Volume 102, Issue 61
Stories from the May 1, 2006 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Carrying blankets, pastries and high hopes, about 35 GW students left Kogan Plaza Saturday afternoon to join a nationwide, overnight rally against the abuse of children in war-torn northern Uganda. “It’s been going on for 20 years. No one’s been paying attention to it whatsoever,” said senior Jacqueline Burgess, founder of the GW chapter of […]
As the University revs up to begin the process of renewing its accreditation status with the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, a representative from the organization spoke to students and faculty Thursday about what this means for GW. The Middle States Commission conducts a voluntary accreditation program for degree-seeking colleges and universities in the […]
Monday Fly High with Finals Come fly a kite, grab a cookie and enter your name to win a $100 travel voucher with the Student Activities Center and STA Travel as part of Stress Free Zone. 2 to 4 p.m. University Yard Sponsored by SAC and STA Travel Tuesday Flawed Succession: Russia’s Power Transfer Crises […]
Alito to judge 2007 moot court competition The GW Law School announced last week that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will be one of three jurists in the February 2007 moot court competition. This year, Chief Justice John G. Roberts presided over the competition. “The fact that we can attract people of this caliber is […]
The photo caption accompanying the article “Sentimental for the District” (April 27, p. 7) erroneously stated that the band The Sentiment used to practice in New Hall. Also, due to an error by the band, photographer Ty Walker was not given credit for a photo taken of the band that appeared on page 7. In […]
Our View: Lawmakers should put politics aside and address tuition costs, academic competition In response to $12 billion in student aid cuts passed by Congress in February, two Democratic lawmakers proposed a bill last month to cut in half interest rates on federally subsidized student loans. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) and Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-Ill.) […]
Although you’ll rarely catch any students saying it, every now and again President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg goes off and does the right thing in exactly the right way. While he’s certainly made his share of ill-fated and often bizarre missteps, Trachtenberg took the high road when he announced his plan to retire at the end […]
What is Augustana? The easy answer is the band that opened for Ben Lee and Aqualung at Saturday’s Fountain Day at Mount Vernon. As for what the word means, even the band doesn’t know. “We were told it means ‘small glimpse of hope’ in Latin,” bassist Jared Palomar said. “But we’re not for sure.” They’ve […]
Junior Jeffrey Parker, a history major from Winston-Salem, N.C., spent the spring semester in Oxford, England, after also spending the fall term there. Twice a month, he shared his experiences and observations from England as one of GW’s many expats. This is his last column, but he will be spending the summer in England. It […]