A muddy, pop-infused Sweetlife Festival
Muddied grounds and a hunt for ponchos didn't keep an audience of thousands from enjoying the music.
Culture
Q&A: Local garage rockers talk transition from basements to Sweetlife
The Hatchet caught up with Ryan Hunter Mitchell, Dan Newhauser, Danielle Vu and Alberto Pacheco to talk record labels, DJ aliases and making it big in D.C.
In the bins: Green Move-Out treasures
Reporters rummaged through six residence halls and pulled out a few surprising finds.
Profiling fashion's elite through new media
Sadick, a journalism and mass communication major, has interviewed fashion icons like legendary designers Oscar de la Renta and Diane von Furstenberg through her blog called StyleSolutions.
Business success sparked by social values
After sprouting in their residence hall rooms, two students' startup has gained momentum, moving into a Foggy Bottom office and sweeping an international business competition.
An intimate dance, out in public
Senior Komal Thakkar is presenting her dance thesis, “Mind Like Water: An Honors Thesis in Dance” in Kogan Plaza for the public to experience on April 28.
Budding entrepreneurs take on Business Plan Competition
Droves of men and women donned suits, packing into Duques Hall Friday to discuss ideas ranging from medical technology to a tooth-brushing phone application to D.C.'s first kombucha brewery.
The District Sound: A summer of soulful pop and jam bands
For those calling the District home this summer, grab early tickets for these shows.
Metro Monopoly: The quest for the best bubble tea
A fruit-flavored slush drink filled with rubbery balls of cassava root may sound disgusting to some, but to many, this concoction is the most delicious relief on a hot day.
Alumni band makes East Coast debut
GW-bred, Los Angeles-based band holychild is bringing their brand of experimental pop back to D.C. for their first homecoming show Friday at the Velvet Lounge – one of their first shows since gaining national buzz.
Battling bureaucracy on campus and at home
Shashwat Gautam has returned home to northern India this year during breaks to survey citizens on political and welfare issues.
Searching for D.C.'s best ice cream
As D.C. continues to swelter in the heat, Cone E. Island is a main stop for GW students to cool down. But there are other District destinations to find an even sweeter scoop.
Student sitcom spoofs gender stereotypes
Junior Henry Morillo created GWTV’s second ever sitcom “Gender Neutral,” which premiered Wednesday.
Showcasing culture with song and dance
Cheers erupted as the bamboo poles stopped pounding into the ground and dancers ceased their quick-paced hops between them.
Keeping faith, defending sexuality
As a town parade meandered through rural Vermont streets, then 7-year-old Damian Legacy wandered away to a church.
Hatchet Recipes: Bites and Booze
Follow these simple recipes to add just the right amount of flavor to any celebration.
District Sound
A smooth-tongued rapper, a gregarious, visceral rock group and a violin virtuoso top the must-see list at this year’s Sweetlife Music Festival.
Swigs for social change
At Cause Bar & Restaurant on U Street, happy hour can changes lives throughout the District, country and world: 100 percent of the net profits are donated to charities.
A Little Japan: U Street's authentic cuisine
In Japanese, the word “izakaya” translates to “sit-down sake shop.” And while this restaurant serves over 24 varieties of sake, there is much more to Izakaya Seki than its tasty rice wine.
Bar Bro: The two sides of dives
The Bar Bro brings you the best dives in the District. He isn’t classless – just low-class.
Public feedback, one swipe away
Funneling into a spare Duques room for a seven-hour beer- and pizza-fueled brainstorming session, an assembly of graduate students scribbled notes on whiteboards, vigorously vetting out each other’s ideas.
Metro Monopoly: The heart of the city
If you haven’t interned on the Hill or visited the Capitol Building, take a tour and see Congress in action – or inaction, as some joke.
'Seeing red' one click at a time
As students scramble to find summer internships, Shoshana Weissmann is entering hundreds of jobs and internships into a web bank for young Republicans.
From Mali to D.C., searching for education
Modibo Dembele has, for the last three years, spent his nights in Thurston Hall, working as a University Police officer while taking law classes.
For Catholic students, ‘pro-life’ goes beyond anti-abortion
The GW Catholics are changing their meaning of “pro-life” this semester.
A cure for the manic Mondays
Massoud Adibpour spends his Monday mornings holding signs bearing optimistic messages to commuters.
Bites and Booze
Follow these simple recipes to add just the right amount of flavor to any celebration.
'Saturday Night Live,' law school-style
Fifty-six GW Law School students plan to keep a Lisner Auditorium crowd laughing at their annual musical and comedy sketch show Feb. 23.
Making lemonade and entrepreneurs
Perhaps the solution to D.C.’s ailing public school system lies not in complex education policy, but in something far simpler: a lemonade stand.
What We're Watching: "The Great Gatsby"
Video: A Race for the Cure made for Mother's Day
Weekend Outlook
PHOTO: Buzz Aldrin calls Mars settlement 'within reach'
Taylor Swift tickets hidden around D.C.
Kerry Washington talks Commencement nerves with David Letterman
What We're Watching: "Iron Man 3"
The Hatchet's finals playlist: Lo-fi jams as study aids
It's Monday
Video: A dog day afternoon in University Yard
