The Hatchet's annual Holiday shopping guidepage 10 MONDAY The GW December 3, 2007 ALWAYS ONLINE: WWW.GWHATCHET.COM Vol. 104 • Iss. 29 @ AN INDEPENDENTHatchet STUDENT NEWSPAPER - SERVING THE GW COMMUNITY SINCE 1904 Univ. busts APES leaders the Alpha Pi Epsilon fraternity, pulling GW officials said they contacted Members of APES declined to Evidence of students out of classes for questioning, Metropolitan Police Department be named in this article, as they said confiscating cell phones and placing because of possible crimes, including they fear further retribution by the some of the group’s leaders on a 21-day potential violations of D.C.’s anti-gang University. Several students who spoke hazing spurs suspension. law. to The Hatchet said they thought the The investigation stems from cred- Membership in an unrecognized University Police Department and crackdown ible evidence that the group would be fraternity does not violate University Student Judicial Services acted inap- engaging in “dangerous hazing activi- policy, but its members are still required propriately during questioning and by Eric Roper and ties” this past weekend, said Robert to follow the Code of Student Conduct, administrative searches. Jake Sherman Chernak, the senior vice president a University spokesperson said. This crackdown on APES, a group Hatchet Editors for Student and Academic Support “It is unfortunate that circumstanc- whose former incarnations include Services. The three students were sus- es brought us to the point where the Alpha Epsilon Pi and Zeta Beta Tau, The University launched an unprec- pended for allegations of hazing and University found it necessary to take edented investigation last week into drug use. action of this sort,” Chernak said. See APES, p. 5 Ryder Haske/assistant photo editor Lindy's Red Lion, a popular restaurant and bar, will soon become a GWorld partner. Lindy's set to take GWorld by Emily Cahn Hatchet Reporter Lindy’s Red Lion, a popular restaurant and bar located near the Shops at 2000 Penn, is in the final stages of becoming a GWorld partner. GW students will be able to spend their Colonial Cash dollars at the restaurant within the next few weeks once the campus pub and takeout sandwich shop agrees to the terms of the GWorld contract, said Nancy Haaga, managing director of campus support services, in an e-mail. “Lindy’s has not yet signed a contract to become a GWorld partner,” she said. “If they agree to the terms of the contract, (which are cur- rently being negotiated), then they will officially become a GWorld partner.” The previous owner of Lindy's had refused to accept the GWorld program. The current man- ager, Russ Glenn, is interested in partnering with GW. “We are very pleased when merchants con- sider the program a valuable addition to their Ryder Haske/assistant photo editor business and wish to participate,” Haaga said. Junior Julie Potyraj is arrested by Park Police offi cers during Friday's World AIDS Day rally. Forty protesters, some of whom are GW stu- “In GWorld, we see every new partner as a posi- dents, were apprehended for violating civil disobedience laws outside the White House. See page 11 for a photo essay of the day's events. tive step as it benefits our students through the offering of more services and selection, which by Karelia Pallan White House,” said senior Tucker Landesman better meet their individual needs.” Senior Staff Writer said. Although Glenn said he is optimistic about About 200 students, activists, and commu- his partnership with GWorld, he said there are Police arrested 40 protesters, some of nity members rallied at Lafayette Park outside some downsides. Arrests made them GW students, for civil disobedience after the White House. Forty of the activists, includ- “There are good things and bad things about the World AIDS Day rally outside the White ing 25 GW students, tied themselves together (using GWorld),” he said. “The good thing is House Friday. with red tape, symbolizing their desire to cut more students will come. The bad thing is that “We decided to get arrested to represent the red tape of the administration, and sat in most students want to use it for alcohol and ciga- the dire situation and the need for policy front of the White House. rettes, and that could be bad.” on AIDS Day change and sit in solidarity with millions of Amid the chants, including “Bush is Glenn said he is also concerned that people around the world who don’t have the the University will take a cut from Lindy’s 40 protesters taken into custody privilege to be in D.C. and rally in front of the See AIDS, p. 9 See LINDY'S, p. 9 In an information age, BB&TBUST students register by hand by Hilary Walke questioning the political science department’s Hatchet