Volume 101, Issue 45
Stories from the February 22, 2005 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Tuesday Annual celebration and bonfire for George Washington’s birthday Includes a cherry pie eating contest 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. University Yard “D.C. 101: Public Education in the District” Panel discussion on D.C. schools 7 to 9 p.m. Marvin Center Amphitheater Sponsored by the Neighbor’s Project “Demystifying the Grad School Experience” Discussion about what to expect […]
Student Association Senate hopeful Luke Moses proudly made his campaign rounds in Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Hall last Monday in jeans and a sweater. “I need to ask you guys something,” Moses asked, standing outside the room of sophomores Caitlin Bearce and Colleen Keller. “Some guys are going around doing this in ties and coats, […]
New copy center to open in Marvin Center A new copy center set to open Feb. 28 will replace the Pulse Copy Center, which closed in December. FedExKinko’s will operate the copy center, located in the ground floor of the Marvin Center. The Pulse, formerly in that location, closed Dec. 22 after its parent company, […]
The Joint Committee of Faculty and Students is taking more measures to promote its annual scholarship, which last year had a small applicant pool of mostly Student Association members. Of last year’s seven $1,000 scholarship recipients, five were students involved in the organization. SA-appointed students, along with professors, serve on the committee to select the […]
A photo caption on the front page of the Feb. 14 issue misidentified a professor. Her name is Sarah Purdy. The article “Slate hit with violations” (Feb. 14, p. 3) misidentified Mary Mai as a former Senate chief of staff. She is the former chief of staff to Student Association President Omar Woodard.
With elections around the corner, the student body deserves an election with integrity. So far, the Joint Elections Committee is off to a really bad start. The organization that governs our elections is already eroding confidence in our future elected leaders. At the current rate, we are poised for another election tainted with scandal. Election […]
George Orwell wrote a brilliant work of political satire entitled 1984. In the past few years the realities suggested possible for 1984 by Orwell have come to fruition. People are “disappeared.” Kangaroo courts are being established – all in the name of security, of course. The Eastasia-Eurasia dilemma of 1984 – where Oceania went from […]
Some students attend GW for its setting in the home of power politics. Others are attracted by its School of Business and proximity to Fortune 500 companies. But 40 undergraduates are attending GW to participate in a small program, not even housed on the University’s main campus: interior design. “I did not want to go […]
Mayor Anthony Williams praised the efforts of a handful of students who have studied and promoted black culture at a Friday luncheon for the group at the Alumni House. The students – eight male and one female – are members of the George Washington Williams House, a living and learning community studying the history of […]