 Fraternities given more leeway for rush events
by The GW HatchetSep 13, 2012“The University’s fraternity council is loosening rush restrictions this fall to give an edge to smaller chapters.
Fraternities will be able to hold unofficial events for potential new members recruitment and offer bids after rush ends, moves that smaller chapters say will attract more members.
Colin O’Brien, president of Beta Theta Pi, said in past years, potential new members have sought out larger chapters, like those with more than 100 members, because the chapters have more name recognition on campus.
“Open rush has always been a brand competition,” O’Brien said in an email, “It’s then really hard for the smaller chapters to pull people to their events when all they’ve been able to distribute, in terms of promotion, is a palm card.”
Daniel Gil, president of the Interfraternity Council, said the group decided to scrap the policy because he wanted to give smaller chapters, which are not able to fund large-scale events during official rush, a chance to attract new members in a smaller setting.
The other half of the change, allowing open bidding, gives chapters the chance to offer bids after rush has officially ended. Men who received bids outside of rush would either be included in the current initiation process or join next semester’s.
Gil said his president’s council decided last spring to allow chapters to open their doors to potential rushees.
O’Brien said his chapter is taking advantage of the changes by holding events. The Saturday before rush begins, his chapter will hold a football game and entice new members with a freshman scholarship advertised each Thursday at a table in J Street.
O’Brien said the changes will also give men the chance to rush even if they wouldn’t normally go to the formal rush events and prefer a more casual setting.
Last year saw growth for GW’s smallest fraternities. Kappa Sigma nearly doubled its size, swelling from 39 members at the beginning of the year to 70 after fall rush. Sigma Phi Epsilon added 29 new members last fall, totaling 77 men by the end of the process.
Greek life leadership has historically not allowed chapters to organize events before the rush process to dissuade chapter from handing out unofficial bids that discourage potential new members to look seriously at other chapters.
Benjamin Winneg, president of Pi Kappa Alpha, said he doesn’t agree with the stigma that any communication with incoming students is an attempt to game the system.
“There is…a gentlemen’s agreement amongst IFC presidents recommending that no bids be extended to new students prior to the conclusion of Rush. I would be extremely surprised if any chapter extended a bid to a new student before September 6th,” Winneg said in an email.
Jeffrey Allen, president of Tau Kappa Epsilon, said he doesn’t think unofficial events will draw significantly larger crowds than past years because the feel of rush isn’t changing to make it more appealing to a wider range of people. He said smaller chapters could see more interest, but warned that there are pros and cons to large amounts of growth.
Allen his chapter will likely not take advantage of open bidding this semester.
“I think it’s commendable the IFC is looking to give chapters the opportunity to expand at any time, but I believe that it takes away from the significance of receiving an official bid with the rest of your pledge class and from the excitement of rush,” Allen said.
O’Brien said he wasn’t worried about this semester with open bidding because chapters wouldn’t be able to get to know new students well enough to offer them a bid.
This year, O’Brien said Beta Theta Pi won’t “force [the changes] on the chapter too quickly.” He said he plans to test out open-bidding by offering about five bids outside of formal rush, and if those members gel well he would consider taking more stock in the laxer process.
Fraternities, unlike sororities, are not limited in the numbers of new members they can take on each year. Sororities have strict deadlines regarding when bids are handed out and accepted.
Sororities can host events before recruitment starts on October 4, but are not allowed to give any gifts or presents to potential new members, Marta Cofone, president of the PanHellenic council said. She said the organization had not had issues with chapters handing out unofficial bids before.”
Staff Editorial: Food options for a diverse student body
by The GW HatchetSep 13, 2012“For years J Street has attempted to change to better meet student needs.
And while the University cannot accommodate every dietary restriction or preference, in cycling through different venues, it has left out a key group: those who keep kosher.
Since the kosher eatery Nosh shut down this summer, J Street’s kosher options are limited to a half-filled refrigerator of sandwiches and salads. The Hatchet reported Monday that 40 to 50 students have complained to GW Hillel that Orthodox Jews have few options at J Street. One student said she eats mainly fruit, yogurt and reheatable meals from Whole Foods Market – a scant diet that seems unsustainable.
Students – especially freshmen – should not be forced to spend the required $1,400 yearly at J Street on food they cannot eat.
