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THURSDAY The GW April 2, 2009 ALWAYS ONLINE: WWW.GWHATCHET.COM Vol. 105 • Iss. 51 Hatchet AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER - SERVING THE GW COMMUNITY SINCE 1904 Credit crisis SMOOTHSAILING Admissions hits student steady in borrowers rocky times by Sarah Scire and Mike Phillips Hatchet Staff Writers by Rachel Barker Hatchet Staff Writer The nation’s tightening credit market has forced top private student loan provid- Recently released acceptance fi gures for GW’s in- ers to alter their lending practices, prompt- coming class of 2013 are on par with previous years, ing concern in GW’s offi ce of fi nancial but the size of next year’s incoming class is far from aid about students’ access to manageable certain due to the widespread fi nancial turmoil. loans. The University sent out regular decision accep- The University’s top fi nancial aid ad- tance letters to 6,200 students last week, meaning total ministrator said he was worried last week selectivity remained almost unchanged at 37 percent – over new standards at the nation’s largest including early decision acceptances. The total number student loan providers that could make it of applications also remained stable at about 19,500. more diffi cult for undergraduate students But recent media reports indicate that the affects of to borrow for college from private lenders. the economic downturn on families has made it diffi - The changes include higher interest rates cult for expensive private colleges like GW to predict and more burdensome terms for student how many admitted students will matriculate – also borrowers with low-income or poor credit known as the yield rate. ratings, as well as requirements that stu- A steady yield rate is especially important for GW, dents begin paying off the debt while still which has a relatively small endowment and depends in college. on tuition to pay for the majority of its operating bud- Dan Small, executive director of fi nan- get. Accepted students have until May 1 to let the Uni- cial aid, said that requirements to attain the versity know if they will be attending. Nick Gingold/senior staff photographer lowest interest rates on student loans are Some colleges have increased their acceptance Sophomore Will Ricketson (left) and Senior Vice President of Student and Academic Support Services changing and borrowers with low credit rates in response to the ratings could be forced to pay an addi- Robert Chernak raise the University fl ag onto one of six new Flying Junior sailboats recently acquired by uncertainty in order to tional 9 percent on top of the regular rate. the GW sailing team during a commissioning ceremony in Kogan Plaza Tuesday afternoon. ensure full enrollment, By the numbers: While more GW students are turning to but GW has stayed the federally guaranteed loans, a signifi cant course. portion – about 35 percent – still take out Executive Dean for • 19,500 total private loans to help pay GW’s high tu- Undergraduate Admis- applications ition, well above the nationwide average Bindelglass seeks trust in SA sion Kathy Napper said of 19 percent. the University decided Funding for the low-interest and fed- by Emily Cahn not to make substantial • 6,200 students erally guaranteed Stafford and PLUS loan Assistant News Editor changes to its regular programs is limited. With the cost of high- decision acceptances accepted regular er education rising rapidly in recent years, Student Association President- this year, adding that decision more and more students have turned to elect Julie Bindelglass said her fi rst she is confi dent GW's private lenders to make up for the shortfall. priority as the SA’s leader will be to very high fi nancial aid But with the economy the recession, pri- regain the trust of the student body will help them woo • 37 percent vate lenders are becoming more selective after what she called a largely unsuc- uneasy families and and adapting terms that effectively cut off cessful year for the governing body. keep current students acceptance necessary credit lines for some students. Bindelglass, a sophomore, was enrolled. selectivity Small said he was also concerned elected SA president on March 26 “Obviously we are about new policies from Sallie Mae, the when she received 1,565 of the 3,018 concerned about how votes cast, defeating her run-off the economy will affect See CREDIT, p. 8 election opponent Nick Polk by 112 yield as we are about retention,” Napper wrote in an votes. She is now working together e-mail. “We believe that the additional funding ... that with Executive Vice President-elect the University is putting towards fi nancial assistance Jason Lifton to outline their main to assist both current and prospective students with goals for next year before the transi- need will go far in curbing any decline in yield and tion on April 30. retention.” Cannaday The Board of Trustees increased fi nancial aid by 10 “We defi nitely want to increase communication and that’s some- percent this February, although much of that amount thing that’s so easy to do within the will go toward students already at the University. fi rst 50 days, fi rst 100 days – during Reports indicate that the economy is a large con- that transition,” Bindelglass said of cern for admitted students. A Princeton Review survey cleared of this week found that economic conditions helped de- the month-long transition period she has before being sworn in as SA termine the college lists of 7 out of 10 students. president. Dan Small, executive director of fi nancial aid, said She added, “We have to regain the University is currently seeing a 10 percent rise in dealing the trust of students, we have to work aid applications from both prospective and currently really hard to change that perception enrolled students, although the number was not fi nal. by Gabrielle Bluestone and the only way we are going to do “We are still receiving aid applications and ex- Jonathan Ewing/Hatchet photographer Senior Staff Writer that is by making [the SA] relevant, pect to receive more right up until the summer,” Small Sophomore Julie Bindelglass reacts to becoming the Student As- but doing something that is going to said. A jury acquitted a former GW coun- help people.” sociation president-elect last Thursday. Despite increased applications for aid, Napper said that the University has not changed its need-blind selor last week of dealing drugs from his Bindelglass had a laundry list ing on,” Bindelglass said. “Jason has body will help Bindelglass and Lifton apartment adjacent to campus, but con- of goals listed in her platform while admission policy and early reports indicate that “given ideas, I have ideas, and we both come stay in tune with student concerns the changes in family circumstances,” the University victed him of gun and drug possession running for SA president, but she up with them but we want to make and the goals they are working to- charges. said she wants to make sure the goals accepted more students who applied for and received sure our priorities are in line with stu- ward. fi nancial aid. In August, agents she sets are ones that students want dent priorities. We want to make sure Dining is another issue Bindel- from the Drug En- to see accomplished. In interviews with The Hatchet, several admitted stu- we are working for students.” glass said she would focus on during dents expressed concern with the cost of attending GW. forcement Agency “First, we want to hear what proj- Opening up lines of communica- and offi cers with the ects everyone wants us to be work- tion between the SA and the student See BINDELGLASS, p. 6 See ADMISSIONS, p. 6 Metropolitan Police Department raided the apartment of Lawrence Cannaday and found two guns, cocaine, marijuana 'The hidden job market' and drug distribution Lawrence Cannaday supplies, according to by Lindsay Underwood moving toward a solution. a word about yourself.” court documents. Hatchet Reporter After a week-long trial, he was found “Forget about getting hired, that’s This trick is one that not only guilty on March 26 of four offenses – pos- the small part of the equation” Combs works at job interviews, but also at Motivational speaker and co- session of cocaine, possession of drug said. “In order for you to get a job parties, Combs said. “The human median Patrick Combs encouraged paraphernalia, possession of a fi rearm and even when they’re not hiring, it’s the response to somebody who takes a jobseekers to quit whining about the possession of ammunition – and is being underpinnings. It’s the foundational genuine interest in us, is to admire recession and rising unemployment held in custody until his sentencing on psychology that’s going to make the you back.” rate and start being more proac- June 2. difference.” Combs recommended a visit to tive during an address at the Elliott The jury acquitted him on the four The fi rst move that job-seeking the GW Career Center, which orga- School Tuesday night. remaining charges and their subsections, students should make, Combs said, nized the event along with GW Hous- Combs, who has brought his which include possession with intent to is to join a professional association ing Programs, to work on résumés motivational speeches to Fortune distribute cocaine while armed in a drug- in their fi eld of interest and work and interviewing techniques before 500 companies, said the published free zone and possession of a fi rearm dur- on increasing their social network. making lunch dates. job market only accounts for 15 ing a crime. Social outlets like Twitter, LinkedIn, In the end, Combs said, employ- percent of total jobs. Tapping into Cannaday worked in the Multicultural and Facebook can all be used to build ers aren’t looking for a long list of the other 85 percent, or the “hidden Student Services Center for 14 years until connections with potential employers skills on a résumé, what they are job market,” requires the ability to 2006 and is the brother of GW’s Assistant and clients. really after is the person “who is on respond rather than react, he said. Vice President for Student and Academic The last and most important thing fi re for life.” “Right now what the news Support Services Helen Cannaday Saulny. to do when job hunting is to “take The idea of taking responsibil- is trying to do is give you every He lived in the Potomac Park apartments cool people to lunch,” Combs said. ity for your own success resonated reason in the world to justify why adjacent to campus at 21st and F streets. “There’s only so much you can learn strongly with Alyssa Steinmetz, a you can’t get a job,” Combs said. The 52-year-old faces a maximum sen- in college.” junior in the Elliott School of Interna- “The number one reason people tence of more than two and a half years in Combs urged students to fi nd one tional Affairs. don’t end up getting the job is the jail and more than $3,000 in fi nes. He could successful person they admire, take “It’s so easy to blame yourself, or lack of responsibility.” get up to a year in jail each for the gun and them to lunch and take a genuine everyone else and it’s so easy to waste Combs cautioned the audi- ammunition convictions. interest in their life and career. After your time thinking about all of that,” ence not to harp on the “how” During the trial, the prosecution talking about themselves all through Steinmetz said. “But if you really just part of getting a job, but to focus lunch, Combs said, they will grow to act before you think then good things See CANNADAY, p. 8 fi rst on the task at hand and start like you “even though you never said can come out of it.” „ The GW Hatchet | Thursday, April 2, 2009 H WWW.GWHATCHET.COM Page 2 „ Web Extra: CDs launch black caucus „ Alex Byers – Metro News Editor ([email protected]) Video: Students counter Westboro church protests >> Emily Cahn – Assistant News Editor ([email protected]) Nathan Grossman – Campus News Editor ([email protected]) „ Web Extra: Gelman Starbucks hosts Politico event Sarah Scire – Campus News Editor ([email protected])

