Monday "Defending Our Lives" Documentary and speaker on domestic violence 7 to 9 p.m. Mount Vernon Campus Eckles Auditorium Sponsored by the Neighbors Project and Mount Vernon Campus Life Tuesday "How to Get the Job You Want & Grow Rich" 7 to 9 p.m. Jack Morton Auditorium Sponsored by the Career Center and Office of Grad Life Wednesday Open Mic Night 6 to 10 p.
'Crossfire' has at least a month left Nearly three months after CNN president Jonathan Klein announced plans to cancel "Crossfire," the show is still broadcasting from GW. The Hatchet has learned the debate show will continue broadcasting from campus for at least a month.
When freshman Adam Cohen received a housing number at the bottom of the rising sophomore class, he was certain his options would be meager. But next year, Cohen will move into a room in Guthridge Hall - his building of choice - alongside four of his closest friends.
Junior Audai Shakour will be the next president of the Student Association, the Joint Elections Committee confirmed Saturday afternoon.
Abstinence study finds pledges at greater risk for STDs (U-WIRE) NEW YORK - Teens who pledged to remain abstinent until marriage are more likely to engage in other types of sexual activity that increase their risk of acquiring sexually transmitted diseases, according to a new study.
The recent fire in Thurston Hall was an incredible tragedy, as one GW freshman remains in critical condition from injuries sustained in it. The fire inspired an outcry calling for the University to install in-room sprinkler systems that may have lessened or prevented the student's injury.
Audai Shakour as new SA president Shakour enters his term on a contentious note, falling a mere one violation short of being kicked off the ballot. He will have to overcome this precarious start and a Senate filled with opposition Coalition for Reform members still loyal to his run-off opponent Ben Traverse on his way to a successful year in the Student Association.
Now that freedom and democracy are apparently "on the march," Republicans are gleefully preaching triumph for President Bush's neoconservative foreign policy philosophy. Pointing to the recent Iraqi elections as a catalyst, Bush and his ilk argue that its invasion of Iraq triggered a region-wide movement toward democratization in the Middle East.
The importance of campus fire safety was reinforced by the recent fire at GW ("Student still critical," March 24, p. 1) and serves as a valuable, teachable moment. A freshman was critically injured in a fire that was started by a portable grill igniting the student's bedding material.
Improve procedure As one of the many students residing at Thurston, I appreciate the work of first responders and want to thank them for helping evacuate the residential hall and ensuring the safety of the students during the fire on March 22. However, during the evacuation there was much confusion and a degree of panic when the stairwells became crowded, and we could not proceed downstairs.
In the early-morning light flooding the sidewalks of Lafayette Park, Concepcion Picciotto rises stiffly from her rustic encampment of protest. Peering intensely back at tourists who gawk at her from all angles of Pennsylvania Avenue, Picciotto, flyers in hand, braces for another day of heated controversy.
At his very first GW party, junior Eric Shanks recalled a haze of pink polos and pleated skirts. Standing off to the side, wearing his heavy metal rock T-shirt, the California native knew he was not at Long Beach City College any longer. "I remember thinking: I'm a stranger in a strange land," he said.
In relationships, we have all been in an unpleasant position at one time or another. Whether being asked if your partner looks fat in their jeans or if you want to meet the parents, most have been in a spot that was uncomfortable and awkward. That sticky situation where your ego, morals and, indeed, your sexual sense of self, get called into question, is a place I call the "wet spot.
Two Colonials shine in win Senior Jenny Heisler and sophomore Laura Hostetler became the third and fourth GW women's lacrosse players to reach 100 career points in a 9-7 win over Denver on Sunday at the Mount Vernon Athletic Complex. Hostetler led GW with six goals, matching her season high.
A group of GW sports marketing students is planning a charity basketball game to support D.C. Special Olympics to be held at the Smith Center on Thursday morning.
Pick up your jaws. Yes, Mike Hall and Pops Mensah-Bonsu - the GW men's basketball team's two best players - announced their intention to declare for the NBA Draft last week to the dismay of many students. Both have not hired agents and reserved the option to return to GW for their senior seasons.
"The one constant through all the years," Terence Mann says in "Field of Dreams," "has been baseball." Since last autumn, baseball has constantly made headlines - at times for uplifting and emotional reasons, and at times for simmering realities that have made us question the game's morals.
University officials are evaluating a stabbing that occurred outside a student organization-sponsored party March 27 to determine if any changes will be made to the event next year.
Metropolitan Police officials are stepping up their efforts to shut down some nightclubs following a recent spate of violent incidents in and around local hangouts.
When Secret Service officers spotted a fire in freshman Kevin McLaughlin's ninth floor room in Thurston Hall two weeks ago, the blaze was not being stopped by the building's hallway sprinkler system. Now, some are questioning whether in-room fire suppression systems could have made a difference.
Bruce Johnson, a high school sophomore at the Thurgood Marshall Academy in Southeast D.C., put the finishing touches last week on an identity box project assigned by his English teacher. "I want to make a difference in society after I make money," Johnson said as he put a pen symbolizing his love for writing in his shoebox-sized construction.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - When the country's first black universities were established in the late 1800s, they were essentially the only option for African Americans to attain a college education in a segregated society. Yet new social realities are gradually changing the nature such institutions altogether.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fl., introduced a bill earlier this month to allow government social service officers access to federal criminal databases. The move, he said, would aid the social workers in protecting parentless children from abusive foster and adoptive guardians.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - The remains of Jessica Marie Lunsford, the latest juvenile victim of kidnapping and murder, were found last week after John Evander Couey, 46, confessed to committing the crime. This case is the most recent to bring to light the AMBER Alert Plan, which has been in effect since 1997 when 9-year-old Amber Hagerman was kidnapped and brutally murdered while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - The Space Shuttle Discovery took the next step toward returning to space as it was rolled out to Vehicle Assembly Building early Tuesday morning. NASA plans to launch the first shuttle flight since the Columbia orbiter broke up during reentry killing all seven crew members in February 2003.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON - The freshman 15 has made its way to Congress. However, this freshman is not in college yet, he is just about to have his 16th birthday. According to the U.S. Department of Health, over 60 percent of adults in the United States are overweight or obese.
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