Thursday Club G22 Dance the night away at Club G22 as part of Welcome Week. 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Corner of 22nd and G streets Sponsored by Colonial Night Cap, Student Association and Mount Vernon Campus Life Friday MSSC Block Party Join the organizations of the Multicultural Student Services Center for an evening of barbecue, music and games.
Student Association President Lamar Thorpe's cabinet is not shaping up as planned. Interim vice president of academic affairs, sophomore Hayley Haldeman, announced her resignation from Thorpe's cabinet this week. The move marks the second departure of one of Thorpe's top advisers since he took office four months ago.
A block party sponsored by the Multicultural Student Services Center will take place this Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Kogan Plaza. Students in attendance will be able to meet members of the University's various multicultural student and Greek-letter organizations, and enjoy prize giveaways and free food.
The bookstore has enhanced its Web features this year in order to keep up with online textbook vendors. The high cost of textbooks prompts many students to turn to online services selling books at lower costs. Students can now go online to place a backlog order on the bookstore's Web site for a book not in stock at the store.
The Hatchet erroneously reported in the Sept. 5 issue that the bistro TONIC is located in Columbia Heights ("TONIC to open in Jan.," p. 3). The bistro is located in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood. The Hatchet erroneously reported that Andrew Salzman is a former Student Association senator from the Graduate School of Education and Human Development ("SA seeks four new judges" p.
The federal government continues to be denied access to documents it believes contain classified information that are being held by the University. In May, the Hatchet reported that two FBI agents visited the home of Mark Feldstein, an associate professor of Media and Public Affairs, asking that the University grant them access to a collection of documents belonging to the family of the late famed investigative journalist Jack Anderson.
For Snow Patrol, 2006 has been a year of immense success and colossal challenges. With their May 9 release, "Eyes Open," peaking at No. 34 on the Billboard charts the Northern Ireland/Scotland natives should have been on top of the world. Yet, touring behind the album would prove to be a rollercoaster ride for the group.
As the summer winds down and classes begin, it's a good idea to design a weekly routine to keep track of your schoolwork, job schedule and social networking engagements. But lest the pressures of academia distract you from the true meaning of college, remember: a strict bender regimen is no exception.
If you have $5 Like our recommendation last week -keep it. Head to one of the District's best bookstores, Politics and Prose, at 5101 Connecticut Ave., N.W., to hear David Simon discuss his book "Homicide." Written in 1992, and recently updated, the book chronicles the life of police officers amid a violent world of drugs, and was turned into the critically acclaimed television show "Homicide: Life on the Streets.
For many students, the freshman convocation signifies a formal entrance into the GW community. While perhaps much less of an official or traditional welcome to GW, the University's annual Fall Fest, or concert on the quad, is also an important, albeit different, major college experience for incoming students.
Two former GW basketball players finalized agreements with NBA teams Wednesday. The Washington Wizards invited former forward Mike Hall to its training camp, and Danilo (J.R.) Pinnock inked a deal with the Los Angeles Lakers. The Wizards, who held workouts with Pops Mensah-Bonsu and Omar Williams, invited Hall to its training camp, which begins Oct.
It's fitting that in the nation's capital the women's soccer team's captains are not chosen by the coach, but through the democratic process of a team vote. The Colonials voted senior Shari Taylor, junior Nicole Trickett and sophomore Kerry Philbin as the three captains for this season.
When he talks about the adversity that faces his captains, the men's soccer team's head coach George Lidster speaks with a hint of pride. "They have a hard task," the coach admits, "but a tremendous will to win." Lidster's captains, senior Jeremiah Burke and junior Matt Davis, are talented players and have been honored with leadership roles because they have proven to be physically tough and, perhaps more importantly, mentally tough.
In everyday life, the number two is rarely important. A pair of points on a test, in most cases, has little effect. Dropping two pounds goes largely unnoticed. If a professor assigns two pages of reading, most students consider it a night off. Jojit Coronel, the eighth-year head coach of the volleyball team, made the small digit a focal point in an attempt to turn around his slumping program.
New features on the popular social networking site Facebook sparked discussion about online privacy on college campuses nationwide Tuesday. A "news feed" on the site's homepage and "mini feed" on profile pages shows users the most recent actions of their online friends.
A Foggy Bottom hotel GW recommends to visiting parents was charged with violating federal labor laws. The State Plaza Hotel located was found guilty of coercing employees to oppose its workers' recent unionization attempt.
If students want to read The Washington Post, they are going to have to pay for it. University administrators announced this week the GW Reads program, which has provided newspapers in residence halls for free since 1997, has been canceled due to budget constraints.
On Monday afternoon, Willard Rocky Johnson stood at the intersection of 27th and K streets holding a sign that read, "I am homeless could you PLEASE help for food." Balancing his cardboard message and a big McDonald's soda cup, he approached drivers sitting in their cars waiting for the light to turn green. Johnson is one of many homeless people who recently moved closer to Foggy Bottom after being evicted from Georgetown.
Patton Oswalt is one of the hardest working comedians in America. He doesn't make millions of dollars for a half-hour sketch show, and he doesn't even bother with comedy clubs. In a decision similar to a rock band deciding there's more to be gained from putting on their own tours, Patton Oswalt chose to bring his comedy to the people.
On Sept. 5, the 9:30 Club hosted a pop-punk marathon of five bands from across the country. As the first band, All Time Low, took the stage, a wave of scantily clad teenage girls and spiky-haired teenage boys rushed toward the stage and packed each other as tightly as possible against the rail.
Don't bother eating at the Thai Place this weekend. Instead, head to Georgetown and catch a screening of Tony Jaa's "The Protector" for a different kind of Thai experience. If you're not familiar with Tony Jaa, you will be soon. He'll be Kung Fu's next big thing, and although right now he lacks the comedic chops of Jackie Chan and his films lack the gritty substance of Jet Li's, his physical prowess overwhelms the screen in the martial art virtuoso "The Protector.
The morning-after pill is expected to be available over the counter to adult women in D.C. before the end of 2006. The Food and Drug Administration approved the emergency contraceptive, also called "Plan B," to be sold without a prescription Aug. 24. Plan B reduces the risk of pregnancy by 89 percent when taken within 72 hours after sex, according to Duramed, the company manufacturing the drug.
After years of operation, the University discontinued the GW Reads program, which provides free copies of The New York Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today in residence halls. While the student knee-jerk reaction to this decision may be negative, this decision provides the opportunity to better allocate University funds to enrich students.
If I hear Louis Armstrong's "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" play on the radio or in the background of some documentary one more time, I might vomit all over myself. Almost two weeks ago passed the one-year anniversary of the landfall of that home-wrecking bitch, hurricane Katrina.
I take my pack off my shoulders and have a seat at a sidewalk table. Someone places a menu in front of me. After discovering that all of the items are written in a language beyond my understanding, I simply point out a dish at random. The meal is a pleasant surprise, as is the price.
Vol. 109
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