CAMPUS Twelve rooms SNAPSHOT Passionate Protest Anonymous CALENDAR report bed bug Web site advocates problems abolishing SA Thursday A dozen residence hall rooms A new Web site has em- HIGH 65 | LOW 52 on campus have been confi rmed barked on a campaign to “abol- LOOKING BEYOND CONFLICT positive for bedbugs this academ- ish the SA,” after what its Learn about the violence in ic year, University spokeswoman anonymous creators said was Sudan from GW Banaa Tracy Schario said Tuesday. a wildly unsuccessful year for 7 p.m. The problem began with a GW's student government. Marvin Center Room 405 small dorm inhabited by engi- The leader of the move- neering students this fall, but ment, who refers to himself as has spread to larger dorms, in- Maximillian Robespierre – a cluding New Hall, this month. nod to a French revolutionary Friday More than 60 rooms have been infamous for his involvement treated since the fall to contain in the most violent periods of HIGH 66 | LOW 46 the spread of the insects, Schario the French Revolution – said IN TIMES OF CHANGE, WOMEN said. students should demand a STEP UP AND TAKE CHARGE The inspection and eradica- more effective student govern- Michelle Rhee, chancel- tion process conducted by the ing body. The site features a pe- lor of D.C. Public Schools, University’s Residential Prop- tition that students can sign to discusses issues facing erty Management requires that support the cause. female leaders and how students living in possibly in- “For years, GW students to succeed in professional fested rooms move all of their have watched as their elected and social organizations as belongings to the center of the Student Association has failed part of the Women's Lead- room, vacate the room for four to live up to their promises and ership Conference. hours and wash all bedding and failed to advocate on behalf of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. clothing. the student body,” a student in- Mount Vernon Campus Students affected by the de- Marie McGrory/Hatchet photographer volved in the movement wrote contamination efforts receive $10 Freshmen Paige Medley (left) and Lauren LaMonte (right) kiss to show their support for gay in an e-mail. “Students have a to $20 on their GWorld cards as right to voice their dissent and STUDENT ART GALA rights at a counterprotest to The Westboro Baptist Church's anti-gay demonstration in front reimbursement for the cost of of the White House Monday afternoon. demand a better alternative Program Board hosts an laundry and trash bags to store to broken promises and petty arts gala to showcase stu- their belongings – a response politics.” dent art projects many of the affected students in- Instead of the structure the 7 p.m. terviewed said they found unsat- SMHS summer program receives Congressional funding SA currently utilizes – mod- 1957 E Street City View isfactory. eled off of the U.S. government Room The University recommends A congressional earmark their talents despite the ineq- sky.” – the 'abolish the SA' move- that students who suspect they in the recently passed stimu- uities that may have existed Each week of DC HAPP ment proposes utilizing “Stu- have bedbugs – with symptoms lus bill allocates $443,000 to- in their lives.” will consist of college study dent Unions,” which would be including a red, itchy rash and ward a GW-sponsored sum- Three SMHS students and skill preparation, case-based “popularly elected bodies that Saturday welts – should visit Student mer program for D.C. public two students from GW’s phy- sessions modeled after SMHS will serve solely as advocacy or charter school seniors in- HIGH 61 | LOW 44 Health Services and contact Resi- sician assistant and public teaching methods and a field groups.” PEACE JAM dential Property Management to terested in pursuing health health dual master's program trip, ensuring that scholars Each student union would Enjoy a poetry slam by have their room inspected. careers. will serve as mentors for the explore the many facets of have a group of “10 elected poets Jonathan Walton and –Sarah Scire The earmark will aid a students during the summer medical careers. advocates” that would work Messiah four-week precollege matric- and for the entirety of their “The program is worth- towards completing goals in 7 p.m. ulation summer course – the academic careers. while, it involves GW and specific areas such as academic Lisner Auditorium D.C. Health and Academic “As a mentor I am look- the community and it has affairs. Correction Prep Program – hosted by ing forward to building a re- sustaining value,” principal The students involved in The Hatchet misquoted GW’s School of Medicine and lationship with the kids that investigator of the grant and the movement said they would Sen. Sam Brownback in “CRs Health Sciences. The program will help them become suc- SMHS Dean Yolanda Hay- remain anonymous, though Sunday host Sen. Sam Brownback” will cater to 20 low-income cessful in the future,” said wood said. “We are hoping to they acknowledge they must HIGH 66 | LOW 54 (March 26, p. 14). as saying high school seniors selected Chris Riley, a mentor and break down barriers.” reveal themselves when their HAWAII CLUB LUAU “I don't think we'll see him through a competitive selec- first-year medical student. “I Once completing the petition is submitted. Watch a hula show and eat on a second term,” referring tion process. hope to be an additional re- program, each scholar is en- “We are choosing to remain authentic Hawaiian food to president Barack Obama. “This program is provid- source in their life whether it titled to a $1,000 stipend and anonymous because abolish- while learning about the Brownback did not say the ing opportunities for under- be academically or on a social eligible for an $8,750 college ing the SA should be a student culture of Hawaii and the quotation, but instead spoke represented students that aspect.” scholarship. The earmark movement, not a vehicle to cre- Pacifi c. more broadly about how they would never have had,” He added, “More than covers only the next two ate 15 minutes of fame for a few 6:30 p.m. Americans would be frus- said GW staff member Emily teaching, I hope that I am an summers, with $300,000 for GW students,” a member of the Marvin Center Grand Ball- trated with Obama when he Morrison, the coordinator of inspiration for the students this summer and $141,000 for movement said in an e-mail. room runs for reelection. the program. “We are culti- to continue their career goals next summer, Haywood said. –Emily Cahn vating the local youth and and to keep reaching for the –Lauren Hoenemeyer News The GW Hatchet Thursday, April 2, 2009 | 3 'Little Rock Nine' member says education inequality remains by Lucy McCalmont School in Little Rock, Ark., who special guests. chosen to desegregate the schools Hatchet Reporter later became known as the Little “Way back then, none of us and she actually turned it down Rock Nine, faced racial slurs and could have ever predicted what because of all the death threats and The United States' education violence as they attempted to at- would come to be,” she said. things her family faced,” said ju- system is still plagued with in- tend the school in September 1957. LaNier discussed with the au- nior Carrie Wilkins. “I find it very equalities, the youngest member The governor of Arkansas ordered dience how racism and unequal interesting to see people who have of the Little Rock Nine told an au- the National Guard to prevent the education still permeates the U.S. gone through a history that is in dience at the Marvin Center earlier group from entering Central High public school system and affirma- my family.” this week. School. Following weeks of cha- tive action “is still necessary.” LaNier also said that though Carlotta Walls LaNier spoke os and crises, President Dwight The discussion, which was doors were opened by the civil Monday night about her experi- Eisenhower sent federal troops to hosted by the National Society of rights movement, some regression ence as one of the first black stu- escort and protect LaNier and her Collegiate Scholars, was planned has occurred since. dents to attend an all-white pub- eight peers as they finally entered for February in honor of Black “The ball was dropped with lic school following the landmark the school. History Month, but was moved some other generations behind be- 1954 Supreme Court case of Brown “We soon came to understand to March due to scheduling issues cause of opportunities, and we for- v. Board of Education. She said that getting into the school was and now commemorates Women's got how we got there,” she said. even though public schools were half the battle,” LaNier said. History Month instead. But LaNier encouraged parents desegregated more than 50 years She explained that it was “a “If you look around the room to make sure their children get the ago, the U.S. education system still year like no other” and especially today at all the people that we are best education and for other peo- deals with racial issues. hard for their parents. used to working with in class and ple to find opportunities to move “You just don’t assume be- “But challenges come into our on projects, none of this would be forward with integrity, like she cause there is a President Barack lives so we can learn lessons,” she possible ... without those initial and the other Little Rock Nine did Obama, that racism is dead, be- said. people who were willing to fight more than 50 years ago. cause it’s not,” LaNier said. “It is LaNier and the rest of the Lit- the battle,” said Sasha Belinkie, LaNier said, “When I entered something that is there, it’s going tle Rock Nine, who she called the GW’s NSCS chapter president. Central High School, I never imag- to be there.” “designated drivers of Brown v. A diverse crowd of more than ined then what a difference my de- Simone Freeman/Hatchet photographer After the court-ruled deseg- Board of Education,” were invited 100 turned up to the event. cision would make to the history Civil rights activist and member of the Little Rock regation, the nine black students this past January to attend the in- “My parents actually grew up of the civil rights movement and in Nine, Carlotta Walls LaNier speaks at the Marvin that enrolled in Central High auguration of President Obama as in the South. My mother was also my own life.” „ Center Grand Ballroom Monday night.

