SMALL BUSINESSES STIFLED PAGE A5 HUNGER AWARENESS PAGE B1 High taxes harm local business owners Local nonprofi t feeds District families MONDAY The GW November 19, 2007 ALWAYS ONLINE: WWW.GWHATCHET.COM Vol. 104 • Iss. 27 Hatchet @ AN INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER - SERVING THE GW COMMUNITY SINCE 1904 King out for Rutgers dismantles GW the season Program for teen by Alex Byers Sophomore Travis King Hatchet Staff Writer will have surgery Monday to repair a fractured kneecap and reporters expands GW’s women’s basketball team will miss the rest of the sea- son, the point guard told The knew a win over Rutgers Univer- by Niketa Kumar Hatchet Sunday. ton and a research assistant in sity Sunday wouldn’t come easy. Senior Staff Writer What the Colonials probably didn’t The New Haven, Conn., the School of Media and Public know was just how easy No. 6/7 native will apply to the NCAA Affairs. “It’s the fourth-largest GW students and profes- (AP, ESPN/USA Today) Rutgers’s for a medical redshirt for the school system in the country, sional journalists have been victory would come. remainder of the season – but out of 59 high schools only educating the next generation of Rutgers built an early lead over which will give him three years 26 had some type of journalism writers and reporters in District No. 14/12 (AP, ESPN/USA Today) of eligibility when he returns program” public high schools for years, GW and never looked back, dis- next season. King originally The John S. and James and now the program that fa- mantling the Colonials 67-42. suffered the injury during a Knight Foundation gave the cilitates this interaction is set to GW coach Joe McKeown used pick-up basketball game over School District of Philadelphia expand to Philadelphia. one word to describe his feelings the summer in Connecticut, and Prime Movers a $500,000 Faculty in the School of after Sunday’s letdown: embarrass- forcing him to miss the team’s grant to fund the expansion. The Media and Public Affairs estab- ment. first game of the season. Knight Foundation has funded lished Prime Movers by model- “I’m embarrassed by our ef- King played one min- Prime Movers in D.C. every year ing the Washington Post’s Young fort,” he said. “I promise you you’re ute Nov. 14 against Boston since its inception in 2004, except Journalist Development Pro- not going to see that again the rest University before leaving the this past year. gram. Expanding Prime Movers of this year, or you’ll see people game after feeling what he Gilliam said, “One of our to Philadelphia nearly doubles changing uniforms very quickly.” described as “a pop.” Last year, goals is to increase diversity. the number of high schools that Rutgers jumped out to a ten- he averaged 5.7 points and Most newsrooms lack racial and offer journalism programs in the point lead just eight minutes into 2.4 assists in 22.2 minutes per ethnic diversity.” city. the game and extended the margin game as the primary backup to After conducting a pilot pro- “Part of the reason Philadel- to 17 before the break. GW missed Carl Elliott. gram at six Philadelphia schools, phia was chosen as the expan- 14 of 15 fi eld goal attempts during Reached at his home Prime Movers expanded to 18 sion city was the little journalism the span. Sunday night, head coach Karl more high schools in October. seen in the city’s high schools,” After watching her three-point Hobbs declined comment. “Some may be our future Ben Solomon/senior photo editor –Andrew Alberg said Dorothy Gilliam, director See RUTGERS, p. B6 Junior Jessica Adair loses a battle for a loose ball Sunday night. of Prime Movers in Washing- See PROGRAM, p. A6 KNAPPINAUGURATION KNOWING KNAPP Knapp First in an series exploring the Knapp presidency honors Knowing donors the new by Catherine Villnave and Dana Liebelson Hatchet Reporters leader If the President’s Ball was any- thing, it was lavish. The ball, the first of its kind, by Jake Sherman • Editor in chief was held to honor the crème de la crème of GW donors: those who teven Knapp does had donated more than $100,000 not remember where during this fiscal year. It flaunted he read the news and GW pride with buff and blue linens, only vaguely remem- video montages and gifts of George bersS when it happened. But it was Washington cuff links and pins. shortly after he accepted GW’s Black-tie adorned guests were presidency that media reports in treated to entrées of pavé of beef Boston pegged him as a finalist for crusted with mild pepper berries, Harvard University’s presidency. spinach polenta and an airy fon- While the Presidential Search due of vegetables. The