Stories from the February 5, 2004, Print Edition
Four times a year GW's Board of Trustees meets to discuss and decide on important issues concerning the future of the University. At the next meeting - scheduled for this Friday - the Board is set to debate a proposal fixing tuition rates for incoming freshmen over four years as an alternative to yearly tuition hikes.
In the nearly three years since I came to GW, our University has made incredible strides in improving the quality of academics, especially for undergraduates like myself. Now, in order to sustain this upward momentum and manage our quick expansion, the University needs to find innovative ways to fund its future success.
Students have spoken After reading Monday's editorial, I was forced to ask myself, "What reasons did The Hatchet have for endorsing Sen. John Edwards for the Democratic presidential nomination?" Perhaps it is because of Edwards' excellent showing in the D.
"No one can tell you what Greek life is ... you just have to see it for yourself." By now, hopefully you have seen this tagline at the top of the Interfraternity Council Rush posters around campus. Hopefully you have taken the time to notice the names of the fraternities on that poster, which the IFC and the University officially recognize.
At first glance, last Thursday's prisoner exchange between Israel and Hezbollah is an unconscionably bad deal for the Jewish State. In exchange for the release of a single citizen and the bodies of three soldiers, Israel released 401 Palestinian prisoners, 29 prisoners from other Arab states and the bodies of 59 dead Lebanese fighters.
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