Thursday Battle of the A Cappella Groups Watch the groups battle it out for great prizes and the title of GW's Best A Cappella Group! 7 to 11 p.m. Grand Ballroom Sponsored by Class Council Large Group Worship Come discover the love and power of God with a night of worship and prayer 7:30 to 8:30 p.
The Student Association is taking steps to ensure that students will vote on a fee increase before the final day of undergraduate classes, officials said. If students approve the initiative, the fee students pay to the SA would increase to $30 for undergraduate students and $20 for graduate students per semester.
The Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority raised more than $500 Saturday in a tie-dye event for the Chaim Sheba Medical Center in Israel and the Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation. "We got really great feedback from the participants," said Alpha Epsilon Phi President Becky Katz, a junior.
Corrections In the article "Shootings spark Nott debate" (April 23, p. 1) The Hatchet erroneously reported that the Jordan Nott lawsuit was settled in November 2006. It was settled in October of that year. In the article "Clubs win SAC Awards" (April 23, p.
A GW professor and her husband are simulating the effects of sun exposure on children using newborn mice. Professor Frances Noonan, who has been conducting research on UV radiation for more than 25 years, and her husband, Edward DeFabo, exposed newborn mice to UV rays at GW Medical Center.
Disorderly Conduct 4/20/07 - 800 Block of 23rd Street - 11:00 a.m. - case closed A GW faculty member reported that he was verbally threatened while he parked and unloaded equipment on 23rd Street. Another individual, unaffiliated with GW, pulled up beside him and ordered him to move the vehicle.
Some of what international affairs professor John Miller knows about human trafficking, he learned from a woman named Katya. Katya, a mother from the Czech Republic, agreed to move to the Netherlands and earn money waiting tables. Once she arrived in Amsterdam, she was taken to a brothel and told that unless she worked there, she would not see her daughter again.
Every time I've walked into The Hatchet townhouse - across the street from GW Deli - I've walked, or run, up a flight of stairs to get to the editorial offices where I work. After this article, I will no longer have a need to go up those stairs. In a sense, with this final piece I'm walking down those stairs, out of my cozy home in the ivory tower of The Hatchet and into the real world.
I've realized that as my time at GW passed, each moment was more important than the last. I attribute this correlation to deeper relationships, increased responsibility and forceful introspection. So in the spirit of a purist news article - here is my "inverted pyramid" reflection, which ends up being more like that "backward" episode of Seinfeld.
Students won $1,000 for rent and two $500 gift certificates to IKEA, among other prizes, at the Off-Campus Student Services Fair Thursday at Marvin Center. An announced crowd of 450 students flocked to the fair for giveaways and information on housing options and needed services such as banking, recycling and furniture.
Subscribers to a University text message alert system grew 10 percent last week in the wake of the Virginia Tech shooting, a University official said. The Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management and the University Police Department sent a campus-wide e-mail Tuesday night informing students and faculty to sign up for Alert DC, the text-message based alert system, to check Campus Advisories and gave instructions on how to be safe in the event of an "active shooter" on campus.
Anytime during the past four years when someone learned that I worked at The GW Hatchet, the following conversation more or less would ensue: "You work at The Hatchet - are you a journalism major?" "No, I am actually majoring in Spanish language and literature.
Except for when we wear our logo-sweatshirts or are walking into or out of 2140 G St., Hatchet employees are basically incognito. No one really knows who we are or why we do what we do. Most students just do the crossword puzzle, anyway, so there is no point in wondering about the inner-workings of the student newspaper.
Restored programs Due in large part to the efforts of Student Association leadership, the University has shown efforts to restore newspapers in residence halls and reinstitute the Colonials Invasion pep rally. This move will please countless students and help improve perceptions of GW.
When it was initially announced that University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg would be this year's keynote speaker at Commencement in May, we were enthusiastic about how appropriate his selection was. Thus, we were disappointed in the subsequent decision to reverse course on that selection.
The sun has finally come out for good and Kogan Plaza is packed at all hours of the day. Finals are coming up and the lines stretching out of Gelman Starbucks are worse than those at Dulles Airport on Christmas Eve. The academic year is winding down here in Foggy Bottom, and aside from a few nostalgic seniors, pretty much everyone is ready to be done.
Don't punish those who seek help University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg has wrongly equated the Jordan Nott case with the shooting incident at Virginia Tech ("Shootings spark Nott debate," Apr. 23, p. 1). He should know better. Like the friends and peers of the victims of the Virginia Tech tragedy, Jordan experienced a difficult time in his life.
While students can attribute much of the political activity on campus to the College Republicans or College Democrats, these organizations are not the only political players on campus. Within the confines of Foggy Bottom are the smaller, but equally resolute GW College Libertarians and College Socialists.
