Stories from the July 8, 2005 issue of the GW Hatchet.
Posted Thursday, Aug. 4, 12:08 p.m. When it comes to naming programs, GW tends to think outside the box. While other colleges have summer orientation and dormitory residential advisors, GW boasts of Colonial Inaugurations and community facilitators. So it’s probably no surprise that the University’s summer day camp has its own unique name too. GW […]
Updated Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2:12 p.m. After tussling over the prospect of forgoing his final year of eligibility, rising senior Pops Mensah-Bonsu is seeing dividends from his decision to return to GW. The 6-foot-9 forward was named Tuesday to the Men’s 2005-2006 Wooden Award Preseason Top 50, widely considered to be one of the top […]
Posted Thursday, Aug. 4, 12:27 p.m. The approach of the fall 2005 semester means lines of students will soon be snaking their way through the GW Bookstore, snapping up copies of English anthologies and physics lab books that will fill their minds but might empty their wallets. While students gripe at the price tags when […]
Posted Tuesday, Aug. 16, 12:22 p.m. Updated Friday, Aug. 19, 12:01 a.m. It seems the GW men’s basketball staff forgot to tell junior J.R. Pinnock that the trip to Australia doesn’t count in the standings. The junior continued his strong play, scoring 30 points to lead GW in a 105-100 loss to the Sydney Kings […]
Posted Thursday, Aug. 11, 11:36 p.m. Robert Randolph and the Family Band, a guitar-driven jam band that has toured with the Dave Matthews Band and Rob Thomas, will headline this year’s Fall Fest on Sept. 4. “They play a lot of different types of music,” said Tyler Coffey, executive chair of the Program Board. “It […]
Posted Friday, Aug. 19, 12:01 a.m. Jacob Solomon’s tenure as an assistant coach with the GW women’s basketball team is over. GW head coach Joe McKeown confirmed Wednesday that Solomon will not be returning to the program. “Things just didn’t work out,” McKeown said. Before coming to GW, Solomon spent time as an assistant coach […]
Posted Tuesday, Aug. 16, 7:45 p.m. Incoming freshman Jonathan Sisto was killed Aug. 11 in a skateboarding accident, only three weeks before he was set to begin his first semester as a GW student. Sisto, a native of Orindo, Calif., died from head injuries after he fell off the skateboard he was riding while holding […]
Posted Wednesday, June 29, 3:18 p.m. Former professor Nabih Bedewi was sentenced last month to 38 months in prison for embezzling and mismanaging federal funds earmarked for research at GW facilities. He was also ordered to pay $872,000 to GW, which agreed in April to a $1.8 million settlement with the government. Bedewi, who until […]
Posted Friday, Aug. 19, 12:01 a.m. Updated 2:05 p.m. GW failed to place in U.S. News and World Report’s annual top 50 national universities rankings for the seventh consecutive year. After tying Pepperdine and Syracuse universities in the 52nd spot last year, GW slipped to number 53 in the magazine’s 2006 rankings. GW shares that […]
Posted Friday, July 8, 7:00 p.m. Students moving into residence halls between Aug. 24 and Aug. 27 will have to pay a $175-per-day early move-in fee. University officials hope the fee will offset the costs associated with preparing rooms for early move-in and discourage students from coming back to campus before the official arrival time. […]