WASHINGTON –– September 18 was a day like any other for student security guard Malcolm Herin. After attending his daily regimen of classes, he traveled to Thurston Hall where he would man the security desk for the next two hours.

“Honestly, I was tired but still ready to put on the uniform and guard the halls of GW,” Herin said to the Ax. Within 30 minutes, his life would change forever. Typical procedure to enter Thurston Hall requires residents to tap their ID to gain electronic approval, and then show the front of their GWorld card to the student security guard at the desk.

Freshman Michel Toobe violated procedure by tapping his GWorld but failed to show it to security.

Herin sprang into action immediately, rising from his chair to confront Toobe: “I asked the man to show ID,” Herin said coldly as he explained his story to The President on Friday.

President Knapp could not be reached for comment, but the University's Administration has dispatched a small investigative committee to look into possible charges against Toobe.

President Obama was greeted on campus by an array of student security guards, who ushered the leader of the free world up to Herin’s dorm in Amsterdam Hall. Waiting inside the dorm was Herin, dressed in the full uniform of the student security (a polo) and his roommate, Marcus, who was asleep. The President cracked a few jokes about Marcus’s snoring and then requested the Medal be brought forward.

Following tradition, the Medal was carried by 14 young cadets, each holding a part of the award with one finger. The President strapped the medal onto Herin, and shook his hand.

“Easily the second greatest moment of my life so far,” remarked Herin, who met Joe Biden last week at an industrial conference.

Michel Toobe was unable to be reached for comment, but his mother apologized for her son’s actions via Twitter: “I’m so deeply sorry for my son’s awful actions. He should have just taken two more seconds out of his day to Tap and Show ID. What a sha” It is believed that Mrs. Toobe ran out of characters during the tweet.

Arnold Jackson, the chief of the university’s student security and noted tatted individual remarked that Herin is, “one of the best” and that a promotion would be in order. When The Ax pressed Jackson on what higher positions were available for students, he declined to comment.