Volume 95, Issue 8
Stories from the August 27, 1998 issue of the GW Hatchet.
The GW Bookstore faces increased competition as booksellers inside and outside the University challenge its hold on GW students. But vendors vying for the University’s textbook market have encountered fierce resistance from the campus bookstore. Eric Kuhn, co-founder of VarsityBooks, an online textbook vendor targeting the GW market, said GW Bookstore employees asked VarsityBooks representatives […]
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GW men’s basketball coach Tom Penders has added four freshman recruits to the program and is attempting to bring in a fifth player from Belarus. Penders confirmed that guard Dorien Brown, forwards Jason Smith and Andry Sola, and center Albert Roma have accepted scholarships and enrolled in classes this week. Valeri Khamenia, a 6-7, 205-pound […]
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Students living in residence halls awoke to the hum of drills and power tools last spring, but with the implementation of network access in residence hall rooms this fall, they are beginning to reap the benefits of last semester’s inconveniences. The system has some glitches, but Deborah Snelgrove, executive director of Student and Academic Support […]
Four Thurston Hall residents were hospitalized in alcohol-related incidents in the past two weeks, University administrators said Wednesday. In the most recent incident, two students were reported to be “highly intoxicated” and lying on the benches outside Thurston at 2 a.m. Wednesday, said Dolores Stafford, director of University Police. Stafford said one student was unconscious […]
In an attempt to bring unity to the residence hall mail system, the University is asking students to use the University ZIP code – 20052 – on all letters and packages. University Mail Services sent a letter to all students in residence halls this week telling them they must use 20052. “It’s something we probably […]
GW students now can use new “preferred lenders” for their Stafford loans, allowing student borrowers to save possibly hundreds or thousands of dollars on the payment of their debt, said administrators in the Office of Student Financial Assistance. An agreement between the University and two lenders – Northstar Guarantee Inc. and Academic Management Systems Education […]
Comedians highlight Welcome Week Two comedians entertained a packed house at Lisner Auditorium Monday night, as part of Welcome Week. Allan Goodwin, the opening act, presented impersonations and jokes to the crowd, and introduced Pablo Francisco, who returned to GW after a performance a year ago. Free admission to the Zei Club Friday night with […]
A bill on Capitol Hill could prevent universities from using a student’s Social Security number as an identification number. The Personal Information Privacy Act introduced last year by U.S. Rep. Jerry Kleczka (D-Wis.) would amend the Social Security Act to prohibit the commercial use of Social Security numbers without an owner’s written consent. The bill […]