Volume 94, Issue 12
Stories from the January 12, 1998 issue of the GW Hatchet.
The University’s Commencement Committee is expected to recommend a venue for this year’s ceremony Friday – either the new MCI Center or the Ellipse. But the University lacks funds to hold Commencement on the Ellipse this May, said the University’s special events director and committee member Lynn Shipway. Shipway said a reduced special events budget […]
University Honors Program Associate Director Roderick French will serve as the first chancellor of a new American-style university in the United Arab Emirates. French, a philosophy professor, was previously the director of University seminars for the honors program and is the faculty adviser for ex nihilo, GW’s undergraduate research journal. He also has served as […]
The GW men’s basketball team showed during the past month that last season’s lessons were well learned. Throughout GW’s disappointing 15-14 season of 1996-97, Coach Mike Jarvis stressed that his young team still was learning how to win. In the last month, the more experienced Colonials have been winning games in bunches. A Dec. 8 […]
MenDec. 7 vs. Pennsylvania 66-62 WDec. 8 vs. Maryland 70-66 WDec. 13 at Old Dominion 58-56 WDec. 20 vs. UNC-Charlotte 93-83 WDec. 27 vs. Army 91-59 WDec. 28 vs. George Mason 82-69 WJan. 4 vs. La Salle 78-68 WJan. 7 vs. Duquesne 90-68 WJan. 10 at Massachusetts 79-48 L WomenDec. 8 at Princeton 69-51 WDec. […]
An 18-month transition will transform Mount Vernon College, which GW has financially controlled since October 1996, into a part of GW. The 122 year-old women’s college in the picturesque northwest edge of the District will become the George Washington University at Mount Vernon College by June 30, 1999. GW became affiliated with MVC last October, […]
The District’s Board of Zoning Adjustment voted unanimously Wednesday to approve the University’s plan to build a health and wellness center. After months of hearing testimony from supporters and critics of the proposal, the zoning board agreed to let GW proceed as long as the center closes by 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and by […]
Students no longer can use GWorld debit points at Mick’s restaurant and will face problems using the service at other local restaurants as well. “Extensive errors on the GWorld card system” caused the service to be stopped, said Mick’s restaurant manager Shawn McKee. McKee said he was called at his home Dec. 8 and told […]
Life has gotten much too complicated, runs a common complaint. We have to make decisions about so many things that once seemed automatic. These endless bits and pieces include decisions about which phone company to use, which college to attend and which major to choose, how to handle our pensions, and whether or not to […]
I have recently come to the realization that life as I know it is about to end. No more students, no more books. No more teachers, dirty looks. My life is about to change radically, and I’m starting to panic. Fortunately, the good people at George Washington have everything under control. Thanks to the office […]
The 122-year old tradition of Mount Vernon College as an independent institution of higher learning for women will end as of June 1999. After that date, MVC will become the George Washington University at Mount Vernon College. For the students of Mount Vernon, this decision finally will put to rest some of their anxieties about […]