The sight of two boys kissing at GW isn't a rare scene. GW has a large gay population, leading one to believe that gay students have an easier time fitting in and being accepted than in environments where they are a small minority.
With Microsoft Windows logos plastered all over it, Lee Huebner's 90s-era Citroen van doesn't exactly blend in with the Smart cars that dash through the streets of Paris. But that doesn't bother the new director of the School of Media and Public Affairs. Soft spoken and pragmatic, Huebner chuckled when he recalled how his son won the van - which once chauffeured Bill Gates around Paris - in a raffle.
Nearing the commencement of her fourth year in college, Eve has learned quite a few things about sex. Eve, The Hatchet's anonymous sex columnist, will share her observations and (sometimes dirty) thoughts about sex at GW with the population that fuels her fire.
The people working behind the bar here aren't mixing drinks and opening tabs - not yet. They're sawing things, peeling off painters tape and searching for the water shut-off valve in hardhats and tool belts. An electrician is making the final touches to 28 loud speakers and 6-foot-tall subwoofers, and someone is installing a photo booth.
Freshman Corbb O'Connor has some clear vision within three feet of eyes. But beyond that, he says, his world seems "as if I'm looking through wax paper." Blind since birth, O'Connor has a genetic condition called Leber's congenital retinal amaurosis that affects his retinas.
Junior Sam Buchbinder, a double major in political communications and Judaic studies, is spending the spring semester studying at Ben Gurion University in Be'er Sheva, Israel. A few times this semester he, along with other students spread out across the globe, will share his experiences and observations abroad as one of The Hatchet's "GW expats.
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