Radio King Committee at GW was scouring Orchestra played big-band music the world of academia for its new for the few couples that braved president, Harvard was doing the overstuffed stomachs and boogied same. Knapp threw his hat into the across the dance floor. In classic ring but GW’s offer came early on celebratory elegance, six open bars in the process. Ever since then, it served the specialty drink of the has been a whirlwind. night – champagne cocktail with Ben Solomon/senior photo editor On Friday Knapp was inau- applejack cognac and sherbet. (from left to right) Board of Trustees Chairman W. Russell Ramsey, University President Steven Knapp and Johns Hopkins University President Wil- gurated as GW’s 16th president. Besides grandeur and lavish- liam R. Brody at the fi rst annual black-tie Inaugural Ball held by Knapp to honor individuals who donated more than $100,000 to the University. For the first time in two decades, ness, gratitude was the theme of the the University will be lead by an first annual ball held on Thursday, academic with knowledge of litera- the night before University Presi- ture, not an administrator with a dent Steven Knapp’s inauguration background in management. ceremony. GW inaugurates 16th president In Foggy Bottom, those close to “We can’t just draw water from Knapp warn against comparisons the well endlessly,” said benefactor to Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, GW’s James F. Humphreys, a 1978 law About 2,500 people attended Friday's inauguration ceremony leader since 1989. The contrast, graduate, using a metaphor from by Marissa Bialecki however, is striking – Knapp em- his hometown in West Virginia. Senior Staff Writer phasizes the University is bigger “We’ve got to put some back in.” than one person, and Trachtenberg GW’s endowment fund pales in In a ceremony full of pomp and was often chided as a larger-than- comparison to other market basket prestige, Steven Knapp was inau- life figure. universities, with an alumni giving gurated as GW’s 16th University And 110 days after taking of- rate of about 11 percent. Nearby president Friday. fice, Knapp still remains an enigma schools, Georgetown and Ameri- “My job from this day forward to many in the community. Little is can, run at 29 and 20 percent re- will be to do everything in my pow- known of his past, his personality spectively. As president, Knapp has er, working with all of you, to make and how he made the leap from vowed to increase alumni relations (The George Washington Univer- Kant to control. and GW’s endowment. It came as sity) synonymous with the highest From speaking with past col- little surprise that the donor-appre- degree of excellence,” Knapp said. leagues and University officials, ciation event was held in tandem to Approximately 2,500 attend- digging through written articles Knapp’s inauguration. ees – 100 of whom were students and a 30-minute interview that was Donor events have been held in – gathered at Smith Center to see cut short to 18 minutes by staff, The the past but not to the scale of this Knapp’s official induction as Uni- Hatchet was allowed a glimpse year’s ball, development officials versity president. Tracy Schario, into the man with big plans for said.. Catering and music estimates a University spokesperson, said Foggy Bottom. alone ran upwards of $80,000, with- about 800 people tuned in to watch out the cost of renting the presti- the ceremony through a Web cast. gious National Building Museum. In his speech, Knapp empha- The event appeared to run contrary sized research as an important fo- to Knapp’s promises to minimize cus for GW. GW’s renowned excess spending. “The impact of our research has During conversation, Knapp However, many University officials never been quite as visible as it de- called the night a solid investment speaks in one low tone and de- serves to be and as it must become scribes things in careful, deliber- in GW’s future. so,” Knapp said. He continued to Besides hosting 487 major do- ate detail. He dresses how he talks praise the research already done – suits in dark shades of blue and nors, the Board of Trustee mem- at GW in various fields, including bers, vice presidents, and faculty black, white shirts and simple ties. science, medicine, law and public He is a careful listener, asks ques- and staff this year’s ball was also policy. Ryder Haske/assistant photo editor tions and seems to genuinely care. the first to include a new level of Knapp also discussed the About 2,500 people – including administrators, faculty, students and academics from around the country – A career of academia has See BALL, p.