A deli-style venue with a wide range of options could have broader appeal to the student body while also taking into account those who keep kosher. Delis are commonplace in large cities and it is fairly simple to cook normal foods, like sandwiches, salads, bagels and even pastas while following strict kosher guidelines.
If spending is mandatory at J Street, the University is obligated to meet the needs of students with religion-based dietary restrictions.”
Doug Cohen: Students are responsible for campus community
by The GW HatchetSep 13, 2012“With the opening of the college football season a couple of weeks ago, I’m sure many students thought that if only GW had a 100,000 seat football stadium, then we would truly have Colonial pride.
But we shouldn’t use our lack of a football team as an excuse to avoid addressing the lacking sense of spirit.
If we want a greater sense of attachment and pride to our university, we must celebrate the community that we already have. It’s up to the student body to put an end to this persistent problem.
In response to the perennial complaints about community, the Student Association plans to host a “GW Day” to boost Colonial pride by adding a new campus tradition.
We are not a small liberal arts school with a traditional campus quad and a tight-knit community. And we’re not a large state school with tremendous school spirit. Since GW is a medium-sized research university, students here are forced to associate with smaller, fragmented communities that are often disconnected from the larger school.
But just because we cannot emulate what happens on other campuses doesn’t mean that students should feel totally detached from the University. There’s nothing wrong with students who look to find a sense of belonging in smaller groups of friends.
In February, The Hatchet reported that the various religious groups on campus were failing to spark interfaith talks. This is an example of a time when students were broken into groups and struggled to unite.
Students must work harder to promote stronger relationships between religious groups to create a greater sense of belonging – not just to a specific club or group, but to a larger religious community.
Students will feel a sense of community when they are able to unite under a single, overarching identity.
And while it’s a noble goal for the Student Association to start initiatives like the GW Day, in the end, students have to take an active role in changing their outlook on the University. It’s our obligation to build that community we complain we don’t have.
–The writer, a senior majoring in political science, is a Hatchet senior columnist and former contributing opinions editor.”
App launches to report sexual assault
by The GW HatchetSep 13, 2012“A District organization with ties to GW helped launch a smartphone application this week that allows victims to report sexual assault and seek help in the city or on campus.
Through the app, which went live Sept. 10, victims can dial the police, locate the nearest medical center with rape kits, call support hotlines or request taxi services. It includes contact information for support centers at eight universities, including GW.
Men Can Stop Rape, a national sexual assault prevention group with a branch at GW, worked with the D.C. Office of Victim Services to create the app, which Mayor Vincent Gray will officially launch Friday. Neither the GW Hospital nor Student Health Service has rape kits on hand. The only location citywide to receive a rape kit is cross-town at Washington Hospital Center.
Matt Scott, co-president of the GW chapter of Men of Strength, said he hopes more victims will report abuses if they can easily find contact information for university police or campus offices, like GW’s Student Rights and Responsibilities.
“It’s a lot less intimidating than going to a police department or even a friend, in certain cases,” said Scott. He added, “When you have the personal names and personal touch, it makes it a lot easier to say, ‘Yeah, maybe I will go to Tara [Pereira] and talk to her about what happened,’ ” referring to the University’s point person for sexual assault.
The national group has tallied about 300 iPhone downloads and 60 Android downloads as of Sept. 11, Jared Watkins, development coordinator of Men Can Stop Rape, said. GW’s Men of Strength is working with the Students Against Sexual Assault group to raise awareness of the app through postering and word of mouth. The organization, which launched at GW last year, stresses bystander intervention among college males.
“We created the app, because in the moments after an assault, a survivor – victim – should not have to search and track down information on receiving crisis or follow-up care,” Watkins said. He said the app is not only a resource, but also “a conversation starter” for students in D.C.
Deputy Title IX Coordinator and Director of Campus Inclusion Initiatives Tara Periera said the app falls in line with GW’s efforts to amp up awareness of sexual assaults, which she calls one of the nation’s most under-reported crimes.
She said the app will be a “concise one-stop shop for answering questions,” adding that it will be most effective in conjunction with GW’s prevention campaigns that are still in the works. She said she hopes the app can be “one of the ingredients that makes these resources and services more accessible to students.”
In the first two weeks of the semester, three students reported four sexual abuses on or near campus.
One in every six American women, 80 percent of whom are under the age of 30, are victims of rape or attempted rape, according to statistics from the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network.
