Volume 95, Issue 36
Stories from the December 7, 1998 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Bathed in the glow of a December sun, the GW College Republicans paid homage to America’s fallen soldiers Sunday at an Army wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. CR President Jared Hosid and executive board members Emily Cummins, Jennifer Thomson and Jason Osborn represented the organization as they […]
The 1980s featured some of the best movies ever made. Teen comedies – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Romantic date flicks – Say Anything. And the films that can only be described as “eighties” – Footloose and Dirty Dancing. And they all came with a soundtrack. In their Eyes: ’90s Teen Bands vs. ’80s Teen Movies […]
GW’s campus now has more gates than student newspapers. When the satirical newspaper Protest THIS! folded its print edition last month, it joined the ranks of several other upstart publications that ended their runs because money was tight. Campus publications such as It magazine, Unfiltered and The GW Independent have closed down in recent years, […]
Work Study Help Wanted Announcements Personal Services Day Care Internships Housing Offered Roommates Services-General Travel Tutoring For Sale Miscellaneous Furniture
SA revamps Academic Update The student-run Academic Update, which provides students with information about classes and professors, has become more complicated this semester, said Student Association Vice President for Academic Affairs Lonnie Giamela. The changes to the Academic Update, the only student-run evaluation on campus, come with the intention of providing more information to students […]
The Turkish Student Association has joined forces with a handful of other student groups to help victims of human rights violations in Kosovo. The student groups co-sponsored a lecture on human rights violations that have racked the Yugoslav province of Kosovo in recent months and organized an ongoing clothing drive to aid poverty-stricken families in […]
The South Asian Society brought a message of cultural unity to the Marvin Center ballroom with its “Spin the Globe” program Saturday night. The multicultural reception featured native food, dance and attire from 12 different cultural groups. “It is a very good idea to bring people together like this,” said Aline Hitti, the Arab Student […]
For a while now, I have been wondering if there are others who have noticed a similarity in the University Police Department “crime alerts.” The unmistakable orange color of the crime alert grabs the attention of a student walking by a bulletin board or coming out of an elevator. It grabs their attention just long […]
Seeing that this is the last Hatchet of the semester and I won’t be sharing my little column with you until 1999, let me give you my list of annual Christmas “Things to Do”: 1.) Watch the following holiday television specials: “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” It’s a Wonderful Life, “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” “Rudolph […]
Students at GW constantly complain about the lack of traditions here – the kind of traditions that elicit pride at many other colleges and universities. While some schools have traditions handed down over the many decades, GW has mail-order traditions. A hippo was never part of GW lore until a few years ago when it […]