Volume 95, Issue 25
Stories from the October 22, 1998 issue of the GW Hatchet.
James Brady, the former White House press secretary who was shot in an assassination attempt on President Reagan in 1981, spoke Tuesday at the Marvin Center as part of activities for GW’s Disability Awareness Week. Now a gun control advocate, he suffers from a brain injury that he incurred when he shot in the head […]
Everything from a Cabaret Showcase to the National Gallery of Art’s Van Gogh exhibit will be featured this weekend as GW rolls out the red carpet for parents. The official kickoff for Family Weekend is Friday at 4 p.m., with check-in locations at the Foggy Bottom and Mount Vernon campuses. Activities for the rest of […]
It’s on the cover of all the magazines: “Orgasms Guaranteed,” “The Bag-Your-Man Plan,” “Secret Sex Strategies.” It’s in the movies, and it’s all over Thursday night television. Sex is everywhere. Young people are having sex more often and at a younger age, according to a recently released study. And despite the risks of pregnancy and […]
Findings from the American Association of University Women’s Gender Gaps: Where Schools Still Fail Our Children High school girls and boys take similar numbers of science courses, but boys are more likely than girls to take all three core science courses – biology, chemistry and physics – before they graduate. Girls take fewer computer science […]
Students applying to GW for the 1999 academic year now will fill out the same application for both the Foggy Bottom and Mount Vernon campuses, a first for Mount Vernon. Integration of admissions for the two campuses is nearing completion, with all applications now being handled at the main University admissions office in Rice Hall. […]
The city’s Board of Zoning Adjustment Tuesday heard GW’s plans to build a new School of Media and Public Affairs building on the site of a parking lot at the corner of 21st and H streets, next to the 2000 Pennsylvania Ave. complex. As with any proposed construction, the BZA must approve the plans before […]
Vice President for Academic Affairs Donald Lehman has come up with plans for a new and improved School of Engineering and Applied Science. This move comes as a faint attempt to boost the enrollment of SEAS. However, what Lehman does not realize is that splitting up departments and developing a new “strategic plan” is not […]
The GW men’s and women’s cross country teams finished in the middle of a large pack at the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Championships Friday at Van Cortland Park in the Bronx, N.Y. The men’s team finished 15th out of 29 teams, while the women finished 15th out of 26. GW head coach Jim Hopkins said he […]
(U-WIRE) ATHENS, Ohio – Beginning in 1999, Florida will become the first state to require all public high schools to teach a marriage and relationship skills class. The elective class will deal with issues such as love, intimacy, commitment, problem solving and communication. Many states have school districts with elective marriage classes, but only Florida […]
The GW women’s swimming team defeated the U.S. Naval Academy 149.5 to 144.5 in its season-opening meet at Navy Saturday. The Colonial women swept both the 100-meter and 200-meter backstrokes to the secure the victory. “It was a tough adjustment to Navy’s short-course meters, but the freshmen had a very strong showing (in the backstroke […]