Volume 100, Issue 41
Stories from the February 5, 2004 issue of the GW Hatchet.
The Student Association Senate gave initial allocations to 20 new student organizations Tuesday and presented fines to several others that did not spend their fall allocation money. The new student groups, which include the J.W. Fulbright International Affairs Club, Young Americans for Freedom, Near East Democratic Association, and the Finance and Investment Club, received initial […]
Threats 2/2 – Mitchell Hall 2:30 a.m. – case closed A male student reported that an unidentified caller left a message on his machine indicating that he spent $290 on car bombs to place on cars at Union Station. Referred to MPD Drug Law Violation 2/1 – New Hall 5 p.m. – case closed University […]
After graduating from GW as an undergraduate in 1998, Chris Laskowski left the comforts of Foggy Bottom for inner-city Baltimore. Laskowski, who now studies law at GW, spent four years teaching underprivileged children. Laskowski worked for Teach for America, an organization that recruits college graduates and places them in low-income rural and urban communities to […]
The walls of the National Press Club’s main ballroom reverberated Monday with the voices of professional wrestlers who vowed to “lay the smackdown” on voter apathy. The World Wrestling Entertainment held a press conference to promote its voting initiative, Smackdown Your Vote!, giving away free T-shirts and temporary tattoos to youth groups in attendance. “The […]
University administrators marked GW’s 20,000th applicant Wednesday with cake, balloons and an appearance by University mascot Little George. The University expects to break last year’s record of 18,400 applicants by more than 2,000 applicants. Officials marked the record number during a small ceremony in the admissions office with University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg opening the […]
The University Club has seen an increase in sales and membership since it kicked off a new marketing campaign at the beginning of the year. The club, located at 1918 F St., offers late-night dining and drinking until 2 a.m. most nights, along with “happy hours,” jazz brunches and other special events. While most events […]
Students may see a slight cutback in student programming next year, as administrators put together preliminary budgets for this Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting. The Board is set to approve University revenue for the next year Friday but will approve final spending plans at its May meeting. Robert Chernak, senior vice president for Student and […]
The most recent art exhibit to open on campus was not created by “artists” at all. The contributing photographers of “In the Eyes of Students: Our Experiences Abroad,” for the most part, have no photo training, and the exhibit does not even appear in an art gallery (instead, it is in 1957 E Street room […]
GW’s decision to increase tuition reflects a trend at private and public universities across the country. While yearly hikes are expected at most schools, some public university students may see tuition soar by as much as 15 percent this year because of state budget cuts. With the fiscal problems of a medium-sized country, California has […]