was a wan, a region administered Asian country for the 2010 The GW Model UN team served as the People’s Republic of China and the most experienced/high- rich and rewarding experi- by the Chinese government World Model UN Confer- took home four “Spirit Diplomacy” awards. est performing delegates are ence. that lacks UN representa- ence – a competition in chosen.” “It’s definitely been one tion. which groups of students People’s Republic of China ed by Harvard University The team sent the same of the highlights of my time “The president of Tai- represent different countries and took home four “Spirit each year and always held number of students to par- at GW,” said Geoffrey Loud- wan came and spoke to us at and act as a make-shift UN, Diplomacy” awards, the in a different international ticipate in the World MUN en, a member of GW’s MUN the opening ceremonies and attempting to solve real is- only awards given at World city. Harvard undergradu- competition this year as team. told a joke about Taiwan not sues facing the organization. MUN. ates invite MUN delegations they did last year, when the Delegates were not only having UN representation,” The GW team served as the The conference is host- from universities around conference was held in The locked up in committee, Louden said. u The Hatchet wants you. Come be a part of our energetic editorial staff! The Hatchet is currently hiring for the 2010-2011 school year. Positions are paid, part time and conveniently located on campus.

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but volunteered at two dif- Trips help students ferent [Knowledge is Power Program] Charter Schools,” log hours for Obama said Deirdre Clark, a group leader who returned for the service challenge third year in a row to New Orleans for the alterna- by Elizabeth Hay tive spring break program. Hatchet Reporter “After Katrina, there was a large movement to reform More than 170 GW stu- the education system in dents and staff members the New Orleans area and, spent spring break travel- as a result, several charter ing across the country and schools have moved in, in- volunteering on alternative cluding KIPP. Our group spring break trips. helped put up blackboards, The participants trav- clean the yard and organize eled to six cities across the supply closets and files.” U.S., restoring and recon- Though the leaders said structing cities, homes and the trip was successful, it schools in Greensburg, Kan. was not without a hitch. On and New Orleans; volun- March 17, halfway through teering at a juvenile deten- the trip, a bus driver carry- tion center in Miami; and ing 52 students back to their addressing poverty issues in lodging accommodations Appalachia, W.Va., Atlanta, was pulled over and arrest- and the Cherokee Nation in ed on suspicion of driving Tahlequah, Okla. under the influence of alco- The hours the students hol, University spokeswom- completed will go toward an Michelle Sherrard said. Michelle Obama’s service William Torres, president challenge, but University of the DC Trails charter and spokeswoman Michelle bus company, the employer Sherrard said the total num- of the bus driver, said the in- ber of hours completed have cident was isolated, adding not yet been tabulated. With that the employee accused photo courtesy of Atalay Ozsoy just more than one month of driving under the influ- Sophomores Divya Chalikonda and Anil Shah nail a section of floor into the base of the house in New Orleans over spring break. More than to go before Obama’s chal- ence of alcohol is an “out- 170 students travelled on six separate trips as part of the Alternative Breaks Program. lenge comes to a close, the standing employee” with GW community has now no complaints filed against logged 86,209 hours, leav- him. kee family was the highlight leader on the Atlanta trip, cohol… We also learned that rived so much happiness ing the community with Despite the mishap, of her group’s trip. said his experience helped service is not an activity, just from seeing the smiles less than 14,000 hours to go students interviewed from “We enjoyed hog, veni- rid him of stereotypes of but a lifestyle and one that on my participants’ faces,” before completing the chal- all of the spring break trips son, catfish, wild mush- homeless people. we ought to seek for our- Guinn said. “When they felt lenge. said volunteering was a re- rooms, potatoes, wild on- “This past week, we selves.” accomplished I felt accom- The 96 students who warding experience, allow- ions, Indian fry bread, and learned that the stereotypes Two-time alternative plished, and their spirit just traveled to New Orleans ing them to not only give corn bread along with the that portray homeless peo- break participant and first- magnified my happiness helped restore a charter back to those less fortunate good company of their fam- ple are grossly false,” Fran- time group leader Charles throughout the trip. Despite school damaged by Hurri- than them, but learn