Volume 100, Issue 3
Stories from the June 9, 2003 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Imagine a place where video cameras monitor your every move, a central computer records when you walk through a door and what you buy at the store and the police can search your room on a whim without your knowledge or permission. Imagine that you have to carry an identity card with you at all […]
The School of Media and Public Affairs kicked off a new Broadcast Summer program two weeks ago, which offers students a comprehensive package of popular SMPA courses at a discounted rate. The 10-week, 12-credit program focuses on most aspects of broadcast journalism, including scriptwriting, production and filming. The idea for the Broadcast Summer was derived […]
It took 18 rounds, but Greg Conden finally got the call he had been waiting for. The San Diego Padres selected the former GW pitcher Tuesday in the 18th round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, sending him to Arizona to begin work in the team’s minor league system. “I’m ready to go,” […]
GW is considering the purchase of police dogs for bomb and drug detection, a GW official told The Hatchet Friday. Robert Chernak, senior vice president for Student and Academic Support Services, said the University may buy a drug-sniffing dog to help with enforcement of drug laws and a bomb-sniffing dog to help handle bomb threats. […]
Senior point guard Darnell Miller left the GW men’s basketball team last month and will transfer to the University of West Georgia, leaving the Colonials with only one senior on their roster next season. With junior T.J. Thompson starting at point guard and two new players also coming in at that position, Miller was told […]
Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor advised Law School graduates to “aim high” and become deeply involved in their communities at the 138th Law School graduation May 25 at the Smith Center. “If your career path is at all like mine – and who knows, for one of you it may well be – […]
Although CNN’s “Crossfire” moved to a new time slot and shortened to a half an hour in April, officials involved with the show’s production said the changes have not negatively affected the show. The political debate show – filmed five days a week in the Media and Public Affairs building’s Jack Morton Auditorium – moved […]
VP Gargano to take UMass job Mike Gargano, associate vice president for Student and Academic Support Services, will be leaving the GW after 15 years for a job at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst later this month. Gargano will become the vice chancellor for student affairs and campus life at the fellow Atlantic 10 […]
A local 7-Eleven store looking into expanding its hours has faced stiff opposition from Foggy Bottom residents worried that students with the after-hours munchies will disrupt the neighborhood. The store, located at 912 New Hampshire Avenue NW near the Foggy Bottom Metro station, is petitioning the District to stay open 24 hours a day, seven […]
Administrators said the University significantly reduced its spending for this year’s Colonial Inauguration in response to budget cuts in departments across the University. Associate Vice President for Student and Academic Support Services Michael Gargano said GW mostly cut spending from give-aways, food and printed materials. GWopoly, the board game traditionally given out to all CI […]