September 2, 1999

A senior is attempting to remain in his GW-owned house after administrators told him to vacate the premises by the end of the semester, according to a letter he received from the Real Estate Office. “A decision has been made that our current institutional needs will no longer permit continued use of the property for […]

GW is hanging up its phone registration system. The University is replacing phone registration with online registration starting with the spring 2000 semester, University Registrar Brian Selinsky said. “Online registration has been around for a number of years,” Selinsky said. “It’s a lot easier, and if you do make a mistake, it’s all fixable and […]

GW’s Web site is ranked 14th among college sites in the number of people who searched for it and visited it each month, according to a new report from Lycos’ search engine HotBot. Deborah Snelgrove, executive director for Student Academic and Support Services Communication and Technology, wrote in an e-mail that the rankings show the […]

A GW vice president canceled last Thursday’s meeting with representatives of the Graduate Teaching Assistant-Adjunct Alliance as the group tries to gain union recognition at the University. “We regret the confusion over the earlier scheduled meeting, but now that it’s clear we’re dealing with a unionization effort, there are a host of duties and responsibilities […]

The annual Career Campaign expanded this fall, offering GW students an opportunity to become familiar with the Career Center’s services. The campaign, which began Aug. 25 with the Work-Study Expo job fair, will last six weeks instead of one week as it has in the past, said Jennifer M. Seile, Career Center communications coordinator. The […]

As the sun rises over the Potomac, most GW students are snuggling a little deeper under the covers. But sophomore Lynn Tan is hitting the pavement on her daily jog around the White House. “It’s a great stress reliever,” says the California native. Around campus, many students are discovering that exercise is necessary to combat […]

GW students will have access to information relevant to them in a centralized location thanks to a government pilot program that will start this fall. The Access America for Students Initiative is part of Vice President Al Gore’s push for technology in schools, said Dan Small, Student Financial Assistance director. He said the government is […]

When The GW Women’s Center at Mount Vernon College opened March 1, it had this question in mind – who listened to Martha Washington? The Women’s Center mission statement dedicated the Center as a resource, a safe space and a forum for free discussion between diverse women. At the Center’s first meeting this year, Janice […]

Students are plugging in, turning on, and booting up across GW and the nation. E-mail, Internet, and even compact disc burners have become a common sight in many residence hall rooms. But not all students have caught up with the digital revolution. Luckily for GW students, a variety of departments, many of which are undergoing […]

Lora Machel’s article from the Arizona Daily Wildcat reprinted in Monday’s Hatchet (“Cold truth about guns, society,” p. 5) is typical of the left wing’s anti-gun rhetoric. Machel clearly does not understand the purpose of our Constitutional right to keep and bear arms, nor is her analysis of the correlation between guns and violence sound. […]