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Sign up today: gwhatchet.com The GW Hatchett | Thursday, April 2, 2009, page 4 QUOTABLE “ “Right now what the news is trying to do is give you every reason in the world to justify why you can’t get a job.” – Motivational speaker and comedian Patrick Combs, explaining why opinions people should still actively seek employment in the poor economy. Diana Kugel – Opinions Editor ([email protected]) Justin Guiffré – Contributing Editor ([email protected]) editorial “ Election Reaction Heads up, OCS Different takes on SA Election 2009 Seven million dollars is up for GWHATCHET.COM grabs and GW should be doing ev- Bindelglass: Go to gwhatchet.com for more perspectives, erything it can to get its fair share. Motivation for changeg H including Sen. Logan Dobson, CCAS-U, More specifically speaking, the It’s funny how much and Jason Lifton, vice president-elect. Edward M. Kennedy Serve America thinking you can get done Act that is waiting to be signed into when you’re outside on H law will provide $7 million divided Street for two days, in the among 25 institutions to encourage cold and the rain, trying to Redden: It’s not jjust GW GW’s SA election looked a lot like this year’s George- service learning. It is not yet clear pass out palm cards asking town University Student Association election. In each what qualifications a university passersby to vote for you case, I thought it was too bad that a couple of campaign would have to meet to qualify for in an election many people snafus caused everyone in student government to go this funding, but GW should make didn’t know was happen- ape over bylaws. I think most candidates for stu- it a priority to become one of these ing. It’s a humbling ordeal, dent government are well-meaning little schools. and I’m not so sure that’s a Clintons who just want to make their bad thing. school a better place, and we I found myself motivat- should let them get on with it, ed by the people that pre- Kroeger: as long as they avoid break- tended to be on the phone, $7 million is up for grabs ing campaigning bylaws in a Putting told me they “don’t vote,” really egregious way (if Kyle Boyer or “don’t care” or even just it in per- had put his face on a billboard, say, that and GW should be doing ignored me. It has been the would have been a problem). At the same time, I spective actions of the student gov- found GW’s “three-ring circus” highly entertaining, and GW stu- everything it can to get its ernment in past years that that’s saying something. Vishal Aswani set the bar pretty dent elections have cultivated the apathy. high. always bring out Their student government fair share. –Georgetown University sophomore Molly Redden, is blog edi- the best and worst has failed them, plain and Claire Autruonng tor for the Georgetown Voice. in people. I always hope we only hurts the simple. get a little more of the best. As I look ahead to next student body. The fi rst thing that people It benefi ts no one, belittles year, I have all students, involved with these elections As it is, service learning is defi- from the passersby on the some, alienates many and dis- nitely a part of the GW subculture, A lack of information must remember is that we are enfranchises countless others. street to my most vocal sup- We never actually knew about the elections until the students! This isn’t President and we send consistently high porters, in mind. I know the Rules should be followed, but numbers of graduates into respect- whole Kyle Boyer issue sparked. As freshmen, we feel we Obama, the U.S. Senate or the when the rules are abstract or current perception of the didn’t receive enough, or really any information, about the Supreme Court (as much as able service programs like Teach Student Association is not inconclusive, one should err for America, the Peace Corps and election and its candidates. The only reference we had the many would like it to be). The on the side of students and not going to change overnight, elections were taking place was the students advertising Student Association should be AmeriCorps. Becoming one of the and I know we have a lot incoherent bureaucracy. schools that benefits from this act their candidates by giving out candies and fl yers. about students advocating for I’ve voted in these elec- of work to do. I just want When the election arrived, we didn’t know about the other students. As such, the would likely expand the resources every student to know that tions, I’ve run in these elec- of the Office of Community Service candidates, their backgrounds or their future goals. We election process should focus tions and I was blessed to we are going to begin by were the ones who had to fi nd the information about the on students as well. Not polit- and enable GW individuals and or- earning back your trust, work in the SA. I always hope ganizations to do that much more candidates since we didn’t have knowledge about any of ical positioning, blog bashing, and pray for the organiza- and then working tirelessly the election details. The articles in The Hatchet provided intricate rules, ad hoc commit- for the community. everyday to make your day tion’s success. But after a con- The bill, provided it is signed, us with a little bit of information about the situation in the tees or grandstanding. tentious election, it is always to day life on campus just a Student Association election. When people take them- will also vastly increase the size little bit better. harder to make things work. of the AmeriCorps program, from However, there was a clear lack of motivation within selves too seriously they dis- Git ‘er dun, Julie. I know you –Sophomore Julie Bindel- the candidate pool in differentiating themselves from the tance themselves from the stu- 75,000 to 250,000 spots, which glass, next year’s SA presi- can. could be just what GW graduates others. We believe that the SA, being one of the most im- dent body and they make bad –Senior Brand Kroeger is a judge dent, is the current Finance portant organizations, failed to gain enough student atten- decisions. Assessing election are looking for before they enter the Committee chair. of the Student Court and last job market. tion. violations for bizarre reasons year’s executive vice-president. Often our prime D.C. location –Veronica Rivas and Nicole Najjar are freshmen. means that opportunities fall into GW’s lap, whether it’s the flocks of underclassman interning on the Boyer: Remember the ers agreed. Unfortunately, each of those govern themselves. Maybe it is time to Remember how the SA spent 2008-2009 Hill or the famous speakers that students was denied the candidate of drastically reduce the size of the senate. building a parade fl oat and planning a find their way onto campus. How- lessons learned their choice, for of all things, a made-up Maybe it is time to get rid of the Joint dance that you probably didn’t attend. ever, in can be easy for something Now is the perfect time for the stu- rule and a 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Elections Committee since it clearly can- Surely we can continue to eat depress- that requires some extra effort to dent body to fi x its student government. If there is to be any lesson from my not handle an election. ingly at J Street, go broke at the book- slip through the cracks. An explicit One of the reasons I decided to run for getting kicked off the ballot it should be Of course, we do not have to over- store and read about the petty SA drama goal of the University should be to president – despite knowing about the that clearly reform is needed. The SA haul the SA, but if we choose not to, in The Hatchet, but we need to make make sure we are one of the schools ridiculousness of the Student Associa- “Constitution” should not be longer we need to make sure we remember sure we remember a choice exists. that benefits from the extra funding tion – was because I believed I could than the U.S. Constitution. Maybe it is that choice. Remember how the SA was –Kyle Boyer, a junior, is a former SA presi- and not leave it to chance that we help reduce the level of toolishness time to break off the Law School and given $650,000 to deny Bhangra Blow- dential candidate and current executive- happen to be selected. that currently exists. At least 1630 oth- have the Student Business Association out and (insert your organization) with. vice president.

