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It’s been quite a year. A lot has happened at GW, in the District and to college students across the globe, and when big things happen that affect students, the editorial board tries to make sense of it all and spark discussion.
In the past year, we’ve demanded the resignation of University President Thomas LeBlanc. We’ve recapped the good, the bad and the ugly of GW’s 200-year history. We called on GW to institute a vaccine mandate months before that decision was made. And we’ve endorsed candidates for the Student Association’s top jobs. Each week, we inform the community, challenge our readers’ preconceptions and advocate for the well-being of students.
Karina Ochoa Berkley, a sophomore majoring in political science and philosophy, is the Student Association’s vice president for sustainability and a columnist.
Earlier this month, the University committed to phasing out single-use plastics at its Sustainability Summit. The policy would prohibit GW-affiliated groups from selling single use plastics, according to the announcement. But the release failed to answer a key question: By when will the University phase out single-use plastics?
Following the announcement, several student leaders and groups, including myself as the Student Association vice president for sustainability, Take Back the Tap GW, Sunrise GW, Campaign GW, Green GW, GW Black Defiance Green G.R.E.E.N., the SA Committee on Sustainability and others, signed a letter sent to administrators urging the University to commit to a 2025 deadline for phasing out of single-use plastics. The letter argues that with 2030 as the deadline by which the damage of climate change will
Karina Ochoa Berkley, a sophomore majoring in political science and philosophy, is the Student Association’s vice president for sustainability and an opinions writer.
Late last month, the Student Association Senate officially introduced impeachment charges against then-President Howard Brookins following several cabinet resignations and a public statement posted on Twitter describing how Brookins purportedly sexually harassed a student. The statement prompted several student organizations, senators and SA cabinet members – including myself – to call for Brookins to resign. Since the impeachment charges have been filed, Brookins has resigned in a, frankly deplorable, letter where he not only denies the basis of the “allegations” but calls the experience of the survivor who came forward against him “speculative.”
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