Kostantinos Skordalos, co-president of Men of Strength, said he hopes more victims will report cases, adding “the societal pressures and stigma are still present.”
“Honestly, my wish is that all members of the GW community, regardless of age, gender identity or sexual orientation, will download this app, not only for themselves, but also as a resource to help their friends.”
Dean charts final year amid tension
by The GW HatchetSep 13, 2012“As the leader of the University’s largest college nears the end of a deanship that added full-time faculty and research funding, she will work against a groundswell of faculty disapproval that multiple professors and department heads say could stall progress for the school.
A half-dozen current or former department chairs in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences said disapproval could hang over Peg Barratt’s head this year, as she works with faculty who know she has just eight months left in her term.
“When a leader is a lame duck, it just is harder,” one department chair said. “It’s really tough when people know your time is limited. She’s been a controversial figure to some.”
Richard Robin, director of the Russian Language program, predicted the school would be “in standstill mode” as Barratt works around faculty whose support she has lost. Faculty criticized Barratt in a survey last spring, saying she was out of touch and lacked a clear vision for the school.
“She took away enough from enough programs to get enough people mad at her,” said Robin.
But Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Planning Forrest Maltzman said he thought Barratt would continue to launch programs, make hiring decisions and successfully fundraise in her last year.
“In the United States presidency, you have a ‘lame duck’ period. I don’t think a deanship is like that. We’ve seen a lot of deans accomplish things up to their last minute in office,” Maltzman, a political scientist, said. “You know, Dean Barratt has lots of goals, and I have no doubts that she’ll accomplish them this year.”
Barratt said she will “stay the course” for the remainder of her tenure, working with the school’s wide range of disciplines, building up an arts initiative that will bring more outside artists to GW and improving the college’s English as a second language programs. Barratt, like other deans at GW, also spends 40 percent of her time courting donors to increase fundraising.
But one major initiative could help focus the snapshot of her up-and-down five-year tenure. Barratt will lay the groundwork this year for an undergraduate economics program, where 50 students will spend two years in D.C. and one year each in France and China, by fall 2014.
She said she will travel this fall to hammer out the details with the University’s partner schools in the global degree program – Sciences Po in France and Renmin University in Suzhou, China this fall.
The program will likely include 30 to 50 students, and recruitment will begin in the spring, Barratt said.
“This will bootstrap us to be playing with the big players in each of these other countries. That’s what [Columbian College] has been leading, but the University as a whole is doing it too,” she said.
Barratt, hired away from the National Institutes of Health by former University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg in 2007, has made strides for the college since her arrival. The number of full-time faculty has risen 8.5 percent, and external research dollars have increased 9 percent since her second year as dean.
Professors, though, called out Barratt in a survey last April. They said she failed to offer a clear vision for the college or work with faculty to solve problems.
“I think she was just out of touch with the chairs. She was making decisions not related to what the actual chairs wanted,” one department chair, who asked to remain anonymous, said.
Edward Berkowitz, a professor of history who used to chair that department, said he applauded Barratt’s leadership, but added that last spring’s negative survey revealed a dean who had lost support.
“That was extremely unfortunate, because people didn’t realize that if you take a survey – ‘How you feel about your boss?’ – they’re going to say they’re not going to like the boss. It’s impossible to satisfy everyone,” he said. “That undercut her support and made it difficult for her to continue.”
Now, one of the most important tasks Barratt should take on, some professors said, is ensuring a smooth transition to the next Columbian College dean.
An elected group of Columbian College faculty will form to begin a search for Barratt’s replacement later this month – a switch that brings excitement and headaches into faculty members’ lives, Berkowitz said.
Barratt will not be part of the search committee. She will have “almost nothing” to do with the selection of the next dean, she said.
Former deans Lester Lefton and William Frawley left in 2000 and 2006, respectively, to take on administrative roles at other universities.
“Many of us feel that we’ve had too many deans over the course of the last 10 years,” Berkowitz said. “It’s similar to a pro football team who gets a defensive coordinator. They have to learn a whole new playbook because the defensive coordinator creates his own scheme.”
Faculty discontent surrounding Barratt’s deanship started with a controversial 2010 plan to cut the number of general course requirement credits from 42 to 24, inciting some faculty to believe they were “getting the shaft,” said chemistry professor Houston Miller, who said he approved of Barratt’s deanship.
