Opinions

Editorial: Balance student and smoker rights

Our view: The University should be commended for protecting student health but must find ways to accomodate smokers. The University recently headed a Residence Hall Association suggestion to ban cigarette smoking in all GW residence halls, effective at the beginning of the next academic year.

Column: S is for Student Health

by L. Asher Corson

At college, the close living quarters, the substance abuse, the sexual contact and the fast food put our physical health at risk. In order for the student body to withstand such a harsh lifestyle, we need a high quality and convenient student health system.

Column: Memo from a red state ambassador

by Will Nevin

What first comes to mind when the state of Alabama comes up in discussion? Beer-swilling NASCAR fans? Confederate flag-toting racists? Junked up trailer parks waiting for a tornado to swing through? Or maybe it's a beautiful place dotted with scenic mountains in the north.

Column: Let’s stand together

by Ben Traverse

I believe it is time for students to stand up together to make GW a better place. Right now, hard-working but detached administrators are making decisions about our lives. No matter what their intentions may be, there is no way for these far-removed individuals to know what students want and need.

Column: Work it out

by Ben Delman

Every frosh down in frosh-ville likes HOVA a lot, but the Advisory Neighborhood Commission who lived just north of frosh-ville most certainly did not. The ANC hated HOVA ... no one quite knows the reason. They hated it, and the whole school-year season. It could be that their head wasn't screwed on quite right, or perhaps GW's building plans lacked community foresight.

Letters to the Editor

Keep smoking Though I recently quit smoking, I am appalled at the recent University decision to ban smoking in on-campus rooms next fall. What a joke. My advice is to smoke anyway. This is just another ridiculous attempt of GW trying to and convince you that you are not, despite the truth to the contrary, paying them for services, and renting rooms at obscene rates but renting them nonetheless.

Column: Aborting debate

by John McCormack

A recent Hatchet editorial ("Change tactics," Jan. 27, p. 4) claimed that "where pro-life advocates have succeeded most substantially lies in their ability to dehumanize any woman who partakes in the (abortion) procedure." This claim could not be further from the truth.