An independent student newspaper • Serving the GW community since 1904 Thursday The GW February 7, 2013 WWW.GWHATCHET.COM Vol. 109 • Iss. 39 Hatchet Performers GWorlds seek more to replace practice room keys by brIANNA gurcIullo venues Assistant News Editor Students will soon use by ALLISON kOwALSkI GWorlds to unlock their residence Hatchet Reporter hall rooms, with several buildings ditching keys as early as this sum- Dozens of student performers mer to curtail theft. are pressing GW for more low-cost, The electronic locks will be late-night practice areas, saying they added over the next three years but are sometimes forced to rehearse the University will request funds outside or in parking garages and in next year’s budget for installa- common rooms. tions in buildings including Ivory The groups say they should be Tower this summer. Next year’s allowed to practice after business budget, which lays out funds for hours in areas like the Marvin Center all campus renovations, goes be- ballrooms, suited for dance, and that fore the Board of Trustees in May. space in Old Main and townhouses “We believe that these locks such as Building XX and Building J provide a convenience to building should open up. jOrdAN emONt | PhOtO edItOr residents, assist in keeping doors GW Ballroom is leading the lob- GW Bhangra performs Wednesday in Lisner Auditorium as part of the dance competition Represent: Diversity. The locked when rooms are uninhab- bying effort, trying to link up the cam- organization struggles to find practice areas, and leaders said they once booked space in the Marvin Center, but ited, and assist the University in pus’ 80 performance groups, after the were later asked it give it up so the University could prepare for an event the following Monday. managing its key inventory,” Uni- organization nearly lost its practice versity spokeswoman Michelle spot this year. Nicole Martin, logistics earlier in the year, we could have tried are not available. He said his group ited in their options. Hard wood Sherrard wrote in an email. coordinator for the group, said the to work something out, but by now has to schedule audition space in the floor ballrooms are often booked a Students would tap their University asked for $6,000 a semes- it’s too late,” Martin said. Marvin Center’s Grand Ballroom 11 year in advance. GWorld cards onto their door han- ter for GW Ballroom's usual room in The group ultimately bargained months in advance. About 7,000 student group events dles to get into their rooms, which Lerner Health and Wellness Center, out of paying for this semester, but To avoid scheduling issues, Kim have taken place in GW’s non-aca- would lock automatically. which it previously used for free. GW Martin said she is concerned about has also moved his group to the demic spaces, mainly in the Marvin University Police Chief Kevin Ballroom received $8,000 in funding future reservations. Mount Vernon Campus, where he Center, since school started in August, Hay's announcement of the plans from the Student Association’s Fi- Christopher Kim, president of said they have an easier time reserv- Assistant Vice President for Events for electronic locks comes after a nance Committee this year and also Capital Funk, said finding space has ing the Lloyd Gym or Hand Chapel. and Venues Michael Peller said. Last string of burglaries over the past uses the funds to travel to other states always been hard, and this year he While GW’s more than 400 year, the Marvin Center hosted 6,600 two weeks in Ivory Tower, Fulbright for performances. has resorted to taking his group to groups across campus face a space student events. and JBKO. At least 10 electronics “We just don’t have that in our locations like parking garages and crunch when trying to book rooms, budget, maybe if we had been told Kogan Plaza when other locations performing groups are more lim- See PRACTICE: Page 7 See LOCKS: Page 7 In dim job market, law school pays more graduates to work by LIzA dee ANd cOry weINberg an hour to work 35 hours a week in law school-funded jobs, accord- Shepherd said. As students stare if it’s the best incentive, and then Hatchet Staff Writers to gain experience. ing to data compiled by the legal down the “all-consuming pres- you drain more resources.” The slight jump from 95 to 109 education policy organization sure to get a job and face a mas- Gregory Maggs, the law More graduates have trickled graduates in the program emphasiz- Law School Transparency. sive loan,” they are also weighing