The next spring, outrage over a proposed move to relocate the philosophy department to the Mount Vernon Campus drew more than 100 faculty names to an online petition against Barratt’s decision. She reversed course a month later.
Faculty tussles over research laboratory space in the Science and Engineering Hall also brought Barratt into the fray.
“Each of my departments has their view of the world, and it’s not until you get into the dean’s office that we’re in a position of weighing and balancing all of those pieces,” Barratt said. “When I arrived, I promised all the chairs that I would work with them to move each of their programs to the cutting edge, and I have done so, and I will continue to do so for this last year.””
Cartoon: The fight over Gelman study space
by The GW HatchetMar 08, 2012“The percentage of 2010 graduates who would choose to attend GW if they had to make the decision again rose to 67 percent–the highest it’s been in five years–according to the Office of Institutional Research and Planning.”
Tour the District – in style
by The GW HatchetOct 13, 2011“Exploring the nation’s capital is a must-do during Colonials Weekend and there is no shortage of ways to travel through the 63 square miles.
Big Bus Tours
Sitting on the open-top deck of a bright red double-decker bus is one of the more traditional ways to see D.C. This hop-on, hop-off bus tour allows you to soak in the sights, culture and history of the capital at your own pace, with three different routes to choose from. From the White House and the U.S. Capitol to Georgetown and the National Cathedral, these buses run at regular intervals every 15 minutes in central areas and every 30 minutes on the extended routes. The tour also includes a free, serene 50-minute cruise along the Potomac River.
Location : Tour kiosk at Union Station
Time : Departs every 20 to 30 minutes from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
Price: For 24 hours, Adults $31.50, Children (ages 4-12) $16.20. For 48 hours, Adults $36, Children $18
Contact Info: Reserve online to save 10 percent at
www.bigbustours.com or call 877-332-8689 for more information
Capital Segway
Let’s face it – touring around the city takes time and energy. Why not cover an entire day’s worth of touring within three hours, buzzing around the city on an unbelievably cool Segway tour? After a quick training session, take your new skills to the streets, and glide through the National Mall, seeing the Botanical gardens, the White House, the Capitol building and the J. Edgar Hoover Building. Including this quick, trendy tour as a part of your weekend will ensure that you have plenty of time to check out more of the city than you planned.
Location: 14th and I streets, NW
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily
Price: $65 to $80 (must be over 16)
Contact Info: Reserve online at
www.capitalsegway.com or call 1-800-979-3370. Special and students rates may be available, call 202-682-1980
Arlington National cemetery tour
Elise Apelin
Get a glimpse of the history and sacrifice of America’s patriots and war heroes, both humble and well known, with the only authorized mobile tour through the Arlington National Cemetery. This tour includes the Women in Military Service for America memorial, the Kennedy gravesites, the Tomb of the Unknowns and the Robert E. Lee memorial. Catch the last tour, which departs 30 minutes prior to the Cemetery’s close to watch the Changing of the Guard.
Location: Arlington Cemetery Visitors Center
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; cemetery hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Oct. through March)
Price: Adults – $8.50; Children (ages 3–11) – $4.25
Contact Info: Tickets may be purchased only at the ticket booth inside the visitors center. For more information, call 202-554–5100.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Celebration Brunch cruise
Cécile Schilis-Gallego
Celebrate the historic dedication of Martin Luther King, Jr. with this elegant, civil rights inspired cruise along the Potomac River. With live entertainment and narration from the Civil Rights era in the background, deliciously fresh cuisine and an amazing riverside view of D.C., this could be the perfect weekend getaway to relax, enjoy and experience.
Location: Gangplank Marina, 6th and Water streets, SW
Board: 10:45 a.m.
Cruise: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Price: Adults – $59.90, Children (ages 3-12) – $29.95
Contact: Reserve by calling 866-306-2469 or online at www.odysseycruises.com/washingtondc
D.C. Ghost Tour
Delaney Walsh
Fancy yourself a ghost hunter? Experience the darker side of the District with a lantern-lit tour through the “crimes of passion, duels and assassinations” that haunt the city’s history. Take a nightly tour with a Victorian-clad tour guide to learn more about the ghosts of St. John’s Church, rumors of Lincoln’s ghost in the White House and possible hotel poltergeists. Not recommended for those who are nightmare-prone.