Aff ording college Stop the presses: Saving journalism he current economic crisis real threat posed to the future of f you are reading these direction of the news for the ducing only ten percent of the has focused much of the so many young Americans and words, you are one of day. Blogs and cable news still industry’s revenue, according The new model government and the me- our democracy’s bedrock prin- I two breeds. You are either get a bulk of their story ideas to The Project For Excellence T grasping one of those decaying from newspapers. In local in Journalism. Newspapers dia’s attention on ciple of equality. must involve making how to keep hom- Even as the historical artifacts communities and simply don’t have a model to called a newspa- smaller towns, make money by putting their eowners in homes, ORY TRUBLE recession deep- newspapers interac- investors in the C S ens and middle- per, which tend to they usually pro- content online for free. stock market and class families include creases, vide the only The new model must in- tive through a hybrid bankers in the face greater chal- smudges and un- form of news and volve making newspapers business of lending. Almost ab- lenges than ever before, tuition informed writers consequently the interactive through a hybrid online and print ver- sent and yet equally important rates have continued to increase such as myself, or only check on lo- online and print version. The in this dialogue is the question of while institutional aid budgets else you’re reading cal governments. generation that grew up with sion. The generation how to keep students in school. have shrunk. As the National the online version Media is called Napster is not about to start For years, students from all Center for Public Policy and of our newspaper. the fourth branch paying for simple articles that that grew up with economic backgrounds have Higher Education reported this If you are the of government for newspapers throw on the In- been forced to turn to a preda- year, this dangerous combina- former, you are a good reason and ternet. Online newspapers Napster is not about tory loan market because federal tion “threatens to put higher standing strong newspapers still could become personal, with and institutional aid did not meet education out of reach for most against those who consistently pro- front pages that help identify to start paying for their costs of attendance. This Americans.” Though I applaud aim to take away vide the best cov- the news people would like. In industry has operated under a GW’s recent efforts to increase the newspaper JOE LALIBERTE erage in media. the same way that the Web site through lay-offs, The situation Pandora selects and identifies simple articles that vicious logic: The poorer and its fi nancial aid budget, this COLUMNIST less “creditworthy” you are, the problem is much bigger than buy-outs or by for print news- musical preferences, online newspapers throw on higher your interest rates. Those any individual school. The price moving their ar- papers is dire as newspapers could develop a who are the least able to pay for of a college education cannot ticles from the they are at the system that lets you develop the Internet. higher education are often either continue to increase as the re- grip of your hands to the ends verge of extinction. A newspa- your own front page. denied fi nancing outright or are sources available to pay tuition of your fingertips. Whether it per older than its home state People would pay for on- doomed to startlingly abusive decrease. is because of an adherence to of Colorado, The Rocky Moun- line content that has more interest rates that saddle them For these reasons, the GW a public good or because you tain News, published its last video, interactive multimedia version. with a lifetime of debt. College Democrats will lobby just can’t manage to bring the issue at the end of February. graphs and links to original Publishers need to look The growing constriction of senators and representatives on laptop into the bathroom, your The Seattle Post Intelligencer documents. A modest on- at the Web as a tool for bet- the credit markets has only made Capitol Hill tomorrow and de- cause is just. If you are the lat- slashed its staff from 165 to line subscription could also ter storytelling. Once they do this problem worse. Students mand that the federal govern- ter, some in the print news 20 and was forced to move to provide greater access to the this, they can make money by who once relied on this less than ment begin a vast expansion of industry view you as a free an online format. The Chicago journalists and editors, more drawing advertisers both to optimal resource to fi nance their the federal fi nancial aid budget loader who is responsible for Tribune, Los Angeles Times, in-depth articles and special the Web site and the print ver- education now fi nd lenders de- while implementing new regu- the demise of the newspaper. Minneapolis Star Tribune and reports. The best, most inter- sion. nying lines of credit, increasing lations on both the private loan To them, you are destroying Philadelphia Inquirer are all active news must be put be- Innovative Web sites such interest rates or abruptly chang- industry and universities. Con- newspapers with every click in bankruptcy. Even the vener- hind a pay wall on the Web. as VoiceofSanDiego.org and ing lending practices to conform gress should move to implement of the mouse. able New York Times and The The Internet can also provide GlobalPost.com are already to harsh economic realities. In innovative new programs to Can there be a happy me- Washington Post are not im- online communities and social pushing a new model of on- this instance, the free market has reward service with tuition ben- dium between print and on- mune from financial trouble. networking capacities that the line journalism. Until newspa- failed us and is in the process of efi ts. The future of young Ameri- line versions of newspapers? The reason print newspa- print edition just can’t do. pers discover this new model, disrupting access to higher edu- cans cannot be put on hold if Can those who get their news- pers are shutting down is be- Unfortunately news is not we will be stuck in a danger- cation for the poorest and most this economic crisis is to truly be paper in an e-mail ever read in cause ad revenue, the true cash free. Even at GW, Student Ac- ous limbo pattern where there vulnerable among us. 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EMeRG buys Vandals steal CUA papers second ambulance department is conducting an in- “The Tower is proud to offer The University’s student- Homosexuality vestigation. students a place to debate opin- run emergency response “We need to bring some clo- ions,” Garbarino said, “but we organization, EMeRG, will debate may have sure to this,” Pendergast said. believe that most would agree soon begin using a second “And we need to let the campus theft is an inappropriate way to ambulance which they re- community know: Read the pa- express their disagreement.” cently purchased for $25,000. prompted crime per, but don’t take them.” The paper wants to pursue EMeRG raised the Garbarino said she thinks the perpetrators for violations of funds for the new vehicle by Bryan Han the perpetrators were one or both Catholic’s Code of Student Senior Staff Writer through an 18-month fund- more students frustrated with an Conduct and D.C. law, Garbari- raising campaign conduct- ongoing debate in the Tower’s no said, and have launched their Catholic University police ed through the University’s opinion section. own investigation. Development Offi ce. Uni- are investigating why more than “There’s been a debate going Garbarino said she spoke 2,000 issues of The Tower, Catho- versity Police Department on in our opinion pages about to witnesses of the newspaper Chief Dolores Stafford said lic University’s student newspa- homosexuality and things like trashing Friday night and Sun- Chris Gregory/Hatchet photographer per, were stolen and disposed of the second ambulance will that,” Garbarino said. “It’s been day, and Tower staff used a de- allow them to cover cam- SMPA professor Frank Sesno discusses climate change with across their campus last Friday. getting pretty heated … I think scription of a likely perpetrator’s Carol Browner, President Obama's top climate change adviser, The paper’s staff believes the in- pus more effectively. someone just got fed up with grade, major and physical char- “We want to ensure for a TV program as part of his project “Planet Forward.” cident may be related to an ongo- it and took their anger out by acteristics to fi nd them through ing homosexuality debate on its that we have 100 percent trashing the newspaper.” Facebook. coverage with no down pages. A March 3 article by Tower They reported their fi ndings Vandals tore up numerous time,” Stafford said. “The columnist Michael Rubin that to the investigator working on second unit will allow us 'Planet Forward' issues of the paper and left them commented on gay rights and the case. Garbarino would not in front of The Tower’s offi ce, to meet that goal because actor Sean Penn’s Oscar victory release the individual’s name, we can rotate the units out Editor in Chief Justine Garba- for his role in the movie “Milk” but referred to her as female. rino said. Tower staffers believe of service for routine main- prompted the debate, Garbarino The paper’s staff, though, tenance and repairs.” tapes in SMPA the vandalism occurred between said. Rubin’s column, which worries too much time will EMeRG had previ- 5:45 p.m. and 6 p.m. Friday eve- called same-sex physical rela- elapse and the perpetrators will by Lauren Hoenemeyer ronmental standards would help ously used one ambulance ning, she added. tions a “corruption” of same-sex escape punishment, Garbarino Hatchet Staff Writer the country in a variety of fi elds. and a Chevrolet Tahoe to “We’re just a little frustrated friendship, prompted letters to said. “The president believes that respond to incidents, but right now,” Garbarino said, “We the editor and responses to those “We want to let them do their “Planet Forward,” an Internet we can have a lot of different an- city driving caused prob- want something to be done. We letters in the ensuing month. job. That’s probably the best thing and television project devoted to swers come forward. The public lems in the ambulance, don’t want this to happen again Subsequent letters included that can happen,” Garbarino said promoting public discussion on absolutely wants to be a part of this Stafford said. – that’s what we’re trying to pre- “Opinion Articles About Gays of the Department of Public Safe- environmental issues, taped its fi rst movement. They are ready for lead- “One of the challenges vent in the future.” are Equal to Hate Speech” and ty. “We don’t want to rush them, television show in the Jack Morton ership and the president is bringing with all of the UPD and Cheryl Pendergast, assistant “Acceptance of Homosexual but it’s kind of an urgent matter, Auditorium Tuesday night. forward this issue,” Browner said. EMeRG vehicles is that director of Catholic’s Depart- Behavior Directly Opposed to and we don’t want someone to President Barack Obama’s top “The country is breaking the de- we do a lot of stop and go ment of Public Safety, said her Scripture.” get away with this.” „ energy and climate change adviser pendency on foreign oil, training a driving and we constantly Carol Browner joined moderator new generation for green jobs, put- drive short distances be- Frank Sesno, an SMPA professor ting a cap on greenhouse gases. All cause we are in an urban and CNN correspondent, for a two- of these things will mean economic HOLDERINSTALLATION area,” Stafford said. hour taping. The project began on- success.” To obtain its fi rst ambu- line with video submissions from Conversation between the pan- lance – which cost $7,000 scientists, professors and students, elists was broken up by the videos – EMeRG was required to which were played at the taping to submitted by students, professors, endure a lengthy applica- prompt panelist responses. environmentalists and scientists. tion process for a certifi cate Panelists included Shai Agassi, One video, submitted by Mi- authorizing them to oper- founder and CEO of Better Place, crosoft co-founder Paul Allen, was ate as an emergency trans- James Connaughton, executive vice titled “Boiling Point” and depicts port agency. Stafford said president of Constellation Energy an experiment at a gas station. The the organization did not and former chairman of the White video showed how a frog thrown have to endure the same House Council on Environmen- in boiling water will immediately bureaucracy to obtain the tal Quality, and L. Hunter Lovins, hop out, but if the water is slowly second vehicle, as the pre- president and founder of Natural brought to a boil, the frog will not vious authorization allows Capitalism Solutions. notice. High prices fl ashed on the the group to have multiple During the taping, Browner screen, telling consumers to “jump” units on campus. and other guests discussed renew- before gas prices triple again. Because the group does able energies, transportation and Another video featured D.C. not have enough staffers the Obama administration’s role in institution Ben’s Chili Bowl, which to run both ambulances si- the world of environmentalism. uses 100 percent wind power. multaneously, the vehicles “The president has taken this “It is the right thing to do for will not be in service at the task on with the American Recov- the future of our kids and for our same time. Stafford said ery Act: It is one of the largest en- country,” an employee said. the Tahoe, currently used ergy bills in the history of the coun- “President Knapp was an early as a response vehicle, will try. With American innovation supporter of the 'Planet Forward' no longer be used for that and ingenuity, we can do things project since sustainability is one of function. The new ambu- as a country that we don’t expect,” the top priorities of the University,” lance should be working Browner said. said Knapp’s chief of staff, Barbara in about 10 days, Stafford Browner, the longest-serving Porter. “It is initiatives such as this Nick Gingold/senior staff photographer said. administrator in the history of the one that GW is all about.” - Lara Gori President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder heralded a new era for the Department of Environmental Protection Agency, The program will air nationally said improving the nation’s envi- on PBS on April 15 at 8 p.m. „ Justice in Lisner Auditorium Friday at Holder's installation ceremony. SEE FULL STORY ONLINE. 6 | Thursday, April 2, 2009 The GW Hatchet News

