Volume 102, Issue 24
Stories from the November 3, 2005 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
A federal grand jury indicted I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, on five counts in the most recent development of the two-year investigation surrounding the leaking of the identity of a CIA operative. The investigation, led by special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, is being conducted to determine whether presidential advisor […]
Our View: The Foggy Bottom Association’s decision to close their meetings to non-residents will only harm their interests The Foggy Bottom Association is in the midst of a losing battle. Their latest attack against GW comes in the form of a letter to the city with a request to stop development on Square 54 until […]
A coalition of privacy advocates and anti-war groups called on the Pentagon last week to halt use of a controversial database that collects information about students for military recruitment purposes. In a letter to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld signed by more than 100 organizations, advocates condemned the Defense Department for distributing files containing the […]
The approval of the Iraqi constitution has been widely praised as a huge step forward in the democratic evolution of Iraq. With this document in place, some have argued that we are one step closer to establishing a unified government and ensuring law and order. Unfortunately, such conclusions are, in all likelihood, little more than […]
Colleges and universities attacked the Federal Communications Commission last week for new regulations requiring campuses to pay for upgrades to their computer networks that would make it easier for law enforcement officials to monitor individual Internet use. By reinterpreting a 1994 telecommunications law, the FCC said it will require all Internet providers to re-wire their […]
‘Screwed’ by the SA What Student Association officers do you have to sleep with to get some funding? I thought it was just my particular student organization that was consistently getting the shaft from the Senate Finance Committee. We have had two big financial disappointments from the SA in the last month with not so […]
Google Inc. is under fire for scanning and digitizing books under the Google Print Library Project, an act that opponents of the Internet search giant consider a violation of copyright law. Five major publishers were named as plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against Google in October by the Association of American Publishers. The suit, intended […]
GW and part-time faculty union supporters were set to square off this week at a hearing where a labor board would rule on GW’s refusal to bargain with would-be members of the Service Employees International Union Local 500. But instead, the National Labor Relations Board will grant a summary judgment, rendered by a judge before […]
Thursday Transfer pizza party Come get free food, meet some new people and find out more about the GW Transfers. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Mount Vernon Pub Sponsored by GW Transfers Friday Charity Ball Get dressed up and dance the night away to raise funds for Metro TeenAIDS. 8 to 11:30 p.m. Marvin Center Grand […]
The Enosinian Society, a debate club founded more than 180 years ago, is enjoying its rebirth this year at GW. The group, which encourages discussion among students on a range of topics from foreign policy to domestic laws to campus issues, has sprung up again this semester after lying dormant since the 1970s. The group […]