Volume 97, Issue 29
Stories from the November 16, 2000 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Monday at approximately six in the evening, students and staff from Fulbright Hall poured onto H Street after a fire alarm. We waited as firefighters investigated the cause of the alarm. After standing outside, we were let back into our rooms with no explanation of why the alarm went off. Later Monday night around 10, […]
Two GW professors joined a panel discussion of professional journalists to critique media coverage of last week’s presidential campaign at the National Press Club Monday night. To say this is an unrehearsed panel is an understatement, said Marvin Kalb, executive director of the Harvard University’s Shorestein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy. The 19th […]
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Man robs GW student (p. 1, Nov. 13) incorrectly reported that the University Police Department will not file an incident report for a Nov. 9 robbery of a student at 22nd and L streets. UPD will not post a Crime Alert because the incident happened off campus.
The University Police Department said it has responded to students’ security concerns in Aston Hall after recent crime incidents, and said it needs students to join the fight against crime on and around campus. Students admitted, however, they do not always take steps to avoid becoming crime victims. The Aston now has community service aides […]
The Residence Hall Association is considering a housing lottery proposal that gives rising sophomores several room options and meets the needs of next year’s juniors and seniors. The proposed system is a good one considering how overcrowded the University has become. But greater flaws exist within the residence hall system beyond the issue of how […]
Representative from the Foggy Bottom Association and GW presented opposing arguments to the D.C. Court of Appeals in Foggy Bottom Association vs. D.C. Board of Zoning Adjustment Wednesday. The resident group is appealing the BZA’s decision to allow the construction of a new GW hospital at 900 23rd St. GW is an interested party in […]
I read with amusement The Hatchet’s presidential poll results published Nov. 6 on page 6. The survey found that an overwhelming 71 percent of GW students support Al Gore while 15 percent support Bush and 10 percent support Nader. In the national election, Gore and Bush each received about 48 percent of the vote while […]
Students said they realized how much they rely on technology for communication after water flooded the Academic Center last Friday, causing an e-mail shutdown that lasted throughout the weekend. We’re dependent on e-mail, said junior Jenny Cardona. It is the easiest way to contact professors. That is why a lot of students were affected by […]
Thank you to all of the GW community members and neighborhood residents who have been supportive of my candidacy for the Advisory Neighborhood Commission. It is an honor to have been elected, and I look forward to serving our community. I established many positive working relationships with current and former members of the ANC, and […]