“The cost of school is freaking me out, Someone activated a blue emer- the alcohol. and ironically, GWU is the most expensive CRIMELOG gency light at 22nd Street and Referred to Student Judicial ADMISSIONS school that I applied to, but is one of my highest contenders because of scholarships Arson Pennsylvania Avenue. When Services from p. 1 an emergency response mem- that were offered,” said Emily Russel from ber responded, they found an Simple Assault Erich Reimer, an admitted high school Colorado, another admitted applicant. “Re- 3/25/09 – Public property on gardless of where I go to school, I’ll have to campus – case closed intoxicated male not affi liated senior from New York, said that while GW is 3/28/09 – 3:04 a.m. – New Hall one of his top choices because of its location assume debt at the end, and ultimately the Someone reported that a trash with GW. He was argumentative UPD responded to a fi stfi ght. A in D.C. and politically active student body, the difference between my state school and GW can on the H Street side of the and screaming obscenities. D.C. won’t be too great.” Fire and Emergency Services male student was fi ghting another price tag and a smaller than expected fi nancial Marvin Center was on fi re. Uni- aid package are making him hesitate. The high amounts of GW aid are also responded, but the individual individual, who was unaffi liated a topic on CollegeConfi dential.com, an versity Police Department offi - with the university, and had alleg- “It’s still defi nitely very expensive,” said cers found motor oil cans at the signed a refusal of medical treat- online message board populated by high ment. edly offered to give a group of stu- Reimer, who added he is still waiting to hear bottom of the trash can. from other colleges. school students talking about admissions. Subject barred from campus dents a ride back to campus from Several students on the site reported choos- No suspects or witnesses a club. Metropolitan Police De- Other admitted applicants said they were pleased with the amount of aid they ing to come to GW solely because of gener- Destruction 3/28/09 – 10:45 p.m. – New partment offi cers responded, but ous packages. „ Hall – case closed neither individual wanted to press had been offered. 3/27/09 – 12:47 a.m. – Public An anonymous individual report- charges and they were released. ed that someone in New Hall was Subject barred from campus change. That’s why I ran for SA president. property on campus – case That’s why I based my campaign on taking closed throwing water balloons from a BINGELGLASS window in the residence hall. Unlawful Entry it back,” Bindelglass said. “I’d be willing to An offi cer heard a loud crashing from p. 1 work with them because we both have dis- sound while on patrol. He turned No identifi able suspect 3/26/09 – 12:25 p.m. – Marvin Center – case closed satisfaction within the SA and we both have around to fi nd an individual walk- the ability to change it this year, and I don’t Liquor Law Violation UPD offi cers found a male not her tenure as SA president. ing away from a scooter that had “I think there are defi nite improvements blame them.” affi liated with the University Her campaign slogan of “Take Back the been knocked over. The student 3/29/09 – 12:49 a.m. – Dakota we can make to dining,” she said. “Whether admitted to knocking it over and sleeping in Columbian Square. that’s getting an online grocery ordering ser- SA” was meant to end the feeling of disen- Apartments – case closed He had been previously barred vice, whether that’s improving the quality of franchisement many students feel toward he was arrested. UPD responded to a noise Closed by arrest from campus. He was so intoxi- what’s in J Street, whether that’s having polls, the organization, she said. complaint in the residence hall. cated that he could not stand on literally going up to people and saying, ‘What She said, “I think a lot of what happened Disorderly Conduct Twenty-four students were in his own. He was transported to do you think? Do you like Burrito del Rey?’ ” over the last year has only served to disen- the room and alcohol was in the GW Hospital for treatment. The recently launched “Abolish the SA” franchise more people, and I think nothing 3/26/09 – 12:01 a.m. – case plain view. Sobriety tests were Subject barred from campus campaign is an issue Bindelglass said she is is going to change in a day, but that’s why closed performed and UPD disposed of –Compiled by Lara Gori ready and willing to deal with. we have a month to transition, that’s why we “I’ll be the fi rst to admit the SA needs to have a whole year to work.” „ Amanda Pacitti ||pg| Arts Editor | [email protected] HatchetHthtArtsAtArArtts QikQuickkTakesTk Anni Rossi Rockwell (4AD) Anni Rossi’s debut al- bum, “Rockwell,” feels like one of your friends is playing live inside your dorm room. She’s cool, she doesn’t brush her hair, she wears plaid, and while all of this is pretentious and annoying, it’s also completely appealing be- cause it feels real. “Rockwell” feels like Mirah, Devendra and Feist, but with higher pitches and one girl playing all of the instruments –Chloe Popescu

The Lonely Is- land “I’m On a Boat” (UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC) T-Pain indulges in au- to-tune, while Andy Samberg indulges us with wholly average humor – and all of its surprising pleasant- ries. The video from SNL-affiliated trio The Lonely Island mocks ‘90s hip-hop decadence – with sweeping camera pans, champagne references and tuxedo-laden boat tours. Most significantly: The video offers the most appropriate venue for T-Pain to sport a cru- cial top hat. courtesy Doron Gild Ra Ra Riot takes indie pop to DAR Constitution Hall next week, alongside headliners Death Cab for Cutie. –Amanda Pacitti

The Thermals Wes Miles runs his mouth Now We Can See (KILL ROCK STARS) Ra Ra Riot vocalist rambles over instrumentals - and through the phone line - with Hatchet Arts From Wikipedia: “The by Amanda Pacitti wrote. In the song it’s referenced as a bar in them. I think most of the other people in my Thermals have made Arts Editor Gloucester that John had gone to during the band were fans at some point along their long many fine contribu- St. Peter’s Day festival. When we were trying career. Wes Miles, vocalist for indie six-piece Ra to fi nd a title for the album, we were thinking Who are your infl uences – musicians, art- tions to rock journal- Ra Riot, likes Anton Chekhov, James Joyce and about lyrics of John’s being particularly sig- ists, authors? ism, including the terms Prince. nifi cant to us and meaningful so we wanted to This is always changing and I can speak no-fi, some-fi, mid-fi, post-pop-punk, pre- Ra Ra Riot will perform with headliners have one of his lyrics as the title of the album. for myself but obviously it’s a big band, we all Death Cab for Cutie on Wednesday, April 8 Do any of the songs on the album deal come from different places … For me, I’m obvi- post-punk, neo-grunge, post-power-pop, at DAR Constitution Hall, supporting their specifi cally with his death? Are any of the ously a big Kate Bush fan. I’ve been getting into i.d.w.t.d.i.m. (i don’t want to do it myself) album, “The Rhumb Line,” which references songs on the album written by him? a lot of Prince lately … When we were writing and s.e.d.i.f.y.(somebody else does it for lyrics written by the band’s late drummer, He’s credited for writing about half the al- lyrics for the fi rst album John [Pike] and I kind John Pike, who is thought to have drowned in bum. A lot of the songs that reference death were of got into Melville as an author … James Joyce you).” Good for them. Buzzards Bay in Fairhaven, Mass., following a actually written with him or, you know, by him. was kind of an infl uence on some of the lyrics –Ani Mamourian show in Providence, R.I., in June 2007. There’s a lot of death imagery in the lyrics but too. You just got back from [Austin-based mu- not a lot of that is me referencing his death. It’s What was the last book you read? sic festival] South by Southwest. Do you have really kind of something he and I talked about Over the winter I read a lot of Anton Chek- any worthwhile stories to share about the ex- when we wrote those lyrics together. hov short stories. That was a really, really excit- perience? You’re a relatively young band – you’ve ing author to get into, because he was kind of Yeah, this year was a particularly fun year been around since 2006. Are there any chal- familiar for some reason. He kind of reminds FiveFi TenT TwentyTt because we had a lot of friends there and we lenges in this? Are you innocent to certain me of James Joyce – the kind of everyday life A weekly entertainment guide for the only played like three shows. Last year we things? Are certain things still new for you? being portrayed as very, you know, “Odyssey”- played six shows or something and the year We’re a young band … Certain things about esque … I’m a huge Chekhov fan now. cash-strapped college student. before we played a lot, so it was nice to just be the business are always kind of shocking, like Do you have any plans after the tour? If you have there hanging out as opposed to scrambling, so the way that it works. A lot of times it turns out There is going to be an album that’s com- it was a lot of fun. to be, you know how the old saying goes, ‘It’s ing out with me and the keyboard player from Catch 14th Grade Did you get out to see any artists that not what you know, it’s who you know.’ That Vampire Weekend over the summertime. The Players’ “Rabbit you’re a fan of? can be overwhelming sometimes. band is called Discovery … It’s pretty different Yeah, I saw Dirty Projectors and I saw Princ- Ra Ra Riot is touring with Death Cab for from both of our bands … We say it’s like crunk Hole,” directed by eton, which was really good. Cutie. Are you fans? Do you consider yourself and bass but […laughs] I have no idea. Emily Murphy, which What does the title of [recently released artistically similar to the band? Ra Ra Riot will perform with headliners Death album] “The Rhumb Line” reference? I don’t know if we’ve ever been compared Cab for Cutie on Wednesday, April 8 at 7 p.m., $ revolves around a The title comes from a lyric in “St. Peter’s to them, but I certainly have respect for them. I at DAR Constitution Hall. Tickets are available 5 Day Festival,” which is a song that John Pike never got into them. I wasn’t very familiar with through Ticketmaster. couple enduring the loss of a child. The show will run Thursday, April 2 at 8 p.m., Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4 at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. in the Lisner downstage. Tickets are $5. On humor, moss & tornadoes If you have by Emily Katz “It’s a play about fear of change, a play where Argue – through Hatchet Reporter nobody does what they want to do,” he said. A large portion of the play is based on an dance – over a de- There are plenty of things that inspire Travis episode of “This American Life” Helwig heard on cade’s relevance. Helwig as a playwright: Russian writer and play- NPR, in which a group of kids were at prom as wright Anton Chekhov, Brooklyn-based rock out- their town was destroyed by a tornado. Hit the Black Cat fi t The Hold Steady and the past 21 years of his “These kids were just having the best time of $ own life. their life, and they come out to see their whole Friday, April 3 at 10 Most signifi cantly, though, Helwig cites re- town just gone. It caused them to blame them- 9 p.m. for a ‘90s vs. ‘00s dance party, ceSs, the GW-based improv comedy group he has selves,” he said, referencing a scene from his play hosted by area DJs Will Eastman and worked with for the past three years, as inspiration when a character is cheating on his girlfriend dur- for playwriting. ing a tornado. Brian Billion. The senior, majoring in sociology with a minor Helwig classifi es his work as a comedy. in theater, will present his original work, “Lots and “I wanted to write a comedy with some depth Lots of Moss,” with Generic Theater Company in to it because I feel like comedy is often pushed If you have Mitchell Hall Theater this weekend. aside for having no value,” he said. “Comedy can The title, Helwig said, comes from the Bob Dy- be more than just dick and fart jokes.” Love peace? lan song “Like a Rolling Stone” and is a reference Helwig spoke to the challenge of directing a And music? to the saying “A rolling stone gathers no moss.” work he wrote – specifi cally in hearing actors per- Helwig wrote the play as an independent study form his writing. And daisies? with playwriting professor Patricia Griffi th over “It’s jarring to hear your characters with a real So do we! the course of last fall and this past summer, com- voice and not the awkward whispers that the peo- $ pleting it in February. ple around me hear when I’m writing. But when Catch the 20 Though he has never directed before, Helwig you get used to a certain voice for a character, it’s Peace Jam, featuring GW artists Family is no stranger to the campus theater community. diffi cult to hear it any other way,” he said. “It’s also Portrait and Lucky Dub on Saturday, Aside from working with receSs, he acted in “Ra- terribly diffi cult to not sound pretentious when dio Free America” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia you say things like, ‘The script implies this,’ when April 4 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15, with Woolf?” and wrote a play for the New Plays Festi- you are just referring to something you wrote hun- proceeds to benefit the Invisible Chil- val this past fall. gover a few months earlier.” “Lots and Lots of Moss” revolves around a Jonathan Ewing/Hatchet photographer “Lots and Lots of Moss” will be performed in the dren charity. group of college kids who are home for the sum- Kabeer Parwani and Emily Anderson perform Mitchell Hall Theater on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, mer. The show takes place over the duration of two in Travis Helwig’s “Lots and Lots of Moss.” April 4 at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. and on Sunday, April 5 at house parties. 2 p.m. Tickets are $5. ArtAtS Spiegelman i l DistrictDi t i tMixtapeMi t Pulitzer Prize-winning comic artist Art 1. Oops … I Did It Again - Max Raabe & the 7. SS in Uruguay - Serge Gainsbourg Spiegelman, most widely known for “Maus,” which Palast Orchester (Weimar-style cover version) 8. Jump - Van Dyke Parks recounts his father’s experience in the Holocaust, 2. Do-Do-Do - Oskar Dénes 9. I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire sent a playlist our way. Spiegelman said the tracks 3. Coin-Operated Boy - Dresden Dolls -The Ink Spots would be on his iPod – if he had one. 4. Euphoria - The Holy Modal Rounders 10. Banging In the Nails - Tiger Lillies The legendary artist will speak at Jack Morton 5. Call of the Wylie (Acme’s Piano’s 11. Perpetuum Mobile - Penguin Cafe Or- Auditorium in the SMPA building on Thursday, dropped On My Head) - Evan Lurie chestra April 2, at 7 p.m., presented by the creative 6. Ain’t Got No Home - Clarence “Frogman” 12. Perpetuum Mobile - Comedian Harmonists courtesy Art Spiegelman writing department. Henry 8 | Thursday, April 2, 2009 The GW Hatchet News

