Volume 101, Issue 34
Stories from the December 9, 2004 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Senate urges GW to reduce costs of HIV, STd testing The Student Association Senate passed legislation Tuesday urging the University to lower prices for sexually transmitted disease testing. Senate members said GW has some of the highest costs for STD testing of any university in the nation or the D.C. area, charging $42 for an […]
In 2001, three Brown University students put out an ad for “a violinist that could rock.” They wanted to provide a certain virtuosic element to a band that didn’t exactly know to what genre it would belong. After recruiting Spencer Swain from a New York music conservatory, starting its own record label and producing a […]
Sigma Phi Epsilon ‘Santas’ sell cookies The Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity is selling holiday cookies in “secret stockings” to raise money for the Youth AIDS Foundation. The fraternity has raised nearly $300 so far for their national philanthropy, Sigma Phi Epsilon member Ari Taymore said. The fraternity’s new member class organizes an original philanthropy event […]
Like Live Strong bands, red states and “The O.C.,” GW basketball is suddenly very hot right now. They’re in the Top 25 for the first time since the Clinton administration. They’re ESPN.com’s “it team” of the year, which is basically shorthand for fun to watch, not from a major conference and likely to surprise people […]
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – As stressed-out students careen toward final exams and another frantic holiday shopping season, science has found something new for them to worry about: Worrying too much. In the first findings linking stress and biological age, researchers found that severe emotional stress may speed up the aging of cells at the genetic level, […]
Televisions in the Marvin Center were tuned back to CNN this week after airing Fox News in what GW officials called a “mix-up.” Michael Peller, managing director of the Marvin Center, said the temporary switch to Fox News was due to human error because the cable company that serves the Marvin Center changed the channel […]
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – Students across the country may be misinformed about sex, sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy and abortion, according to a new study. A recently released congressional analysis by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) has found that students have been taught inaccurate facts about sex and abstinence through federally funded abstinence programs. The analysis found that […]
Our View: Foggy Bottom residents would do better to constructively engage GW on issues of expansion rather than initiating frivolous complaints. In an ongoing exercise in frivolity, Foggy Bottom residents and their neighborhood institutions successfully lobbied the city to order food vendors in Ivory Tower to stop serving non-students. While the building’s residential zoning designation […]
Businesses are planning to increase their overall hiring by 13.1 percent over the next year, according to a survey released by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. The organization’s 2005 Job Outlook Survey, which was based on surveys sent to 254 employers, also indicated in November that business, engineering and computer majors could expect […]