Volume 95, Issue 7
Stories from the August 24, 1998 issue of the GW Hatchet.
College textbook vendors are popping up in cyberspace just in time for the book-buying spree that comes like clockwork each semester. Virtual bookstores like amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com are the better-known alternatives for students who want to avoid long lines at the GW Bookstore. And VarsityBooks, a fledgling online company in Dupont Circle, is poised to […]
<IMG ALIGN=LEFT ALT=Luke Strosnider BORDER=1 SRC=images_upload/824.lukecolumnpic.jpgDo you remember your first day of school ever? Springing out of bed at the crack of dawn with a toothless grin a mile wide, sliding into your brand-spanking new clothes and thinking, “First grade – at last, I am emancipated from the drudgery of kindergarten!” No more hours spent […]
GW won’t be printing any pins this time. After a second-tier rating last year, GW rose into the 50th slot on U.S. News & World Report’s list of the top 50 national universities in the nation, released last week. But GW administrators are taking a lower profile about the rankings than they did two years […]
(U-WIRE) MINNEAPOLIS – It is clear: This country has gone blind from too much sex. President Clinton finally has testified before both a grand jury and the nation about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. However, the news the nation has been waiting to hear is far from over. The president still can be impeached, but […]
Intruders tied up and attempted to sexually assault an elderly Foggy Bottom resident in her F Streer home during a burglary early Wednesday morning, Metropolitan Police said. The 77-year-old victim, whose name is not being released because she was the victim of a sex crime, said the attack occurred while she was sleeping in her […]
Access restricted The new Trustees’ Gate next to Gelman Library may look pretty, but it comes at the expense of disabled access. During construction, a stone wall was built blocking one of the two access ramps to the library. The remaining ramp is at the opposite end from the library doors and most of the […]
Most GW students are taking in stride the possibility of living blocks away from potential terrorist targets. While security has been stepped up at federal buildings and monuments in recent days, students continue to move into residence halls and attend orientation sessions without much thought to concrete blockades and Secret Service patrols nearby. “There are […]
GW promotional materials tout the University’s geographical proximity to the centers of American power – located five blocks from the White House, three blocks from the State Department, a short walk to Embassy Row. But after the launch of U.S. missiles against purported terrorist facilities in Sudan and Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden – newly designated […]
Freshmen arrived at Thurston Hall early Saturday morning prepared to face a hectic move-in day. And while the day was filled with the usual chaos and confusion – and even with construction that blocked off part of F Street – the process seemed more organized than in past years, upperclassmen said. The Community Living and […]
The campus mail system was a mangled mess this summer. A myriad of confused employee practices and an incredible lack of communication among University offices left some students waiting hopelessly by their mailboxes for letters and magazines that will never be delivered. The situation is unacceptable. The University is responsible for the delivery of all […]