When young women pass away too early, the song so often played is Elton John's "Candle in the Wind." But to those of us who knew Jenny at The Hatchet, the analogy of her as a submissive candle being swayed by another force could not be more ill-fitting.
Death is one of the most difficult subjects a reporter can cover. For reporters at a student newspaper, covering an untimely, unnatural student death is even more difficult. And when those student reporters are also the close friends and colleagues of the victim, reporting on the tragedy is seemingly impossible.
In the upcoming campus elections, students will be asked to vote on a referendum to increase the student fee from $1 per credit hour to $2 per credit hour, up to 15 credit hours per semester. As a member of the Senate Finance Committee, I've been intimately involved in discussions concerning the finances of the Student Association. My time serving on the committee has made one thing clear: student organizations desperately need more money.
This was a tough week for conservatives. Not only was our clean, American pastime of football interrupted by the horror of an exposed breast, but Massachusetts is now adding to conservatives' woes. The missing weapons of mass destruction and $521 billion projected budget deficit? Yeah, I suppose those are important, too. But let's stay focused on the true threat to our nation: gays.
Vol. 106
An Independent Student Newspaper
Serving The George Washington University Community Since 1904
