Transfer rate similar to peer schools Oct 27, 2009
One of the only consistent trends was among students in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, who tended to transfer more than Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, Elliott School of International Affairs or School of Business students. In addition, students who live in GW's "primary recruitment market - Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia - are more likely to remain at GW than those who are not from... (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
A darker side of Columbus emerges in U.S. classrooms Oct 13, 2009
In Texas, students start learning in the fifth grade about the "Columbian Exchange" which consisted not only of gold, crops and goods shipped back and forth across the , but diseases carried by settlers that decimated native populations. In McDonald, Pennsylvania, 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, fourth-grade students at Fort Cherry Elementary put Columbus on trial this year charging him with misrepresenting the Spanish crown and thievery. (USA Today -- News)
Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain? Oct 12, 2009
In Texas, students start learning in the fifth grade about the "Columbian Exchange" - which consisted not only of gold, crops and goods shipped back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean, but diseases carried by settlers that decimated native populations. In McDonald, Pennsylvania, 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, fourth-grade students at Fort Cherry Elementary put Columbus on trial this year - charging him with misrepresenting the Spanish crown and thievery. (CBS News)
Educators including Alaskans tell new Columbus story Oct 12, 2009
In Texas, studen 000018F3 ts start learning in the fifth grade about the "Columbian Exchange" -- which consisted not only of gold, crops and goods shipped back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean, but diseases carried by settlers that decimated Native populations. In McDonald, Pa. (Anchorage Daily News)
The late Mike Reitz was magic Aug 18, 2009
Mike still looked like he did when he was in high school, said Columbian Libby Wilson, a former classmate of Reitz who was in contact with the family on a regular basis. Mike was always full of life. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Museum of the American Cocktail Jun 4, 2009
(May 13, by the way, was the anniversary of the date the word "cocktail" first appeared in the Balance and Columbian Repository newspaper, back in 1806, which is why May 6 to 13 was Cocktail Week around the world. . (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Inaugural float cost more than $130K Apr 17, 2009
The University's inaugural parade float cost about $134,000 to create and operate, including the expense of flying a non-GW student to the District to paint a mural representing the Columbian College, according to a preliminary estimate released this week ... The University flew in Anna Kaplan, a University of North Carolina senior, to help paint a mural representing the Columbian College. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)
The "John Bull" Steam Locomotive Apr 16, 2009
41 42, John Bull Locomotive". History Wired. Smithsonian Institution. . Retrieved on Apr.15/09) The History of the John Bull The locomotive was rebuilt and ran for the first time in September, 1831. In November of that year, Robert Stevens, the President of the railroad, organized a short excursion on the new train, inviting some prominent New Jersey politicians and local dignitaries. Following this event, which served to inaugurate the still unfinished railway, the locomotive was placed in... (Suite101.com)
Senate, Fed, Treasury attack crisis Feb 11, 2009
columbian wrote on Feb 10, 2009 1:48 PM:" BAD BOY:Anything will be better than your GEO.BUSH bailout where on one can tell you where the money went but to the CEO'S AND PAYOUTS TO THE THE TAX DODGEING CORPORATE BIG SHOTS.HOW MANY LOOP HOLES YOU GET FOR YOUR BUSINESS.YOUR SURE DONT PAY THE 40% WORKING PEOPLE DO.BY THE WAY YOUR FRIEND RUSH LIMBAUGH IS ON THE AIR.GO TURN ON THE RADIO. ". momof2 wrote on Feb 10, 2009 2:00 PM:" Could someone please explain to me in the simplest of terms, how this... (Longview Daily News, WA)