Location: In front of the Dolley Madison House, 1520 H St., NW
Time: 8 p.m. nightly
Price: Adult – $15 (ages 12 and up), Child – $8 (ages 7-11)
Contact: Reserve online at www.dcghosttours.com or call 888-844-3999
Historic Old Town bike tour with Bike and Roll
Nicholas Russell
What better way to spend a gorgeous weekend than biking through the refined atmosphere of Old Town Alexandria? Discover the charm of this area by biking through the countless boutiques, mouth-watering restaurants, antique shops and contemporary art galleries on a Sunday morning. This guided tour highlights various sites often visited by “George Washington, Robert E. Lee, and Thomas Jefferson including Christ Church, Gadsby’s Tavern and the George Washington Masonic Memorial,” according to the company’s website.
Location: 1 Wales Alley, Alexandria, Va.
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Price: Adults – $40 (must be over 13)
Contact Info: Reserve by calling 1-866-736-8224 or online at www.bikeandroll.com”
 Colonials Weekend: Schedule
by The GW HatchetOct 13, 2011“October 14
Lewis Cotlow Student Research Conference 2 to 5 p.m. Join the department of anthropology as it holds its annual Lewis N. Cotlow Anthropology Student Research Conference to tout undergraduate and graduate students who received grants for their first-hand field research during summer 2011. A reception will immediately follow the conference. 1957 E St., Room TBD
Eckles Prize Award Reception 3 p.m. Come celebrate with the winners and finalists of the 2011 Eckles Prize for Freshman Research Excellence. Enjoy light refreshments as you watch and discuss the winning research projects. Mount Vernon Campus, Eckles Library
Women’s soccer vs. Dayton 4 p.m. Take in the charming scenes of D.C. as the Vern Express transports you to the Mount Vernon Campus to cheer on our women’s soccer team as the Colonials play Dayton. All games are free, and buff and blue attire is appreciated. Mount Vernon Athletic Complex
Eye Street Massage Therapy 3 to 7 p.m. Looking to de-stress? Relax with a 15-minute seated massage, which combines Swedish, deep tissue and pressure point techniques to help make your weekend even more enjoyable. Marvin Center, 3rd floor
Selections of classes from “GW’s Best” 4 to 4:50 p.m. Julie Ryan: Secrets and spice Professor Julie Ryan will explain the history and foundations of cryptography, the art and study of writing or solving codes and describe how it is used and misused in e-commerce.
Marvin Center, Room 307
Jo Spear: The arms trade in the 21st century Come learn about the relationship between the state and defense firms in a globalized international arms market, and see how things have changed since the Cold War. Marvin Center, Room 308
GW Volleyball vs. Fordham and Colonials Invasion 6 p.m. See the newly renovated Smith Center while supporting the volleyball team free of charge as it battles Fordham. Don’t leave after the game, because Colonials Invasion, a stimulating spirit event to kick off the season, will be starting immediately afterward. So stay a while, and meet the GW men’s and women’s basketball teams, listen to live music and enjoy giveaways. Box Office opens at 5:00 p.m. Charles E. Smith Center
Acapellapalooza 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. and 9 to 11 p.m. Come enjoy the voices of GW’s a cappella groups in the annual charity concert sponsored by the GW Troubadors. Proceeds will help benefit Miriam’s Kitchen, which provides free, homemade meal support services to more than 4,000 homeless men and women each year. Marvin Center Continental Ballroom and Marvin Center Amphitheatre
October 15
Dean’s Breakfasts
8:30 to 9:45 a.m.
Meet the dean and invited faculty members of your child’s school.
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences:
Marvin Center Columbian Square
Elliott School of International Affairs:
1957 E St., 2nd Floor Atrium
School of Business:
Duques Hall, 1st Floor
School of Engineering and Applied Science:
Tompkins Hall
School of Public Health and Health Services:
Marvin Center, Room 310
Walking the spirit of black Foggy Bottom
Noon to 2 p.m.
Embark on a one-mile-long tour to see the best of African American history in D.C. Visit 33 sites in and around the Foggy Bottom Campus. Led by Assistant Vice President for D.C. Relations, Bernard Demczuk, you can learn about the impact and significance of African Americans in the capital. RSVP by calling 202-994-5465.
