http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gwu/ en-us Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:04:52 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115247/posts GWU/Battleground Poll: 049, M46 GWU/Battleground http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115247/posts#comment Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:04:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114336/posts GWU/Battleground Poll: 0Bama 49%, McCain 46% (+1 for McCain) GWU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114336/posts#comment Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:50:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110415/posts College conservatives say the excitement of a historic presidential election — which could send the first black American to the White House — has become clouded by an atmosphere of intimidation and hostility on campus. “People on campus who say they’re the most tolerant, they simply do not walk the walk,” said Brand Kroeger, chairman of the George Washington University College Republicans and head of the D.C. Federation of College Republicans. Mr. Kroeger said he has been flooded with calls from students who feel they cannot express their views in favor of Republicans for fear of being shouted down. GW... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110415/posts#comment Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:07:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014004/posts Controversies Crop Up Around Commencement Speaker Selections by Jamal Watson May 5, 2008, 22:24 Earlier this year, NAACP chairman Julian Bond journeyed to the U.S. Supreme Court to interview Justice Clarence Thomas. The event was somewhat historic, in part because Bond — a staunch supporter of affirmative action and other social programs — has long been a critic of the policies and positions espoused by Thomas. But now, both of these historic figures in Black history are the subjects of much scrutiny as they prepare to deliver commencement speeches this month at two East Coast universities. A group of conservative... Diverse Issues in Higher Education http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014004/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2008 13:01:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991294/posts The Collegiate Campaign Trail by: Malcolm A. Kline, March 25, 2008 As the presidential campaign heats up, the two Democratic contenders—Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are shoring up their base on college campuses, areas mostly off-limits for Republicans. With typical perception, activist and author Star Parker zeroes in on an aspect of the controversy involving the Illinois senator and his pastor that many media folk miss. “In my speaking tours at universities around the country, students tell me that they hear from many professors a worldview not much different from what we’re hearing on the footage of Wright’s sermons,”... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991294/posts#comment Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:23:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979841/posts Many Are the Crimes by: Cliff Kincaid, March 03, 2008 Although the strict text of the U.S. Constitution includes the treaty clause as the only means by which the U.S. can enter into such international agreements, there's a growing body of mostly liberal-left "legal opinion" that holds that "congressional-executive agreements" like NAFTA can serve as substitutes for treaties.... The Bush Administration's support for the unconstitutional Clinton approach could easily backfire on conservatives if the Democrats take the White House and hold Congress in the fall elections. Citing NAFTA as a precedent, liberal Democrats could submit and pass treaties by a... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979841/posts#comment Mon, 3 Mar 2008 23:10:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979839/posts Hillary Clinton Schlepped Here by: Malcolm A. Kline, March 03, 2008 Apparently, George Washington University is a big stop for Democratic presidential candidates. This would go with the share of university employee political contributions that go to Democratic candidates. Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have campaigned here. In something of a twilight zone is another honored guest—Ralph Nader. “Her supporters have not lost faith in the New York senator’s bid for the Democratic nomination,” Jennifer Easton reported in the GW Hatchet on February 28. “GW students and Clinton fans filled Lisner auditorium Monday evening [February 25], collectively raising $200,000,... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979839/posts#comment Mon, 3 Mar 2008 23:07:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1959997/posts The Five Most Expensive Colleges * George Washington University * Kenyon College * Bucknell University * Vassar College * Sarah Lawrence College This may surprise you: The world’s most expensive universities are not haute institutions in the Swiss Alps or on the balmy shores of the Persian Gulf. Nor are they the Ivy League citadels of America’s elite like Harvard or Princeton, or ancient halls of learning like Cambridge or Oxford in the United Kingdom. No, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education, the most expensive four-year university in the U.S. (and most likely the world) is Washington, D.C.’s George... Yahoo Finance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1959997/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:10:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1936984/posts Three GW law professors have endorsed Republican candidate Fred Thompson's campaign for the presidency, joining the Lawyers for Fred coalition. Professors John Fitzgerald Duffy, Orin Kerr and Michael Abramowicz are members of the Law Professors Committee within the coalition. "Sen. Thompson is proud of his experience working as a federal prosecutor," said Darrel Ng, a spokesperson for the Friends of Fred Thompson campaign. "That's why he decided to form something like that (coalition), because of his background." Ng said that having endorsement groups for presidential candidates is an important part of the campaign process. "In campaigns you try to find... The GW Hatchet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1936984/posts#comment Sun, 9 Dec 2007 16:11:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935766/posts Don’t Ask Don’t Tell U by: Malcolm A. Kline, December 06, 2007 It looks like the university named after the father of our country has figured out a way to move gender studies to the next level. “Every Wednesday afternoon this past summer, a retired Army colonel named Jeff left his consulting job at a military base and headed to George Washington University,” Jennifer Ruark reported in the September 7, 2007 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. “But first he stopped at home to change into a skirt.” “By the time he arrived at the university’s Speech and Hearing... