Volume 102, Issue 17
Stories from the October 10, 2005 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
The crack of dueling swords, emphatic stomps and primal yells known as kiai permeated the Lloyd Gym on the Mount Vernon Campus at a Kendo tournament this weekend. Despite being smaller in number and less experienced then teams in past years, students in the GW Kendo Club proved themselves at the first tournament they hosted […]
Law student Oliver Miller was working with other students on publishing a magazine in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina destroyed their work. Now he is taking classes at GW’s Law School and has decided to publish the magazine in the District, but with a different focus. “It’s a magazine with sad and funny hurricane stuff […]
Tougher measures against illegal file sharing are on their way to college campuses, according to speakers at a September congressional hearing on movie and music piracy. The hearings, which included representatives from the University of Florida, the University of Texas at Austin and the Motion Picture Association of America, discussed new technology that could enable […]
The University’s master of business administration program jumped from a ranking of 37 to 31 in the Wall Street Journal’s business school guide released last month. The rankings are determined by surveying more than 3,000 business recruiters and based on three factors: the perception of the school and its students, the projected future financial support […]
Much has already been written of Virginia Commonwealth University’s new addition to its repertoire of options for undergraduate degrees, but not much has been said on how a new degree in homeland security and emergency preparedness fits in with the American value system, as anchored by the Constitution and its emphasis on liberty and limitations. […]
At 3 a.m., when most students are sound asleep, Jose Flores still has three hours of work until his shift ends. For 10 years, the El Salvador native has been working as the graveyard-shift lot attendant at GW’s H Street parking garage. To pass the time between 5 p.m. and 6 a.m., Flores listens to […]
Posted Tuesday, Oct. 11, 6:05 p.m. Updated Wednesday, Oct. 12, 5:40 p.m. A GW student was arrested Tuesday evening and charged with assault with a deadly weapon for reportedly using his feet to inflict serious head injuries on another GW student. The incident, in which student Chad Harris Dauman reportedly struck another student in the […]
D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams said he supports GW’s initiatives for developing the old hospital site and thinks Foggy Bottom community members should ease up on their criticisms of the University. “It’s easy for me to say this because I’m not running for re-election, but I think the community has been a little hard on the […]
Year after year, student organizations subject themselves to the Student Association’s allocations process hoping to garner enough funding to operate. While every student organization involved in this process adds its own unique aspect to campus social life, events or debate, one organization stands above all in its importance to the campus community: the Emergency Medical […]
The women’s soccer team saw their winning ways in the Atlantic 10 abruptly end this weekend, with losses against Dayton and Xavier dropping the Colonials to 1-2-0 in the conference. Two Xavier goals early in the first half resigned GW to their second straight shutout loss at home Sunday. The Colonials found themselves trailing only […]