iHOUSING REACTION PAGE 3 WIDESPREAD PANIC PAGE 7 ALWAYS ONLINE: Some still dissatisifed with housing Group tours despite adversity [email protected] HITTING IT OFF THURSDAY The GW April 5, 2007 PAGE 8 Kruer named A-10 Vol. 103 • Iss. 52 player of the week AN INDEPENDENTHatchet STUDENT NEWSPAPER - SERVING THE GW COMMUNITY SINCE 1904 School delays vote on 4x4 and review their curriculum with about whether the four-by-four is credit classes. CCAS wants the incoming administration of actually the solution,” said Diana University President Stephen University President-elect Steven Lipscomb, the interim dean of the Joel Trachtenberg said the reso- Knapp. Columbian College. lution to postpone the vote is a Knapp’s input Administrators and faculty “What we want is for (Knapp) sign of the faculty’s unwillingness expressed skepticism about the to be free to tell us what our con- to reconsider the curriculum. The on changes future of the four-by-four plan, cerns should be,” Lipscomb said. four-by-four, which Trachtenberg seeing the vote as a rejection of the “We want him to be free to set proposed, has been studied twice system, but one that leaves space the agenda and prioritize things before, in 1992 and 2003, and was by Elise Kigner for Knapp to make decisions about the way he thinks they should be rejected both times. Senior Staff Writer the best path for the University to prioritized.” “The four-by-four is a take to reform academics. In a four-by-four curricular metaphor – it’s a metaphor The Columbian College voted “We need to look at the prob- structure, students would take for the recognition of change Friday to indefinitely postpone lems and the solutions to the prob- four four-credit classes a semes- See 4X4, p. 6 Alex Ellis/Hatchet photographer a vote on the four-by-four plan lems. It (the resolution) is neutral ter rather than taking five three- Actor David Arquette gives sophomore Laura Ryan an auto- graph outside Gelman Library Monday afternoon. SCHOOL TIES: SECOND IN A SERIES ON HIGH SCHOOL PERCEPTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY Arquette visits, Colors on this map represent promotes movie the growth of undergraduate by Jennifer Easton movie poster for “The Tripper” enrollment by state since Hatchet Staff Writer depicting the killer, who sports a 1999. Areas with regional ad- Reagan mask as a disguise. “He missions directors show the As students watched the mov- attacks a group of hippies at an ie trailer for “The Tripper” in the outdoor music festival.” most rapid expansion. basement of Gelman Library on Arquette, who is best known Monday afternoon, the narrator for his roles in the “Scream” horror of the preview declared that the movies and his actress wife and film was “from the warped mind GW alum Courteney Cox, pre- Most Expansion Least Expansion of David Arquette.” sented the trailer and participated The black-clad actor, sporting in a discussion with a film class on fashionably spiked hair and Nike Monday afternoon. He continued State with regional admissions director Dunks, stopped by GW on Mon- his rounds about GW, including day to promote this new movie. graphic/Kyle Cannon an appearance on WRGW radio source/Office of Institutional Research Warped or not, Arquette’s concept station and a speech to a crowd of for his slasher flick “The Tripper” about 40 students in the Marvin is definitely creative. Center later that evening. “It’s a horror film, but it’s re- “The Tripper” was written, di- ally a political satire. As you can rected and produced by Arquette, see, Ronald Reagan is my killer,” Selling GW coast to coast Arquette said as he gestured to a See ARQUETTE, p. 6 Admissions numbers high in areas with regional staff by Eric Roper began in 1998. Today, there are six ent culture. TONIC denied Senior Staff Writer regional directors based around the In the past 20 years, GW has grown country. rapidly from a commuter school to a For three months every year, Joe Unlike the admissions staff in Rice major national University. As its coast- Greenberg is a traveling salesman. Hall, Greenberg works from his house to-coast presence continues to expand, liquor license His best-selling product: higher edu- and sets his own hours. His flexible figures show that states with regional cation. schedule and proximity allow him to directors have the largest increases in From his home in Boston, Greenberg form much tighter bonds with pro- enrollment. by Sarah Scire license) for opening, and we hope Hatchet Staff Writer drives more than 20,000 miles a year, spective applicants, he said. we can have it sometime in the fu- meeting high school students and edu- “I’ve been going to the same schools