Volume 99, Issue 60
Stories from the April 10, 2003 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Student Association leaders said they will have an additional $57,000 to allocate to student organizations next year after ensuring a summer tuition fee will become a permanent part of the SA’s budget. The SA currently collects $1 per credit hour from all students for the fall and spring semesters, up to $15 per student. Students […]
The GW Invitational Crew Classic has always been the official regatta of the National Cherry Blossom Festival. It has always been one of the largest faces in collegiate rowing and has always included top-ranked crews. None of this will change for this year’s race, but the GW rowers do hope one thing will be different […]
The red and white “Taxation Without Representation” flag flying outside the U Street office of D.C. Vote is stained and tattered, a symbol of the ongoing struggle to secure voting rights for District residents. Inside the office, paid staff and volunteers scurry about with a renewed sense of purpose, as Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton’s (D-D.C.) […]
While only four teams have beaten the GW baseball team this season, there is one opponent that has dropped the Colonials into second-to-last place in the Atlantic 10 West. This opponent has no offense, no pitching and no defense. With the defending A-10 Champion Colonials off to a 19-7 start, the only thing keeping GW […]
While GW became more selective this year, officials said they plan to enroll the second largest freshman class in University history. The University accepted 38 percent of applicants this year, down from 40 percent last year, but plans to enroll 2,400 freshmen next year after months of professing a goal of 2,250. “As the budget […]
CR leader faints, event re-scheduled A debate between the College Republicans and the College Democrats over the death penalty on Tuesday ended shortly after it began when Justin DeRise, a speaker for the College Republicans, fainted during opening arguments. The event, held in the Marvin Center Amphitheater, will be rescheduled sometime this month, organizers said. […]
Thousands of demonstrators are set to converge on the District this weekend to protest the war in Iraq and international lending policies. The demonstrations, slated to coincide with the twice-yearly meeting of World Bank and International Monetary Fund officials, will be accompanied by anti-war protests, as demonstrators plan to voice their disapproval of an “unfair […]
Service group collects teddy bears for gun violence The Alpha Phi Omega community service fraternity is collecting teddy bears to distribute to children who have been victims of gun violence, to symbolize that there are more product safety regulations on the manufacturing of teddy bears than gun manufacturing. New teddy bears can be dropped off […]
Posted 12:05 p.m. April 10 by Marcus Mrowka U-WIRE Washington Bureau U.S. forces stormed into Baghdad Monday morning, in an unusual daylight attack on Iraq’s capital city. The U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry division reached the center of the city and swept into the Republican Palace, Saddam Hussein’s main office and security compound. U.S. forces also […]
Moss resigns SA seat Sen. Dan Moss (U-SBPM) announced Tuesday that he declined to accept a fourth term as senator. In a letter to the Senate, Moss, who currently chairs the Finance Committee, cited “time constraints” and a desire “to take on new leadership opportunities” as his primary reasons for leaving. In an interview Wednesday […]