March 6, 2000

Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) discussed trade, social security reform and the overall value of his life experiences with the GW College Republicans Wednesday night. Kolbe, who was the first Republican to serve southern Arizona, offered insight from his 16 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. He identified trade and social security issues as his […]

A group of 15 students met Thursday night to discuss issues ranging from pre-marital sex to homosexuality with two Catholic chaplains. The inability to discuss (homosexuality) is a big problem of the church, said Jason Franklin, publicity chair of GW Pride. Franklin spoke to the group at the event, which was part of GW Pride’s […]

Rising sophomores said they began researching off-campus housing options last week after finding only 703 spots remained for them on campus, after the upperclassman portion of the housing lottery. Freshman Jessica Stolow said she was weighing whether she would move off campus, even though she and her friends submitted the $300 housing deposit. If I […]

Last Wednesday evening while Student Association hopefuls made their last desperate attempts to talk jaded grad students into voting for them, I had the distinct pleasure of being the guest at the palatial home of our esteemed University president, Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, and his wife. I will refrain from making disparaging remarks about Mrs. Trachtenberg, […]

Singles auction raises money for scholarships The most sought after bachelors and bachelorettes in the D.C. area were auctioned off during a singles auction in the Hippodrome Friday night. The event, which drew students from five area universities, was sponsored by Latinos for Progress and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. Men’s lacrosse team players, […]

On Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. the fire alarm sounded in New Hall. Following University procedures, residents evacuated the building. The fire department arrived in less than two minutes and after about five minutes in the building left the scene because it was a false alarm. Facilities personnel and University Police entered the building presumably […]

I would like to thank the University community for its tremendous patience during the election the past week and the marathon counting process Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Certainly, no one on the Election Committee wanted it to take so long to count all the ballots, as we all had nice comfortable beds beckoning us […]

With the GW men’s basketball down Saturday afternoon by some 30 points in a nationally televised game against Atlantic 10 powerhouse Temple University, something truly special transpired. The capacity crowd at the Smith Center implored Coach Tom Penders to play the team’s sparingly used senior walk-ons, Mark Lund and Sam Anyan, with thunderous applause. Realizing […]

As a candidate who ran in the student elections last year, I completely disagree with several assertions made in The Hatchet’s Thursday staff editorial JEC Repeat. I cannot believe that anyone would think that the election process was better last year than this. Many people I ran into on the street during the two days […]

Unlike in past years, election night proved anticlimactic as relatively few GW students, or candidates for that matter, burned the midnight oil waiting for the announcement of the election results. Traditionally, the Student Association held a party at J Street the night election results were tallied. This way, students who might not know much about […]