Reporter motives in requiring such an archaic procedure for one of the University’s largest departments. Afton Hodge’s morning during last year's “I really hate the process,” Ben Cuddy, a registration was anything but pleasant. senior majoring in political science, wrote in an Though a typical student’s morning on e-mail. “It’s ridiculous that the school makes registration day is stressful, seniors majoring seniors be in the same mindset as a contestant in political science at GW usually have a par- for 'the Amazing Race' in order to graduate.” ticularly rough experience if they are expecting Susan Wiley, associate professor of political to register for the required proseminar course. science and political management, said one of Hodge is one of these students. the primary reasons the procedure is not done She woke up at 8:10 a.m., 50 minutes online is for students who study abroad during before registration for the proseminar began. the spring semester of their junior year. These Registration for this course does not happen students are unable to get their credits trans- online but at the political science department’s ferred in time for fall registration. offices at Monroe Hall. “This would have shut out all of those By the time Hodge threw on her Ugg boots students,” Wiley said. “There were probably 20 and coat and sprinted to Monroe Hall, she was to 30 students who would have been shut out the third-to-last person in the line of about 200 of classes.” students wrapping around the hallway. She also said she does everything she can After waiting in a “ridiculous” line for an to place students in proseminars if they are not hour and a half, she missed her class on the able to register the day of registration. She said Mount Vernon Campus. this year everyone has or will be placed into a Hodge is one of many seniors who had proseminar. trouble registering for their proseminars that “There will be two or three students in Ben Solomon/senior photo editor morning, because although almost all other January who have ignored my e-mails and Senior guard Maureece Rice is harassed by Auburn defenders during GW's 74-70 loss in the classes are registered for online at GW, this one haven’t been placed in a class, but we’ll deal annual BB&T Classic at Verizon Center. The loss was the Colonials' third straight and brought is done manually. with that when it happens,” she said. them under .500 for the first time since 2003. See sports page 13. With students rolling out of bed at 6:59 a.m. for a 7:00 a.m. registration, some students are See POLI SCI, p. 7 Order online or by phone • (202) 338-2478 WWW.WINGOS.COM We accept GWorld and major credit cards Burgers • Wings • Hotdogs • Milkshakes The GW Hatchet | Monday, December 3, 2007 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday FOUR DAY Page FORECAST 2 HIGH 47 | LOW 34 HIGH 44 | LOW 35 HIGH 42 | LOW 31 HIGH 40 | LOW 31 Eric Roper – Metro News Editor ([email protected]) Elise Kigner – Campus News Editor ([email protected]) Andrew Ramonas – Campus News Editor ([email protected]) Nathan Grossman – Assistant News Editor ([email protected]) “The minor consists of 21 Studies at Johns Hopkins Uni- GWBRIEF credits,” Blyden said. “Seven versity. CAMPUS courses can only scratch the “My approach was very SNAPSHOT Persian Party CALENDAR SA sen. hopes to bring Africana surface of knowledge available different this year – I went studies major to CCAS on Africa.” straight to President Knapp Jim Miller, chair of the and he helped,” Oyiboroho Monday American studies department, said. GW does not have an Af- said he agreed with Blyden. Now that the request is The Future of Terrorism ricana studies major, but Stu- “Obviously a minor is under serious consideration, Fox News terrorism analyst dent Association Sen. O.G. not sufficient for a student CCAS is looking into the ad- Dr. Walid Phares will speak Oyiborhoro (CCAS-U) is work- who wants to pursue more ministrative changes that to the GW community about ing to bring the degree to the in-depth work in the field,” would need to occur in order the future of terrorism. Columbian College of Arts and he said. to establish the major. 7 to 10 p.m. Sciences by the end of the aca- With the help of Univer- “It is not an overnight pro- 1957 E St. Room 113 demic year. sity President Steven Knapp, cess,” Blyden said. Sponsored by Students Oyiborhoro, a junior, said Blyden, CCAS administrators, It is clear that many ex- Defending Democracy he is not the first student to faculty and the Student Asso- pect the program’s creation to lobby for an Africana stud- ciation, Oyiborhoro is pushing be complete by the end of the Sextravanganza ies major, but that this time for the major to be established spring 2008 semester.