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935766/posts#comment Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:28:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1921539/posts WASHINGTON -- George Washington University officials said a Jewish student who complained about swastikas showing up on her door put them there herself. The student lives in Mitchell Hall, where half a dozen swastikas had shown up on her dorm room door in the past several weeks. University police set up a hidden camera. They said the girl admitted responsibility Monday. News 4 interviewed the student last week after the fifth swastika was discovered. She did not want to be identified. "It's a big story," said Jake Sherman, GW Hatchet editor. "Thirty percent of GW students are Jewish" Reporters at... NBC4 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1921539/posts#comment Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:03:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921849/posts A George Washington University student who told school officials that someone had drawn swastikas on her dormitory room door was responsible for the incidents, a university spokeswoman said yesterday. The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1921849/posts#comment Tue, 6 Nov 2007 20:55:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1917904/posts The Prince of Journalism by: Malcolm A. Kline, October 29, 2007 It contains more useful information than any journalism textbook we have seen but don’t expect legendary reporter Robert Novak’s memoirs to become required reading in communications classes anytime soon. “I was too much of a right winger for most of America’s institutions,” Novak writes in The Prince of Darkness. The title refers to a nickname that a colleague gave Novak early in his career as a comment on his trademark pessimism that has stuck for decades. When he does get on campus, Novak tells college students something they seldom... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1917904/posts#comment Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:21:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914718/posts Another Collegial Clintonian by: Malcolm A. Kline, October 22, 2007 It used to be said that of the think tanks in Washington, D. C., the Heritage Foundation was the Reagan Administration in exile and the American Enterprise Institute was the Ford Administration in exile. The unsaid corollary is that Democratic political appointees can seek refuge in the college of their choice, an option not available to most unemployed Republicans. For example, George Washington University nabbed the latest Clinton Administration alumna. “The White House counsel to former President Bill Clinton was appointed as the next University vice president and general counsel... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914718/posts#comment Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:11:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910389/posts George Washington University President Steven Knapp has no plans to take disciplinary action against a group of students involved in an anti-Muslim flier hoax, a university spokeswoman said yesterday. "We have established judicial policies and procedures," university spokeswoman Tracy Schario said. "I am confident that President Knapp will let them take their course." However, Mr. Knapp "reserves the right to intervene" in the university's student-judicial process, she said. Graduate student Adam Kokesh and senior Brian Tierney with five other students took responsibility Tuesday for the fliers, which contained the phrase "Hate Muslims? So Do We!" The students said the posters... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910389/posts#comment Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:59:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910087/posts A national conservative group yesterday called on George Washington University to expel students who admitted that they targeted the group in a hoax that covered the campus with hundreds of anti-Muslim posters. "Vicious personal attacks levied on students are intolerable and should not go unpunished," Ron Robinson, president of the Young America"s Foundation, told university President Steven Knapp. In a letter (downloads PDF) obtained by The Washington Times, Mr. Robinson cited a statement by Student Association Executive Vice President Brand Kroeger, who said he "would support expulsion" of students responsible for distributing the "heinous" posters. The foundation was the target... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1910087/posts#comment Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:42:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909169/posts Accusations of hate speech make great headlines for newspapers, even if those accusations turn out to be wrong -- or even worse -- contrived. Such is the case at The George Washington University (GWU). Administrators at GWU are on a rampage against a conservative group on campus for posting anti-Muslim fliers that the group had nothing to do with. The Young America’s Foundation chapter at GWU was blamed for disseminating fliers that read “Hate Muslims? So Do We!!” The flier went on to describe a “typical Muslim” as having “lasers in eyes,” “venom from mouth,” “hatred for women”, and a... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909169/posts#comment Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:57:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909164/posts   Who's Behind the Censorship of Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week?   