April 5, 2001

Let me set the stage for you. It is midnight, and you are at one of D.C.’s finest bars having a $12 mixed drink – not in a yard glass. Suddenly, there is a ruckus behind you. You turn around and see Metropolitan Police officers swooping in to snatch the freshmen. A rainbow of bracelets […]

Student Association Election 2000 – President-Elect David Burt by Grant Wernick Student Association Election 2000 – Jeff Marootian by Matt Besser World Bank/International Monetary FundProtests – April 16-17 2000 by Andrew Leonard

As parents of a rising junior with a reasonably low housing selection number, 1,166, out of a range of numbers from 1,000-1,999, we are registering our outrage over the flagrant mismanagement and extremely poor planning on the part of the Community Living and Learning Center with regard to the student housing lottery process. When we […]

Americans have long had a fascination with and even a closeted admiration for that antihero of the American dream – the criminal. From their love affair with John Dillinger to their fascination with the portrayal of mafioso characters in The Godfather, Goodfellas and currently “The Sopranos,” Americans yearn for a glimpse of the underworld. Although […]

It seems to me that the some of the authors and editors of this year’s GW Mullet never progressed past the sixth grade mentality that making fun of people is the only way to be funny. The Hatchet has absolutely no right to use the campus newspaper as a means to publicly humiliate other students. […]

Everything about Guided By Voices’ 12th album, Isolation Drills, shouts ironic. A photograph in a private jet plane, the lo-fi recording quality and the semi-sensible lyrics all contribute to the oddly ripened indie-rock group’s transformation. Lead guitarist and vocalist Robert Pollard formed the band in 1994, bidding farewell to 14 years of teaching fourth graders […]

So you are an alumnus, who cares? One of the major problems facing GW is alumni support. Recently, I discovered why. Several months ago, I applied to GW’s law school. I had not intended to enroll, but figured why not apply? When I was rejected, I was not upset but annoyed. I received the same […]

Fighting a dismissive administration with a disturbing policy of silence, students aligned with the United Students Against Sweatshops have forged new ground in their effort to ensure that sweatshop labor is not used to produce GW merchandise. After a Wednesday protest outside Rice Hall, GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg met with the students who have […]

The GW baseball team grabbed a share of first place in the Atlantic 10 with a three-game weekend sweep of Duquesne at Barcroft Park last weekend. Both Temple and GW (18-11) boast 5-1 conference records. The team dropped just one game for the week, a 10-5 loss to the University of Richmond at Barcroft Park […]

Mount Vernon Executive Dean Grae Baxter explaining GW’s recent decision to settle out of court a lawsuit filed by former Mount Vernon College faculty members whose employment was terminated once the campus became part of GW in 1999: “People settle things for a whole variety of reasons.”