Volume 102, Issue 32
Stories from the December 8, 2005 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
A special Joint Elections Committee announced Wednesday afternoon that students voted in favor of a new Student Association Constitution in last week’s special election. The new constitution will take effect Jan. 17. The Student Court lifted an injunction Wednesday morning that was preventing the JEC from releasing the official vote tally. The JEC announced Wednesday […]
There are many types of music fans, from the MTV watchers to those who refuse to listen anything that wasn’t recorded at least 20 years ago. There is also a third kind – we all know them, and you may even be one. If so, I apologize in advance. You know whom I’m talking about […]
Posted Friday, Dec. 16, 2:28 p.m. The University is working with Washington Gas to contain a gas leak in front of Ivory Tower. Tracy Schario, GW’s director of media relations, said the University learned of the gas leak within the past two hours and notified Washington Gas. The University has closed off the 23rd Street […]
Assault 12/4 – 603 22nd St. – 1:26 a.m. – open case A complainant reported to University Police that while he was inside a townhouse, an unknown individual came inside and hit him in the face. He sustained injuries to his nose and mouth. After undergoing preliminary treatment for his injuries by D.C. Fire and […]
As the doors to the Metro car opened the noise was inescapable. The underground tunnels rumbled with the cheers of hundreds of GW basketball fans returning from Monday night’s victory over the University of Maryland. We even performed the fight song on the platform of Metro Center. As the trains unloaded the masses of Buff […]
Posted Saturday, Dec. 17, 6:05 p.m. Using a 20-4 run midway through the first half, the No. 15 Colonials (8-0) defeated the Hawks of the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore 98-72 Saturday to secure the team’s best start to a season since the 1950s. Senior Pops Mensah-Bonsu narrowly missed his second consecutive double-double, registering 16 points […]
The D.C. Health Department found GW in violation of federal environmental law after an August inspection revealed improper hazardous material storage in Corcoran Hall. The University was non-compliant with parts of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act – a set of federal environmental guidelines enforced by the Environmental Protection agency – according to the EPA’s […]
Earlier this year, sophomore Nicole Fox repeatedly received e-mails from what she thought was the online transaction company PayPal, asking her to verify her account information because of suspicious activity. If she didn’t verify, the e-mails said, her account would be closed. After deleting the first few messages, Fox decided to follow instructions and submit […]
Posted Saturday, Dec. 17, 6:49 p.m. Behind Whitney Allen’s first career double-double, the GW women’s basketball team (5-3) defeated the University of Maine 57-47 Saturday afternoon. “Her effort was terrific,” GW Head Coach Joe McKeown said. “She was just everywhere.” Allen led all GW scorers with 16 points to go along with 13 rebounds. Senior […]
What an emotional win. After an extremely hard-fought game, GW defeated local rival Maryland Monday to claim hoops supremacy in the District. After enduring weeks of criticism that GW was not good enough to beat marquee teams because of its perceived soft schedule, coach Karl Hobbs and his team officially asserted themselves as one of […]