Volume 102, Issue 34
Stories from the January 19, 2006 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
A new semester brings with it the excitement of new classes, the over-repeated phrase of “how was your break” and, of course, the burden of buying hundreds of dollars of textbooks. While some might accept higher textbook prices as simply another facet of expanding college costs, various reports place blame on the publishing industry, which […]
Address Depression I was extremely disappointed to read about the case of Jordan Nott (“Locked out: Lawsuit sheds light on endangering behavior policy,” p. 1) in Tuesday’s paper and the unfortunate University policy that caused him to withdraw from school. As an undergraduate in San Diego, I was a resident adviser for two years and […]
The element aluminum is in almost everything we use: cookware, cosmetics and even in some of the food we eat. And, noted Anna Liedberg of the Sweden/New York-based band Aluminum Babe, “it can make people go senile.” Perhaps this is the reason why so many music fans are going crazy over Aluminum Babe, which fuses […]
Shakour announces launch of Colonial Trader Web site Student Association President Audai Shakour announced his plans for a “reinvigorated resolve” this semester during his State of the SA Address at Tuesday night’s Senate meeting in the Marvin Center. Shakour announced the launch of the four-months-delayed Colonial Trader Web site, www.gwlist.com. Shakour also will pursue the […]
The University and Verizon Wireless have yet to reach an agreement to land a cell phone antenna site atop Funger Hall, despite the phone company’s announcement of the plan in September. Verizon officials said the addition would dramatically improve cell phone service across campus. The antenna site would be mounted on a machine room located […]
Interfraternity Council elects new executive board The Interfraternity Council, the Greek-letter oversight organization for the University’s 12 recognized fraternities, voted in a new executive board last month. The newly elected is president is John Och, a junior in Phi Kappa Psi, who also serves as the Student Association executive’s vice president of academic affairs. Other […]
GW now has 45 more days to respond to the lawsuit former student Jordan Nott filed this October against the University, in which he alleges that he was suspended, removed from his dorm and barred from campus following his decision to seek mental health treatment at the Counseling Center and GW Hospital. The University was […]
Every so often something comes along that shatters the conventional paradigms and alters the landscape around it to something unrecognizable. I have discovered that next revolution. It’s a new movie that I haven’t even seen yet due out in August entitled “Snakes on a Plane.” No, I’m not kidding. It’s really called “Snakes on a […]
On Tuesday, The Hatchet erroneously quoted junior Charlie Leizear as saying most students at GW focus on success through jobs and internships as opposed to academics (“Task force to decide on 4X4,” p. 7). “Expectations outside of the classroom are much greater. A lot more pressure is put on the students to do research and […]
The Bar Belle’s New Year’s resolutions I think there are 11 seniors from my hometown at GW.?So, on New Year’s Eve, at a random bar in the middle of America, I was shocked to see six other GW seniors, coincidentally. But it made me think: why is it that if I’m not at TomToms on […]