Volume 102, Issue 3
Stories from the June 15, 2005 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
September 2004 Mount Vernon shuttle bus plagued by fire, accidents A Mount Vernon shuttle suffered a severe fire and another overran a barrier within a week of each other in September 2004. A third bus was evacuated due to smoke in April 2005. Following a first evacuation due to a strange noise on Sept. 3, […]
Well if you’ve made it this far, you should know what you are getting into. Welcome to Colonial Inauguration: a terrible representation of your next four years in Washington. One thing you should know about your place of education for the next four years is that George Washington is like the Masters: a university unlike […]
When then-incoming freshman Sam Buchbinder called his assigned roommate, Chad Harlan, last summer, both students were concerned at the end of their 10-minute conversation. “I thought he was one of the weirdest kids I’d ever talked to,” Buchbinder said of Harlan. “I wanted to talk to him about what he wanted to major in and […]
They all smile. They all give directions around campus. They all clap and cheer during the laser light show. And they all match. Ever wonder what the deal is with what the Colonial Inauguration Cabinet members are wearing? Assistant director for orientation Renee Clement Baldwin said it’s important for the cabinet members to have standard […]
Editor’s note: The following article was posted on The Hatchet’s Web site in early June as part of its coverage of the NBA pre-draft camp in Chicago. The draft takes place (or took place, depending on when this is read) June 28. CHICAGO – The Solheim Center is just as unassuming as it is important. […]
Fall Season Soccer The men’s and women’s soccer squads play at the Mount Vernon Athletic Complex, just a short shuttle ride up the Whitehurst Freeway. The men’s team won the Atlantic 10 title last year and beat the University of North Carolina to advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament. Junior sweeper Ben […]
Washington, D.C., professional sports went through its version of the Dark Ages from 1999 through 2004. The District had been devoid of a baseball team since 1971, and more recently, all the beltway teams struggled to even break .500 as the playoffs became a memory of years past. Professional sports in the nation’s capital was […]
More than three months after a fire charred a ninth-floor room in Thurston Hall and left a freshman badly burned, the University is still evaluating a response to ensure safety in the building. Sophomore Kevin McLaughlin awoke early March 22 to a fire engulfing his room. Hundreds of students packed the stairways and scrambled out […]
‘Crossfire’ ends run at GW Incoming freshmen and their families excited to see the famed screaming matches on CNN’s “Crossfire” will be disappointed after the show’s recent cancellation leaves a void in one of Colonial Inauguration’s must-see events. The show, one of cable television’s longest-running programs and the first debate show of its kind, made […]
Colonial Inauguration is GW’s jam-packed freshman orientation for the class of 2009. With almost 40 events planned over a three-day schedule, the CI Web site asks “Fact or fiction: It doesn’t matter if I skip CI events.” The site says fiction, but The Hatchet says fact. This is The Hatchet’s top-10 tips on what to […]