Custom service ture.” cating them about GW. He sleeps in for nine years, and I know everybody Jennifer Taylor, the regional direc- D.C.’s Alcoholic Beverage The restaurant, which stands cheap hotels, wakes up early and trav- in every school I visit,” Greenberg tor in Illinois, said she forms better rela- Control Board denied the liquor on the property formerly occupied els during the weekend, he said, so said, referring to college counselors. tionships because of her Midwestern license application for the soon-to- by Quigley’s Pharmacy on the he can visit more schools everyday. He travels to 150 high schools each background. open campus restaurant TONIC corner of 21st and G streets, will His wife even accompanies him now fall – sometimes four a day – speak- “We’re Sox fans. We’re Cubs fans. last week after months of delib- rely on the qualities that made the because he is on the road so often. ing firsthand with students about the We’re going to Navy Pier. We’re doing eration. other TONIC restaurant in Mount It’s the life of a regional admis- opportunities in Foggy Bottom. Midwest types of things,” Taylor said. The co-owner of TONIC, Jer- Pleasant famous, Pollak said. Al- sions director. GW is one of the only schools of “There is a comfort level that you’re emy Pollok, a GW alumnus who though the restaurant was slated “The best part of the job is that I its kind that has regional admissions going to achieve with that sort of owns the same restaurant in the to open in March, TONIC is still have such a great product to sell,” said directors in addition to traveling per- familiarity.” Mount Pleasant area, said TONIC undergoing “finishing touches,” Greenberg, who used to teach gradu- sonnel based in Washington, D.C.. It She said she has established rela- will open without the license in such as interior work and staffing, ate classes at GW. He has been GW’s is a necessary position, admissions tionships with many college counselors late April. Pollok said. He said the restaurant regional director for New England officers said, because each area of the “It’s been a process, I can will initially be open for dinner since the regional admissions program United States has a completely differ- See ADMISSIONS, p. 3 say that much,” Pollok said. “We would have liked to have (a liquor See TONIC, p. 10 SPRINGSTROLL Magazines give GW high rankings GW’s academic quality score Reports show went up three spots to 20 in the 2007 rankings, and its job place- ment abilities were given a “B” Univ. in top tier rating compared to last year’s “C.” Teaching quality and facilities and of grad programs services remained at their original scores of “C” and “B,” respec- tively. by Niketa Kumar “The increased ranking con- Hatchet Staff Writer cerning job placement is good news since the business school Recent rankings of university has its own career center,” said programs place some GW areas of Mary Gowan, associate dean for study among the best in the nation. Undergraduate Programs at GW’s GW’s Law School and Graduate School of Business. “However, I School of Public Health and Health recently attended a national under- Services both ranked in the top 25 graduate business symposium which questioned the validity of for their fields by U.S. News and Ryder Haske/Hatchet photographer World Report. Other publications rankings,” she added. Junior Dan Dzombok does work in Duquès Hall Wednesday evening. U.S. News & World Report’s also ranked University programs Business Week ranked GW 53 out of 93 business programs. among the nation’s best. 2008 rankings of “America’s Best “Rankings are just one of many Graduate Schools” rated several “We’re delighted when you placed GW’s International Affairs of GW’s graduate schools within different validation points. We think about all the schools nation- master’s program as seventh in the encourage students, faculty and the top 25. GW Law School was ally that teach international affairs. nation with Georgetown and Johns ranked 22 out of 184 schools. For staff to take pride in the ratings, but We hope this makes people more Hopkins in the first and second they should realize that it’s all part the third straight year, GW’s intel- interested in donations, scholar- spots. lectual property program, which is of a much bigger decision-mak- ships and helps with the hiring of Business Week, which is rank- ing process,” said Tracy Schario, part of the Law School, was ranked high-profile faculty,” said Kathleen ing undergraduate business pro- 3rd in the nation. Director of Media Relations. Reilly, communications director of grams for the second year, pegged For the first time, Foreign Policy “GW Law is a top-tier school.