from ily,” Davis said. “It was a colino said. “We learned Guinn, who spent his break being a participant last year cane Katrina and helped re- the people to whom they great experience and out that for many of these fami- in Greensburg, Kan., said and feeling that there was build homes for those who dedicated their week-long of their kindness we got to lies, homelessness was the being a leader was a differ- no way I could ever have an lost their houses to the vio- break. learn a lot more about the unfortunate consequence of ent, but just as gratifying ex- experience equal to mine on lent hurricane. Sarah Davis, a group Cherokee family and life- a series of random or unfor- perience as being a regular the 2009 Greensburg Trip, “This year we not only leader on the Cherokee Na- style, especially their kind, tunate circumstances – not participant. this trip was separately and worked with Habitat for tion trip in Oklahoma, said giving spirit.” because they were lazy or “I felt like a proud par- distinctly a beautiful and Humanity for four days, having dinner with a Chero- Matthew Francolino, a caught up with drugs or al- ent in the sense that I de- equally meaningful trip.” u

make clear what you can and can- submit timesheets confirming a manager of WGTB at Georgetown, Perino not discuss,” Perino said. Leaders minimum of 18 hours worked per estimated that he spent between 5 She added that she would pre- week to receive his or her com- and 15 hours per week working from p. 1 pare the staff on days when par- from p. 1 pensation. Of the total $8,500, for the station with no compensa- ticularly controversial headlines $5,000 is given for working 20 tion. At GW, the WRGW station commentator on Fox News Chan- hit the news, and if she did her job and dance, cheerleading and de- hours per week throughout the manager receives a $15,000 schol- nel and chief issues counselor at well, the backlash was not as bad bate teams. summer. arship. Burson-Marsteller, a global public as they had expected. Saulny said the motivation “I don’t run for this position The yearbook editor at Catho- relations firm. “In my current field Near the end of the discus- behind giving generous schol- for the money,” Lifton said. “It’s lic University is unpaid and the of work, CEOs are handed news sion, Perino talked about one of arships to student leaders is to hard to not have a job as a college University of Maryland does not clips by their PR people. They her most memorable experiences ensure qualified and motivated student and the scholarship does provide the compensation given don’t understand some things serving under the Bush adminis- students aren’t deterred from help with the burden of GW’s in- to its yearbook staffers. Ameri- Americans are facing.” tration. It was on a trip with the running for the positions due to credibly high tuition.” can’s yearbook editor in chief Perino said the problem with president to the Bethesda Naval financial concerns. SA President Julie Bindelglass, receives a stipend of $2,700, less today’s news is the lack of resourc- Hospital, where the most injured “Given the time commitment a junior, declined to comment for than one fifth the $15,000 award- es. soldiers are treated, to award a in discharging the duties of these this article. ed to editor in chief of The Cherry “Everyone wants to break the purple heart to a man who suf- positions, students often have to The origin of the leadership Tree. news, so reporters shoot first and fered major brain injuries and was give up employment opportuni- awards differs between universi- The executive vice chair of ask questions later,” she said about in a coma. ties or choose not to run based on ties. Georgetown Student Associ- Program Board receives a $7,500 her experience in the press brief- “His parents, wife and child the need to earn funds to meet ed- ation President Calen Angert said scholarship. Wesley Callahan, the ing room. were so happy to see the president. ucational expenses,” Saulny said. his compensation is provided di- current vice chair declined to dis- Perino said she is proud to The soldier’s young son wanted to SA President-elect and cur- rectly from the university, similar cuss his award “upon direction have served under the “first gen- know why we were there, and just rent Executive Vice President to GW. Andy MacCracken, Presi- from [the Student Activities Cen- der-blind president.” as we started to read the commis- Jason Lifton said the presidency dent of American University’s ter,” which oversees all student When Parnell asked about sion to the soldier, he awoke from was a serious time commitment, Student Government, said his organizations on campus, includ- tips and tricks of the trade, Perino his coma,” she said. “He asked for similar to the number of hours stipend is generated from student ing Program Board. Callahan has stressed the importance of being the president and wanted the com- a week estimated by students at fee money. been elected next year’s executive ethical at all times. mission re-read to him. If I wasn’t other universities. According to Managers of Maryland's and chair of Program Board, and that “My principle is to never lie. there I wouldn’t have believed my the bylaws of American’s student Georgetown’s student radio sta- position receives a $15,000 schol- In the game of gotcha, you have to eyes.” u government, the president must tions are unpaid. GT Wrobel, arship, Saulny said. u

