Brace yourself - your favorite GW fun fact (or bragging right) is likely no more than a very successful rumor. That's right: Thurston Hall is not the second-most sexually active dorm in the United States. Or, at least, there's no real evidence.
Next time Donald Trump is looking for contestants for his show, he may not have to travel much farther than the School of Business. Three of the school's classes are having students gain real-world experience in their field of study, mostly from inside the classroom.
Liquor Law Violation 3/26 - Somers Hall (Mount Vernon Campus) - 6:18 a.m. - case closed While on patrol, a University Police Department officer found a male subject sleeping in the TV lounge of the dormitory. When the officer tried to wake the individual, he noticed that the student smelled of alcohol.
A group of those who were close to broadcaster Edward R. Murrow discussed the journalist's legacy from World War II to the McCarthy era, as well as what he would have thought about news coverage today, at a panel discussion with journalist Marvin Kalb Monday night.
A law student denied accusations of being a terrorist made against him in an e-mail sent over the Hillel listserv Wednesday afternoon. The e-mail threatens to mar relations between Hillel, and Jewish and Palestinian supporters who viewed the missive as ill-conceived and inappropriate.
Lulu's Club Mardi Gras, the dance club not far from GW's campus, will be permanently closing after this Friday's farewell bash. "There will be demolition of the place," said Lulu's former owner Al Chadsey.
In a dominating display of passing, stick-handling and team defense, the women's lacrosse team thumped the University of California Golden Bears Wednesday, 18-6. Senior co-captain Colleen Schmidt (five goals) and junior attacker Laura Hostetler (four goals) led the Colonials (4-6) to victory at the Mount Vernon Athletic Complex.
Click here to access The Hatchet's April Fools' Issue, the 2006 installment of this paper's annual spring spoof tradition. Thursday's regular news articles can be found below.
Posted Thursday, March 30, 5:55 PM Junior Danilo (J.R.) Pinnock will declare for the NBA Draft, the guard told The Hatchet Thursday afternoon. Pinnock will file paperwork with the NBA that will make him eligible to participate in workouts with teams and play in the NBA-sponsored pre-draft camp in Orlando, Fla.
Updated Friday, March 31, 5:30 p.m. Overall, 3,183 students voted in the SA presidential race, an 11 percent increase from last year's 2,806 students who voted in the general election. The increase is likely due to the involvement of three slates, compared to one last year.
Text messaging and "parties at the poll" are just two of the voter registration ideas that won recognition in Young Voter Strategies first-ever national competition aimed at supporting innovative nonpartisan strategies to register voters ages 18 to 29. Thirteen groups from all around the country were selected for using creative ways to encourage young people to go to the polls.
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