Archives: March, 2006

Riki Parikh — March 28, 2006, 4:08 pm

GW BBall Court’s Namesake Dies

Larry “Tex” Silverman BA ‘53 died of cancer on March 26, according to the Washington Post. He was 75.
GW basketball fans may know of Silverman’s name: it adorns the basketball court on which the Colonials play.
Silverman was a basketball star during his days at GW. According to the Post’s obituary, he came to […]

Riki Parikh — March 27, 2006, 3:56 pm

Finance Committee to reclaim Corr’s funds, recommends censure

The Senate Finance Committee issued its own comprehensive, analysis today on the Corr Financial Scandal of 2006, a day after the Student Association’s Vice President of Judicial and Legislative Affairs Jeff Goodman ‘07 recommended the impeachment of Executive Vice President Morgan Corr ‘07.
The committee will look to take back the remaining of Corr’s executive budget.
“The […]

Riki Parikh — March 26, 2006, 8:08 am

Goodman: Corr should be removed

Jeff Goodman ‘07 released the results of a report on Sunday and recommended for the impeachment of Student Association Executive Vice President Morgan Corr ‘07.
The report is the result of an investigation into allegations that Corr tranferred $2000 from his executive budget to student organizations without informing the Senate Finance Committee and in an effort […]

Riki Parikh — March 25, 2006, 5:08 pm

SMPA narrows director search

The search for a new director for the School of Media and Public Affairs has been narrowed down to four.
The names were revealed at Thursday’s meeting with SMPA students. They are:

Bill Press, former head of Dem. Party in California and former co-host of Crossfire on CNN. Press currently hosts […]

Riki Parikh — March 19, 2006, 8:49 pm

The news over break…

The Daily Colonial won’t be publishing on Monday, to give our readers and reporters some time to settle after their respective breaks.  But a bunch of things happened during the university’s 10-day slumber–not just basketball stuff.

Political Science professor Lee Sigelman has been chosen as the interim dean of CCAS
Monumental Celebration is still on, despite cost […]

Riki Parikh — March 3, 2006, 1:26 pm

GW Responds to BBall Controversy

A week after a New York Times exposé about basketball stars attending unaccredited and academically-lenient high schools before entering college, GW has finally issued an official statement defending Omar Williams ‘06 and Maureece Rice ‘08 and denying any notion of academic favors for any athelete.
The statement in full, as released by Tracy Schario, director of […]