the monthly fees on top of tu- for years and seeing it double ition and attendance costs will or triple from deferred inter- CREDIT be ineligible for the loans. est. Small said other private And while the changes from p. 1 lenders might also follow suit, may make it more difficult to forcing students to begin pay- secure loans from private lend- nation's largest student loan ing off their loans while they ers, some say it may be for the provider, that are aimed at are still in school. best because it drives people encouraging students to pay “We have meetings with toward lower-interest, govern- back their loans quickly. The representatives from other ment-backed loans. company recently cut the typi- lenders and they are saying “Because of the whole situ- cal borrowing term from 15 to they will offer the new plan ation in the economy, I think 25 years to 15 years or less and and keep the longer-term plan people are going to think re- announced they would require as well,” Small said. “But no ally hard about private loans,” borrowers to begin making in- one can really say for sure said Sandy Baum, an econom- terest payments while they are what they will do because ics professor at Skidmore Col- still in college. the economic conditions keep lege and senior policy analyst “Sallie Mae did this to make changing.” for the College Board in New sure students understand this Sallie Mae’s chief lending York. is a loan that needs to be paid officer, Jack Hewes, said last The new terms will only off,” Small said. “That’s their Wednesday at a conference that apply to new private loans, thought process, and on paper “Sallie Mae, and the industry and Hewes and Small both said that sounds very logical, but I in general, has put [students] they expected more students to don’t know if that is going to in an untenable position” by rely on government loans and serve our students well.” letting them keep their debt grants as a result. „ Students who cannot pay

done per day in order to wean to be released at his post- himself off the drug. verdict bail hearing, Judge CANNADAY Prosecutors also intro- Russell Canan said Cannaday duced a former GW student was a risk to the community from p. 1 at the trial, who testified that and ordered him held without Cannaday, his former coun- bond pending sentence. testified Cannaday had tested selor, sold him drugs after he Canan said, “The combina- positive for cocaine and opi- graduated from the Univer- tion of guns and drugs alone ates until March 12, but Can- sity. says there is a danger to the naday said he is now taking Though Cannaday asked community.” „ up to 80 milligrams of metha- The GW Hatchet Thursday, April 2, 2009 9 GWMARKETPLACE www.gwmarketplace.com (202) 994-7079 | classifi [email protected]

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sportsAndrew Alberg – Sports Editor ([email protected]) Dan Greene – Asst. Sports Editor ([email protected]) Soft ball splits damp double-header with Mason

Colonials score late to win 3-2, but lose second game 6-2

by Gabrielle Bluestone rors which really didn’t help Senior Staff Writer her out. But offensively, we weren’t able to collect some Despite scattered rain and hits for extra bases with run- an influx of illnesses and inju- ners in scoring position and ries, the GW softball team man- that didn’t help Heidi out that aged to split a doubleheader much,” Staehle said. “But I against local rival George Ma- think she’s been throwing well son Wednesday on the Mount in the last two days for us, and Vernon Field. she’s certainly someone that It took GW six innings to has learned a lot in a short score against the Patriots in amount of time, and we’re go- the first game, but runs by ing to need her.” Chris Gregory/Hatchet photographer freshmen Jamie Yaniga and Ali At this point, the team Freshman left fi elder Lauren Wilson swings at a pitch during the softball team's 3-2 win over George Mason Wednesday on Waterman and junior Amanda needs all the players who can Mount Vernon. GW will play two home games against Atlantic 10 rival Temple Friday and Saturday, respectively. Gabriel in the sixth and sev- still run, hit and throw. Two enth closed out George Mason key freshmen, shortstop Kris- Staehle said. ference rivals Temple and Saint 3-2. sy Mackiewicz and catcher She added, “We also have Josephs to Mount Vernon. “We have had our But the Colonials (10-13, Jillian Stanley, are recovering a senior, Carrie Higdon, who Though two-thirds of the team Big bat: 1-3 Atlantic 10) lost their mo- from flu-like symptoms. Other, went down with an ankle in- is underclassmen, Staehle said share of injuries and mentum in the second game of more serious injuries, Staehle jury about a week and a half the older girls’ experience can illnesses, kids have Sophomore short- the doubleheader, falling 6-2 said, are hurting the team’s ago, so that’s affected us tre- pull them through what could to the Patriots, despite a home potential. mendously because she’s so be a pivotal weekend. been in and out with stop Katie Terraras run by sophomore Katie Ter- “We have had our share experienced. She’s been real “I consider this a pivotal is leading the team razas. of injuries and illnesses, kids pivotal defensively on the in- weekend coming up,” Staehle fl u-like symptoms, and Head coach Kim Staehle have been in and out with field for us and those injuries said. “But historically, we’ve with a .284 average, said the difference in second flu-like symptoms and some- add up. Sometimes it’s hard to done very well against both sometimes it affects 15 runs batted in, 23 game was based on several times it affects the whole team. replace the experience that she programs, particularly last the whole team." factors, including defensive er- Injury-wise [freshman] Kara brings to our lineup.” season sweeping Temple and hits and a .341 on rors and a pitcher switch-up. Clauss has been battling some It’s that experience Stae- in the previous season sweep- base percentage. “We started our fresh- shoulder stiffness, and that’s hle will look for to help carry ing St. Joe's. So I know that our KIM STAEHLE man pitcher Heidi Penna, and really affected us with her abil- the team through a four-game upperclassmen are certainly HEAD SOFTBALL COACH we did make a couple of er- ity to throw innings for us,” weekend that will bring con- ready for that challenge.” „