By Ben JohnsonFrontPageMagazine.com | Wednesday, October 10, 2007 CALL IT THE LEFT’S VERSION OF PREEMPTIVE WAR. The three co-equal branches of the Unholy Alliance – Islamic radicals, far-Left activists, and academics – have returned to their usual level of discourse – intimidation, slander, ad hominem attacks – in an attempt to ban Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week from college campuses before it ever occurs. National “Muslim and Arab rights” organizations are pressuring college administrators to prevent students from holding the peaceful, educational seminars. Conservative students have been accused of “hate speech”... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909164/posts#comment Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:50:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909226/posts TuesdayÂ’s Metro section of The Washington Post covered a controversy at D.C.Â’s George Washington University, where posted appeared on campus blaring "HATE MUSLIMS? SO DO WE!!" Post reporter Susan Kinzie mentioned that the GWU chapter of the conservative Young AmericaÂ’s Foundation denied the posters were theirs, and Kinzie noted that it was probably a prank, since the fine print at the bottom had the words "'Brought to you by Students for Conservativo-Fascism Awareness' -- and a postscript recommending a BBC video on the politics of fear." But while WednesdayÂ’s article in Metro confirmed that it was a prank "produced by... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909226/posts#comment Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:50:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909188/posts This fake flyer attributed to the Young America’s Foundation chapter at GWU was manufactured by left-wing punks.If you’ve followed my work on fake hate crimes, then this will come as absolutely no surprise.Update: Charles Johnson’s been on the story all day. See much more here.You think the hate crimes fraudsters will get anything more than a slap on the wrist? Don’t make me snort.***Here’s the confession letter.As Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week draws closer, expect more of this unhingedness from the campus apologists for jihad and sharia.***More on the IVAW tie-in at LGF. David Horowitz blasts the hoaxers: In a stratagem typical... Michelle Malkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909188/posts#comment Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:46:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1908783/posts At George Washington University, another outrageous action by the Saudi-funded radical Islamic front group calling itself the Muslim Student Association, as they circulate flyers purporting to be from a conservative campus group with disgusting anti-Muslim messages: Anti-Muslim Fliers Cause Uproar. Posters appeared all over the George Washington University campus yesterday morning blaring the message: “HATE MUSLIMS? SO DO WE!!!”Campus police moved quickly to remove the fliers, university leaders began investigating how they got there and student groups met last night to deplore the posters, which had a photo of an Arab and description of “typical Muslim” features such as “suicide... Little Green Footballs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1908783/posts#comment Tue, 9 Oct 2007 18:51:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1908635/posts <p>Posters appeared all over the George Washington University campus yesterday morning blaring the message: "HATE MUSLIMS? SO DO WE!!!"</p> <p>Campus police moved quickly to remove the fliers, university leaders began investigating how they got there and student groups met last night to deplore the posters, which had a photo of an Arab and description of "typical Muslim" features such as "suicide vest," "hidden AK-47" and "peg-leg for smuggling children and heroin."</p> The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1908635/posts#comment Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:02:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1892122/posts Ranks Thin At GWU by: Malcolm A. Kline, August 31, 2007 Colleges and universities rarely teach cause and effect anymore and it shows. Consider: George Washington University’s drop in the U. S. News rankings on the heels of its student government wrist slap of its former president for the kind of behavior that drives Republican lawmakers out of office. “U. S. News and World Report ranked GW 54th in its annual listing of the nation’s top 100 undergraduate programs, a rank on par with the University’s decade-long, near-50 showing on the list,” Andrew Ramonas reported in a story posted on... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1892122/posts#comment Thu, 6 Sep 2007 18:38:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1890237/posts Ranks Thin At GWU by: Malcolm A. Kline, August 31, 2007 Colleges and universities rarely teach cause and effect anymore and it shows. Consider: George Washington University’s drop in the U. S. News rankings on the heels of its student government wrist slap of its former president for the kind of behavior that drives Republican lawmakers out of office. “U. S. News and World Report ranked GW 54th in its annual listing of the nation’s top 100 undergraduate programs, a rank on par with the University’s decade-long, near-50 showing on the list,” Andrew Ramonas reported in a story posted on... campusreportonline.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1890237/posts#comment Sun, 2 Sep 2007 18:10:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1707387/posts The U.S. Defense Secretary’s comparison of the anti-war movement in the United States today with its historical analogue in Great Britain in the 1930s sent the left into a tailspin. Locally at least one university figure has taken issue with it in print. “Knowing the facts of history is crucial to much of what we do as a nation and a people, but so is how it is used,” John Prados wrote on tompaine.com on August 31st. “And the Bush administration’s use of history—and specifically its use of ‘appeasement’—requires comment because it is both dangerous and misleading.” “In the past... Accuracy in Academia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1707387/posts#comment Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:16:51 GMT