Stories from the January 2, 2002 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Posted 6:00 p.m. Feb. 12 By Patrick W. Higgins U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – An unprecedented swing to right-wing politics on college campuses is the direct result of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a recently published survey claims. Seventy-five percent of American college students approve of President George W. Bush and support his plans […]
Posted 10:40 a.m. Feb. 11 By Seth Goldman U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – Criticism has been lodged at the Florida A&M University administration from free press activists and students for prohibiting the distribution of the 2000-01 Rattler yearbook last spring. They allege the university violated students’ constitutional right to freedom of speech. “The university […]
Posted 3:16 p.m. March 20 by Patrick W. Higgins U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – Random drug testing of all high school students may be constitutional, according to several Supreme Court justices and the Bush administration. The issue was raised in a Supreme Court case this week as lawyers for both sides presented oral arguments […]
Posted 8:58 p.m. Feb. 25 by Shaphan Marwah U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate will reconvene this week to continue debate of the Shays-Meehan campaign finance reform bill that would ban “soft money” political contributions. The Shays-Meehan bill passed the House on Feb. 14. The bill restricts television campaign ads funded by […]
Posted 6:09 p.m. Feb. 13 By Mira Katz U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – On Jan. 31 the Bush administration announced that a fetus should qualify for government-funded health insurance as a child. The proposed program would allow states to provide health care coverage under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for “children who […]
Posted 4:16 p.m. April 1 by Marcus Mrowka U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – A scholarship for students denied financial aid due to drug convictions was inaugurated in New York City last week. The foundation of the John W. Perry Fund is one of the first scholarships set up to offer assistance to students that […]
Posted 9:04 p.m. Feb 25 by Jamie Meltzer U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – Traditionally black universities are far behind the technology curve and suffer from a lack of funding, black academic leaders testified to Congress Feb. 13. Fredrick Humphries, president of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, recalled his memories of […]
Posted 6:15 p.m. Feb. 13 p.m. By Patrick W. Higgins U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush announced this week that Americans who purchase illegal drugs are contributing to terrorist organizations and governments. The announcement came as part of his new $19 billion anti-drug initiative. “Make no mistake about it,” Bush said. […]
Posted 5:31 p.m. April 3 by Shaphan Marwah U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON- Soon after President George W. Bush signed the Shays-Meehan campaign finance legislation into law last week, Republicans criticized it as an unconstitutional limit on free speech-a charge Bush has indicated he at least partially agrees with. The debate centers on a portion […]
Posted 7:47 p.m. Feb. 26 (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – The constitutionality of school vouchers was debated in the Supreme Court last week in a landmark case centering on the separation of church and state. The case, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, concerns a 6-year-old-program in Cleveland that distributes $2,250 a year to children from low-income families and allows […]