Volume 103, Issue 3
Stories from the June 14, 2006 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
While the three days of Colonial Inauguration may be remembered as a blur of activities, there is one part of orientation that students never seem to forget: the laser light show. CI Director Renee Clement said the laser light show has been a CI tradition since 1997 and was originally created as a part of […]
Tau Kappa Epsilon member wins national award Recent graduate Jordan Schwartz is this year’s recipient of the Reagan Leadership Award, a nation-wide honor for outstanding scholarship and leadership given to one member of a Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity each spring. Schwartz applied for this award in early May and was notified the day before Commencement […]
Fall Season Soccer | Both soccer teams play at the Mount Vernon Athletic Complex, on Foxhall Road, which can be reached from a short shuttle ride. The men’s squad (6-8-3) failed to qualify for the Atlantic 10 Championships a year after capturing the A-10 title and making a surprising run to the second round of […]
Let’s just say these rising sophomores aren’t short on resume-builders. The four students highlighted below didn’t have typical freshman year experiences. From working in GW Hospital’s emergency room to helping manage the men’s basketball team, it’s an understatement to say that these students took advantage of their first year at GW. James Betz Concentration: pre-medicine […]
Incoming freshmen will have to become familiar with a very different housing department at GW. While this fall marks the debut of the Potomac House, a new 379-bed freshman residence hall, it is just one of many changes to campus housing this summer. The GW Housing Programs, formerly called the Community Living and Learning Center, […]
Posted Thursday, July 13, 3:51 p.m. Jerry Seinfeld will perform at Colonials Weekend this October, a GW administrator said Thursday. The comedian made famous from the hit comedy show “Seinfeld” will perform at GW’s parents and alumni weekend festivities, said Robert Chernak, senior vice president for Student and Academic Support Services. Chernak said Seinfeld will […]
When junior Geoff Doner came home to his dorm room at the beginning of freshman year, there was a list of rules posted on the front door. The rules regarded cleanliness and roommate behavior, but it was just the beginning for this quad of freshmen. “He was a super nice guy,” said Doner, who met […]
The University and new food service provider Sodexho will begin construction on sweeping changes to dining options at the conclusion of Colonial Inauguration. The new dining venues are scheduled to open by the beginning of the fall semester on September 5, said Nancy Haaga, director of Auxiliary and Institutional Services. “Construction is in the planning […]
Posted Tuesday, July 25, 9:11 p.m. After this October’s Colonials Weekend, Jerry Seinfeld will be added to a list of comedians that includes Jay Leno, Jon Stewart and Whoopi Goldberg. The University announced that the star of the hit comedy “Seinfeld,” which ran for nine years on NBC, will perform two shows during Colonials Weekend […]
You may have seen the list already, and if you have, you probably think it’s daunting. “101 things to do at GW before you graduate,” proclaims the my.gwu.edu homepage, with a myriad of choices ending in “graduate in the city of presidents.” Well, sure. Assuming you don’t hate it here and transfer to State U […]