Volume 101, Issue 58
Stories from the April 18, 2005 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
In the eyes of most, senior Don Goodson has it all. Respected by his professors and revered by his classmates, Goodson is preparing to depart GW after a highly successful college career that has included internships at the Department of Homeland Security and the American Embassy in Paris. Goodson has been awarded numerous scholarships, has […]
The Student Activities Center received a record-high 148 applicants for the annual Excellence Awards, which honor students and student organizations. The awards were distributed at a Thursday night ceremony featuring student performances. They honored, among other things, community service projects, student organization advisors and performance groups. SAC also had its highest number of applicants, 37, […]
As the occupation of Iraq enters its third year and both resources and morale are being stretched, Americans throughout the nation continue to rally energy and materials in an effort to uplift the troops. One such person is Mary Skelton, the mother of a GW alumnus and soldier, who started what has become The Gator […]
Marie Price, the chair of the geography department, will receive the annual Trachtenberg Teaching Prize next month. The award, which carries a $1,000 honorarium, will be presented at the May 22 Commencement ceremony. Price has been teaching at GW since she graduated from Syracuse University with a doctorate degree in geography. A specialist in Latin […]
Stephanie Hallett recently had her first dream in Arabic. The language did not come easily for Hallett, who has been attending intensive language study at the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute in Virginia for the last five months. But after five hours of class every day, plus an expected two or three hours of additional […]
Posted Monday, April 18, 10:18 p.m. Next season the GW women’s basketball team will be without sophomores Amanda LoCascio and Kristina Gineitis – the players will transfer at the end of the semester. “They have both signed their releases and will be transferring,” head coach Joe McKeown said in an interview Monday night. A chronic […]
Monday Jambocial Live jazz, rock and acoustic performances 9 to 10:30 p.m. Marvin Center Hippodrome Sponsored by the Soundtrack Living and Learning Community Burma Freedom Week: Documentary screening 7 to 9 p.m. Marvin Center rm. 401 Sponsored by the U.S. Campaign for Burma (GWU) Tuesday Safer Sex Party Free food, condoms and safe sex information […]
Posted Wednesday, April 20, 1:03 a.m. Singer-songwriter Howie Day will be performing at the Mount Vernon Campus’ Fountain Day on April 30. Program Board officials have been keeping the identity of the performer secret, but Day’s management confirmed Tuesday afternoon that he would be playing at GW despite a show here not being listed on […]
District Market stops selling cages bird eggs District Market discontinued selling eggs from caged birds after a student petition called for the on-campus grocery store to terminate its sales. Students brought the petition, which had more than 1,000 signatures, before Aramark about six weeks ago. Aramark operates the Marvin Center’s dining venues. Aramark then met […]
Correction The article “A free-for-all?” (April 14, p. 1) mistakenly said junior Brian Weiss acquired a 40-gigabyte iPod for free. He got a 20-gigabyte iPod.