Volume 101, Issue 24
Stories from the October 28, 2004 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Once you reach college, Halloween’s festivities (i.e. trick-or-treating, bobbing for apples and funny costumes) take a ghoulish turn. The treats turn alcoholic, bobbing becomes not so innocent and girls wear “funny” outfits suited for a soft porn flick. The drinking and costumes are the easy decisions when it comes to planning your Halloween adventure. But […]
Thursday Youth04 promotion 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Capitol Grounds, 21st Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Get a free pastry and beverage while checking out an organization that seeks to encourage youth participation in the election. Colonial Invasion Block Party 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Kogan Plaza Free food, spirit contests, Colonial Brass performance and Multicultural Greek […]
More than 1,000 people celebrated the Red Sox’s World Series victory early Thursday morning in a gathering that saw at least one student arrested. While many celebrated peacefully, some students upended newspaper boxes, taunted police officers and made small fires near Kogan Plaza. Metropolitan Police Department officials never made any serious attempts to disperse the […]
As passing school weeks tend to do, this week brought with it a new dilemma. As the baseball gods granted the Astros from my native Houston a game seven letdown in the NLCS, I found myself with exorbitant amounts of time that the playoffs had previously occupied. Boredom naturally ensued. My first act was to […]
Senate approves bill to raise VPFA stipend The Student Association Senate passed a bill Tuesday to increase the Vice President for Financial Affairs’ pay. The bill to increase the stipend for the VPFA, which SA President Omar Woodard sponsored, raised the stipend from $1,500 to $2,000. VPFA Stephanie Adleman, a member of Woodard’s cabinet, oversees […]
With the presidential election only days away, some students are still waiting for their absentee ballots. A number of problems – mail mix-ups, complications with local government offices and failure to complete forms on time – have prevented some students from voting. “I don’t know entirely what to make of it,” said Sean White, director […]
Students now have the opportunity to have their original research published in Inquiry, the University’s new student-run research journal. Co-founder Alison Matela, who graduated last year, said she was interested in starting the project after serving as a student representative on a retention committee. She saw many of her best peers leaving GW for other […]
Multicultural Greek Council expands The Multicultural Greek Council expanded this year to include two historically black fraternities and a South Asian sorority. The council is the governing body for GW’s eleven cultural and service-oriented Greek-letter organizations. This year’s new groups are historically black fraternities Alpha Kappa Alpha and Iota Nu Delta and South Asian sorority […]
A former Student Association official has returned $379 for an Aug. 11 dinner originally paid for with student money. Senior Mary Mai, who was initially compensated by the SA for the dinner, returned the $379 on Friday. The dinner, which took place at the upscale Georgetown restaurant Sequoia, led senators to criticize SA President Omar […]
Unbeknownst to most students and faculty, GW administrators have simulated 10 emergency situations over the last two years to test the University’s ability to respond to disasters. Starting in early 2003, GW began a series of exercises based on actual events that could occur in Foggy Bottom, the District or elsewhere in the country. The […]