Volume 101, Issue 22
Stories from the October 21, 2004 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Several Student Association senators are claiming that President Omar Woodard engaged in frivolous spending when he used SA money to pay for a $414 dinner at an upscale Georgetown restaurant in August. At an Oct. 12 Senate meeting, Woodard defended the 10-person meal, which was held at Sequoia, a restaurant on the Georgetown waterfront, with […]
Former Vice President Al Gore said in a Monday speech at Georgetown University that the Bush administration had always wanted to invade Iraq and never considered more peaceful options “We were told by the president that war was his last choice,” Gore said. “It is now clear from the newly available evidence that it was […]
A panel of radio hosts discussed the impact of talk radio on this year’s presidential campaign at a forum moderated by journalist Marvin Kalb Monday night at the National Press Club. The panel, which featured liberal commentator Al Franken and conservative host G. Gordon Liddy, differed over Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry’s war record and […]
A University Police investigation over the last few weeks concluded that there is no evidence to support allegations that three GW basketball players initiated a fight with Lulu’s Mardi Gras employees earlier this month. Metropolitan Police officials are still investigating the incident. “UPD has completed our investigation,” UPD chief Dolores Stafford said. “Basically, our findings […]
Two GW employees are being investigated for allegedly stealing close to $77,000 in separate incidents that University Police officials said are unrelated. In one incident, which was reported Oct. 12, an employee working for the Office of the Vice President and Treasurer is suspected of altering and cashing two GW checks totaling $61,964. In another […]
Thursday Showing of “Crucible of War” Postwar Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia 7 to 9:30 p.m. Elliott School of International Affairs Room 213 Take Back the Night Rally to end domestic violence and sexual assault 7 to 11 p.m. Kogan Plaza Sponsored by the Feminine Majority Leadership Alliance, Raising Awareness Involving Survivor Empowerment, Neighbors Project, Phi […]
“You want a glass of water?” asked Will Sauer Monday night. “Your mouth can get pretty dry smoking these things.” Sauer would know. The GW senior, who still remembers smoking his first Cuban cigar when he was 13, said he developed an appreciation for the sophisticated habit when he was in high school. He is […]
A memo from Students for Student Involvement on Campus: Fellow Colonials/hippos, the advancement of our University, which will certainly boost GW into the Top 50, and then the Top 10, has reached a dangerous impasse. And we are boxed in. It’s certainly no fault of the University; our president has served us admirably, his warmth […]
Lambda Chi Alpha holds blood donation drive The Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity will hold its first Blood Ball, a series of events on Friday and Saturday to collect blood donations and raise money for the American Red Cross. A blood drive will take place Friday in Marvin Center room 307 from 3 to 7 p.m. […]
The University placed the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority on an interim suspension while it decides whether to discipline the group for an anonymous hazing allegation. Student Judicial Services Director Tara Woolfson wrote in an e-mail that the allegations involved “requiring candidates to keep a penny in their shoe” and “wear specific clothing under their street […]