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again,” Pollok said. increasing space, the issue of ments that it really needs,” Lif- Pollok said the store usually funding for renovations to the ton said. Robbery discourages employees from Housing GELMAN library looms large. Lifton, working with Last from p. 1 chasing thieves due to safety from p. 1 from p. 1 “What most students do and the student body, hopes to concerns. not realize is that the Gelman fix some of the most common To prevent this incident from oc- “It’s against policy, but, it the same time because there is Md. The storage facility houses Library receives limited funds complaints about Gelman. curring again, Pollok said that was so quick and it is hard to a chance that I could be placed books and journals off site to from the University that only “As an academic institu- the cash drawer was moved to combat that first instinct. It al- in a nicer dorm like Ivory create space on campuses. cover administrative costs, in- tion, the library needs to be a below the counter and added most comes down to fight or [Tower] or City [Hall], but that “As we get more books and cluding salaries, operating costs top priority,” he said. “A library that all he can do is hope for the flight,” he said of the employees’ also means that I may not end journals in electronic format, we and collections,” Siggins said. is the center of academic life on best. reaction. “Generally, the policy is up with the roommates I re- have less need for the hard cop- “The money needed to remodel campus, and with the amount “It was a crime of poor judg- that it’s not worth it. I think there quested and I may have to pay ies. The demand by students and upgrade the library must be of money we’re paying for our ment on our part. Just by our was $300 in the cash drawer; more money for a dorm I nev- for study seating in Gelman done through pure donations education, we need to have a moving it, that prevents that someone getting hurt, or even er requested in the first place,” competes with the need to raised primarily by Gelman’s top-notch library to back all type of things from happening worse, is not worth $300.” u Gainor said. “I think the Uni- have stacks, so we constantly own development office.” classroom activities.” versity should compensate us have to decide what books we Planned renovations that The WRLC storage facility somehow for having to live in can move to storage in order to would have included personal presents an opportunity to cre- a third or fourth-year dorm make more room for seating,” workstations, new software ate more space within the library, that we did not request.” University librarian Jack Sig- and reconfigurable furniture but Executive Vice President and Some students inter- gins said in an e-mail. for Gelman Library’s first floor Treasurer Lou Katz said the Uni- viewed were happy with their GW removes about 20,000 were placed on hold this fall versity is trying to find shorter assignments. books every year to the WRLC because the library had only term solutions as well. Michael Schumpp, also a facility to create space in raised $150,000 of the $5 mil- “There are long term plans, freshman, said he was lucky Gelman, Siggins said. lion needed for the project, The but these are long-term plans of and received his first choice “We currently have one Hatchet reported in September. how the library can be expand- for next year, but only after storage module, now nearly full Lifton said he plans to con- ed. But in the short term we getting his sixth choice this with over 1.3 million volumes,” vey the importance of Gelman agree that we need to do more year. WRLC Interim Executive Di- improvements to the adminis- to make it more usable. We con- Weinshel said the Uni- rector Mark Jacobs said. “Mov- tration. tinue to use more and more of versity has assigned all of ing these books and journals “We have been working the storage space, and what we the available rooms, and stu- off campus frees a significant with the University librarian are doing is, we are continuing dents on the wait list will be amount of space in the libraries and the student advisory board to look at how we can better uti- given spots after juniors and of the eight-member universities to establish a constant stream of lize [Gelman],” Executive Vice seniors opt out of campus for other, higher priority uses.” funding that would allow the President and Treasurer Lou housing. u Despite these steps toward library to build up the improve- Katz said. u