February 1, 1999

I applaud Kathy Rooney and Clark Harding for finally challenging our housing policy on opposite-sex roommates. The current policy reflects an archaic view that any male-female contact must be a romantic relationship of some kind; that opposite-sex friends do not exist. More importantly, it implies that heterosexuality is the only sexual orientation worthy of consideration. […]

A residence hall on GW’s Mount Vernon campus will house almost 100 men next semester, marking a historic change for the women’s college the University acquired three years ago. Robert Chernak, vice president for Student and Academic Support Services, said Pelham Hall, which houses 88 students, will become an all-male residence hall this fall and […]

The University plans to house 88 students in an all-male residence hall at the Mount Vernon campus next fall – a significant change in the history of the previously all-women’s college. The change was announced to the women at Mount Vernon not in an official notification from the University, but by word of mouth. It […]

Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke to an audience of breast cancer survivors, their families and doctors Thursday evening in the Betts Theatre, paying homage to a woman whose courageous spirit inspired them all. As Jo Oberstar, wife of U.S. Rep. James Oberstar (D-Minn.), lay in a hospital recovery room, she told her husband breast cancer was […]

David Howard, formerly the head of the District’s Office of Public Advocate, was talking to two of his closest aides Jan. 15 about the lack of money available in his office’s budget. He said, “I will have to be niggardly with this fund because it’s not going to be a lot of money.” Last week, […]

Fifteen jaws dropped at the news. Sitting together in the Ames cafeteria Friday night, Mount Vernon students who said they had chosen the women’s campus for its tight-knit community expressed an array of emotions when they were told their campus’s Pelham Hall would house men this fall. The women expressed disappointment that the traditions of […]

MBB-men’s basketball Monday: no games scheduled Tuesday: no games scheduled Wednesday: MBB at La Salle-7 p.m. Thursday: no games scheduled

The article “Students protest coed room policy” on p. 1 of the Jan. 28 issue of The GW Hatchet should have quoted Senior Assistant Dean of Students Mike Walker as saying, “Living on campus is a privilege, not a right.”

The old saying goes, “I went to a basketball game last night, and a track meet broke out.” Well, who says GW doesn’t have a track team? Thursday night, Tom Penders finally got 100 points out of his team, and his scoreboard-breaking style had its Foggy Bottom coming-out party. We should have known something was […]

Helen Stetter’s e-mail inbox has been flooded with more than 300 messages relaying complaints from professors who are frustrated with the size, layout or location of their classrooms this semester. Stetter, a GW scheduling officer who retired Friday, has been wading through the requests all semester. The process became more problematic for the spring semester […]