Volume 99, Issue 62
Stories from the April 17, 2003 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
It was only a week ago students and community members alike believed the University was attempting to fulfill the Board of Zoning Adjustment’s requirements to house 70 percent of students and all freshmen and sophomores within campus boundaries or outside of Foggy Bottom. It seemed as if it might actually happen as the University purchased […]
Golf team ties for second at Rehoboth The GW golf team placed second in a 15-team field Monday and freshman Brian Carroll tied for second individually at the Rehoboth Beach Spring Invitational in Rehoboth Beach, Del. The host Colonials shot a combined 616, placing them seven strokes behind first-place U.S. Naval Academy and 12 strokes […]
While most Americans are glued to CNN watching the most recent news about the war on Iraq, Congress is quietly discussing steps to further to the Patriot Act with a sequel titled the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, or Patriot Act 2. The first Patriot Act passed within six weeks of September 11 and […]
It is not liberal, conservative nor progressive to support D.C. congressional representation – it is fundamentally American. The fact that 500,000 U.S. citizens are systematically disenfranchised from their government by the denial of a voting representative in Congress is the most appalling and hypocritical aspect of modern American democracy. Though it might sound trite, there […]
Not simply reverse racism Affirmative action as explained by Laura Ng (“Reverse Racism is still racism,” April 14, p. 4) is most definitely oversimplified. First off, let us remember that there is a little thing called the “legacy” clause. Further, let us remember that a large number of black, Latino and Native American parents, for […]
As the war in Iraq monopolizes television screens and newspaper headlines in the U.S., other world news has been shoved to the sidelines. It is the concern of many citizens’ groups that other important issues that need to be addressed by all thoughtful and ethical people across this country are being ignored as the war […]
Destruction 4/11 Mitchell Hall Open case A housekeeping employee found feces in the courtyard between Thurston and Mitchell halls. A community facilitator told UPD that Thurston residents had been throwing feces out their windows. Disorderly Conduct 4/12 HOVA – 1 a.m. Open case An individual reported finding human feces in a stairwell. Liquor Law Violation […]
Senate elects new committee chairs The Senate-elect elected its chairs for the upcoming year Tuesday. Sen. Chrissy Trotta (U-CCAS) was elected Rules chair without opposition. Mohammed Ali (U-CCAS) was elected chair of the Finance Committee. In a legislative upset, Janae Lepir (G-Law) beat out J.P. Blackford to head the Academic Affairs Committee. Sen. Anya Dembling […]
Mail Services vehicle hits pedestrian A GW Mail Services vehicle hit a pedestrian at 24th and H streets Saturday, University Police officials said. The pedestrian, who is unaffiliated with GW, was taken to the emergency room for two fractured legs. The pedestrian didn’t sustain any life-threatening injuries, said UPD Chief Dolores Stafford, who declined to […]
Upperclassmen will be able to live with their boyfriend or girlfriend, a friend from another D.C. school, their cat or their grandmother in University housing next year after GW finalized plans to purchase a luxury apartment building in Rosslyn, Va. this week. The University signed a deal Wednesday with The Gallery, located two blocks from […]