Student election leader derides SA
The coordinator of this year's Student Association general election denounced the governing body for being hypocritical and lacking transparency, in a strongly worded letter to student leaders Thursday.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Locals celebrate Record Store Day
Two local record stores championed their independent ownership on Saturday as part of a nationwide initiative to celebrate the culture of record stores.
Greek Brief: Alpha Delta Pi sorority wins big at Greek Excellence Awards
The Alpha Delta Pi sorority will need to make more room in their trophy case after taking home the majority of awards last week at the fourth annual Greek Excellence Awards ceremony.
Sean Redding: Are GW students making the grade?
Last week, the entire GW community discovered the sad truth about our school: It's getting dumber. Well, maybe.
Inside Our Pages | Jake Sherman: An ad, certainly not an endorsement
Sometimes advertisements in newspapers can take on a life of their own. An advertisement that appeared in The Hatchet on April 14 did just that.
Alex Winn: The road to sustainability
The signing of The American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment by University President Steven Knapp marks an important milestone for the University on the road to sustainability. Yet the news is not all good; perilous challenges lie ahead.
Student leaders: Ignorance does not excuse discrimination
We invite you to join us at the various community service, interfaith, social and educational events that the GW Muslim Students' Association hosts on campus.
Staff Editorial: Correlation is not causation
Have GW's undergraduate programs reached a glass ceiling of intellectual talent? Or, in the spirit of last Thursday's Hatchet front page, are we getting dumber?
Book sale will aid public schools
"Carpe Diem" might sound familiar if you took a high school Latin class, but "Carpe Librum" is the new saying gaining traction around Foggy Bottom.
Pondering The Pope
When I first got word that the pope was coming to D.C. as part of the first U.S. pontifical tour in over a decade, I decided that I would see him. I did not realize at the time how scarce tickets to the Mass would be.
GW Expat: From prude…to nude
I guess I am officially European. I no longer have issues with public nudity.
Snapshot: Car Pool
Students relax in their makeshift pool Friday afternoon outside Kogan Plaza on H Street. Temperatures in Foggy Bottom rose to about 85 degrees Friday.
Double Booked: Student officers balance patrol and courses
Chris Gearhart, a full-time University Police Department officer, is not your typical undergrad.
The Royal Treatment
During the month of April, there's only one place that a girl can be seen without her makeup. Ladies can get primped and powdered at the Knight Spa, hosted on Thursday and Friday nights at the Erwin Gomez Salon & Spa.
Sex Column: “Punch-drunk lust”
We've got a secret surprise hiding under our covers this year. The Hatchet will bring you an anonymous columnist, Delilah, to report on sex at GW.
GW Study Break: The Enid A. Haupt Garden
If you're looking for a little sunshine to go with your studying, consider visiting the Enid A. Haupt Garden behind the Smithsonian Castle.
Columbian College mulls GCR changes
The Columbian College of Arts and Sciences will release a recommendation on the school's general curriculum requirements next fall that could call for fewer introductory course requirements.
One bad inning dooms softball
For five innings Saturday, GW softball head coach Kim Staehle thought her team was on the verge of defeating Charlotte.
Varsity Roundup
Baseball, Women's Water Polo, Women's tennis, Women's Rowing, Golf
Security guards get wage increase
Security guards who patrol GW-owned buildings are now earning several dollars more per hour after four security guard contractors and a union negotiated a pay increase this month.
The Thurston trash toss
The effects of gravity are often studied in GW physics labs, but they are also tested most nights at Thurston Hall by some less-than-sober experimenters.
Grad student sentenced for fraud
A federal court sentenced a graduate student to 36 months of probation Wednesday for falsifying a bank transaction to pay off thousands of dollars in gambling debts.
Leah Carliner: No longer saving the things left unsaid
Leah Carliner was The Hatchet's Life editor. She began writing for The Hatchet in March 2005.
Search narrows for new CPS dean
A group of 15 candidates are vying to replace the dean of the College of Professional Studies, who will step down Aug. 1.
Duo enters Microsoft contest
Saving the environment is not an easy task, but it can be done with several clicks of a mouse in a video game created by GW students for a national competition this Tuesday.
Underdog sailors defy the odds
It almost sounds like a riddle. What happens to a sailing club with no coach and no tryouts that has never won a regatta when it competes against established teams at College of William and Mary's trademark event? It wins.
Professor advises government leaders in Iraq
When GW professor Steven Livingston visited Iraq two months ago, he became the first American professor to visit the nation under the auspices of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq's American visitor program.
Ben Solomon: Four good years behind the lens
Ben Solomon was The Hatchet's senior photo editor, photo editor and senior staff photographer. He started at The Hatchet in Aug. 2004.
Sam Salkin: It’s all in the family: finding the folks that matter
Sam Salkin was The Hatchet's multimedia editor and has written for several of the paper's sections. He started writing for The Hatchet in Sept. 2004.
Thousands attend Earth Day concert on Mall despite stormy weather
Web Extra Torrential downpours did not stop thousands of people from attending a free concert on the National Mall Sunday in support of this week's Earth Day.
GW medical school students raise money for clinic
Web Extra Soccer tickets and meals at local restaurants were among the items available to the highest bidder at Thursday night's HEALing auction, held in Columbian Square.