Varsity Roundup

Tennis Men's rowing Women’s water polo Men's: The men's The men’s After leading early, tennis team de- rowing team the women’s water feated University was ranked polo team (5-18, 0-5 of Maryland – Bal- 16th in the na- CWPA Southern Di- timore County 6-1 Monday, for tion by voters in the US- vision) lost 10-6 to 20th-ranked GW's fi rst win at Mount Ver- Rowing Collegiate Poll. Maryland Wednesday in College non in more than three years. The Colonials will next Park, Md. Freshman Allison Peot- Sophomore Yan Levinski came compete this weekend at ter led GW with three goals in the back to defeat Nicolas Savage- Saint Joseph's. loss, the Colonials’ 25th-straight Pollock 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the in the CWPA Southern Division. no. 1 singles match. The Colo- nials next play at home against Fordham at 10 a.m. Baseball Women's: The women's tennis The baseball team won its third straight game Tues- team defeated Fordham 6-1 day with a 5-2 victory over the University of Mary- Wednesday at the Montclair land – Baltimore County at Barcroft Park. Freshman Country Club in Woodbridge, Michael Boyden went four innings in his fi rst ca- Va. The Colonials face Towson reer start, allowing one earned run and striking out one. The at 2 p.m. Friday in Towson. Colonials (14-14) start a weekend series at St. Bonaventure on Friday. The GW Hatchet’s Guide to

Spring in D.C.

The Cherry Blossom Festival pages 4-5 • Warm-weather activities on campus page 3 • GW’s Cherry Blossom Princess page 7 2 | April 2009 Spring Guide

It’s easy being green this spring Learn more: • If you’re interested In honor of the arrival of This season’s accessory: The old-school diet: in fi nding the best green spring in D.C., here are a few Don’t be fooled by Starbucks’ advertis- Many eco-friendly choices are not just products and businesses ing – their materials are only partially recy- good for the environment, but in D.C., check out this eco-friendly changes we can cled. And how many students actual- healthy too. Eating organic fruits site for more info on make as students ly recycle their cups? Instead, invest and vegetables from the local green living in Washing- in an aluminum thermos. If you Trader Joe’s will help you lose ton. www.livegreen.net can’t give up Starbucks, just give weight this spring by curbing them your thermos. Not only will your hunger. Or check out the • Discover Planet Green The new yard sale: you keep another cup from hitting local and organic choices soon to for articles on topics While we may not have attics the garbage can, you’ll save the 10 be added to J Street Café. Eating ranging from environ- or yards at GW, we do have a lot of cents they charge for the cup! lo- cally supports independant farmers, mental policy to tasty stuff and an endless obsession with Also, instead of spending more and organic products don’t use environmen- recipes to travel. There Craigslist. Planetgreen.com sug- than $1 every day on bottled wa- tally harmful chemicals. are also several fun quiz- gests when cleaning out your closets ter, replace it with a trendy alumi- Also, you can avoid spending money zes, such as “Are you an this spring, think green – this time, in num water bottle. Try the colorful but safe on taxis or gas for your car. Instead, enjoy eco-sexual?” $terms of money. Sell or trade your old bottles sold at the new Lululemon store in the warm weather and walk or bike to your www.planetgreen.discov- stuff online or among friends instead of send- Georgetown, which cost between $16 and favorite spots in the city. ery.com ing it to the landfi ll. $18. –Molly Fried

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Second Annual Student Art April 19, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Gala HellWell Hosted by Program Board. Friday, April 3, 7 to 9 p.m. Whitewater Rafting Trip City View Room, 1957 E St. Raft the Youghiogheny River in Ohiopyle, Penn., with GW Old Rag Hike TRAiLS. Join GW TRAiLS on a hike to Sign up in the SAC offi ce. $75. the top of Old Rag Mountain in Sunday, April 19 Shenandoah National Park. Sign up in the SAC offi ce. Fountain Fling Sunday, April 12 A combination of two GW traditions, Spring Fling and GU-GWU Paddle the Fountain Day, this year’s event Potomac and BBQ features free food, giveaways Georgetown University’s out- and a concert by rock band door education group and Spoon. GW TRAiLS join up for a day Saturday, April 25, of kayaking and barbecuing at 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Jack’s Boathouse on the Poto- Mount Vernon Campus mac. Friday, April 17 Chalk-In 2009 Relieve the stress of fi nal exams Relay For Life with sidewalk chalk drawing The Program Board Commu- outside Gelman, hosted by the nity Service Committee hosts University Counseling Center. the event benefi ting the Amer- Monday, April 27, 11:30 a.m. ican Cancer Society, where to 2:30 p.m. friends and organizations can H St. form relay teams to join the –Compiled by Madeleine There are a variety of events happening right fi ght against cancer. Morgenstern and Kyle Cannon here on campus and through GW organizations. Saturday, April 18 to Sunday, CampusSports! Spring is a great time to get out and support your Colonials. Here is a list of some events this weekend, for more events check out www.gwsports.com

Friday, Apr 3 Tuesday, Apr 7 Men’s Tennis Baseball St Bonaventure George Mason Washington, D.C. Arlington, Va. 10:00 AM 3:00 PM

Saturday, Apr 4 Softball Temple Washington, D.C. 12:00 PM

Sunday, Apr 5 Softball Saint Josephs Washington, D.C. 12:00 PM 4 | April 2009 Spring Guide Spring Guide April 2009 | 5 Cherry Blossom The 2009 Cherry Blossom Festival Festival Calendar April 4 National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade 10 a.m. to noon This year’s parade will feature Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek as the grand marshal, along with performances from former “American Idol” finalist Kimberly Locke and other mu- sicians. Constitution Avenue from Seventh to 17th streets Free for standing along the parade route; $17 for grandstand seats on Constitution Avenue, which can be purchased at Ticketmaster

Sakura Matsuri 11 a.m to 6 p.m. A Japanese street festival featuring Japa- nese arts and crafts, food and drink. Pennsylvania Avenue between 10th and 14th streets, and 12th Street between Pennsylvania & Constitution avenues Free

April 11 Nick Gingold/senior staff photographer Every year, the GW men’s and women’s crew teams race against colleges from across the country in the George Wash- Prelude to the Fireworks ington Invitational Regatta, held on the Potomac River. The races start at the Key Bridge and end at Georgetown’s water- 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Music and activities leading up to the fireworks. Waterfront Park, 600 Water St. S.W. Entry is free, food and beverages for purchase. Ways to enjoy the blossoms

