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2 months
More than 30 students have set up tents in the Universiry Yard calling on GW to divest financial ties with Israel, joining a mobilization of encampments at more than a dozen universities nationwide. @gwhatchet
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One student said the group will not leave until their demands are met. Demands include GW’s divestment from Israel, transparency with endowment funding, protection of pro-Palestinian speech and dropping the alleged charges against pro-Palestinian students.
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Happening now: Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) speak in support of GW student protesters who MPD arrested early this morning and a ceasefire during a news conference at House Triangle. @fionabork @gwhatchet
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@rquealy17
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8 months
Demonstrators have stopped in front of the Department of State building on 23rd Street saying “Blinken, Blinken you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide.”
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As the clock reaches 5a.m. the encampment enters its second day. Keep following along @gwhatchet
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About a dozen demonstrators from the Party for Socialism and Liberation have gathered in front of the encampment with signs reading “end all U.S aid to Israel.”
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GWPD officers have detained a pro-Israel counter-protester after the counter-protester sparred with pro-Palestinian demonstrators from the Party for Socialism and Liberation outside of the U-Yard.
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Students have unveiled banners reading “end the siege on Gaza” and “drop defense” chanting “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
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Students are chanting “shame on you” and “Coleman, Coleman we know you, you endanger students too” directed toward Dean of Students Colette Coleman.
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2 months
Roughly four hours since the encampment’s 5 a.m. establishment, the crowd has swelled to more than 50 students with more than 30 tents. Roughly a dozen demonstrators from the Party for Socialism and Liberation continue to chant from outside the U-Yard on H Street.
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Coleman told students that GW Law students, whose building is next to the U-Yard, are taking finals today and that if demonstrators want to make noise they need to move elsewhere. She said the last law final kicks off at 5 p.m.
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10 months
GW is an outlier in its rollback of COVID policies among its 12 peer schools — 10 of which continue to offer on-campus testing following the CDC’s announcement ending the federal public health emergency. Story by me!
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The GW Hatchet
10 months
Officials remain quiet on their preparations for responding to future pandemics or a potential resurgence of COVID after pulling back nearly all COVID-related policies last spring in May
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More than 40 hours since the U-Yard encampment’s establishment, a second encampment emerged on H street mirroring it on the opposite side of the barricade.
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Story by me!
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The GW Hatchet
3 months
GW Engineers Without Borders is working to build a community library in Yumbe, Uganda, next winter
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8 months
Officials said they have temporarily suspended and removed a student from campus after they allegedly tore down more than a dozen posters depicting Israeli hostages inside the GW Hillel building Friday. by @efilter531 and me
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The GW Hatchet
8 months
Officials said they also barred a different person from campus for one year after they engaged in “harmful, verbal misconduct” toward a Muslim student on Oct. 7
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I’m with @MarrHannah covering projections onto American Israel Public Affairs Committee headquarters. Story to come.
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3 months
I’ll be covering the SGA vice presidential debate tonight and following candidate Ethan Lynne. 🧵 @gwhatchet
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9 months
@fionabork and I are covering the Rally to Support Israel at the National Mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Demonstrators are sharing stories about about hearing from loved ones in Gaza. Follow along for live coverage.
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Representative Lauren Boebert grabbed at a Palestinian flag wrapped around the shoulders of the George Washington statue in U-Yard while touring GW’s encampment this afternoon. @gwhatchet
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2 months
The second group of pro-Palestinian protesters is made up of Georgetown University students and faculty members.
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2 months
GW's encampment stretches into day 7 under scrutiny from Republicans in Congress who've urged the Metropolitan Police Department to clear the demonstration. Keep following our live updates ⬇️
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2 months
More than 35 MPD vehicles line the streets on Constitution Ave between 21st and 22nd Streets. One MPD officer said it was related to the encampment at GW. The officer did not know when or if they would move toward campus.
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National Park Service and District officials will sweep seven homeless encampments in Foggy Bottom this week, slating evictions for about 70 residents. Story by me ⬇️
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The GW Hatchet
2 months
The National Park Services and District encampment response team will clear residents from seven homeless encampments in Foggy Bottom next week, prompting nonprofit organizations and shelters to organize a “week of action” to stop evictions
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8 months
More than 500 demonstrators in support of Palestinians are marching down F Street through campus chanting “free free Palestine” and “the occupation has got to go.” Demonstrators are calling for the end of U.S. aid to Israel.