Todd Snider "Peace, Love And Anarchy (Rarities, B-Sides And Demos Vol. 1)" Oh Boy Records Todd Snider writes songs. That's it. He does it damn well, though. Nothing extravagant here - they're funny and sweet and a little heartbreaking sometimes, but mostly they're just pretty little packages, sparse and unadorned.
Whether you stumble upon the Mount Vernon Quad on your way to get a late lunch at Ames or brave the shuttle to see one of your favorite bands, make sure to spend your Saturday on the Quad for Fountain Day. Typically held to celebrate the turning on of the main fountain on the Mount Vernon Campus, Fountain Day also brings arts and crafts, free food and live music to the typically underappreciated campus.
If you have $5 As is so often the case, you can pocket the cash and go do something free, in this case attend a birthday party, specifically one for William Shakespeare, being held from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at Folger Shakespeare Library at 201 East Capitol St.
A rotating roster, improvisation and structured jams. Sounds like jazz? It is . sort of. You may have seen Hello Society at any number of events around Foggy Bottom since the band's inception in the spring of 2005 playing as the house band at a performance by Think Tank, a spoken-word group on campus at the time.
"I suppose Americans are a bit more handsome and respectful," said Owen Clarke, the guitarist and synth player of Hot Chip, comparing American audiences to his native British crowds. "Not nearly as pissed," added Felix Martin, the band's mustached drum machine programmer.
I bet you're asking yourself, "Say, Bar Belle, what's it been like, turning out a column of questionable journalistic integrity week in and week out?" Well reader, in this column, I am required to tell you! Over the past year, I've been forced into frat parties, thrown from dive bars and pushed to the brink of alcoholism - all for no pay and three dozen writing clips I can't use because my name's not on the byline.
by Nicole Cairns Senior Staff Writer The agony and pain of finals is quickly approaching. For some of us, our time at GW is coming to a close and we're applying for jobs. Others are planning their summer vacations and trying to land a great internship.
After months of construction and delays, TONIC Restaurant will open the first or second week in May, the restaurant's co-owner said. The full-service eatery was originally scheduled to open in January but delays in both renovating the restaurant's location and securing a liquor license pushed opening day back about five months.
Baseball The Colonials dropped a 5-3 decision to the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore Tuesday afternoon at Barcroft Park in Arlington, Va. The Hawks scored three runs in the ninth inning to capture the victory. Senior Mickey Shupin went 3-for-4 and scored two runs while classmate Michael Parker had two RBIs.
Hobbs still recruiting Katuka, Dinc GW head coach Karl Hobbs is still hot on the trail of potential recruits Joseph Katuka and Ciem Dinc, but neither have signed letters of intention with GW, Director of Athletics Jack Kvancz said. The Orlando Sentinel reported that Katuka, a 6-foot-10 center from Montverde, Fla.
The University will need to find housing for more than 60 law students who were planning to live in The Aston residence hall starting this fall. GW Law School and GW Housing Programs advertised the Aston, located on 21st Street and New Hampshire Avenue, as the first University-owned residence exclusively for law students.
Free newspapers in residence halls and a basketball pep event are likely to return next year after the University axed them due to budget cuts in September, a University official said. GW Reads and Colonials Invasion are a "high priority" next year.
The University is in the planning stages of hosting an on-campus forum in early June for Democratic presidential candidates, administrators said Wednesday afternoon. U.S. Senators Hillary Clinton of New York, John Edwards of North Carolina and Barack Obama of Illinois are on the list of invited candidates, said University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg.
Grad student Badri Shynm and junior Dinesh Lohani play guitar and sing in Kogan Plaza Wednesday afternoon. Photo Credit: Ryder Haske/Hatchet staff photographer
A District-run public bus replaced the popular Georgetown shuttle that previously stopped next to the Foggy Bottom Metro station.
Officials said programming and academic cuts are expected to be less drastic next year due in part to increased fundraising. Last year, an $8 million gap forced the University to reallocate money and cut academic and service programs. This year, only $4 million will need to be made up.
The Atlantic 10 Conference voted to adopt new criteria for scheduling men's basketball opponents beginning next year, a league official said. The new policy will divide the conference's 14 teams into "tiers," with each team playing 16 conference games, Assistant Commissioner Ray Cella said.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified during a Senate hearing last week and the outcry among political leaders for his resignation has intensified. During his April 19 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he faced notable scrutiny from both parties but steadfastly claimed that he had both nothing to hide and that he could not recall a number of details regarding the firing of eight U.
Sitting in his manager's basement in Los Angeles, My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero took calls from college journalists across the country while the rest of his band was in Japan. Just a few days earlier, he had one of his wisdom teeth pulled and with it, came out his sinus wall.
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