Volume 102, Issue 44
Stories from the February 23, 2006 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Liquor Law Violation 2/17 – New Hall – 1:10 a.m. – case closed The University Police Department was notified by a community facilitator about a male subject passed out in the hallway of the seventh floor of the dormitory. The individual said he had been out with friends celebrating his birthday. He was transported to […]
About 60 more rising seniors utilized their squatter’s rights this year compared to last year, University Campus Housing Director Seth Weinshel said Tuesday. Weinshel said 390 current juniors have chosen to remain in their current rooms for their last year at GW instead of re-entering housing selection. Last year, 330 students chose to “squat” in […]
SA confirms election committee members; sets election date The finalized Joint Elections Committee, which was confirmed Tuesday night in the Marvin Center, set the date for the Student Association presidential election to be March 29 and 30. The elections will give students an opportunity to elect a new SA president, a new SA Senate, representatives […]
Thursday Free yoga session Relax as part of Love Your Body Week. Bring own mat or towel. 5 to 6 p.m. Marvin Center 402 Sponsored by Student Health Services, HOPEs and the Health and Wellness Center Friday Ambassador John O’Keefe O’Keefe, a former ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, will discuss the importance of understanding foreign languages and […]
Maria Tyler, a former Foggy Bottom Advisory Neighborhood commissioner and community activist, died last week of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Tyler – an immigrant born in Kaunas, Lithuania – served on the Foggy Bottom’s ANC, a local group that makes zoning recommendations, for 20 years before choosing not to run for re-election in 2004. “She survived Nazi […]
Alpha Delta Pi has highest GPA among Greeks The Alpha Delta Pi sorority achieved an overall grade point average of 3.42 this semester, the highest of all Greek-letter groups on campus, according to the Student Activities Center Web site. The overall Greek-letter organization GPA for the fall 2005 semester, including sororities and fraternities, was 3.21. […]
Racists, sexual deviants and terrorist sympathizers could be gathering on your college campus, according to a new book by social critic David Horowitz. In his book The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America, Horowitz argues that American universities are full of radical professors who indoctrinate students at the expense of both parents and […]
Start the slideshow! If the mark of a truly great team is its ability to win in the face of injuries, then the GW men’s basketball team proved how good they are against La Salle Wednesday after senior Pops Mensah-Bonsu limped off the court late in the first half, not to return. Ignited by the […]
Allowing cable television customers to pick only the channels they want would not cost them more than the current bundle packages offered by cable companies, according to a recent report by the Federal Communications Commission. A turnaround from a previous report issued by the agency, the study has raised the possibility of creating an “a […]
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and for GW it was almost the recipe for defeat. La Salle gave the sixth-ranked Colonials a look that they have rarely seen this season: a glance in the mirror. Despite La Salle owning a 17-6 advantage in fastbreak points, a rarity for GW opponents, head coach Karl […]