February 7, 2000

The GW Faculty Senate passed a resolution Friday that allows for further development of a proposed program – the College of Professional Studies. The purpose of the new college, according to a presentation by Donald Lehman, vice president for Academic Affairs, and Roger Whitaker, vice president for Academic Development and Continuing Education, would be to […]

Military officers and students who showed up for the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps blood drive Friday said they came for the same reason – it is an easy, free way to help save someone’s life. Midshipman Greg Skelton, one of the organizers of the event, said the NROTC decided to hold the drive because […]

A new GW student-run magazine featuring in-depth articles on campus life will hit the newsstands Feb. 23. Editor in chief Megan Poinski said The GW Journal will be a cross between Newsweek and Rolling Stone. Poinski said she came up with the concept for a monthly magazine because she wanted a publication that would have […]

GW students proved they like scary movies at the Student Activities Center-sponsored premiere of Scream 3 Friday night. More than 360 GW students turned out for the private showing of the movie at the Union Station AMC Theater. This was great, said junior Shreema Sanghvi, coordinator of the evening. GW as a whole just unified […]

How will history treat Ronald Reagan? When asked about his legacy, will one quip Alzheimer’s and Iran Contra or Ending the Cold War and Resurrecting the Economy? We at the GW College Republicans, quite frankly, worship the man. It’s as if he were a god brought to Earth to end the viscous tyranny of communist […]

Just when fraternity members said they were cleaning up their act, another chapter gets removed for violating the rules. Sigma Chi lost its charter this week from its national office, in the latest of a series of violations against fraternities on GW’s campus. As The Hatchet reported two weeks ago, fraternities are taking a larger […]

Last week The Hatchet reported that the Community Living and Learning Center, or CLLC, plans to remove housekeeping from upperclassman residence halls next year. CLLC’s move sparked much debate and demonstrates that while you can’t get more than three of our students to turn out to vote in SA elections, you can get them up […]

In the wake of a calamitous, unregistered hotel party attended by members of the Pakistani Students Association, the responsibilities of multicultural and other non-Greek-letter groups in holding off-campus events needs re-examination. The event highlighted the necessity that these groups follow GW’s policy – that all student organizations must register both on- and off-campus events where […]

With GW down 39-24 at the half of Saturday evening’s game with Xavier at the Smith Center, the 4,762 fans in attendance who have followed the Colonials this year were probably relying on the same minimally comforting knowledge the Colonials were. We’ve been in this situation before, freshman Chris Monroe told his teammates at halftime. […]