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Chris Kojim, professor of the practice of international affairs, former senior adviser to the Iraq Study Group and the deputy director of the 9/11 Commission, was named director of the University’s Master of International Policy and Practice, according to a news release.

Kojim, who joined the faculty after a stint as a visiting professor from Princeton University, has served as the deputy assistant secretary of state for intelligence policy and coordination at the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, a staffer on the house Foreign Affairs Committee and the director of the University’s U.S. Foreign Policy Summer Institute.

“In its first 10 years, the MIPP program has had great success in providing its students with an excellent academic complement to their professional experience,” Kojim said in the news release. “I look forward to building upon that tradition.”

The MIPP program was established in 1998 as a program within the Elliott School, and offers professionals the training to solve international problems of the 21^stcentury. Michael Brown, dean of the Elliott School, said the school is very excited to have Kojim “at the helm of the MIPP program.”

“(Kojim’s) work with the Iraq Study Group and the 9/11 Commission gives him extraordinary insight into some of the most important international affairs challenges facing the United Statues and the world today,” Brown said in the news release. “His expertise and experience will be huge assets to the program.

Despite the indignation of some Foggy Bottom community members, the Advisory Neighborhood Commission has decided to delay taking a position on the potential installment of a new statue of George Washington at the corner of the 1957 E Street building.

The issue of the statue’s installment is currently “tabled” by the DC Public Space Committee, and the ANC will not discuss it further until the PSC has, said ANC chairman Asher Corson, at a meeting Wednesday.

However, several individual community members raised concerns at the meeting about the placement of the statue and the prevalence of George Washington images in the neighborhood.

“The sidewalks and the street do not belong to GW. They belong to the community,” said Dorothy Miller, a Foggy Bottom resident. “We are sick and tired of 16 million statues of George Washington.”

Director of DC and Foggy Bottom/West End Affairs Michael Akin pointed out that the plan for the statue falls with in the boundaries of the campus plan and that it would not be in sight of any residential units.

“The location where we placed this one, I think, is appropriate,” he said.
-Reed Cooley

GW graduate Katie Marie Grinold was named Miss DC 2008 at the Lincoln Theatre Saturday night. Grinold graduated two weeks ago from The Elliott School of International Affairs. Her platform for Miss DC was focused on improving public education available in the District. For the talent portion she performed a ballet routine to music from “Don Quixote.” See a full story in the CI Edition of The Hatchet next week.

A YouTube video of the announcement can be found here.

Students and faculty of the University can now enjoy an online George Washington University discount for SuperShuttle Services to and from airports nationwide, according to a Student Association news release.

SA President Vishal Aswani worked closely with SA Sen. Bryce Holman (SoB-U) and Mike O’Connell, the vice president of sales at SuperShuttle Services International, to ensure that student demands were met.

“The SuperShuttle online discount success shows us that with hard work and determination we can improve the lives of students in everyday ways,” Aswani said in the news release.

Aswani had been working to get this discount for a couple of weeks. It was first announced as a possibility at the Board of Trustees meeting last Friday.

“The SuperShuttle discount is going to benefit the University in many ways,” Holman said in the release. “In the past the prices from GW to Dulles and vice versa were exorbitant, but with the new discount suddenly it makes flying out of Dulles an easier and enjoyable experience.”

To access the University’s code, go to the SuperShuttle website and type in GCJ8R. A full story will be printed in the next issue of The Hatchet.