JEC boots Boyer from Student Association runoff
The independent body that oversees Student Association elections voted unanimously early Thursday to remove presidential candidate Kyle Boyer from the runoff election.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
CCAS faculty to vote on fewer GCRs
Faculty members in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences will soon vote on a proposal that could significantly reduce the school's course requirements, administrators said this week.
Student Association senate postpones election
The Student Association senate voted Tuesday to postpone the SA presidential runoff election until after spring break to give the election's oversight body time to review a series of campaign violations on Wednesday night.
Kvancz says Hobbs will stay
Head men's basketball coach Karl Hobbs will return next year, GW's director of athletics told The Hatchet on Tuesday.
Students propose smoking ban
A group of graduate students is lobbying administrators to ban smoking on all University-owned property, but it remains unclear exactly where GW would be allowed to enforce the ban.
Burned woman found on campus, taken to hospital
University Police Department officers escorted a badly burned homeless woman to the GW Hospital Monday morning after she wandered onto campus, UPD Chief Dolores Stafford said Tuesday.
Foggy Bottom Grocery may become sandwich shop
Two GW graduates are in talks with the University to become tenants of the building now occupied by the Foggy Bottom Grocery near the corner of 22nd and F streets.
NBA owner named to Business School hall of fame
Washington Wizards owner and GW alumnus Abe Pollin was inducted into the GW School of Business Sports Executives Hall of Fame at a ceremony in the Smith Center on Monday.
Knapp pushes funding for humanities
University President Steven Knapp told the National Humanities Association Tuesday afternoon that it is more important than ever to fund the study of humanities.
Filmmaker discusses women’s roles in government
The creator of a documentary chronicling women's roles in government, media and society discussed her movie Tuesday night at Funger Hall.
Professor raises remain above average
Full-time GW professors received an average pay increase of about 5 percent at the beginning of this year, Vice President of Academic Affairs Donald Lehman said Tuesday.
SA denies Bhangra Blowout funding
Members of the South Asian Society are scrambling to find donors for their largest event of the year, Bhangra Blowout, after the Student Association Finance Committee denied the organization's request for funding.
Dutch diplomat discusses women’s rights
The Netherlands' ambassador to the United States outlined the worldwide condition of women's human rights as part of International Women's Day at the Elliott School of International Affairs Tuesday afternoon.
On rock and Harvard
Justin Rice and Christian Rudder make up Bishop Allen, an indie rock duo who play with a revolving door of other musicians and are scheduled to take the stage at the Black Cat Thursday, March 12.
QuickTakes
Watchmen, Cursive, Mountains, Green River Ordinance
Ten minutes in ‘Takoma Park’
Takoma Park is not Hollywood. Still, the small town in Maryland is the backdrop for a compelling story, says sophomore Vikrum Mathur.
District Mixtape: Alternative Spring Break
Leaders of GW's Alternative Spring Break provided us with their choice tracks in preparation for their week-long trip to New Orleans to restore homes.
Gymnastics wins for seniors
It was only once the basketball hoops had been tucked away for the year and layers of mat and foam covered the floor that a GW sports team was finally able to lock away a 2009 Senior Night win in the Smith Center.
One-hit wonder
With time running out in his collegiate career, right-handed pitcher Pat Lehman is making the most of his limited time at GW.
Being Bozeman: A coach’s first year on the job, in photos
View this photo essay here.
Staff Editorial: Election dysfunction
The Joint Elections Committee is the organization charged with making sure the Student Association election runs fairly and smoothly - but when this does not happen, all hell breaks loose. Let us paint a picture for you.
Lucas Hagerty: Increase club sport support
A well-kept secret is that GW provides a more competitive option than the friendly pick-up game.
Lamar Thorpe: Race dialogue is critical
If The Hatchet continues to discuss, engage and bring new perspectives, they could be very successful in stimulating a proactive conversation about a complicated matter.
Alexander F.C. Webster: Justice silenced
The usual inconclusive conclusion of the so-called student judicial process in this case succeeds only in unjustly protecting the indisputably guilty.
Letters to the Editor
Biased reporting on Armenia; What are you really mad about?
Frank Broomell: Jealous of Jersey
Ok, I get it. People at GW do not like New Jersey. They say it is dirty, that it smells or both. I would not want to go swimming in Atlantic City either.
Tom Braslavsky: Spring break safety
For a few months this year, I was contemplating going on an all-inclusive spring break trip to Cancun. One thing that definitely did not cross my mind was the prospect of deadly drug wars.
Panel stresses studies in humanities
More students should study subjects like law, literature and history, stressed a panel of University administrators, philanthropists and a Supreme Court justice Monday evening in the Jack Morton Auditorium.
Obama, Holder to speak at ceremony in Lisner Friday
President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder will speak on Friday at Holder's Installation Ceremony in Lisner Auditorium on campus, a Department of Justice news release said Wednesday afternoon.