National Cherry Blossom Festival In Washington, D.C., the arrival of online at www.DC-cruises.com Cherry Blossom River Teas Nick Gingold/senior staff photographer Fireworks Show cherry blossoms means that tourists This 90-minute guided tour allows Dates: April 4, 5, 11, 12 The Cherry Blossom Festival is one of the most popular times of the year for tourists to visit D.C. According to the festival’s offi cial Web site, more than one million people 8:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. are on the horizon. But don’t let the participants to view the cherry blos- Time: Tours depart at noon and 2 p.m.; One of the main events of the Festi- visit D.C. each year during the peak blooming season. But don’t let all the strangers deter you; there are plenty of places to see the trees across the city. crowds prevent you from seeing one soms and monuments by boat. seating is limited, so reservations can val is the fireworks show. of the most beautiful sights in the na- be made online at www.capitalyacht. tion’s capital. Below is a list of events Cherry Blossom Photo Safaris com. Southwest Waterfront happening during this year’s festival. Date: Now through April 12 Location: Washington Marina, 1300 7th Street & Maine Avenue, S.W. Time: Varies by tour - see Web site for Maine Ave. S.W. Free Tidal Basin Paddle Boat Rides details Cost: $65 A brief history of the festival Date: Now through April 12 Location: Varies by tour English tea is served aboard a yacht Source: National Cherry Blossom Festival Web site Time: 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Cost: Varies by tour, starting at $59/ that cruises the Potomac River. A great by Gabriella Schwarz the Tidal Basin in March 1912. The pur- the festival’s publicist. “The fl eeting Location: Tidal Basin Paddle Boat person. Tickets can be purchased at option if your parents are in town. Hatchet Staff Writer pose of the ceremony was to honor the blossoms and their beauty continue to House, 1501 Maine Ave. S.W. www.washingtonphotosafari.com –Joanna Shapes relationship between the United States bridge the cultural divide by bringing Cost: $8/hour for a 2-person boat, Led by Washington Post photogra- Freshman Jennifer Durina attended and Japan. people from across the world together $16/hour for a 4-person boat. Reser- phers and photo editors, these tours the Cherry Blossom Festival with her In 1915, the United States govern- in D.C., and their historical signifi cance April 10-11 vations can be made online at give amateur photographers the roommate for the fi rst time on Sunday. ment presented fl owering dogwood reminds people of cultural tolerance and The 22nd Annual George Washington www.tidalbasinpaddleboats.com chance to take pictures of cherry blos- For three hours they did homework by trees, the state fl ower of Virginia, to peace.” Invitational Regatta soms and then receive instruction from the water, had a picnic, enjoyed an a cap- the people of Japan before the fi rst offi - Although the events change every Friday: Noon to 5 p.m.; Satuday: 8 a.m. to 5 Blossoms by Bike the tour guides. pella performance, walked through the cial cherry blossom festival was held in year, Piacente says the festival has “mor- p.m. Date: Now through April 12 trees and visited a Japanese tea garden 1935. phed” and this year will even include a The GW men’s and women’s crew teams Time: Weekday tours at 3 p.m; week- Cultural Performances at the Tidal booth. Thirty years later, fi rst lady Lady free yoga class on the Tidal Basin from compete against collegiate programs from end tours at 9:30 a.m., noon and 3 Basin State “I decided to go because the weath- Bird Johnson accepted 3,800 more trees, Lululemon, a yoga-inspired athletic ap- across the country. This event is popular ev- p.m. Date: Now through April 12 er was so gorgeous, and I couldn’t stand and in 1981, cuttings from the cherry parel company. ery year, especially if the weather is nice, as Location: Bike and Roll Kiosk, 1100 Time: Noon, daily being locked in my room doing home- trees in Washington were given to the But for students it is a chance to en- spectators line the waterfront from start to Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. (rear plaza on Location: Jefferson Memorial work.” Durina said. “My favorite part Japanese to replace trees destroyed in a joy the arrival of spring. finish. Races go off about every six minutes, 12th St.) Cost: Free of the day was when the singers in front fl ood. Sophomore Morgan Manousos has so the excitement rarely wanes. Cost: $32 includes bike rental and of the Jefferson Memorial sang the Back- The festival was expanded in 1994, attended the events two years in a row Potomac River near Washington Harbor and guided tour. Reservations can be made Cherry Blossom Lantern Walks street Boys’ ‘I Want It That Way,’ and my and it now hosts one million people and hopes to try the paddleboats in the Thompson Boat Center online at www.bikethesites.com Dates: April 4, 5, 8, 11, 12 roommate and I sang along.” during two weeks of events, according Tidal Basin this year after already attend- Free Time: 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. The festival, just blocks from GW, to the festival’s offi cial Web site. The ing singing and dance performances. River Blossoms Tours Location: Tidal Basin Welcome Area originated more than 100 years ago with events include a parade, a kite festival, a “To me, the festival is the beginning Date: Now through April 12 (near the paddle boats), 1500 Maine the ceremonial planting of two cherry sushi and sake tasting, a fi reworks show of spring,” Manousos said. “I welcome Time: Weekends: 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. Ave S.W. trees. and daily cultural performances on the all the warm weather I can get in D.C., and 4 p.m.; weekdays: noon and 2 Cost: Free First lady Helen Harron Taft and Tidal Basin stage. and also all the sunshine and fl owers in Blossom bloom dates: p.m. Wear comfortable shoes for this eve- Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese “It reminds us of the gift of friend- D.C. around this time of year make go- Mach 28-April 11 Location: Washington Marina, 1300 ning walk led by a National Parks Ser- ambassador, planted the two trees – gifts ship and peace given almost one hun- ing to class much more enjoyable.” „ Maine Ave. S.W. vice ranger. from the Japanese government – around dred years ago,” said Danielle Piacente, Peak dates: April 1-4 Cost: $22. Reservations can be made 6 | April 2009 Spring Guide Distric restaurants offer outdoor dining

It’s spring, and as the nights get and weekends. Diners looking for a warmer, outdoor tables are start- more relaxed meal can turn to Agrar- ing to fi ll up. Here’s your guide to ia or Cabanas, which offers a view of some establishments with premier the large fountain in the center of the outdoor seating. Washington Harbour. Agraria prides itself on fresh On campus: American ingredients from family There are many opportunities farmers across the country, and en- to dine outside right on campus. trées separated by land, fi eld and sea Tonic at Quigley’s, located at 2036 G average about $20. Cabanas offers St., offers a full menu outside with a spicier fare with Latin American prime people watching down 20th cooking, where paella and fajitas Street. For a more private outdoor both run less than $25. dining experience there is F Street Bistro in the State Plaza Hotel at 2117 Lauriol Plaza E St. Formerly RH Bistro, this small 1835 18th St. N.W. restaurant offers bistro fare in an out- Lauriol Plaza is a huge and bus- door covered area. tling Spanish restaurant with two op- For a more casual dining expe- tions for outdoor dining – sidewalk rience there is Froggy Bottom Pub, tables and a roof deck. Besides the located at 2142 Pennsylvania Ave., affordable prices (most entrées run and Thai Place at 2134 Pennsylvania less than $20) and famous margarita Avenue, which offer their regulare pitchers, the restaurant can accom- menus outside when the weather is modate large groups. nice. All of the above options take Gworld. The Reef 2446 18th St. N.W. The Waterfront The Reef, located in the heart of Washington Harbor Adams Morgan, offers organic pro- 3000 K St. N.W. duce, free-range poultry and meats, The Waterfront is a collection and a variety of seafood. Most en- of restaurants and bars between K trées run around $10 and can be Alex Ellis/photo editor Street and the Potomac River. Nick’s enjoyed on the restaurant and bar’s Diners at F Street Bistro take advantage of the warm weather and eat outside. Formerly known as RH Riverside Grill and Tony & Joes sit on rooftop dining area. Bistro, the restaurant is now located in the State Plaza Hotel. the water, with indoor dining and an outdoor patio and bar just feet from Cantina Marina outdoor dining experiences in the 1140 19th St. N.W. and the restaurant becomes a scene the Potomac. Both restaurants offer 600 Water St. S.W. District. Seafood and American fare Mezza Luna offers tapas for less at 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays seafood and basic American fare, and Cantina Marina is the only res- runs from $10 to $20, but dining on than $10 and entrées from $15 to $20 when the DJs arrive. „ entrées run between $20 and $30. The taurant in D.C. to sit directly on the the water at sunset is priceless. that can be enjoyed on the outdoor patio turns into a bar scene on nights water and it offers one of the best Mezza Luna patio. Happy hours run until 7 p.m. Get Outside: Parks! It may seem like there isn’t a lot of green space around D.C., but that isn’t true. Grab a friend and a frisbee and escape the hustle and bustle of city life for a day!

West Potomac Park www.nps.gov West of 17th St., N.W. and south of Constitution Ave., Theodore Roosevelt Island N.W. Turkey Run Park George Washington Memorial Rock Creek National Park Parkway, McLean, VA 3545 Williamsburg Lane, N.W. Spring Guide April 2009 | 7 Meet GW’s cherry blossom princess

by Joe Mancinik Hatchet Reporter

Sophomore Tatiana Duran is not a pageant girl. But when she was given the opportunity to rep- resent the state of New Mexico in this year’s Cherry Blossom Festi- val, she jumped at the chance. “I’ve never done a pageant,” Duran said, adding that she was offered the position by the offi ce of Sen. Jeff Bingaman, where she works. “But I was asked to rep- resent my state and that’s impor- tant.” The National Cherry Blos- som Festival, celebrating the beginning of spring and com- memorating the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees from the mayor of Tokyo to the city, draws more than half a million visitors to Washington each year, according to the Festival’s Web site. About 60 cherry blossom princesses are chosen each year, representing all 50 states and U.S. territories, as well as other nations such as Japan, Thailand Advertise in and Denmark. The program is The Hatchet’s annual sponsored by the National Con- ference of State Societies and since 1948, the princesses have functioned as ambassadors to the proceedings and attend various functions throughout the week- long event. Part of the week’s activities Sex Guide includes several visits to foreign embassies, which she called the “highlight” of holding the posi- tion, a traditional lantern light- ing by the Japanese princess on Our tabloid-sized the Tidal Basin and a Congres- sional reception. The princesses special issue devot- will also help distribute food to those in need at the Capital Area Food Bank, attend a Russian Alex Ellis/photo editor ed to sexual activ- fashion show and luncheon and Sophomore Tatianna Duran is the 2009 Cherry Blossom Festi- lay a wreath at the Tomb of the val’s is representing New Mexico as one of 60 cherry blossom ites, health and well- Unknown Soldier. princesses participating in festival events. At the end of the week, a being at GW state cherry blossom queen is chosen by a random spin of a She added that her mother with her for the events, which wheel at the Cherry Blossom will be coming all the way from includes a formal gown, an eve- Queen Grand Ball and Dinner, New Mexico later in the week to ning dress and casual clothing. being held at the Grand Hyatt watch the parade and to attend She joked that when she went to Hotel. The cherry blossom queen some of the events. purchase her gown, some of her then rides on a special fl oat dur- Duran said part of the prep- friends thought she was getting ing the Cherry Blossom Parade aration includes etiquette les- married. Ad Deadline: April 9 and travels to Japan to represent sons, something she joked she is Each princess exchanges e-mail [email protected] the U.S. willing to endure because of the gifts with the others and her gift “Sure, why not?” she joked responsibility of representing her to her peers was biscochitos, a when asked if this helped attract state. traditional New Mexican cookie. her to the position. “If I win, I get And her life will be quite With all the duties she must a trip to Japan.” hectic. She will sometimes be perform and the events she has When she informed her required to attend multiple func- to attend, the international affairs friends and family about the title tions on the same day, which re- major said she has had to miss a she said that they were very ex- quires complex clothing changes lot of class. But she said that her cited. between each event, with no professors were very understand- “My parents said to do it more than an hour in some cases. ing and that she has been able to because you never know what Since she won’t be staying at the stay afl oat thanks to friends tak- kinds of experiences you will hotel that the other princesses are, ing notes on her behalf. „ have,” she said. she will have to take her clothes