Stories from the January 2, 2002 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Posted 11:41 a.m. Jan. 28 By Rob Torte U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – Continuing a global fight against terrorism, the United States deployed 850 Special Forces troops to the Philippines in the past few weeks, according to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Rumsfeld and Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo have claimed that U.S. forces are […]
Posted 9:45 p.m. Jan. 31 By Patrick W. Higgins U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – There has been an increase in the number of college students who feel depressed and who favor liberal politics according to a report released this week by the University of California at Los Angeles Higher Education Institute. The number of […]
Posted 7:46 p.m. March 11 by Marcus Mrowka U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – An annual Washington, D.C., protest against economic organizations will expand to draw hundreds of war protesters, organizers announced last week. An association of more than 200 organizations led by the National Youth and Student Peace Coalition announced plans last week to […]
Posted 10:58 a.m. Feb. 4 By Jamie Meltzer U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – Drug and alcohol-related arrests on campuses doubled between 1999 and 2000, according to a study released last week by the Department of Education. Many college officials attribute the trend to a more casual attitude about drug use. The study, based on […]
Posted 11:03 a.m. Feb. 4 By Rob Torte U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – State officials have asked Congress for more than $100 million to link all 50 state driver’s license databases together for the purpose of creating a national identification card. According to the American Association of Motor Vehicles, licenses have already “become a […]
Posted 5:45 p.m. March 13 by Rati Bishnoi U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – As the nation watches the Enron scandal unfold after the energy giant’s bankruptcy earlier this year, another looming debt crisis remains largely ignored: the increasing level of college students graduating with high debt levels. According to “The Burden of Borrowing,” a […]
Posted 11:13 a.m. Feb. 4 By Seth Goldman U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – Student activism led to the release of Ngawang Choephel this month, a former Middlebury College student imprisoned for more than 6 years in Chinese prison on charges of espionage and stealing state secrets, according to activists involved in the case. “Individual […]
Posted 11:09 a.m. Feb 4 By Shaphan Marwah U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush’s federal tax cuts came under attack in Congress last week, following the Congressional Budget Office’s report that the expected surplus had fallen $4 trillion to $1.6 trillion for the next decade. Debate focused on whether or not […]
Posted 5:49 p.m. March 13 by Jamie Meltzer U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – The number of college-age volunteers involved with AmeriCorps has jumped 50 percent since President George W. Bush announced a plan to increase funding of the federal volunteer program by 56 percent during his State of the Union Address on Jan. 29. […]
Posted 10:50 a.m. Feb. 11 By Shaphan Marwah U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – With less than a week until his official visit to Washington, Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf is under intense pressure to orchestrate the rescue of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter kidnapped last month. The kidnappers, calling themselves the “National […]