Departing from the Marvin Center GW Bookstore, ground floor
2011 Colonials Weekend
Keepsake Photo
Noon to 4 p.m.
Stop by to take computer portraits and a digital video with your family, so you can all remember Colonials Weekend 2011.
Marvin Center, 1st Floor Lobby
October 16
Colonials Weekend jazz brunch
9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Experience the wonderful duo of food and live jazz music, hosted by GW’s radio station WRGW. Cost: Adults – $25, Children 12 years and under – $12.95
Marvin Center
Sunday brunch at the Mount Vernon Campus
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
You better be hungry on Sunday morning, because the Mount Vernon Campus is continuing the tradition of an all-you-can-eat buffet, including assorted beverages, scrambled eggs, pancakes, French toast, breakfast potatoes, lunch entrees, breakfast meats, pizza, a salad bar and omelets. Cost: $7.25 per person, and an additional $1.50 for made-to-order omelets
Mount Vernon Campus Pelham Commons, West Hall
9th annual Foggy Bottom and West End neighborhood block party
1 to 4 p.m.
Join FRIENDS, a community group whose purpose is to promote positive dialogue between GW and its neighbors, and over 100 booths from local D.C. businesses, restaurants, groups and institutions for a fun-filled afternoon.
Eye Street Mall”
Alumnus to take vacant ANC seat without opposition
by The GW HatchetOct 13, 2011“An alumnus will likely be named a commissioner to Foggy Bottom’s flagship neighborhood group, after he runs an unopposed race to fill a seat left vacant after a Foggy Bottom commissioner resigned Aug. 30.
Under D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics rules, candidates who run unopposed to fill a vacant ANC position are “deemed” commissioners and assume the role after being sworn in by a D.C. Council member.
Oct. 13 ends the “challenge period” for an individual to contest alumnus’ Graham Galka, 26, candidacy.
Galka graduated from the Elliott School of International Affairs in 2008.
“I think Foggy Bottom is a great place to work, study and live,” he said.
He said he sees three main communities within Foggy Bottom – educational, professional and residential – and thinks he would serve constituents well because he has been a part of each community at some point.
Galka said being an alumnus is “only one piece of value I bring to the ANC,” adding that he equally weighs his role as a businessman and community resident in his experiences.
He opened Relaxed Tanning & Day Spa, located on F Street, as a sophomore with alumnus and local businessman Kris Hart, and left the company just before earning his degree. Now, Galka works at The Advisory Board Company, a global research, health care technology and consulting firm near 24th and M streets.
He said he ran to bring a “unique perspective” to the commission and community, with the promise to act with community’s best interests in mind. He said he also hopes to bridge the communication gap between constituents and commissioners to change the “us versus them” mentality. He declined to share further goals.
Each of the six single-member districts within the area has a commissioner who represents its smaller constituency on the Advisory Neighborhood Commission.
The position to represent Columbia Plaza opened up when former ANC commissioner Eric Malinen retired in late August after joining the commission in 2008.
ANC contenders typically do not fundraise, but they are required to file a financial statement to the Office of the Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, detailing accepted contributions and expenditures within 60 days of filling a vacant seat. There is a $25 cap on donations to an ANC candidate.
University spokeswoman Michelle Sherrard said the University “is proud of the achievements of our individual alumni,” but does not endorse candidates in ANC races. u”
Alumnus appointed to White House board
by The GW HatchetOct 13, 2011“A GW Law School alumnus and former adjunct professor will chair a Presidential Emergency Board designed to resolve an ongoing dispute between major freight rail carriers and their unions.
President Barack Obama appointed Ira Jaffe and four other members to the board last week after more than a year of unresolved contract negotiations between freight carriers and the 11 unions representing about 92,000 railway workers.
“It is public service of the highest level for individuals in my profession,” Jaffe said. “It is an honor to serve with such distinguished colleagues to attempt to resolve the pending dispute.”
The board has 30 days to issue a report to the president regarding the dispute.
The 1977 graduate served as an adjunct professor at the law school from 1981 until 1984, teaching courses in labor law, collective bargaining and labor arbitration as well as agency and partnership.
Jaffe has presided over more than 4,000 cases regarding industrial labor disputes, both in the public and private sectors, and has served on three former presidential emergency boards. He also serves on 60 permanent arbitration boards dealing with labor issues.” | News Topics
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