Volume 101, Issue 55
Stories from the April 7, 2005 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – Terri Schiavo died last Thursday, ending a long contested personal and political battle over her right to die. The feeding tube was removed almost two weeks earlier from the 41-year-old woman, who had spent 15 years in a vegetative state. The legal battle between her husband, Michael, and her parents was put […]
(U-WIRE) WASHINGTON – Applying for a loan online; buying textbooks at the campus bookstore; checking your grades on the Internet. What may seem like everyday tasks for a typical college student could also provide easy access for someone to steal your identity. Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in America, with 900,000 new victims […]
On a typical Friday afternoon most GW students breathe a sigh of relief for the week’s end of classes, papers and exams. However this is not the case for ComboNation – a group of six aspiring GW musicians who can be found in the basement of Phillips Hall deep in the midst of a musical […]
University officials recently announced their intention to build a new residence hall on the Mount Vernon Campus. While the specific bed count of the new facility has yet to be disclosed, any significant addition to the Mount Vernon Campus will impact the demographic balance between students living in Foggy Bottom and those living on “the […]
As a child who had rulers held to my knee to measure the length of my uniform skirt, who had to memorize the Holy Mary in three languages and who has watched the energetic priests and nuns of my parish wither away into tired and wrinkled servants of God; 15 years of Catholic education has […]
Clyde’s (Georgetown location) 3236 M St. I am not a wine aficionado, nor could I even begin to explain the difference between a Cabernet and a Merlot. In fact I was too drunk on wine during “Sideways” to understand that whole Merlot issue. But I do like to drink cheap wine and large amounts of […]
After two years at GW I’ve dealt with just about every aspect of this University’s bureaucracy. Surpassing financial aid, the registrar, student accounts and even the president’s office, CLLC is by far the most frustrating. This poorly run branch of the GW bureaucracy sometimes is so obsessed with something that they’re blinded to the reality […]
Twenty-nine Rogoffs are listed on a piece of paper with notes about the day they died and how the Nazis killed them. This paper looks all too similar to a list made by Darfurian refugees in Chad attempting to document the murders of their family members. I fear that in 50 years their grandchildren will […]
Thursday The Kalb Report Special guest Roger Ailes, Fox News Chairman and CEO 8 p.m. National Press Club Main Ballroom 14th and F streets N.W. Tickets available at Marvin Center Ticketmaster Senior Dance Showcase Dance theses from Department of Theater and Dance students Thursday, Friday and Saturday: 7:30 p.m., Sunday: 2 p.m. Dorothy Betts Marvin […]
This upcoming Sunday, Buzzing for Change hopes to step into the record books by breaking the world record for “most heads shaved.” In addition to the hordes of people shaving their heads, others will be cutting their hair for Locks of Love, an organization that makes wigs for Children who loose their hair due to […]