Volume 100, Issue 51
Stories from the March 11, 2004 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Adjunct professors filed a petition Monday to bring a union to campus, following almost two years of failed attempts at gaining representation. Professors are calling for benefits, job security and higher salaries. This week, the National Labor Relations Board will hold a hearing with the University, faculty members and Service Employees International Union 500 to […]
Now that elections are over it is time for someone to step up and defend our Student Association against the misperceptions and accusations leveled by many candidates and The Hatchet. While criticism is a key element of representative government, it must be backed up by facts rather than innuendo. The Hatchet has frankly done a […]
Posted 5:00pm March 16 by Melissa Kronfeld U-WIRE Washington Bureau After forcing its near collapse last Friday, the five member Shiite Muslim faction that had delayed the signing of an Iraqi interim constitution agreed to lend their signatures Monday without any changes to the document. Governing council President Mohammed Bahrululum declared, “Here we are today […]
Professors are pressing GW officials to account for what they refer to as a sharp discrepancy in salary increases between faculty and top administrators. Between 2001 and 2002, administrators received a 20 to 42 percent pay increase compared to about 4 percent for professors, according to statistics faculty members obtained from the Internal Revenue Service. […]
Tech issues Nearly a year ago, I shared my ideas in this very section for addressing technology issues as the Student Association’s chief information officer and as student representative to the Board of Trustees Committee on Information Technology. While much of the work has gone on behind the scenes, I am proud to report that […]
Take any political science class and one of the first things you learn is the ‘expectations game.’ Be it debates or elections or performance in office, success is predicated on exceeding expectations and looking like a winner in the public eye, regardless of actual performance. Considering politics constantly uses sports cliches, it seems fair to […]
While some students do not make travel plans until a month before spring break, sophomore Trinh Tran has been preparing for her vacation since September. She is not going to Mexico or Jamaica, but instead to Mississippi. Tran plans to work with abused and neglected children at the Sunshine Shelter. Tran and 10 other GW […]
Thursday 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education lecture and book signing with Harvard Law School Vice Dean Charles J. Ogletree 4 p.m. GW Law School, Lerner 201 2000 H St. Saturday Literary Arts Spring Bash Two bands, open mic night 8 to 10 p.m. Mitchell Hall Downstage Sponsored by Wooden Teeth, GW Review […]
At the start of GW’s Atlantic 10 Tournament game against Rhode Island, men’s basketball coach Karl Hobbs looks fairly calm. Sitting in his chair as he watches the opening tip-off, he is barely noticeable on the sideline. That lasts exactly five seconds. With freshman J.R. Pinnock at the foul line, Hobbs jumps out of his […]
GW is one step closer to building an F Street residence hall, following city officials’ initial approval Monday for the facility’s construction. With a unanimous vote, the D.C. Zoning Commission gave preliminary consent to build the 379-bed hall, which would be erected on the 2000 block of F Street next to Francis Scott Key Hall […]