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Demonstrators have draped a Palestinian flag around the shoulders of the U-Yard’s statue of George Washington.
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Anthropology doctoral candidate Ferhan Güloğlu founded the Safe Birth in Palestine Project — a group of childbirth professionals, including doctors and midwives, working across the globe to offer virtual medical assistance and deliver aid to expecting and new mothers in Gaza.
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The GW Hatchet
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A doctoral candidate launched the Safe Birth in Palestine Project shortly after the onset of the Israel-Hamas war to help pregnant and postpartum Palestinian women from afar
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Another group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators is marching down the sidewalk on H Street toward the U-Yard encampment.
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One GWPD officer is on the roof of Stuart Hall. Demonstrators are chanting “cops off our campus now.”
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The encampment’s crowd has swelled to more than 100 people. Demonstrators are chanting “we will not stop we will not rest, disclose, divest.”
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Demonstrators are chanting “Biden, Biden you can’t hide, you’re committing genocide.” The encampment is just blocks away from the White House.
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Protesters are chanting “we do not talk to cops.”
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Demonstrators, who have been in the U-Yard for more than 16 hours, are chanting “we’re not leaving.”
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2 months
University President Ellen Granberg said GW requested the assistance of MPD to relocate the encampment in a statement released at 2:16 p.m. ⬇️
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3 months
@gwhatchet Lynne was the second to join the race for vice president. His platform includes expanding dining halls' hours of operation, auditing campus spaces to expand student org meeting spaces and advocating to increase the budget for student orgs. Read more here:
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2 months
About 350 demonstrators have filled the U-Yard. Demonstrators include students and adult community members.
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MPD has barricaded all entrances to the U-Yard, barring anyone, including students, from entering. Some students have joined community members in protesting outside U-Yard on H Street.
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Demonstrators are linking arms at the center of their encampment and chanting their demands for GW to divest from Israel and to drop alleged charges against pro-Palestinian students.
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Lynne said if elected, he would advocate for updating technology so students can upload GWorld cards to mobile phone wallets, extending Lerner hours, adding finance reports for student orgs and reforming Title IX.
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2 months
More than 10 MPD cars line 20th Street between G and H Streets as encampment organizers shake tents to wake demonstrators up.
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rory quealy
5 months
Faculty senators said they were concerned about delays in research approvals and payments for research staff, which Pamela Norris, the vice provost of research, attributed to staff turnover in the Office of Research, Integrity and Compliance. by Anna Fattizzo and me
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The GW Hatchet
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GW’s federal research expenditures increased by about .32 percent in fiscal year 2022, from about $161.35 million to $161.87 million as they fall in rankings among higher education institutions, according to a recent report
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Lynne said every piece of legislation he's put through has "actually made a difference." He said he plans to use connections he's built with University officials to ensure a response to all SGA resolutions.
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Protest organizers are moving students to the encampment at the center of the crowd and are telling community members to surround students.
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Lynne said keeping a positive relationship between the SGA's president and vice president is a "top priority."
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He said he's lived on-campus and had a meal plan for the past two years and understands the issues dining students face. He said he pledges to eat at a GW dining facility every day, despite not registering for on-campus housing or a meal plan.
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He said his experience as a CCAS Undergraduate Senator and the Financial Service and Allocations Committee Chair prepares him for the role. He said he's learned how the SGA can make "tangible, real impacts," which he will build upon as vice president.
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Student organizations requested more than $1 million in funds from the SGA last allocations cycle but the SGA only had about $250k to distribute. Lynne said wants to change the SGA's funding system to be event-based.
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Lynne said he has sat down with student organizations to understand their "funding struggles" and has offered advice to student organizations on how to fill out forms.
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He said the SGA needs to explain to students how the SGA impacts them through social media, town halls and postage around campus.
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Lynne said he would sit down with every single senator, if elected, to support them in pursuing their own initiatives. He said he would have a no-tolerance policy for drama or discrimination.
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Student organizers who were arrested condemn MPD’s use of pepper spray during arrests and University officials’ reported refusal to meet with student protesters.
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He said he would appoint a diverse staff, including women, to correct the culture of sexism in the SGA.
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Demonstrators have projected “F*ck AIPAC” on to the top of the pro-Israel lobbying group’s building.
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9 months
The demonstrators from today’s 2 p.m. Rally to Support Israel have cleared out.
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MPD cars are blocking off 23rd Street.
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Three MPD cars have have parked across from the projections, seemingly monitoring the demonstration.
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