school’s interim dean, said Mon- into the GW Law School’s paid, es the bleak job outlook for lawyers Only about 63 percent of the benefits and detractors of the day that the program was an ex- short-term internship program as the school welcomed its smallest Georgetown law graduates found pathways program, he added. ample of career services efforts, since it began in August, under- first-year class in a decade. jobs last year, while 89 percent of “It’s another level of having and that it helped students gain scoring the slumping legal job Ranked at No. 20 nationally, New York University law gradu- an umbilical cord with the school. skills in a poor job market instead market and costing the school up the law school reported that 81 ates did, with each school also From what I understand, if they’re of sitting on the sidelines as un- to $3 million. percent of Class of 2011 graduates funding some graduates’ jobs. not employing you, you’re not re- employed. More than one-fifth of Class found full-time positions nine But as the program has bal- ally doing substantive legal work “I’ve think it’s been very of 2012 graduates are part of the months after graduation. That looned, law students may be re- a lot of time,” he said. “Having a beneficial,” he said. “Students Pathways to Practice program – percentage was partly propped lying on it as a lifeline too much, job with the school may encour- an initiative that pays alumni $15 up by the 15 percent of graduates second-year law student Nick age you to sit back. I don’t know See LAW: Page 5 Teen busted meN'S bASketbALL | GW 79, DUQUESNE 57 for intent to Colonials pick up bounce-back win over Dukes by NIck ONg distribute Contributing Editor GW got exactly what it needed out of Wednesday’s game against in Gelman Duquesne: a bounce-back win. And unlike many of the team’s by aarON gOOdtree games this season, there was no Hatchet Reporter last second possession or chance at a buzzer beater that would decide Metropolitan Police officers the game. This one was decided arrested a 16-year-old last week from the very start, as GW coast- for unlawful entry into Gelman Li- ed to hand the Dukes their tenth brary and possession of and intent straight loss, 79-57. It was a domi- to sell marijuana. nant victory that sets up arguably Officers seized one bag of mari- the team’s biggest home game in juana, more than $200 in cash and 92 over a decade when Butler heads zip bags from the suspect Jan. 30. to the Smith Center Saturday. He was also arrested for pos- Finding the offensive rhythm session of and intent to sell drug they have been searching for all paraphernalia. season, the Colonials got out to a The suspect, whose name was hot start in the first half. Guards not included in the MPD crime were open along the perimeter to report, had been previously been knock down threes, lanes were forbidden from GW grounds, Uni- open for the drive or drop off, versity Police Department Captain and the floor was spread out to Mark Balazik said. The crime report run and get in transition. also did not specify the amount of “We got off to a real good start marijuana in his possession. offensively,” head coach Mike A member of the library staff Lonergan said. “We shot 54 per- reported a “suspicious individual” cent in the first half, but for the in Gelman that afternoon. UPD first five minutes we probably officers stationed at the exit ap- shot 80 percent.” NIck ONg | hAtchet StAff PhOtOGRAPher prehended the suspect and deter- It wasn’t quite 80 percent, but Senior forward Isaiah Armwood looks to bank in a basket during GW's game against Duquesne Wednesday night. Armwood mined he was previously barred the Colonials did go 5-for-11 from recorded his sixth double-double of the season against the Dukes, and was instrumental in the Colonials' victory. from campus. Balazik said the sus- behind the arc in the first half, led pect entered the building through by 3-of-4 shooting from senior The strong bench play from the Dukes' 28-8 in the first half, and “We played a lot of guys and got the library’s exit lane. guard Lasan Kromah. For the game, Kromah helped spark the team’s of- went on to extend that margin to a lot of production.” Staff members manning the GW shot 50.8 percent from the field, fense and seemed to be contagious 40-18 by game's end. Perhaps GW’s strongest Gelman Library desk Wednesday making use of the offensive flow to the other Colonials waiting on “I think we tired them out declined to comment. u created by the team’s 20 assists.