Volume 102, Issue 55
Stories from the April 10, 2006 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Our View: SA slates have hurt student representation in recent years by creating inherent rifts between branches Anyone who has followed the Student Association elections for the past three years would have had a case of d?j? vu last week. During the general election, the Real GW slate overwhelmingly dominated the Senate election, and the […]
The Hatchet’s April 3 edition erroneously reported in the graphic titled “General election winners” (p. 6) that Kenny Brown won a Student Association Senate seat representing the School of Business. The School of Business has two Senate seats, not three, and Brown came in third place in the race. An entry in The Hatchet’s Campus […]
Have you ever seen one of the bigwig’s offices over in Rice Hall? If you think that our dorm rooms are palaces, get ready to have your world turned upside-down. Extremely spacious, extravagantly finished and filled with memorabilia of all sorts – this is the type of space that President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg has used […]
Monday through Friday, junior Lauren Glasser is out of her door by 7:45 a.m., works until 5 p.m., goes to class until 10 p.m. – and then it’s straight to the library. Glasser works for the anti-piracy litigation team of the Recording Industry Association of America. Over the last three years, she has also been […]
Polarizing figures may be bad for politics, but they’ve been pretty good to academia – and to GW. Our University has been the proud host to a number of controversial academics in recent weeks. Last Thursday, the academic “royal rumble” of the year took place on campus between conservative author David Horowitz and far-left professor […]
Junior Jeffrey Parker, a history major from Winston-Salem, N.C., is spending the spring semester in Oxford, England, after also spending the fall term there. Twice a month, he will share his experiences and observations from England as one of GW’s many expats. God save the Queen. I run through the subway station, detesting William Willett. […]
Tuesday Jackie Robinson panel discussion Discussion addressing the life and career of Jackie Robinson and his effect on society. 7 to 9 p.m. Gelman 207 Sponsored by the GW Jackie Robinson Society Idealist.org nonprofit career fair Job-seekers can distribute resum?s and speak with organizational representatives about current and future employment and internship opportunities. Noon to […]
The rain that fell over the Potomac River and the 19th annual GW Invitational Crew Classic did not deter the men’s crew team from rowing to a fourth-place finish Saturday. The Naval Academy took first place, followed by Georgetown and Virginia, the 2005 winner. The Colonials entered all four races at the regatta and qualified […]
Despite rain moving the event from its traditional spot on University Yard, this year’s Spring Fling was no disappointment. Hip-hop artist Talib Kweli was the main attraction Saturday, a step up from last year’s disappointing Lloyd Banks and his gun sound effects. Attendance at the Smith Center was 3,200 throughout the day, Program Board Chair […]
University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill said teachers should be allowed to interpret and express political views in the classroom, while conservative author David Horowitz said teachers should not at a hot-tempered debate held on campus Thursday night. The debate, sponsored by the conservative organization the Young American’s Foundation and the GW College Republicans, was […]