Volume 102, Issue 53
Stories from the April 3, 2006 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
The University’s K gym on 23rd Street looks like a traditional school gymnasium, but on the eastern-most wall, there is a big, parchment scroll. “It’s not best to win a hundred out of a hundred battles, rather the highest level of skill is to defeat the opponent without engaging in battle,” the scroll says in […]
Editor’s note: This article was originally published online, on March 30. Next time Donald Trump is looking for contestants for his show, he may not have to travel much farther than the School of Business. Three of the school’s classes are having students gain real-world experience in their field of study, mostly from inside the […]
Senior Kunal Johar, The Hatchet Geek, is a computer science major and co-founder of www.computerhelpdc.com. Twice a month, he will solve typical computer problems students face. E-mail The Hatchet Geek your computer queries at hatchetgeek@computerhelpdc.com. Several readers have e-mailed about problems with their CD/DVD drives. This week’s topic will cover various drive problems and some […]
Editor’s note: This article was originally published online, on March 23. Remember being a pre-freshman sitting down at Colonial Inauguration for hours trying to select classes you knew little or nothing about? Those days are over. This year, the University has made changes to the way the students in the class of 2010 will register […]
The South Asian Society’s 13th annual Bhangra Blowout went off without a hitch Saturday night, but the fatal stabbing at last year’s celebration was still on the minds of many at DAR Constitution Hall. Thirteen teams from across the country competed for prizes of up to $4,000 in the style of dance and music that […]
The GW dormitory to be built directly behind the School Without Walls at 22nd and G streets will include apartment-style rooms with four single bedrooms and two bathrooms to each suite, according to building plans released by the University and D.C. Public Schools in late March. Changes to the School Without Walls include a roof […]
Posted Tuesday, April 4, 11 p.m. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, the good-humored Brooklynite who has left his imprint on every facet of The George Washington University, announced Tuesday night his retirement effective July 2007, when his contract expires. By that time he will have been president for 19 years, making him the third longest-serving leader in […]
A GW research scientist is working to change the way those who use sign language communicate with the world. A device, developed by Jose Hernandez-Rebollar and funded by the federal Department of Education, features a glove that reads hand motions and arm elevation to determine what a deaf person is signing with his hand. The […]
General Election Winners Note: Runoff election for SA President and Executive Vice President will occur this Wednesday and Thursday. President Runoff: Morgan Corr (Real GW): 904 Runoff: Lamar Thorpe: 727 Elliot Rozenberg (GWUnited): 675 Nick D’Addario (The College Party): 391 Casey Pond: 320 Daniel Mittelberger: 69 Nate Hayward: 30 Executive Vice President Runoff: Josh Lasky […]
Posted Wednesday, April 5, 2:23 a.m. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg got a lot of advice from his food Tuesday. On the day he announced his retirement from GW after nearly 20 years in Rice Hall, the cap to his soda told him “You’re doing the right thing.” A late dinner at a local Chinese restaurant yielded […]